MN APSE's If You Believe It You Can Achieve It

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Episodes: 35

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MN APSE's Chris Davies talks with self-advocates, policy makers, providers and others involved in efforts in Minnesota to raise the bar of employment for people with disabilities and mental health challenges.

Episode Date
S5E7: Guest Hannah Furney
Nov 24, 2025
S5E6: Cow Tipping Press' Shaunte Martin and Laron Gatlin-Dean
Oct 21, 2025
Host Chris Davies is joined by Keeri Tramm, an autistic professional who is the Director of Disability initiatives at Lifeworks.
Jul 03, 2025
Chris Davies is joined by Rahul Gupta, who is a Deaf individual. Rahul works at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Jun 19, 2025
S5E3: Lis Vukelich with Guest Co-Host Dupree Edwards
Apr 30, 2025
Chris Davies is joined by Sophie Iverson, who works at the Disability Hub MN and is a passionate advocate for disability inclusion in MInnesota.
Mar 25, 2025
Chris Davies is joined by Aaron Weikum, an Senior Labor Investigator with the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry.
Feb 02, 2025
Host Chris Davies is joined by The Amazing Jeffo, the second of a two-part MN APSE documentary podcast special.
Nov 16, 2024
On the next episode, Chris Davies is joined by Jeffrey Smith, better known as, Amazing Jeffo! Jeffrey, a blind, multiply disabled magician, joins us in studio to share his story
Sep 30, 2024
Chris Davies is joined by Sumukha Terakanambi, a passionate disability-healthcare policy professional and advocate
Jul 31, 2024
Chris Davies is joined by Gary Otto, who lost his eyesight in an accident nearly 50 years ago and has spent his live giving back ever since.
Jun 05, 2024
Chris Davies is joined by Dupree Edwards, a self-advocate, rapper & artist currently employed at U of M' Institute on Community Integration
May 08, 2024
Chris Davies is joined in the studio by Daniel Hool, not just as a guest, but also as a host.
Mar 06, 2024
Chris Davies is joined by Jay Magrisso, a project management professional who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma (AN) in 2019.
Nov 10, 2023
Chris Davies is joined by Said Shaiye, an Autistic Somali Writer & Photographer who lives in Minneapolis.
Oct 05, 2023
Chris Davies is joined by Laura Andert, a self-advocate who works for Inclusive Networking.
Jun 15, 2023
MN APSE's If You Believe It You Can Achieve It Podcast, S3E4
Apr 14, 2023
Chris Davies is joined by Larissa Beck & Jon Alexander who talk about the work that is being done by the Taskforce on Eliminating Subminimum Wages in Minnesota.
Mar 15, 2023
Chris Davies is joined by Kevin Kling, a playwright and performer from Minneapolis.
Feb 15, 2023
Chris Davies is joined by Don Lavin & Danielle Mahoehney. The discuss sub-minimum wage in Minnesota and efforts to expand competitive, integrated employment
Feb 08, 2023
Chris Davies is joined by Alex Tabatabai, a second-year student with profound hearing loss studying at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.
Dec 07, 2022
Chris Davies is joined by Michael Sack of Minneapolis Sidewalk Repair Hunters, featured recently on MPR & WCCO News.
Nov 22, 2022
Chris Davies is joined by Jillian Nelson from the Autism Society of Minnesota.
Oct 29, 2022
Chris Davies is joined by Bryan Boyce and Jake Lieser from Cow Tipping Press, who help people with disabilities share their stories through writing.
Oct 28, 2022
Chris Davies talks with Pallavi (Vi) Shattuck, a self-advocate and chef from the Twin Cities who is legally blind.
Jul 26, 2022
Chris Davies talks with Brittanie Wilson, a disability justice leader living in St. Paul.
Jun 04, 2022
Katrina Simons from the University of Minnesota's ICI talks about her story living with a disability and building a career.
Apr 08, 2022
Chris Davies talks with Bob Wagner who shares his story as a self-advocate & professional who worked in disability services for decades.
Jan 21, 2022
Chris Davies talks with self-advocate Riss Leitzke and their journey to finding a job with dual sensory loss.
Jan 21, 2022
Chris Davies talks with Bob Niemiec and the two discuss how disability employment has evolved over the last 30 years in Minnesota.
Jan 21, 2022
Chris Davies is joined by self-advocate Ajani Lewis-McGhee. Ajani talks about his path to competitive, integrated employment.
Jan 21, 2022
Chris Davies talks with Alli Strong-Martin about the history of disability employment.
Jan 21, 2022
Alicia Munson from the Arc Minnesota talks about policy priorities for the 2021 legislative session
Jan 14, 2022
Barb Ziemke comes on to talk about employment services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jan 14, 2022
Self-advocates Erik & Kevin Marschel talk about Erik's path to employment.
Dec 01, 2021