Hoorf Podcast

01/14/2026

The first Hoorf! episode of 2026 features a conversation with Annie Toro Lopez, a food writer, educator, and community facilitator. Annie shares her journey with lupus and Celiac disease, and the importance of seeking and creating community to overcome the isolation of chronic illness diagnosis.

Listen and subscribe at hoorfpodcast.com or by searching HOORF on your favorite podcast app!

12/22/2025

✨NEW EPISODE ✨ Elle and Ricki get a little silly and a little serious in the annual Solstice-Christmas-Yule episode. We ask each other three secret, unprepped questions and talk about art, snack food, religion, and more! Find the episode by searching HOORF on your favorite podcast app

12/10/2025

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ Join me and Katie Bjärgvide as we talk about the missionary to deconstruction pipeline, raising neurodivergent kids abroad, and learning to be content with "enough-ness."

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11/24/2025

Elle hosts Kristina Leader , a progressive woman in Idaho. Kristina shares stories of her neurodivergent family in their various pursuits, including D&D, STEM, music, wrestling, art, and writing. Kristina emphasizes the importance of community, creating safe spaces in a conservative small town, her love of the local library, and her role as a supportive parent and Dungeon Master for a local D&D club.

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www.hoorfpodcast.com

11/10/2025

✨NEW EPISODE ✨
salutogenesis: anti-urgency, trauma-informed UX, and somatic coaching with designer Wolfe Erikson .design

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11/04/2025

Do you listen to Hoorf Podcast on Spotify?
We're trying to move as many of our listeners off Spotify as we can. Our podcast is available on literally every podcast app!

You can find us everywhere! Ditch Spoofy and listen to us anywhere else. And tell a friend to come along for the ride ✨

Bye bye Spotify! You fu***ng suck 🥰 happy first of the month everyone! Support artists anyway possible and try your best to never support a company that supports fascism 👍 i will take my money elsewhere

10/27/2025

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ Elle hosts Jaci Rasmussen , a pianist and educator living with lupus. Jaci discusses the piano suite project "Able," an ongoing collaboration with composer Elijah Culp. Jaci emphasizes the importance of redefining success and virtuosity in the context of disability.

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10/13/2025

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ On the first episode of Season four (!) Elle. welcomes Car Riegger , a chronically ill and disabled artist from Michigan. Riegger is pursuing their MFA, focusing on sculpture in clay and glass to express their experiences with disability. They discuss crip materiality and the display of disabled bodies. Riegger emphasizes the importance of community and connection within the disabled community, which sustains them through their artistic practice. The conversation also touches on the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on their lives and careers.

Listen and subscribe at hoorfpodcast.com, or by searching HOORF on your fav podcast app

03/24/2025

Elle hosts Andrew Gurza , three-time Hoorf! guest and disability consultant. Andrew discusses his new book, "Notes from a Q***r Cripple," set to release on April 21, which explores q***r disabled joy. He shares his journey of writing the book, the challenges of balancing academic and community-based tone, and his hopes for its impact. The conversation highlights the importance of representation and the complexities of disability and sexuality.

Links to connect with Andrew, and all other resource links, are in the full show notes at hoorfpodcast.com

03/10/2025

Elle interviews Dr. Damien P. Williams, asst professor in philosophy and data science at UNC Charlotte, about the philosophy of contemporary (and future!) technologies. Dr. Williams discusses the Super Crip narrative, the importance of centering marginalized experiences in tech development, and implications of accessible technology. And yes, they even discuss the elephant in the room: “AI”

Links to connect with Dr. Williams, and all other resource links, are in the full show notes at hoorfpodcast.com

01/13/2025

✨NEW EPISODE✨
Elle Billing hosts Jordan Thornquest a musician and game developer on the first episode of 2025. They exchange memories of Jordan's 2020 car accident in Twin Falls, which aside from being an insurance nightmare, left him with a spinal injury and a long recovery. Jordan reflects on how the accident changed his perspective on disability, pain, self-care, and creativity. Elle and Jordan illuminate the life-altering experience of acquired disability, highlighting the importance of empathy, patience, and understanding chronic pain.

Links to connect with Jordan, as well as all other resource links, are in the full show notes at hoorfpodcast.com

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