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in this episode we are looking at disability and the ongoing frustration of disability parking spaces. The article is from yahoo news entitled

Car park incident highlights need for change on issueimpacting millions: 'They do it all the time'

A disability advocate says he's had enough after repeatedlyseeing motorists use accessible parking bays outside his local gym. Written by Preston Potts dated 26th September 2026.

An Australian driver is calling for change after witnessinga common incident in a gym car park.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/car-park-incident-highlights-need-for-change-on-issue-impacting-millions-they-do-it-all-the-time-050000773.html?

In this episode we are going to take a look at pop culture insights. Recently PlayStation had a much-anticipated game wolverine flop and many across the internet termed it wokerine for its hand holding and yearning between wolverine and sabretooth.

This gave Xbox a chance to hit a home run with gears of War e-day but there is some controversy is this going to be termed gears of woke the article is from that park place.com entitled Gears of War E-Day Causes Controversy With PRIDE Profile Customization Options written by Trevor Denning dated October 4th 2026.

Gears of War: E-Day is already generating controversyduring its early access period, but this time the argument has little to do with chainsaw bayonets or the Locust Horde.

https://thatparkplace.com/gears-of-war-e-day-causes-controversy-with-pride-profile-customization-options/

today we are looking at an article regarding lgbtqia+ from the starobserver.com.au with an article entitled LGBTQ+ Australians Three Times More Likely To Suffer Mental Health Disorders, New Study Finds written by Jacques Nieuwoudt
 dated October 2, 2026.

A new study out of Monash University has found that LGBTQ+ Australians are three times more likely to experience mental health disorders as the rest of the population.

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/lgbtq-australians-three-times-more-likely-to-suffer-mental-health-disorders-new-study-finds/244332?

In this episode we are going to look at pop culture in this day and age we see every day a Hollywood celebrity not talking about their latest project but about politics and messaging, the most notable ones of the last few years has beenRachel Ziegler, Mark Ruffalo, Billy Eilish, Mark Hamill, Jane Fonda to name but a few. Now Florence Pugh is adding her political activism into the mix with the upcoming avenger’s movie do movie goers want to hear another lecture. Thearticle is from geeks and gamers.com entitled Florence Pugh Embraces Political Activism Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ — Does Disney Have Another Rachel Zegler Problem? Written by Marvin Montenaro written September 28th, 2026.

https://geeksandgamers.com/florence-pugh-embraces-political-activism-ahead-of-avengers-doomsday-does-disney-have-another-rachel-zegler-problem/

In this episode we are looking at pop culture in this episode, with Marvels Avengers Doomsday looming on the horizon we take a look at an article which the Russo’s explain the stark and doom connection the article is from that park place.comentitled Russo Brothers Explain Tony Stark and Doctor Doom Connection in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ written by Marvin Montenaro dated September 28th 2026.

https://thatparkplace.com/russo-brothers-explain-tony-stark-and-doctor-doom-connection-in-avengers-doomsday/

in episode 99 we looked at an article where Australian disability advocate Shane Hryhorec was unable to access the building easily of the federal minister of Health anddisability Mark Butller. The link to episode 99 will be in the description. A year after being locked out of Mark Butler’s office, disability advocate Shane Hryhorec returns to find nothing’s changed, and he’s taking the fight to theFederal Court.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/disability-advocate-takes-federal-gov-to-court-over-accessibility/news story/8a2360b68f1cd80bdb55b744feba02d7

Episode 99

https://www.news.com.au/national/health-minister-mark-butler-under-fire-over-disability-access/news-story/4d483e447f926282422158af522d7587

in this episode we are going to look at pop culture in regards to the game wolverine where certain parts of the world where lgbtqia+ content is censored and the entertainment company Insomniac for all its virtue signalling has gone quiet on the issue . The article comes from that park place.com entitled Sony’s Wolverine Game for PlayStation Censored in Middle Eastern Countries for Pride Content written by wdw pro datedSeptember 23rd 2026.

https://thatparkplace.com/sonys-wolverine-game-for-playstation-censored-in-middle-eastern-countries-for-pride-content/

in this episode we are looking at pop culture in regards to the confirmed involvement with controversial consulting company sweet baby inc in regards to the wolverine game. In episode 148 we looked at an article where there was concern that the organization sweet baby inc had their consultants modernizing the wolverine game the link for that episode willbe in the description .Today we are going to look at an article which confirms what had been reported and one of the reasons why wolverine has been colloquially named wokerine  by some on the internet the article is from that park place.com entitled Sweet Baby Inc Involvement in Marvel’s Wolverine Confirmed Through Game’s Credits written by Trevor Denning dated September 20th 2026.

Episode 148https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/2fcmeoLAG6b

https://thatparkplace.com/sweet-baby-inc-involvement-in-marvels-wolverine-confirmed-through-games-credits/

in episode 174 one of the articles we looked at was where Sony playstation has said we do not own anything we purchase digitally. The link to that article will be in thedescription. Today we are asking the question which is it do we own our purchases or not the article comes from kotaku.com entitled Fans Put Together A List Of Every Time Sony Said Players Owned Their Digital Games AfterThe Company Argued In A Lawsuit That It Was Obvious Players Don’t Sony really likes to use the word "owned" despite claiming nobody would ever think they owned a digital game written by By Zack Zwiezen dated September 10th, 2026.

Episode 174

-https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IDSBEc5heeBwsUuLgr1wK?si=Boj9N5_ISK-1SZ080cOKkA

https://kotaku.com/fans-put-together-a-list-of-every-time-sony-said-players-owned-their-digital-games-after-the-company-argued-in-a-lawsuit-that-it-was-obvious-players-dont-2000733271

in this episode we are going to look at disability specifically deafness and classical music with an article from abc.net.au entitled Deafness and classical music have been intertwined for centuries written by Ria Andriani dated 12th September 2026.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/how-deaf-people-connect-with-music-beethoven-to-haptic-vests/107129188