Wheely Blind

In today's episode, we decided we wanted to cry, apparently. We explore how our feelings about our conditions have changed as we've grown up, the depth to which damaging societal discourse has impacted us, and how damn much we love each other.

In today's episode, Nevé and Sam goof off about a question that's been plaguing them both since childhood: which apocalyptic or dystopian scenarios would take them out twice as fast, and which would they thrive in? Tune in for an extremely energetic and scholarly discussion.

Welcome to our first episode of 2026! Hear all about how we began our year with a trip to the emergency room while on holiday together on the Gold Coast. We really, really confused Jetstar staff on the way home.And introducing the TriWeekly BiWheely Roundup 🛞The Fall Out Boy story is in our last travel episode here.

Our (delayed) last episode for 2025. Some anecdotes, clarifications and goals before we get into season two, and introducing Wheely Wednesdays!Sound effect credit to Dricken Stan on Pixabay.

Today, Nevé and Sam decide how offended they are by everyday ableist words and phrases. There's a whole new type of slur out there that we bet you aren't even thinking about.
Max's look from RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 7 Episode 1: https://rupaulsdragrace.fandom.com/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race_(Season_7)/Looks?file=Hlye9Xh.png#Max
Sound credits all from Pixabay: Anastasia Chubarova, Mykelu and Dragon-Studio.

Today, Nevé and Sam talk about what it's like travelling the world with their disabilities. Sometimes the captain gives us his lunch. Sometimes we get forgotten in carparks.

Nevé, our resident expert on blindness, talks us through her thoughts on blindness in fiction, metaphors surrounding sight, has a shout-out for Al Pacino, and explains why bats are freeloaders.

Today, Sam talks about representation through the lens of theatre and literature's most famous disabled villain, Richard III. Was he as much of a villain as Shakespeare wrote him to be, or has history used his disability against him? Richard III's skeleton for reference: https://images.theconversation.com/files/19967/original/hwj3qnkx-1360041444.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=926&fit=clip

What in the wheeld are we doing here? Not only have we been friends for over a decade, but we are also affected in similar ways by our conditions. We wanted to create a dedicated space to relate, discuss and cry-laugh over the experience we share - an experience which one-in-four New Zealanders can relate to, and over one in ten people worldwide. Disability isn't as uncommon as you might think. This is for us, this is for our loved ones, this is for people who understand disability, and this is also for people who don't. There will be something in here that you'll resonate with, we're sure of it.

For our first episode, we play the Newlywed Game - not because we're newly married, but to open up a discussion about each other, so that you can get to know us a bit better before we get into the deep and meaningfuls later on. We're on insta if you want to join us there!