Academics Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay use their combined knowledge to dig deeper and ask more ambitious questions than most pop culture podcasts out there – not doing recaps or just remaining on the level of entertainment coverage. For them, popular culture offers resources for asking questions about who we are and where we are going, questions that can be political, legal, technological, economic, or social, but often cut across all of the above.
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episode 46: “Legos for the Blind” with Matthew Shifrin
Welcome to November How Do You Like it So Far? fans! We kick off the second to last month of the year with Matthew Shifrin, an activist and advocate on issues impacting the visually impaired. His work has been integral in The Lego Group’s inclusion of braille and audio instructions with their modular sets. Matthew promotes adaptive tools for the blind, but he also wants to get the word out that these types of tools are right around the corner in the future. Listen in as Matthew discusses his partnership with Lego, the other projects he has in the pipeline and his overall enthusiasm that his work will have an impact on other visually impaired people like himself. Also, you will get to hear the hilarious story of how he met Henry for the first time!