NDEAM Remix

We open up the vault to revisit guest host Amy Scherer’s previous interview with Liz Weintraub, where Liz discussed her journey from a sheltered workshop to a Senior Advocacy Specialist on the Public Policy team at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. Then, we go back to the future, as Stephanie tells Jack and Michelle about White Cane Awareness Day.

Check out Liz’s video series Tuesdays with Liz https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEHWL7i0kECV8GSORs56oK7SP7GXHorOB

Learn more about White Cane Awareness Day https://nfb.org/programs-services/blind-equality-achievement-month/white-cane-awareness-day

Full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.ndrn.org/resource/panda-pod-october-23/ 

Michelle Bishop:
Hey everyone. Welcome back to NDRN’s podcast. And we have a really exciting month for you this month. But before we get to all of that goodness, I am Michelle Bishop. I’m the voter access and engagement manager at NDRN and one third of your amazing hosting team.

Stephanie Flynt:
And I’m Stephanie Flint, public policy analyst here at NDRN. And I am, I guess you could say, one fourth because we can’t forget Jack, Michelle. Why do you keep forgetting him?

Michelle Bishop:
No, I mean, why’d you have to steal my thunder? Because I was actually going to introduce him this month. This was going to be the first month, and now it looks like I’m a [inaudible 00:00:41].

Stephanie Flynt:
But you forgot Raquel. Raquel is unfortunately not going to be with us this month, but we cannot forget people even if they’re not around.

Michelle Bishop:
Yeah, I was going to.

Stephanie Flynt:
No hosts left behind.

Michelle Bishop:
Don’t send angry emails to podcast@ndrn.org. I didn’t forget about Raquel or Jack. Poor Raquel is out sick this month. Raquel, we love you. Get better.

Stephanie Flynt:
Yes.

Michelle Bishop:
I don’t know if this podcast is going to help you get better, so maybe listen to this when you come back and just eat soup and drink lots of water.

Stephanie Flynt:
Or beverage of choice and food of choice, whatever. Yeah.

Michelle Bishop:
No judgment. This is a judgment-

Stephanie Flynt:
No judgment.

Michelle Bishop:
And then now I was going to introduce our producer, Jack, but Stephanie already put it out there. So hi, Jack. We’re so happy you’re here with us this month. If you want to introduce yourself to the people.

Jack Rosen:
Thank you for the warm welcome. It’s always great to be here. This is producer Jack Rosen, and this month we are going to do things a little differently. We have a throwback episode. Michelle, you want to tell people what it’s about?

Michelle Bishop:
Whoop whoop. Yes. We’re pulling from the vault this month. This month is actually National Disability Employment Awareness Month, one of the most important months of the year. Well, I think November is the most important because that’s election day. But the other most important month of the year is Disability Employment Month. And we actually have an amazing interview we pulled from the vault with Liz Weintraub talking all about disability and employment. So please enjoy.

Jack Rosen:
And if you’ve already heard that one before, because you listened to the podcast on your way to work every day, and we only have 15 episodes, so you’re like, “Wow, I’ve heard that episode literally 50 times.” Don’t worry. We have some new content at the end. Stephanie is going to be telling us all about White Cane Day, so enjoy the episod