Real People, Real Stories: A Podcast on Accessibility by TPGi

Real People, Real Stories: A Podcast on Accessibility by TPGi

Bringing you the interesting and diverse stories of individuals working to make the world a more inclusive place.

Episodes

December 19, 2024 41 mins

Host Mark Miller speaks with Brandon Briggs, CEO of XR Navigation, about his experiences and advocacy. Learn about:

  • His work as an entrepreneur, researcher, inclusive designer, and developer.
  • Map accessibility.
  • The impact of XR Navigation.
  • How Audium, the world's more inclusive digital map viewer and editor, is changing lives.
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Mark as Played

Host Mark Miller speaks with Ben Breen (Sightless Kombat), Accessible Gaming Officer for Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), about his experiences and advocacy. Learn about:

  • His work as an accessibility consultant for video games
  • His activism and awareness for accessibility in video games.
  • His experience as a blind gamer
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Mark as Played

Host Mark Miller speaks with father and son duo Dan and Samuel Habib about their experiences as filmmakers, their advocacy, and their passions. Learn about:

  • Their film "The Ride Ahead."
  • Their experience developing, creating, and co-directing the film.
  • Challenges they faced during the film.
  • Communication device technology.
  • Activism and disability justice.
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Mark as Played

Host, Mark Miller, speaks with Pat Pound about her life experiences, her advocacy, and her hobbies. Learn about:

  • Her unique journey.
  • Her staying active in retirement.
  • Her experience fencing.
  • Her work in the community.
  • Exchanging knowledge between different age groups
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Mark as Played

Host, Mark Miller, speaks with Dustin Giannelli about his life experiences, his advocacy, and his work as a public speaker and successful business professional. Learn about:

  • His unique journey.
  • His experience at Michael Jordan's basketball camp.
  • His motto "Be on offense."
  • Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
  • Meeting Stevie Wonder at CES
  • His advocacy and mission
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Mark as Played

Host, Mark Miller, speaks with Shani Dhanda about her life experiences, her advocacy, and her work as a social entrepreneur and influential figure. Learn about:

  • Her intersectional activism
  • Her influence in the community.
  • Her work as a Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Specialist.
  • Her commitment to being a leader and positive force for others.
  • Her numerous awards and accolades.
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Mark as Played

Mark Miller, host, and Dara Golding, co-host, speak with Phyllida Swift about her life experiences, being a CEO, and her appearance and social justice activism. Learn about:

  • Face Equality International.
  • Her advocacy for the facial difference community.
  • Her efforts to change stigmas and stereotypes around facial differences.
  • Her history working in the face equality space.
  • How she is making global connections through her work.
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Mark Miller, host, and Dara Golding, co-host, speak with Welby Broaddus about his education, life experiences, and how he gained more confidence in himself and his abilities. Learn about:

  • His constant willingness to try.
  • His advocacy and desire to raise awareness for people with disabilities.
  • The benefits of hiring individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
  • His consulting firm, Broaddus Business Solutions.
  • His book Leadin...
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Mark as Played

Mark Miller, host, and Cori Perlander, co-host, speak with Kristy Viers about her YouTube channel and commitment to raising awareness about accessible technology. Learn about:

  • How she built a following on social media
  • Her informative and educational video tutorials
  • How the visually impaired community utilizes accessible technology
  • How the braille display improves experiences on iOS devices
  • How challenging technology can be when...
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Mark Miller, host, and Dara Golding, producer, speak with Heather Pressman, Director of Learning & Engagement for the Molly Brown House Museum, and Danielle Schulz, Senior Manager of Lifelong Learning and Accessibility at the Denver Art Museum.

Today, they talk about writing The Art of Access: A Practical Guide for Museum Accessibility together and how accessibility changes museums. Learn about:

  • How tactile plaster model of an ...
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Mark Miller, host, and Dara Golding, producer, speak with Christina King, an ocularist at the Center for Ocular Prosthetics in Portland. 

Today, they talk about the unexpected paths Christina’s career has taken as she always seeks to improve her skills. And how she came to create both fantastical “fun eyes” and realistic eye prosthetics. Learn about:

  • How she made her first fun eye (a prosthetic with a gold iris!) for Rachel Mac...
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Mark as Played

Mark Miller speaks with Brandon Cole (aka superblindman on Twitch). Brandon Cole is a man of many hats, including streamer, blogger, voice actor, podcaster, and more. 

Today, he and Mark talk about their mutual love of video games and dive into what makes a video game accessible. Learn about:

  • The navigational assist accessibility feature in games like God of War: Ragnorok
  • Why Brandon started a Twitch channel
  • How, when he was a ...
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Mark as Played

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