AT Banter Podcast

AT Banter Podcast Episode 262 - Dr. Anna Lembke

We are back after a break of a couple weeks (blame Rob) and Ryan, Steve, and Rob welcome back guest co-host Lis Malone for a very special episode of the show. This week the gang talks to Dr. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and author of the book “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence” about addiction, how many seemingly innocuous things are being “drug-ified”, and why it’s important to find a balance in our everyday lives.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/at-banter-podcast-episode-262-dr.-anna-lembke.pdf
Show Notes
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgencehttps://www.amazon.ca/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indulgence/dp/152474672X
Dr. Anna Lembke Onlinehttps://www.annalembke.com/

AT Banter Podcast Episode 261 - Bring on the Halloweenies

The pumpkins are all out on the porches and the trees are adorned with toilet paper, which can only mean one thing – it’s time for the AT Banter annual Halloween episode! This year we’ve got a full house, as Rob, Ryan, and Steve welcome special guest Rick Chant from Chaos Technical Services and Lis Malone, from the Breaking Dishes Podcast to help celebrate the season as only these Halloweenies can!
Show Notes
https://www.halloweencostumes.com/blog/p-1494-adaptive-costumes.aspx
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 260 - Dr. Dave Grimes

It’s Blindness Awareness Month and Rob, Ryan and Steve talk about its mandate and why Blindness Awareness is important globally before welcoming on Dr. Dave Grimes to talk about his work done with the Children’s Low Vision Project and the work done overseas with Medical Ministry International.
Show Notes
Medical Ministry Internationalhttps://www.mmi.org/
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 259 - Community Recreational Initiatives Society

Moose, rabbits, bears, oh my! This week Steve, Ryan and Rob are heading into the Great Outdoors to talk with Laura McEwan, Manager of Program Delivery for Accessible Wilderness Expeditions, an organization based in Kelowna, BC that offers all manner of adapted outings and adventures.
Show Notes
Community Recreational Initiatives Societyhttp://crisadaptive.ca/
Adaptive Adventureshttp://adaptiveadventures.ca/
Accessible Wilderness Expeditionshttps://www.accesswilderness.ca/
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 258 - Kiesha Mastrodimos

Rob, Ryan and Steve get a lesson in foreign foot fetishes (inside joke, you’ll have to listen to the episode to get it) and welcome disability advocate, motivational speaker, social media star Kiesha Mastrodimos to the show to discuss the documentary “Kiesha’s Story: A Path to Wellness”.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/at-banter-podcast-episode-258-keisha-mastrodimos.pdf
Show Notes
Kiesha’s Story: A Path to Wellnesshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVW1ZcsFCsg
Keisha on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/wheelsxo
Keisha on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UChbEgWyPACFalmuSIwej3xA
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 257 - Jillian Gillis

Mental health and the notion of self-care and self-love can be something many of us overlook in our busy, everyday lives. This week the boys are excited to welcome Jillian Gillis to the show to talk about her new(ish) podcast called Self Love is Blind, a show that discusses these concepts through the lens of disability.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/at-banter-episode-268-jillian-gillis.pdf
Show Notes
Self Love Is Blindhttps://selfloveisblind.com/
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 256 - Kelly Goto Returns

It’s another exciting week for the boys at AT Banter as they welcome back long time friend of the show Kelly Goto, founder and principal at gotomedia and gotoresearch to talk about the state of digital accessibility and how corporations are beginning to embrace inclusivity and accessible policies.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/at-banter-podcast-episode-256-kelly-goto-returns.pdf
Show Notes
Kelly Goto on the webhttps://www.kellygoto.com/
gotomediahttps://www.gotomedia.com/
gotoresearchhttps://www.gotoresearch.com/
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 255 - We‘ve Got Some Good News

Yes that’s right, it’s that time again! After more COVID worries, protests, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes, it’s high time for another installment of a Good News Show! This week Steve brings us a collection of news stories from around the world that all have one thing in common – all the news is GOOD! If you’re having a bad week and need to restore your faith in humanity, this is the episode for you!
Show Notes
18 Actually Good Things That Happened in 2020https://www.huffpost.com/entry/good-things-happened-2020_l_5feb660fc5b6ff7479847494
New Cancer Treatments May Be on The Horizon – Thanks to Success in mRNA Vaccine Trialhttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mrna-vaccines-could-offer-personal-treatments-for-some-of-the-words-cancers/
4 Tuna Species Recovered After Decade of Fishing Quotas–With Albacore in Stores Being Truly Sustainablehttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/iucn-reports-4-tuna-species-on-path-to-recovery/
11-year-old Girl Drummer, Nandi Bushell, Finally Joins Foo Fighters on Stagehttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nandi-bushell-plays-with-dave-grohl-foo-fighters/
Cure for Osteoarthritis Could Be ‘No Further Than the End of Your Nose', Researchers Findhttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cure-for-osteoarthritis-basel-university
Pecan-Rich Diet Shown to Reduce Cholesterol in New Studyhttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pecan-enriched-diet-shown-to-reduce-cholesterol-georgia/
Youth is Fighting Microplastic Pollution with Magnetic Liquid After Winning Google Science Fairhttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fionn-ferreira-won-google-science-fair-2019-with-microplastic-cleaning-fluid/
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 254 - Maccessibility

Guess who’s back?? Rejoice, ye Barclheads! Steve triumphantly (well, that might be pushing it) to the podcast just in time for the newly reunited trio to welcome Darcy Burnard and Holly Anderson from the Apple-centric accessibility podcast ‘Maccessibility’ to the show. They talk about what the state of accessibility of Apple is currently, whether the playing field has been leveled between all the different OS and device manufacturers, and what kind of innovations might be coming in the future.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/at-banter-podcast-episode-254-maccessibility.pdf
Show Notes
Maccessibility Podcast Onlinehttps://maccessibility.net/
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 253 - Brain Computer Interfaces

Rob and Ryan take a break from yelling at the clouds this week in order to welcome David Moses, a Post-Doctoral engineer from the University of California San Francisco who also worked on a recent study that involved developing an implant that allowed a test subject to translate brain signals into text, with a vocabulary of 50 words! They talk to him about the study he worked on as well break down what Brain Computer Interfaces are and how they work, and what the future could hold for the field.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/at-banter-podcast-episode-253-brain-computer-interfaces.pdf
Show Notes
Adults with disabilities face barriers accessing food, leading to food insecurity: U of T studyhttps://www.utoronto.ca/news/adults-disabilities-face-barriers-accessing-food-leading-food-insecurity-u-t-study
Stroke Prevented His Speech, But Brain Implant Brought It Backhttps://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=261595
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