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World Blind Herald
by Making Better
A world of perspective from the global blind community
Episodes
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Making Better Episode 20 Andreus Stefik
Andreas Stefik is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. For the last decade, he has been creating technologies that make it easier for people, including those with disabilities, to write computer software. He helped establish the first national...
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Making Better Episode 19: Lainey Feingold
Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer who focuses on digital accessibility, an author, and an international speaker and trainer. Lainey’s book, Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, is available in print and accessible digital formats. In 2017 Lainey was selected as…
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Making Better Episode 18: Brian Dunning
Science writer Brian Dunning is the host and producer of the Skeptoid podcast and the author of seven books on scientific skepticism. Skeptoid is one of the longest running and consistently most popular independent podcasts, having surpassed 100 million downloads in January 2017. Dunning is the...
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Making Better Episode 17: Lisa Willis
Dr. Lisa Willis holds a PHD in immunology, is the present assistant professor of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta. She focuses on helping women achieve their goals in STEM fields: Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics, and she describes something that…
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Making Better Episode 16: Liz Lutgendorf
Sina Bahram from episode one joins us to talk to Liz Lutgendorff, who describes herself as "always busy, a geek, punk, historian (Ph.D. in the history of secularism), Cyclist, Londoner, and a Trustee @ConwayHall. She hosts a podcast called Science Fiction Double Feature, where she interviews an...
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Making Better Episode 15: Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership behavior and competency. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over 700,000 copies sold and 1,000+ five-star reviews...
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Making Better Episode 14: Fred Schneider Lead Singer of the B52s
Selling over 20 million albums worldwide, The B-52s—Fred Schneider [vocals], Kate Pierson [vocals], Cindy Wilson [vocals] — have quietly impacted alternative music, fashion, and culture over the course of four-plus decades. They count John Lennon, Madonna, James Murphy, and Michael Stipe among...
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Making Better Episode 13: Amber D. Miller Dean of USC Dornsife
Amber D. Miller is the 22nd dean of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She holds the Anna H. Bing Dean’s Chair and a faculty appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Click here to read her full biography and click here to read a transcript of this episode....
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Making Better Episode 12: Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jennifer Michael Hecht is a poet, historian, and commentator. She is the author of the bestseller Doubt: A History, a history of religious and philosophical doubt all over the world, throughout history. Her newest book is Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It (Yale University...
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Making Better Episode 11 James O’Malley
James O'Malley is a London-based freelance writer and journalist who has previously written for The Spectator, Wired, Politico and New Statesman, among other publications, WHERE HE WRITES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Click here to read James O'Malley's full professional bio and find a list of his...
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Making Better Episode 10: SciBabe
Yvette d'Entremont, also known as SciBabe, is a public speaker, science blogger, and former analytical chemist. She has a background in forensics and toxicology. Her blog, SciBabe, is dedicated to "clearing up misinformation about science, food and nutrition." She also works to debunk falsehoods…
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Making Better Episode 9: Howard Bloom
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Making-Better-09-Howard-Bloom.mp3 Howard Bloom has been called “next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein,[and] Freud,” by Britain’s Channel4 TV , “the next Stephen Hawking” by Gear Magazine, and “The...
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Making Better Episode 8: Hayley Stevens, Parranormal Researcher
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Making-Better-08-Hayley-Stevens.mp3 Hayley Stephens is a paranormal researcher and she lives in what she refers to as "Weird Wiltshire" in the United Kingdom. she is studying towards a BSc (Hons) Psychology. she works full time and in...
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Making Better Episode 7: Penny Arcade
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Making-Better-07-Penny-Arcade.mp3 Since first climbing out of her bedroom window at age 14 to join the fabulously disenfranchised world of queers, junkies, whores, stars, deviants and geniuses she has become one of the most influential...
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Making Better episode 6: Jim Fruchterman #a11y
Jim Fruchterman is a leading social entrepreneur, a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and a Distinguished Alumnus of Caltech. Jim believes that technology has the power to improve—even transform—the lives of people around the world. As Founder and CEO…
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Making Better Episode 5: M. E. Thomas
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Making-Better-05-M-E-thomas.mp3 M. E. Thomas is the pseudonym of a practising lawyer and law professor. She is also the founder of the popular blog Sociopath World. Twitter: @sociopathworld Click here to read a transcript of episode 5.
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Making Better Episode 4: Richard Stallman
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Making-Better-04-Richard-Stallman.mp3 Richard Matthew Stallman leads the Free Software Movement, which shows how the usual non-free software subjects users to the unjust power of its developers, plus their spying and manipulation, and...
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Episode 3: Anne Devereux-Mills @annedevmills
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Making-Better-03-Anne-Devereux-Mills.mp3 Anne Devereux-Mills is a sought-after speaker, author and advocate for women, particularly on the subject of how to create a powerful cycle of personal growth, empowerment, and advancement. Anne’s...
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Episode 2: Michael Marshall @MrMMarsh
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Making-Better-02-Michael-Marshall.mp3 Michael Marshall is the Project Director of the Good Thinking Society and the Vice President of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He regularly speaks with proponents of pseudoscience for the Be...
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Episode One: Sina Bahram
https://www.makingbetterpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Making-Better-001-Sina-Bahram.mp3 Sina Bahram is an accessibility consultant, researcher, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Prime Access Consulting (PAC), an inclusive design firm whose clients include technology startups,...
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A world of perspective from the global blind community
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A world of perspective from the global blind community
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