Show Notes for The People Make the Places, S1 Episode 6, Singapore and Bali This episode is about 45 minutes in length. It includes recorded commentary, interactions with local children, a village dedicated to wood carving and sounds of the environment from the streets to the forest. Mike May and Gena Harper muse about the challenges of communicating and navigating in these two countries. The People Make the Places shares the complexity of traveling, especially as a blind person, something from which everyone can benefit. Here is a link to more details and a full list of all episodes and background on the People Make the Places podcast.

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Show Notes for The People Make the Places, S1 Episode 5, Ghana This episode is about 41 minutes in length. It includes words from Kojo Tetteh, head of two disability organizations in Ghana, cassette recordings of Mike May in Ghana in 1976 and highlights from Terica and Grayson Roberts donating white canes in Ghana October 2024. The experiences are personal with commentary on the travel, technology and people in this West African country most people know little about. It ends with a song written and recorded by Mike May from the shores of Ghana. The People Make the Places shares the complexity of traveling as a blind person, something at which everyone can benefit from improving. Here is a link to more details and a full list of all episodes and background on the People Make the Places podcast. http://crashingthrough.com/the-people-make-the-places-mike-may-and-friends/

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Show Notes Scotland and UK, Episode 4, 2002-2024 38 Minutes in length

This episode continues the Sendero WayFun group’s trip from Ireland to Scotland in 2004 plus current comments from Valorie Stanard, from the WayFun group. It includes a TechShare conference Mike and Gena attended around 2014 in Glasgow.

Mike gives the mic to his son Carson, age 10, along with his mother OJ, to narrate their trip around the UK where they just happened to be in front of Buckingham Palace from the Queen Mom’s funeral procession.

Mike and his childhood friend Mark Pighin join some Brits for a dining in the dark experience in London.

In 2011, Mike and Gena went to London on their 3rd date. Three years later, they were married at Enchanted Hills Camp in the Napa foothills. We hear the voice of Carson May at the wedding, one of the last recordings of his voice before he was killed in an avalanche in 2016.

Sneak peek, Episode 5 will take us to West Africa with recordings of Mike’s trip to Ghana in 1976 and a 2024 trip to Ghana on White Cane day by a mom and her 10 year old blind son. For more on Carson May, http://www.carsonmay.org/ For more on Ori Jean May, http://www.2OJ.net

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