Episode 12 – Disability and accessibility with Chris Hofstader

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS

0:00:25 INTRO

0:08:13 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 11th

• 1925 – Elmore Leonard is born
• 1962 – Pope opens Vatican II
• 1975 – Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham
• 2002 – Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
• 2008 – Blind driver breaks land-speed record

0:20:55 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• A possible alluvial fan in Mars’ Gale Crater
• Snakes on a plane with lasers
• California approves driverless cars
• The Catlin Seaview Survey confirms a new seahorse species

0:30:39 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Nazis, Buddha, and meteorites
• Innocence of Muslims film maker jailed for probation violation
• Google takes down anti-candidate video in Brazil
• Ambassador Stevens’s death was orchestrated by al Queda
• Russia’s new blasphemy law (via WWJTD)

0:39:12 MUSIC – “The F You Song” by Arthur Thomas Heist (Used by Permission)

0:40:21 FEATURE – Interview with Chris Hofstader

Chris Hofstader blogs at www.hofstader.com addressing topics of skepticism and vision impairment as well as the 21st Floor blog. He’s a semi-retired freelance hacker.

I became familiar with Chris when he did a guest post on Skepchick about accessibility in the atheist/skeptic communities

Web Accessibility Initiative

1:44:14 BLOOPERS

You can find us online at www.htotw.com, use the contact form, leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666, find us blogging at www.dwnomad.com, and like us on Facebook.

Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.