This often comes up on my podcast.  Here are some of my thoughts on the subject, based on some things I've recently seen.  

I recently reconnected with Valeria Reyes-Chian, who played for a couple years on a basketball team I coached.  We talk about why she preferred tennis to basketball, what she's doing on her way to becoming a psychologist, and why she likes this podcast, but hates the name.  

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A week after the Paralympics ended, NBC aired a rerun of the gold medal men's basketball game, between the US and Japan.  But did it even matter a week later?

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After watching more of the Paralympic Games than I've ever seen before, in this episode I talk about them with my friend Stanley Martin Jr.  

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I've put the podcast on hold until the Paralympics are over, but before then I have something to say about the way they're being covered.

This is slightly longer than the video version, because it reflects some of the feedback I got from the video that I should have made clearer.  

Video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WrS3Op3uHc

This was my first attempt at making a video for Youtube and a trailer episode at the same time. Video version is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNJgHtCQC98 

Last time I had Nikki Guthrie on the podcast, she told me all about her son's rare condition.  This time, I saw that she needed to vent about something that happened to him, and I let her do it on the show.  

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So this was supposed to be last week's episode but it had to be recorded a second time.  Meezan Ford and I talk about why she goes through a grieving process this time of year, and we talk about some movies with depictions of disabilities.

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Taking a minute (literally) to explain why it looks like there will be no new episode this week.  And to address some things I've been working on for the show that has nothing to do with making episodes.