Atheist Nomads Episode 12 – Disability and accessibility with Chris Hofstader

Summary: Recorded 09/29/12 for release on 10/11/12 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.atheistnomads.com, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, 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.