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In the 1850s, county governments across the Midwest established what were then known as “poor farms.” These were residential institutions for county “dependents” which included those unable to work, for reasons of disability or otherwise. In the 1970s, Johnson County, Iowa supervisors initiated what would become a decades-long attempt to preserve their county poor farm’s historic structures. Their actions encouraged education and reflection of the history of mental health care. Disability Ecologies digs through the past of poor farm institutions and their vast connections in order to fathom their ongoing significance in our world of today. The now named Johnson County Historic Poor Farm reflects an intentional redesign of both land use and distribution of crops grown. To plan and implement the redesign necessitated an unlikely collection of shared interests, often at times in friction with each other. Join narrator Emerson Cram to explore r
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn the 1850s, county governments across the Midwest established what were then known as “poor farms.” These were residential institutions for county “dependents” which included those unable to work, for reasons of disability or otherwise. In the 1970s, Johnson County, Iowa supervisors initiated what would become a decades-long attempt to preserve their county poor farm’s historic structures.
Disability Ecologies is hosted by Emerson Cram. The show has published 11 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "From Soil to Seeding Local Foods, Part Two" (27 April 2026, 38 minutes), "From Soil to Seeding Local Foods, Part One" (27 April 2026, 54 minutes), and "A Witness Tree on the Land, Part Two" (20 April 2026, 40 minutes).
Disability Ecologies publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 43 minutes across 11 episodes.
Booking probability for Disability Ecologies is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Disability Ecologies requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Disability Ecologies's contact route on record: public web form.
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Emerson Cram hosts Disability Ecologies, a society podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Disability Ecologies
<p><b>Presenting:</b> From Soil to Seeding Local Foods</p><p><b>Content: </b></p><b>Main Voice(s):</b> Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests:</b> Jason Grimm Malik Salsberry Ilsa DeWald April Lawyer Felicia Pieper Scott Koepke...
Episode #5
<p><b>Presenting:</b> From Soil to Seeding Local Foods </p><p><b>Content: </b></p><b>Main Voice(s):</b> Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests:</b> Scott KoepkeCarly McAndrews Alfred Matiyabo Ilsa DeWald Rod Sullivan Jason...
Episode #4
<p><b>Presenting:</b> A Witness Tree on the Land </p><p><b>Content: </b>cemeteries and death care, the politics of restoration, land development, logics of “cure” </p><p><b>Featuring:</b></p><b>Main Voice(s):</b>...
Episode #4
<p><b>Presenting: </b>A Witness Tree on the Land </p><p><b>Content: </b>forced removal, colonialism, </p><b>Main Voice(s):</b> Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests:</b> Geoff Mouming Chant Eicke <p><b>Highlights<br/></b>This...
Episode #3
<p><b>Presenting: </b><b>Dignity Delayed </b></p><p><b>Content: </b>historic records </p><b>Main Voice(s): </b>Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests: </b>Mary Helen Kennerly, Seen & Heard Facilitator, DAC Member Becky Dewing...
Episode #3
<p><b>CHAPTER THREE, PART ONE</b></p><p><b>Presenting: </b>Dignity Delayed</p><p><b>Content: </b>discrimination, medicaid cuts</p><p><b>Featuring:</b></p><b>Main Voice(s): </b>Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests: </b>Mary...
Episode #2
<p><b>Presenting: </b>Poor Farm Pathways</p><p><b>Content: </b>insanity diagnosis; eugenics; Bedlam; Snake Pit; “wellness farms,” animal confinement</p><b>Main Voice(s): </b>Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests: </b>Julie...
Episode #2
<p><b>Poor Farm Pathways, Part One </b></p><p><b>Content: </b>“idiotic,” asylums; confinement; “insanity law”</p><b>Main Voice(s): </b>Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests: </b>Julie Watkins, Events Manager, Johnson County...
Episode #1
<p><b>Presenting:</b> History is a Story, Part Two </p><p><b>Content: </b>asylum, "insane," cemetery <b> </b></p><b>Main Voice(s):</b> Emerson Cram <b>Guests:</b> Supervisor V Fixmer-Oraiz, Board of Supervisors of...
Episode #1
<p><b>Presenting:</b> History is a Story, Part One</p><p><b>Content</b>: "insanity," asylums, eugenics</p><b>Main Voice(s):</b> Emerson Cram <b>Special Guests:</b> Supervisor V Fixmer-Oraiz, Board of Supervisors of...
Disability Ecologies
<p><b>Featuring:</b></p>Main Voice(s): Emerson Cram Special Guests: Malik Salsberry, Farm Manager, GROW Johnson CountyScott Koepke, Garden Bridge Outreach, and co-founder of GROW Johnson CountyClaire Trettin, 2025...
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DAC Co-Facilitator and Events Manager for Historic Poor Farm, Johnson County Historic Poor Farm
Canada Research Chair in Technology, Society, and Disability, Vanderbilt University
Johnson County of Iowa
Johnson County Historic Society
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