Meet Melbourne-based podcaster and disability advocate Peta Hooke. She is the host of ‘The I Can’t Stand Podcast’, and in 2025, she released a short podcast series called ‘Eggs’, where she chronicles her real-life experience navigating IVF and fertility with a Cerebral Palsy.
On Have the Nerve, Susan and Peta talk a bit more about that podcast and the reception, medical equity and they discuss how our lifelong disabilities have shaped what gratitude means to them.
Information in this episode
The I Can’t Stand Podcast https://www.icantstandpodcast.com/
Eggs – The I Can’t Stand Podcast https://omny.fm/shows/the-i-cant-stand-podcast/playlists
As a Disabled Woman, My Abortion Wasn’t Questioned, but My Pregnancy Was – Article by Nicole Lee (April 27, 2020 Women with Disabilities Australia) https://oursite.wwda.org.au/stories/as-a-disabled-woman-my-abortion-wasnt-questioned-but-my-pregnancy-was
I Just Needed a Mammogram – Article by Asha Prasad (January 16, 2026 Spinal Cord Injuries Australia) https://scia.org.au/resource-hub/i-just-needed-a-mammogram/
Woman who uses wheelchair turned away from mammogram appointment – Article by Nas Campanella (July 9, 2025, Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/woman-wheelchair-turned-away-from-mammogram/105464036
Credits
This episode has been written, produced and edited by Susan Wood. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.
