Category: Podcast Episodes
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AT Banter Episode 361 – Heather Hutchison
It’s the first show of a brand new year and we couldn’t be more excited to start things off with a bang as Ryan and Rob welcome social media superstar and author, advocate, and musician Heather Hutchison to the show. We talk about how she began her career as a content creator, what it’s like…
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AT Banter Episode 360 – A Podcast In a Pear Tree
It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of season once again! The trees have been decorated, the lights put up and once again we have gathered a collection of friends of the show together to celebrate the holiday season! Joining Rob, Ryan, Steve and Lis this year is Shawn Marsolais of the Limitless Podcast,…
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AT Banter Episode 359 – Ean Price
This week the entire AT Banter gang reunites in order to welcome Ean Price, Peer Team Lead at Technology for Living and Founder of ICAN Resource Group to the show. They discuss his role at Technology for Living and the work they do around Assistive Technology and how he came to found ICAN as well…
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AT Banter Episode 358 – A Partnership Made In the Kitchen
This week Rob and Ryan welcome Riane LaPaire and Leah Brochu from the National Network for Equitable Library Services and Sarah Smith-Eivemark from Penguin Random House Canada to discuss their recent partnership to provide braille editions of two new books from cooking legend Jamie Oliver. They discuss the books, how the partnership came about, the…
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AT Banter Episode 357
When Kari Brown-John sat down to try to book passage on a new ferry service between Nanaimo and Vancouver last summer, she was in for a big surprise. As it turns out, their policy was not to allow power wheelchairs on board. What started as a routine trip ended up splashed in the local media,…
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AT Banter Episode 356 – Ciara Moser
We’re doing it at 300 BPM this week (if you’re a bass player you will get that joke) as we welcome Ciara Moser, a professional bassist who has also been blind since birth and has just released a new album called, “Blind, So What?”. We talk to her about her passion for music and where…
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AT Banter Episode 355 – Not Another Shocker!
It’s that time of year again, when the pumpkins are placed on the doorsteps and witches and ghouls gather for tricks or treats! It’s also that time when the hosts of AT Banter gather together, drinks in hand, to engage in a little Halloween fun and nonsense, and this year is no different! Come join…
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AT Banter Episode 354 – Scott Rees
In July of 2023, Scott Rees swam more than 30 kilometres across the Strait of Georgia, from Vancouver to Nanaimo, in just under 11 hours as part of a fundraiser for Canadian Guide Dogs. Join us this week as we sit down with Scott to talk about his vision journey with retinitis pigmentosa, his own…
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AT Banter Episode 353 – Steven Verdile & The Squeaky Wheel
Prepare to have your funny bone tickled this week (or if you’re Lis, your hand stabbed) as we welcome Steven Verdile, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the disability satire site, The Squeaky Wheel. We learn about how the site came to be and some of the challenges surrounding a satire site that centers on disability, as…
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AT Banter Episode 352 – The Great Advocacy Discussion
It’s something a little different this week as Ryan, Rob, and Lis welcome back Shawn Marsolais, founder of Blind Beginnings and host of the Limitless Podcast back once again for a freeform, roundtable discussion about advocacy. We discuss everything from advocacy burnout to whether or not it’s fair that the community has to feel like…
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