Inside West Virginia's New Economic Bill of Rights–with Troy N. Miller
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat down with Troy N. Miller , who's long served as the Off-Kilter podcast's beloved "man behind the curtai...
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Formerly TalkPoverty Radio, Off-Kilter is a podcast about poverty and inequality — and everything they intersect with. Each week, host Rebecca Vallas is joined by experts, advocates, activis...
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Redefining Wealth–with Aisha Nyandoro
Wealth is a word that gets thrown around a lot, especially in economic conversations and spaces. The most basic definition is what you own m...
Shifting the Paradigm on Disability Employment—with Bryan Gill and Nan Gibson
For this week's episode of Off-Kilter , with October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Rebecca sat down with two leaders at...
"It doesn't have to be this way"—with Jen Burdick of Community Legal Services
For this week's episode of Off-Kilter , Rebecca sat down with Jen Burdick, supervising attorney of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) un...
Older Workers in Physically Challenging Jobs Are in Trouble
According to recently released Census data, poverty among older adults increased sharply again in 2022, after reaching an all-time low just...
Inside the Voices of Disability Economic Justice Project–with Emily Ladau
For this week's episode of Off-Kilter , Rebecca sat back down with Emily Ladau. She's the editor of the Voices of Disability Economic Justic...
Labor of Love: A Sit-down with America's Most Celebrated Labor Reporter—with Steven Greenhouse
For this week's episode of Off-Kilter, Rebecca sat down with longtime labor journalist Steven Greenhouse . He's someone who really needs no...
American Identity in Crisis–with Kat Calvin
Something many of us take for granted, if we've never been without it, is how vitally important it is to have photo ID. In this day and age...
Inside the Disabled Journalists' Association–with Cara Reedy
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat down with Cara Reedy . She's a journalist and the founder of a new organization called the Disabled Jou...
Speaking about pain—with Kate Nicholson
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat down with Kate Nicholson , a dear friend and colleague and a policy advocate who's been leading the cha...
"Find your north star and your strategy" —with Indi Dutta-Gupta
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat down with Indi Dutta-Gupta , a dear friend and colleague who's dedicated his career to ending poverty i...
"Combining head and heart in the work" —with Kathleen Romig
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat down with Kathleen Romig , a dear friend and colleague who today serves as the director of Social Secur...
"My passion is my superpower"—with Zaki "The Barber" Smith
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat back down with Zaki "The Barber" Smith , an entrepreneur, a powerhouse activist, and a criminal justice...
On Resilience—with Alejandra Vazquez-Baur
For this week's episode, Rebecca sat down with Alejandra Vazquez-Baur, an educator-turned-policy advocate whose work focuses on expanding su...
"Lead with empathy, fight with fire"—with Mia Ives-Rublee
Welcome to the summer/fall season of Off-Kilter ! We're excited to be back and up and running with the show after a break, just in time to m...
Claiming Identity as Self-Care —feat. Andraea Lavant
This week, Off-Kilter is wrapping up our ongoing series digging into why in the famous words of Audre Lorde, "self-care is political warfare...
The Poverty Line Is Too Damn Low, Part 2: Redefining Poverty as Collective Self-Care
As Off-Kilter's ongoing series continues, digging into why in the famous words of Audre Lorde, "self-care is political warfare," we're zoomi...
How to Embed a Disability Lens Across Policymaking (and detoxing from the White House as self-care, too!) —feat. Kim Knackstedt
This week Rebecca sat down with Kim Knackstedt, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where she serves as director of the Disability Ec...
"Finding Beauty in the Struggle"—feat. Michele Evermore
This week, Off-Kilter continues our ongoing series of conversations with social justice leaders digging into why, in the famous words of Aud...
Marking a Year of Collective Progress for Disability Economic Justice
This week, Off - Kilter ' s taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a conversation hosted by The Century Founda...