This is not about the movie(s). Amazingly, that didn't even occur to us before, during, or even immediately after recording this... This is about the ability some people have to identify or possibly produce exact notes, called perfect pitch, or natural pitch, or absolute pitch. Is it genetic? Is it learned? Are those nonsensical questions? We'll explain a bit of the research on perfect pitch (and relative pitch, which is technically different). 

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Links and References: 

1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929707634867#:~:text=Absolute%20pitch%20(AP)%2C%20also%20known%20as%20%E2%80%9Cperfect,musical%20tone%2C%20without%20an%20external%20reference%20pitch.
2. https://www.huddlestone.es/en/perfect-pitch/
3. https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/what-is-perfect-pitch
4. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/perfect-pitch-is-not-magic/

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A touchy topic that some people don't want to touch is sexuality as it relates to disability. There is some "moral" prudishness that borders on (if not explicitly crosses into) eugenics for those who think sex is not a topic for diability. People with disabilities are people, and people have sexual motivations. We mostly dispell some myths people may have sex and disability as well as share some fun things you may not know.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Origin Story (board game; https://stonemaiergames.com/games/origin-story/)
• Shane: My band’s new records! GOD//MAN - DREAMSEEKER (https://godman.bandcamp.com/album/dreamseeker) and Cyberbully - Welcome to the Internet (2k25 Demo) (https://cyberbullyhc.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-internet-demo-2k25)

Holidays (12/3/2025):

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• International Spirit of the Game Day
• Let’s Hug Day
• Make a Gift Day
• National Apple Pie Day
• National Green Bean Casserole Day
• National Package Protection Day
• National Roof Over Your Head Day
• Women Wednesday
• Cookie Cutter Week

Links:

1.  https://www.independenceaustralia.com.au/health-articles/health-disabilities-and-sex/
2. https://shq.org.au/2022/09/common-myths-sexuality-disability/
3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20131952/
4. https://sexualityanddisability.org/having-sex/mythbusting/

 

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The industry around sex equipment has been leading the charge in the development of equipment for different bodies and impairments. This mini describes some of the advances and innovations that have developed for various body types and impairments to engage in safe, sexual activities. 

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Links: 

1. https://www.intimaterider.com/
2. https://dds.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dds/publication/attachments/Oct%202018%20-%20Adaptive%20Devices%20for%20Intimacy%20and_or%20Sexual%20Engagement.pdf
3. https://abilitymagazine.com/disability-sex-and-adult-toys-by-and-for-people-with-disabilities/ 

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The vernacular treadmill is ever running and we often find we are behind on the currently accepted terms. While some struggle to accept change, many of us prefer to treat our fellow humans with respect by adopting the terms that are more compassionate. We briefly touch on the history of some terms as well as the current "best practices," including the controvery around person-first or identity-first language. What are some you didn't know? Did we miss any?

Recommendations

• Abraham: Hens (board game: https://www.littlerocketgames.com/product/hens/) 
• Shane: The Running Man (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14107334/)

Holidays (11/26/26):

• Blackout Wednesday
• Coton de Tulear Day
• Good Grief Day
• National Cake Day
• National Jukebox Day
• Spitegiving
• Tie One On Day
• What Do You Love About America Day
• Better Conversation Week
• Church/State Separation Week
• GERD Awareness Week
• National Adoption Week
• National Family Week
• National Farm-City Week
• National Game & Puzzle Week

Links: 

1. https://adata.org/factsheet/ADANN-writing
2. https://www.ndrn.org/resource/communicating-about-people-with-disabilities/#:~:text=Avoid%20Using%20Euphemisms,part%20of%20the%20human%20experience.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaGmxrPnYAM&t=7s
4. https://www.adcet.edu.au/resource/11292/file/19/3a-Guide-to-language-about-disability-FINAL_230209.pdf 
5. https://odr.dc.gov/page/people-first-language#:~:text=The%20People%20First%20Respectful%20Language,and%20publications%20and%20all%20internet 

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Do you believe in the magic of sperm? The longer you hold onto it, the mightier you become. Except, not. The idea of sperm retention does almost nothing that it claims to, even to the point of being counter productive for some goals. But, if that's your thing. You do you. 

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Links and References: 

1. https://youtu.be/cjmoiEakV9k?si=ahxthGfl7DsJG4M1 
2. https://www.oxfordonlinepharmacy.co.uk/blog/what-is-no-nut-november
3. https://medium.com/@nicole.prause/how-did-no-nut-november-start-72437eb89340

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/13634607231157070

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Brilliant people have worked to create accessibility so comprehensively baked into our lives that we often don't even recognize that it is there. However, there are still more places without accessible design than places with it. This discussion enumerates the Universal Design Principles that have improved everyone's quality of life and made the world a more inclusive place for people with disabilities. We'll talk about what they are, how they work, and along the way, impart guidelines for how you can bring accessibilty to the things you make and places you work. We all benefit from a more inclusive environment. 

Recommendations

• Abraham: Great British Baking Show (Season 16; https://www.netflix.com/title/80063224)
• Shane: Jens Kuross - Crooked Songs ( https://open.spotify.com/album/5huktjQKjN8zWNGr3DBWom?si=DTbEX28NR1eAexNKIACPLA) 
• Takeshi Terauchi - Nippon Guitars (https://open.spotify.com/album/4URTuHGcaXNQdGyWJpLrIa?si=2xL6VwG-QRCTrdn-XiOIwQ)

Holidays (19 November 2025):

• Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
• Equal Opportunity Day
• Have a Bad Day Day
• International Men’s Day
• National Blow Bagpipes Day
• National Camp Day
• National Education Support Professionals Day
• Play Monopoly Day
• Rocky and Bullwinkle Day
• Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
• World Toilet Day
• American Education Week
• International Fraud Awareness Week
• International Restorative Justice Week
• World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

Links and References: 

1. https://design.ncsu.edu/research/center-for-universal-design/
2. https://inclusive.microsoft.design/
3. https://www.eleken.co/blog-posts/design-that-benefits-everyone-top-5-inclusive-design-examples
4. https://www.unr.edu/nced 

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This is a quick tutorial for making things more accessible and checking for accessibility when creating documents mostly in MS Office and Adobe. So, this will be a how-to with recommendations and a little commentary. Let us know about your accessibility strategies.

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Links and References: 

1. https://accessibe.com/accessscan?utm_feeditemid=&utm_device=c&utm_term=%2Bwcag%20%2Btest&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GSN_|_US-CA_|_Accessibility_and_Compliance_Checkers_(accessScan)&hsa_cam=9492882453&hsa_grp=97916663993&hsa_mt=b&hsa_src=g&hsa_ad=589939198502&hsa_acc={5473750088}&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_kw=%2Bwcag%20%2Btest&hsa_tgt=kwd-489815367832&hsa_ver=3&gcmz={CjwKCAiA2svIBhB-EiwARWDPjof2x5NioMz2q7GpDgu_kAx7O2cqlxowPX6mHfghwOVTfDaAAu8ERhoCdj0QAvD_BwE}&utm_term=%2Bwcag%20%2Btest&utm_campaign=GSN+%7C+US-CA+%7C+Accessibility+and+Compliance+Checkers+(accessScan)&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=5473750088&hsa_cam=9492882453&hsa_grp=97916663993&hsa_ad=589939198502&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-489815367832&hsa_kw=%2Bwcag%20%2Btest&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=9492882453&gbraid=0AAAAAC3OJk2sKgxQIUjlxz-T2zXQAYbLj&gclid=CjwKCAiA2svIBhB-EiwARWDPjof2x5NioMz2q7GpDgu_kAx7O2cqlxowPX6mHfghwOVTfDaAAu8ERhoCdj0QAvD_BwE

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Continuing on with our suite on disability and accessibility, this episode explores new research exploring autism subtypes and their links to genetic markers. There are implications for people with disabilities and politics. Tell us what you think!

Recommendations

• Abraham: Visit Savannah, GA! https://visitsavannah.com/ 
• Shane: ONTABA (https://ontaba.org/)

Holidays (11/12/2025):

• Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
• GIS Day
• Happy Hour Day
• International Pathology Day
• National French Dip Day
• National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)
• World Pneumonia Day
• Dear Santa Letter Week
• Geography Awareness Week
• Home Care Aide Week
• National Book Awards Week
• International Week of Science and Peace

Links: 

1.   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02224-z
2.    https://www.princeton.edu/news/2025/07/09/major-autism-study-uncovers-biologically-distinct-subtypes-paving-way-precision
3. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/genetics-dictionary/def/de-novo-mutation

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Do you wake up after sleeping? Do you eat food when you are hungry? You might have ADHD! Not because of those things... those just mean you are human and alive. But, people are constantly posting about symptoms of ADHD that are not symptoms of ADHD. We'll break down a few examples. 

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Links: 

1. https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/patient_care/adhd_toolkit/adhd19-assessment-table1.pdf
2. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adhd/symptoms-causes/syc-20350889#:~:text=Attention%2Ddeficit%2Fhyperactivity%20disorder%2C,being%20hyperactive%20and%20being%20impulsive.
3. https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/social-media-videos-often-share-misinformation-about-adhd/ 
4. https://www.donefirst.com/blog/adhd-misinformation-and-social-media 

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How do we start talking about disabiliity? First, we need to understand how people thinking about and appraoch disability. This episode kicks off a suite of episodes in which we will be discussing various issues in disability and accessibility. The models of disability are the different ways people have approached and treated disability and people with disabilities. We have a favorite.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Acacia Strain: You are Safe From God Here (https://youaresafefromgodhere.com/)
• Shane: Writing and recording your own music 

Holidays (11/5/2025)

• American Football Day
• Bank Transfer Day
• Commercial TV Broadcast Day
• Firewood Day
• Guy Fawkes Day
• International Stress Awareness Day
• National Block It Out Day
• National Donut Day
• National Eating Healthy Day
• National Gunpowder Day
• National Love Your Red Hair Day
• Play Monopoly Day
• World Tsunami Awareness Day
• Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
• Give Wildlife a Brake Week
• National Fig Week
• National Medical Cannabis Week
• Polar Bear Week

Links and References: 

1. https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/psychology-teacher-network/introductory-psychology/disability-models
2. https://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/disability/models
3. https://participation.cbm.org/why/disability-participation/models-of-disability
4. https://www.unhcr.org/us/media/handout-2-models-disability
5. https://disabilityinpublichealth.org/1-1/
6. https://cte.alliant.edu/conceptualizing-disability-three-models-of-disability/ 
7. https://odpc.ucsf.edu/clinical/patient-centered-care/medical-and-social-models-of-disability 
8. https://enil.eu/conceptual-models-of-disability-throughout-history/ 
9. Olkin, R. (2002). Could you hold the door for me? Including disability in diversity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 8, 130-137.

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The "Thin Blue Line" has a probable origin in military history. It has been employed as a symbol of law enforcement, but commoly applied in contrast to other social causes. We discuss the history of the Thin Blue Line, the origin of the modern flag with a blue stripe interpretation of this idea, criticisms of the Thin Blue Line, and enumerate the controvertial uses of this iconography... all within the scope of a single mini! 

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Links and References: 

1. https://www.police1.com/police-history/articles/what-does-the-thin-blue-line-flag-mean-2J3500lyyaGueEo0/
2. https://nationalpolice.org/that-thin-blue-line-what-does-it-really-mean/
3. https://www.vedderholsters.com/news-articles/back-the-blue-history-and-symbolism-of-the-thin-blue-line/
4. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-thin-blue-line-became-controversial-symbol-to-represent-police-2021-2
5. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/08/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag 

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Our final Halloween episode tackles a grizzly topic: Ritual Sacrifices. We explore some of the practices and reasons for sacfrifice throughout history. Note that there are somewhat graphic descriptions of some violent acts toward humans and animals. If you're going to sacrifice something, make it an inanimate effigy or other symbolic object. Happy Halloween 2025!

Recommendations

• Abraham: Novocaine: https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/novocaine
• Shane: Nine Inch Nails - Tron:Ares OST (https://open.spotify.com/album/47pjW3XDPW99NShtkeewxl?si=4fV1oxzNTaaCMyDasdFkWw)

Holidays (10/29/2025):

• International Internet Day
• Happy Early Halloween
• National Cat Day
• National Hermit Day
• National Oatmeal Day
• Read for the Record Day
• World Psoriasis Day
• World Stroke Day
• Brain Tumor Awareness Week
• Disarmament Week
• International Magic Week
• Prescription Errors Education and Awareness Week
• Winter Weather Preparedness Week
• World Origami Days
• Happy birthday to Winona Ryder, Ben Foster, Bob Ross and Gabrielle Union

Links and references: 

1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-sacrifice
2. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/ritual-sacrifice-0017159
3. https://www.thecollector.com/human-sacrifice-throughout-history/
4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27042932/
5. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-human-sacrifice-propped-up-the-social-order/
6. https://www.science.org/content/article/human-sacrifice-may-have-helped-societies-become-more-complex

 



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There is a mysterious castle in Czechia with defensive structures pointed inward toward the caste. There are also stories of a hole in the ground of unknown depth with horror stories about attempts to explore it. We'll discuss the truth of Houska Castle. 

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Source: 
https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/the-real-truth-behind-houska-castle/

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