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Disabled Voices Matter! As an award-winning intellectual disability advocate and host of the Special Chronicles Podcast, Daniel Smrokowski tells special needs stories from an insider’s perspective. “PodmanDan” is himself a person with special needs. As your weekly guide to finding joy and acceptance, Special Chronicles offers entertaining and informational disability conversations.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
50 minutes
Episodes
219
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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SUSO2025: Erika Kissel from Just a Dollop

SUSO2025: Erika Kissel from Just a Dollop

In this seventh episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talks with Erika Kissel from Just a Dollop.

We’re excited to announce that Special Chronicles provided…

00:07:37  |   Thu 18 Sep 2025
SUSO2025: Bridget Brown from Engage IL Leadership Team

SUSO2025: Bridget Brown from Engage IL Leadership Team

In this sixth episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talks with Bridget Brown from Engage IL Leadership Team. 

We’re excited to announce that Special Chronic…

00:18:04  |   Wed 17 Sep 2025
SUSO2025: Nicholas T from Envision Unlimited

SUSO2025: Nicholas T from Envision Unlimited

In this fifth episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talks with Nicholas T from Envision Unlimited.

We’re excited to announce that Special Chronicles provide…

00:08:05  |   Tue 16 Sep 2025
Wings for All: Flying with Heart-A Conversation with United Captain Tait Wasser

Wings for All: Flying with Heart-A Conversation with United Captain Tait Wasser

In this heartwarming episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast, host Daniel Smrokowski is joined by United Airlines Captain Tait Wasser to reflect on the powerful impact of The Arc’s Wings for All ev…

01:03:42  |   Mon 15 Sep 2025
SUSO2025: Deanna E from Envision Unlimited

SUSO2025: Deanna E from Envision Unlimited

In this fourth episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talks with Deanna E from Envision Unlimited.

We’re excited to announce that Special Chronicles provided…

00:12:18  |   Fri 12 Sep 2025
SUSU2025: April McHenry and Leanne Mull

SUSU2025: April McHenry and Leanne Mull

In this third episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talks with April McHenry and Leanne Mull who have been at the first SUSO 20 years ago.

We’re excited to …

00:20:47  |   Thu 11 Sep 2025
SUSO2025: Conversation with Eva Kott and Parents

SUSO2025: Conversation with Eva Kott and Parents

In this second episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talk to Eva Kott and her parents Michael and Alena about her self-advocacy story, first-time speaking at…

00:38:18  |   Wed 10 Sep 2025
SUSO2025: Conversation with Zach Anner

SUSO2025: Conversation with Zach Anner

In this first episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast LIVE Coverage, host Daniel Smrokowski talks with Speaker, Comedian and Television Writer Zach Anner about his Keynote Presentation “Joyful Grit…

00:37:58  |   Tue 09 Sep 2025
Wings for All: Flying with Heart – A Conversation with The Arc's Samantha Alloway

Wings for All: Flying with Heart – A Conversation with The Arc's Samantha Alloway

✈️ In this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast’s Unified at Work Series, host Daniel Smrokowski welcomes Samantha Alloway, Executive Director of The Arc of Illinois, for an inspiring conversati…

01:26:28  |   Mon 08 Sep 2025
DanTalks: Podcasting For Social Change Live From Speak Up and Speak Out Summit

DanTalks: Podcasting For Social Change Live From Speak Up and Speak Out Summit

On this encore Special Chronicles Podcast episode: host Daniel Smrokowski shares his keynote from the 2020 Speak Up and Speak Out Summit, presented by The Arc of Illinois and funded by the Illinois C…

01:08:18  |   Mon 01 Sep 2025
Finding My True Happiness with Author Crystal M Williams

Finding My True Happiness with Author Crystal M Williams

In this powerful episode, podcast host Daniel Smrokowski sits down with author and disability advocate Crystal Williams, who shares her journey of growing up with Kabuki Syndrome, a rare genetic diso…

01:01:57  |   Mon 25 Aug 2025
The Future of Athlete Leadership: Inside ALU with Michelle Mark & Emily Sullivan

The Future of Athlete Leadership: Inside ALU with Michelle Mark & Emily Sullivan

In this episode of The Special Chronicles Podcast, host Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Michelle Mark, Director of Athlete Leadership and Family Initiatives, and Emily Sullivan, Assistant Director o…

00:39:29  |   Mon 18 Aug 2025
The Improvaneers Tour: Theater on the Lake in Chicago | Ep.780

The Improvaneers Tour: Theater on the Lake in Chicago | Ep.780

🎙️In this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast Recorded LIVE at Theater on the Lake in Chicago, Join host Daniel Smrokowski (with a cameo from his love, Georgia) as The Improvaneers bring their …

00:17:50  |   Mon 11 Aug 2025
The Improvaneers: Changing Lives Through Improv

The Improvaneers: Changing Lives Through Improv

In this powerful episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast, host Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Rob Snow, comedian, speaker, and creator of The Improvaneers, the world’s first all-Down syndrome imp…

01:34:44  |   Mon 04 Aug 2025
Disability Is Another Face of Diversity (Encore) | Closing Out Disability Pride Month

Disability Is Another Face of Diversity (Encore) | Closing Out Disability Pride Month

To conclude Disability Pride Month, we’re rebroadcasting one of our most powerful conversations. Host Daniel Smrokowski sits down with his college friend Maria DiSabato in this encore episode of the…

00:42:54  |   Mon 28 Jul 2025
Special Olympics Illinois: Summer Games Audio Documentary

Special Olympics Illinois: Summer Games Audio Documentary

 In this special audio documentary episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast, Host Daniel Smrokowski takes you behind the scenes of the 2025 Special Olympics Illinois State Summer Games in Normal, IL…

01:27:31  |   Mon 21 Jul 2025
ComEd Education | EnergyForce Series S8:Pt5

ComEd Education | EnergyForce Series S8:Pt5

In this powerful episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast's EnergyForce Series S8:Pt5, we sit down with Jessica Rojas from ComEd to explore how the Powering Lives Community Center and other ComEd ed…

00:37:40  |   Mon 14 Jul 2025
The Matthew Brough Podcast

The Matthew Brough Podcast

In this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast, host Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Matthew Brough, an Athlete Leader from Special Olympics Great Britain, based in York, England.

Matthew’s jour…

00:47:26  |   Mon 07 Jul 2025
ComEd Goats | EnergyForce Series S8:Pt4

ComEd Goats | EnergyForce Series S8:Pt4

On this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast's EnergyForce Series S8:Pt4: Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Kelvin Limbrick from ComEd to talk about the innovative and eco-friendly goat grazing p…

00:54:16  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
Celebrate Earth Day | EnergyForce Series S8:Pt3

Celebrate Earth Day | EnergyForce Series S8:Pt3

On this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast's EnergyForce Series S8:Pt4: Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Kelvin Limbrick, ComEd Vegetation Management Sr. Program Manager to discuss important e…

00:34:53  |   Mon 23 Jun 2025
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