Disability Daily Podcast

January 18: Hargus "Pig" Robbins

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Happy Birthday to blind American keyboardist Hargus Melvin "Pig" Robbins! 
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Hargus Robbins:
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
 
Legacy.com
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
 
 

January 17: Muhammad Ali

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Today we celebrate the GOAT himself, Muhammad Ali, who was dyslexic and had Parkinson’s disease.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Muhammad Ali:
Meet Ali - Muhammad Ali Center 
Neurologists who treated Muhammad Ali provide evidence for primary Parkinson’s diagnosis
Muhammad Ali | Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan
  
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 16: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg

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Today we celebrate deaf Swedish analytical chemist Anders Ekeberg, who discovered tantalum.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Anders Ekeberg:
Science News in ASL:  Elements and Anders Gustav Ekeberg
Who Discovered Tantalum and When | Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg - Wikipedia
200th Anniversary: Anders Ekeberg’s Death - ChemistryViews
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 15: Dr. Al-Singace, Robert Tarango, and Be My Eyes

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Today we celebrate Bahraini mechanical engineer and human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace; DeafBlind actor Robert Tarango; and the anniversary of the launch of Be My Eyes.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Dr. Al-Singace, Robert Tarango, and Be My Eyes:
Abduljalil Al-Singace | Human Rights Commission 
Scholars at Risk: #FreeAlSingace
Breaking Barriers and Feeling Through: Meet Robert Tarango, Deafblind Actor – BlindNewWorld
Feeling Through - Apple TV
FEELING THROUGH | Official Trailer (2021)
Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes: Hans Jørgen Wiberg at TEDxCopenhagen    
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 14: Clarence Carter

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Today we celebrate blind American musician and singer-songwriter Clarence Carter.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Clarence Carter:
Q&A: Clarence Carter (interview)
Hire Singer Clarence Carter for your Event
Blues great Clarence Carter achieved independence and stardom stroke by stroke 
Clarence Carter - Encyclopedia of Alabama
Listen: I Can't See Myself
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 13: Ottobock Prosthetics founded

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On this day in 1919, German prosthetics company Ottobock was founded to help wounded soldiers.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Otto Bock and Ottobock:
The Unknown Nazi Past of Prosthetic King Ottobock | Hans Georg Näder
 Ottobock und die Nazi-Vergangenheit: Dunkle Flecken in der Heldengeschichte
100 years of Ottobock: the company's history 
Paris 2024 Paralympics: Gold medal for Ottobock's responsiveness
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 12: Andy Pleasants and Dave Stevens

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Today we celebrate Anderson “Andy” Pleasants (American Deaf and craniofacial difference advocate) and Dave Stevens (American athlete and sports broadcaster born without legs).
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Andy Pleasants and Dave Stevens:
How I Found Hope by Finding Myself | ANDERSON PLEASANTS | TEDxYouth@Buffalo 
Anderson Pleasant's LinkedIn Profile
Anderson Pleasants - YouTube
Dave Stevens (amputee sportsman) - Wikipedia
With successful career at ESPN, stint in independent baseball, Dave Stevens inspiring others
Legendary Athlete Born Without Legs Headlines Abilities Expo
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 11: Charles Dail

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Today we celebrate Charles Dail, a polio survivor and mayor of San Diego, CA.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Charles Dail:
Interview with Dr. Roger Revelle
Charles Dail - Wikipedia
History: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 10: Gunther von Hagens

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Today we discuss German anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens, plastination, and his Body Worlds exhibits.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Dr. Gunther von Hagens:
Gunther von Hagens - Körperwelten (Body Worlds)
Petra Kuppers, “Visions of Anatomy: Exhibitions and Dense Bodies,” Differences 15, no. 3 (December 2004): 123–156.
BODY WORLDS: The Original Exhibition of Dr. Gunther von Hagens (short video)
Physician, plastinate thyself: von Hagens reveals he's dying – and wants to be preserved
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (Rembrandt painting) 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 9: Tony Meléndez

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Today we celebrate Tony Meléndez, renowned guitarist born without arms.
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Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you!
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Learn more about Tony Meléndez:
Tony Melendez (official website)
Living Real Radio, "Living Hands Free with Tony Melendez" 24 Nov 2019.
Tony Melendez (video of 1987 performance)
Thalidomide | Science Museum  
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound