Jennifer Schneider started listening to public radio as a freshman in college; she has been insufferable ever since. She attended the University of Iowa and holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from University of Wyoming. She currently resides in New York state.
Jennifer Schneider appears in the following:
![Jewish Women's Archive. 'Isabelle Goldenson with children who have cerebral palsy - still image [media].'](https://media.wnyc.org/i/100/100/c/80/photologue/images/7a/IWG_CP_Children.jpg "Isabelle Goldenson with children who have cerebral palsy.")
‘Most of Them Can Be Helped’: Building a Language of Disability
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
These cerebral palsy radio spots, recorded in 1951 for the United Cerebral Palsy Fund, highlight the ideas and words applied to children born with disabilities.
Owa Tagoo Siam! Good Clean Fun in Harlem, 1946
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
'Hello, There! Let's Speak American!' 1952
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
This is not a radio show featuring our 43rd president; here, ‘speaking American’ is a colloquialism for functional English.
'Clean Living' is a Euphemism for... What?
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
In 1946, there was a 29% increase in the cases of venereal diseases in New York City. Interestingly, there was a correlative rise in flushed exclamations of catching VD from toilet seats, park benches, and bus seats.
