Podcast appearances and mentions of emily yates

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) are joined by “Alone” showrunner and executive producer Ryan Pender to wrap up Season 11. They answer your listener questions and dive into the behind the scenes details that went into making this epic season in the Arctic Circle. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from the series. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) are joined by Callie Russell (“Alone” Season 7 + “Alone: Frozen") as they react to Season 11, Episode 11 of “Alone.” They discuss Timber's frostbite scare, William's confounding fire strategy, Dub's success on the ice, and the similarities and differences in Callie Russell's experience in extreme cold in her two seasons. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from the series. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S11 FINALE PART 1/3: Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 12 of “Alone” before they are joined for an exclusive interview with the third place participant from Season 11. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from the series. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S11 FINALE PART 2/3: Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 12 of “Alone” before they are joined for an exclusive interview with the Season 11 Runner Up. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from the series. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S11 FINALE POD PART 3/3: Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 12 of “Alone” before they are joined for an exclusive interview with the Season 11 Winner! Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from the series. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) are joined by Rafael Monserrate (“Alone” Executive Producer) and Dave Holder (“Alone” Lead Survival Consultant) as they react to Season 11, Episode 10 of “Alone.” They discuss the various methods of ice fishing in the Arctic, two very different musical performances, a cat and mouse game with a wolverine, and the most triumphant fishing success of the season so far. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 9 of “Alone.” The participants have reached the 40-day mark and the team discusses the issues that arise with long-term survival including the dangers of over-rationing, stir-crazy sleepless nights, and a serious food issue leading to a health scare. Then, they are joined for an exclusive interview with the seventh person to tap out this season.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) are joined by Woniya Thibeault (“Alone” Season 6; “Alone: Frozen”) as they react to Season 11, Episode 8 of “Alone.” They discuss Timber's lost & found fish and building his new food cache, Sarah's newfound comfort in the snow, William's laid back attitude in the face of food struggles, and Dub's serious hypothermia scare. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 7 of “Alone.” They discuss the important difference between tree sap and resin, how to protect your camp when grizzlies are close by, the continuing adventures of William & Sassy the pine marten, and Dub's close encounter with a nearby pack of wolves. Then, they are joined for an exclusive interview with the sixth person to tap out this season.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it feel like experiencing London as a disabled or differently abled person? In 2005, artwork depicting a pregnant disabled woman was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. In this episode, we revisit the sculpture ‘Alison Lapper Pregnant', and meet the woman who inspired both the piece and public discourse that followed. Diversity is in London's DNA, but the capital wasn't always designed with everyone in mind. We speak to Londoners navigating the city with disabilities both seen and unseen, and reimagine how we can create more accessible public spaces, asking vital questions in the process. What if our public space isn't a park or a city centre, but an online world? How we can create an equitable experience for everyone? For many, our streets are not always experienced as neutral spaces. We discover why the choices we make about them can impact more than just our daily commute. ---------- Presenter: Aindrea Emelife, Curator of Modern and Contemporary at MOWAA (Museum of West African Art). Contributors: Alison Lapper, artist; Alex Cowan, archivist for the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive; Emily Yates, accessibility consultant and journalist; Jameisha Prescod, filmmaker, journalist and founder of You Look Ok To Me; Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries. Produced by Sylvie Carlos. Sound design by Weyland Mckenzie-Witter. Hosted on Spotify. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast series are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Mayor of London.

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 6 of “Alone.” They break down all the instances of Murphy's Law in this episode where whatever can go wrong does go wrong including animals raiding food caches, losing recently caught fish and the first medical check which delivers a stunning result. Then, they are joined for an exclusive interview with the fifth person to exit this season.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 5 of “Alone.” They break down Timber's moose hunt with special guest Jordan Jonas (“Alone” Season 6) and then discuss a two-for-one fishing expedition, the many uses of charcoal in the wild, and an emotional exit from the Arctic. And later, they are joined for an exclusive interview with the fourth person to tap out this season.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 4 of “Alone.” They break down a surprising hunting strategy, the importance of taking inspiration from family legacy during difficult moments, and the common and critical issue of constipation in the wild. Then, they are joined for an exclusive interview with the third person to tap out this season.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 3 of “Alone.” They discuss how to get creative with animal hides, a costly plant misidentification, and dig into the mental aspect of the experience as participants begin to struggle with their thoughts while in the wild. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to Season 11, Episode 2 of “Alone.” While recapping the action they discuss shelter strategies, two opposing experiences with beavers, and a moose hunt that shakes up one participant's journey.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the first episode of ALONE: THE OFFICIAL PODCAST hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) break down the Season 11 “Before the Drop” special. They are joined by “Alone” showrunner and executive producer Ryan Pender as they preview the cast, detail everything that goes into launching a new season of “Alone”, and tease some of the incredible action to come in the new season, set in the Arctic Circle. Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lucas Miller (“Alone” Season 1), Callie North (“Alone” Season 3) and Dan Brown (podcaster and TV producer) react to the Season 11 premiere of “Alone.” They recap all of the action from the exhilarating premiere in the Arctic Circle, and later they are joined for an exclusive interview with the first person to tap out this season.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and share it with the Alone fans in your life! You can email the show at OfficialAlonePodcast@gmail.com with all of your questions, comments and favorite moments from Season 11. Watch the new season of “Alone” airing every Thursday at 8pm Eastern on the History Channel, as well as streaming on the History Channel app and History.com. New episodes of the podcast are released every Friday. Alone: The Official Podcast is hosted by Callie North (@northseaapothecary), Lucas Miller (@lucasmiller_arrows_to_the_sun) and Dan Brown (@deebsontv). At the History Channel, the executive producer is Zach Behr and the supervising producer is Liv Fidler.   For Spacestation, the series is produced and edited by Dan Brown, co-produced by Callie North and Lucas Miller, and executive produced by Chris Vivion and Matthew Mills. Audio mixing by Andrew Sims. Additional editing by Lily Lemons. Emily Yates is the production manager. Music by Epidemic Sound.  “Alone" is produced by Leftfield Pictures (an ITV America company) for The History Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the SYNC Your Life podcast episode #245! On this podcast, we will be diving into all things women's hormones to help you learn how to live in alignment with your female physiology. Too many women are living with their check engine lights flashing. You know you feel “off” but no matter what you do, you can't seem to have the energy, or lose the weight, or feel your best. This podcast exists to shed light on the important topic of healthy hormones and cycle syncing, to help you gain maximum energy in your life.  In today's episode, I share with you a recent interview I did with Emily Yates, disordered eating recovery coach. We held this interview on the topic of unlearning diet culture for my SYNC community, and I wanted the message to be shared far and wide so we've brought it here to the podcast, too.  As a coach, Emily help her clients challenge, change, and stop disordered thoughts about food and the body. Having traveled her own recovery journey, she appreciates the importance of having concrete support continue into navigating real-world challenges. Her firsthand recovery experience and education in eating disorder recovery allows her to understand what her clients are experiencing and gives her the knowledge to help them conquer those challenges. You can take advantage of Emily's free gift to my community by visiting https://gift.grorecovery.com/.  Her blog is found here. You can chat with her on Instagram here. I reference this previous episode on body dysmorphia featuring Nicole Vallance. Virtual consults with Dr. Paige are forthcoming to the public! Stay tuned to the podcast for the release of this amazing opportunity.  You can access the free SYNC sample workout by joining the email list here: syncjennyswisher.com/fitness You can hear even more details about the SYNC fitness program in my Q&A with SYNC trainer Kelsey Lensman here. If you feel like something is “off” with your hormones, check out the FREE hormone imbalance quiz at sync.jennyswisher.com.  To learn more about the SYNC Digital Course, check out jennyswisher.com.  Let's be friends outside of the podcast! Send me a message or schedule a call so I can get to know you better. You can reach out at https://jennyswisher.com/contact-2/. Enjoy the show! Episode Webpage: jennyswisher.com/podcast 

In a previous episode we talked about SEPTA's innovative SCOPE (Safety, Cleaning, Ownership, Partnership, and Engagement) program -- https://transitunplugged.com/transit-unplugged-podcast/how-septa-is-making-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-vulnerable-people/ -- and how it was helping the city's most vulnerable people. This week we get the big picture from the woman at the head of it all.Emily Yates reports right to CEO Leslie Richards and leads a team that's willing to take a risk on something new and if it doesn't pan out, learn from it and move on. Her recent pilot on using AI-powered cameras to detect weapons didn't turn out like people expected. But, Emily and her team have distilled what they've learned and are looking at new ways to accomplish the same goal--keep weapons off the system.Emily's approach to innovation is very human-focused. She thinks about things like; "How do we make transit more welcoming for women and moms? Is there more we can do help our drivers feel physically and emotionally safe? Are we doing the right things to make it easier to take transit instead of a private car?"In the interview Emily talks about programs like:Letting moms keep kids in strollers and not having to unpack shopping carts on busesSolar-powered, e-ink displays at stops to show route updates and next bus informationPrograms to help operator safety and mental healthSEPTA's transition to a zero-emission fleetPlus how she navigates the process of getting buy in for these initiatives inside and outside the agency.Coming up next week we're celebrating the release of Paul's newest book The New Future of Public Transportation with two of the contributors Dr. Karen Philbrick and Paige Malott. You can pick up a copy on Amazon https://a.co/d/dqp2redIf you have a question or comment, email us at info@transitunplugged.com.Transit Unplugged is brought to you by Modaxo and these fine folks:Paul Comfort, host and producerJulie Gates, executive producerTris Hussey, editor and writerTatyana Mechkarova, social mediaFollow us on social media: LinkedIn - Twitter - Threads- Instagram - FacebookSign up for the Transit Unplugged Newsletter00:00 Introduction to Emily Yates and SEPTA Innovations00:22 Driving Innovation at SEPTA: A Deep Dive05:19 Enhancing Rider Experience with Real-Time Data and Accessibility10:35 Navigating the Approval Process for New Initiatives13:21 Focusing on Operator Safety and Well-being17:49 The Future of Transit: Zero Emission Buses and Workforce Development24:10 Coming up next week on Transit Unplugged

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, Founder of Rubber Cheese.Download the Rubber Cheese 2023 Visitor Attraction Website Report - the annual benchmark statistics for the attractions sector.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcastCompetition ends on 29th March 2024. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-rose-yates/https://mimagroup.com/https://mimagroup.com/the-redesign-podcastDownload: VisitEngland Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for BusinessesEmily Yates is a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy living in Glasgow, Scotland. She loves to write, travel and is a real pink hair enthusiast. Emily has over a decade of experience as an accessibility consultant. Now the Head of Accessibility and Inclusive Design at Mima, Emily has worked with large transport, culture and heritage and global events organisations such as Heathrow Airport, COP28, the Science Museum Group and the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games to further their physical, social and digital accessibility measures.She has also worked with the Council of Europe, international travel networks, and sat on equality boards advising various sporting, transport and travel organisations on their access and inclusion agendas.Emily frequently presents and writes on disability issues, having fronted several documentaries for BBC Three and written for the Guardian, the Independent and Telegraph Travel. She also authored the Lonely Planet Guide to Accessible Rio de Janeiro.  Transcription:  Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. In today's podcast I speak with Emily Yates, Head of Accessibility and Inclusive Design, at Mima.Mima worked alongside Visit Britain to co create the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for Businesses, which aims to act as the resource for travel, tourism and hospitality organisations.Emily and I discuss how it was created, why it is such a vital resource, and how it will evolve over time.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue. Kelly Molson: Hi, Emily. It's lovely to have you on the podcast today. Thanks for coming on and joining me and at very short notice, too. Appreciate it. Emily Yates: Not at all. Thank you so much for having me. It's a real pleasure to be here. Kelly Molson: Well, we're going to have a good chat today. I'm looking forward to this. Right, I am going to start my icebreakers with this question for you. Have you ever been told off by a security guard for touching anything in a museum that you should not have been touching? Emily Yates: What a great question. I don't think I have, but something that immediately comes to mind. It was a very embarrassing moment that I had at the Museum of the Future in Dubai a few months ago, where I touched something that I shouldn't have done. And what it was there was an interactive kind of tabletop interactive going on, and there were groups of people from all over the world who were visiting this museum and there was this one couple who were trying to sort their wristband to make this interactive work and I just figured that they couldn't do it. So I put my wristband on to help them and I changed all the information to me and they were so annoyed to me, in a massive grump.Emily Yates: Yeah, they just thought that I'd, like, nicked all of their information and their opportunity to do this activity and I was just trying to be helpful. Kelly Molson: That's the actual digital version of skipping the queue, basically. You wristbanded them out of the way. Emily Yates: I totally did. And the worst thing was that were on this group tour, so I had to stay with them for the rest of the tour.Kelly Molson: They were with you. That's a little bit awkward, those group tours, aren't they? Because you never know if you're going to like anyone or if ones are going to get on your nerves. So you just made it even more awkward than it needed to be. Emily Yates: There you go. Kelly Molson: Right. I love it. Okay, there's a three parter to this question, but it's a good one. And actually, thank you, whoever sent this one in, because I genuinely can't remember who sent me this one, but I really like. It's the first time that I'm using it, too. Okay. So they say the formula for visitor attractions is one, a great view, two, a great brew, and three, a great loo. So I want to know where you've encountered your best three of these. They can be different. So best view? Emily Yates: Best view, I would have to say. Can it be international? I would have to say Sugarloff Mountain, Rio de Janeiro. Kelly Molson: Wow. Emily Yates: Absolutely incredible view. Yeah. Like nothing else. Best brew. Oh, I'm trying to think of somewhere that has a great cafe, the V&A Museum in Dundee has a brilliant cafe that also has a great view, I have to say.  That would be my best brew.Kelly Molson: We like that one. And then three best loo. Emily Yates: Best loo. It would have to be somewhere that has a changing places toilet. And of course, I need to say that being an access consultant, I'm trying to think where does. But I know for certain that a client I'm working with, the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, has one about to be kind of refurbished and all sorted. So I would say there. Kelly Molson: Excellent. Good choices as well. I love that you've got a Dundee one in there that was like two out of the three. I mean, there you go. There's a challenge for them. If they can up their game, they can get that third one from you as well.Emily Yates: Yeah, absolutely. Kelly Molson: Nice. All right, what's your unpopular opinion? Emily Yates: Oh, my unpopular opinion? Both heels and handbags are overrated. As a wheelchair user, I have never, ever worn a pair of high heels in my life. I'm 32 years old, so I think that's quite an accomplishment. And also pushing all the time. Unless it's a cross body one, I can never hold a handbag, so, yeah, I'm a Converse and rook sack girl all the way. Kelly Molson: Right. Because, yeah, it would get in the way, wouldn't it? You need to kind of have it across and then, I guess, tucked in a little bit and then what's the point of having something fancy if you're going to just.Emily Yates: Exactly. Kelly Molson: I mean, I'm kind of with you. I'm not a wheelchair user. However, my feet were not designed for high heels at all. I'm a flat scale all the way. Emily Yates: Maybe not. Unpopular opinion. Maybe there's just two camps, two very distinct camps, isn't there? Kelly Molson: I think probably two camps, but I don't think this is an unpopular opinion. Even in a camp of people that could actively wear those heels and might want to. I still think that there's a.Emily Yates: There's a secret loo. Wish we didn't have to. Maybe I'm in a lovely position, that I've got a lovely excuse. Kelly Molson: Never had to think about this. Never had to squeeze your tiny feet into those awkwardly pointy, evil contraptions. Right, let's see. Well, let's see what everyone on Twitter has got to share with us on that. Thank you, Emily. I want to find out a little bit about. Well, I want to find out a little bit about your role and your background and then tell us a little bit about Mima as well. Emily Yates: Yes, sure. So, I am a wheelchair user. I was born with cerebral palsy. I'm, as you can probably tell from my accident, from a little town called Skipton in North Yorkshire. And I'm also a twin, and my twin lives in Spain now, so she's got the sunshiny life. There's definitely a tan difference between the two of us now, for sure. And I've always worked in the world of accessibility and inclusive design, from leaving a university, really. And it's led me to amazing opportunities to be able to travel a lot, to be able to see, I guess, the importance of my capabilities as a disabled person, rather than just my limitations as a disabled person. And I've brought that into my professional work as well as my personal life as well. So I now work for an amazing human centred design agency called Mima. Emily Yates: It stands for Micro and Macro, so details and then zooming out into the big picture, looking at that end to end journey. And I head up the accessibility and inclusive design team there. So whether you're talking about airports or train stations or of course, museums and galleries or even global events and sporting events, we look at auditing, facilitating lived experience, user groups, standards, policies, disability awareness training, all of that good stuff, and bring our design expertise into wider projects with us as well. And it's brilliant. Kelly Molson: That's how we got chatting, isn't it? Because you've worked with a really broad. We work with a hugely broad range of clients, as you've just said. But I think David and I started talking somebody I can't remember, it was a good friend of mine, it was Jo Geraghty. She introduced us because we had visitor attractions and kind of heritage and culture organisations in common. So we had a brilliant chat about this and then we had a chat and then this project happened that you've all been involved in, which is amazing. So this is what we're going to talk about today. Now, you'll probably agree with this, but I think when it comes to accessibility and inclusivity, I think it's fair to say that kind of travel tourism organisations, they want to do the right thing. Kelly Molson: There's a real desire to be able to do the right thing, but they often don't really know what that is and where to go and find the support to be able to do those things, like where do they start looking to kind of understand the checklist of things that they need to go through to make sure that their venue is accessible. The Visit Britain Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for Businesses aims to change that. Kelly Molson: I saw Ross Calladine, who's the Accessibility and Inclusion Lead at VisitEngland, speak about this a while ago, before it had launched. He was speaking at a Visit Hearts networking event that I went to. It is an incredible resource for the sector. Like, absolutely incredible. I've had a really deep dive into it and it is so useful and so full of incredible information. But you and Mima have been involved in putting this together with them? This has been a joint project. Emily Yates: Yes, absolutely. So we were the toolkit authors and I feel very honoured to have worked with Ross and Hannah at VisitEngland for the last year know. They're just a wonderful client and we've got on really well. And Ross, as you will probably know from hearing him speak, absolutely has his heart in the right place when it comes to accessibility and inclusive design. But I think really importantly as well, has his finger on the pulse of the business benefit of this, which of course is really important. And you very rightly said there that a lot of especially small to medium sized businesses want to do the right thing, but often don't know where to start. And quite a lot of the time that's to do with budget, it's to do with time, it's to do with resourcing constraints, all of that stuff. Emily Yates: And what we really wanted this toolkit to do was to provide some holistic tips and advice for those businesses that actually says, “We understand the limitations that exist.” We understand that it's not possible to just click your fingers and magic up a changing places, for example, that were talking about earlier. But it is possible to think about your staff training, your recruitment, your policies and your processes. Things like making sure that your access routes are clear of seating and clutter. Simple things that make a huge difference. But of course, I said seating clear of access routes, but of course there needs to be seating somewhere as well. That's really important. But these quick wins that you can make, that will make a huge difference to people. It's not always about just installing a really expensive piece of equipment. Emily Yates: It's understanding those holistic changes that you can make that will make a huge difference. And the toolkit covers so many different sections. It provides some information about the purple pound. So the spending power of disabled people in their households, which is worth, I think, 274,000,000,000 pounds per year to UK businesses alone. So that's what you're missing out on if you're not physically or digitally accessible. And then the toolkit also covers the different impairments and medical conditions that you might need to know about how to best provide that inclusive welcome that can often not cost anything at all. It's just about changing your mindset. Emily Yates: And then we talk about the importance of inclusive marketing, changes in the built environment, employing more inclusively, and then the next steps to kind of continue the all encompassing journey that can never really be finished, but will hopefully provide people with stand them in good stead for a future that's a bit more accessible. Kelly Molson: I guess that goes for the toolkit as well. This is going to be something that is never finished too, because it's always going to change and evolve depending on what the needs and requirements are. How was it created in the first place? What was the process that you had to go through? Because this is, know what you've just described. I mean, the resource is phenomenal, it's vast, the things that you can understand and go through with this documentation. So that in itself will have been a mammoth task to have pulled together. How did you work with VisitBritain to do that? Emily Yates: So the first thing that was quite important was thinking about what each of the resources were going to look like. So what I've just gone through there is the more holistic toolkit, the main piece, if you like. But in addition to that, we've also got documents that have 20 top tips for businesses. We've got action checklists where people can almost say, “Right, I'm going to make sure I've provided something in particular for an assistance dog, for example”, and put a timeline of when they're going to do that, give ownership to a certain member of staff, of appeasing that checklist, and then carry on that way. So there's also some action checklists and there's also some technical guidance as an appendix as well. Emily Yates: So the first thing was really thinking about what information do we want to provide and how are we going to segregate that information, so it isn't awfully overwhelming and is actually actionable. And then the second thing was making sure, and probably the most important thing was making sure that we'd co-produced this information and consulted with the correct people. So we've consulted with over 30 disability charities and disabled people's organisations, also trade associations as well as independent reviewers. So everybody from the Business Disability Forum who gave us some great advice in terms of inclusive employment, to self catering trade associations, to museum trade associations, theme parks and things like that, there's so many people that got involved with this and gave us some advice. Emily Yates: And also we wanted to make sure that the information wasn't just actionable, but it was really relevant as well. So we've also created lots of different case studies within the toolkit. So whether that's more independent small farms who've done something amazing in terms of their volunteering and how that can be more inclusive to a local pier, for example, that's made something that, let's face it, in the built environment, isn't all that accessible sometimes. They've made changes to help that out. Emily Yates: We've added those case studies. So as you're reading through the information and learning lots, you're hopefully able to also read something that's quite relevant, that almost sparks that interest and that aspiration and gives you an opportunity to think, “Okay, I can do that. This might be who I might get in touch with and this might be the action I take.”Kelly Molson: Yeah, I love that. The case studies make it so relatable to different scales of organisation. And I think what I found was it was quite inspiring, actually, that, okay, it's a pier. There's always going to be some challenges with accessibility. However, we have gone to these efforts to do these things. So you might have a checklist of 30 things you might be able to cover off, 20 of them, ten of them you're never going to be able to do. But to be able to read and go, “There's still so much that I can do. Even though I don't have something that's all 30, I can still do these things and make it significantly better for a much wider range of people that will be able to come and use these facilities now.”Emily Yates: Absolutely, 100%. And we wanted to make sure that people really got that feeling and they were encouraged by the information rather than overwhelmed by it. And I think one thing that's also really important is that, let's be honest, when it comes to accessibility, we all think about wheelchair users and we all think about step free access, which is great for me as a wheelchair user. But actually it's not always about providing step free access or installing that really expensive lift. How can you think about the colour palettes that you're using to make sure that there's enough tonal contrast for somebody who's visually impaired, but it also provides an appropriate sensory environment for somebody who's neurodivergent? These are things that are so often forgotten or put down the priority list. Emily Yates: And these are the things that we wanted to say, "Okay, you can do these in a way that doesn't break the bank, that doesn't take all the time, but makes all the difference to a certain group of people."Kelly Molson: Do you think that they are harder to associate with because you can't see them? I mean, with the wheelchair it's a very obvious. You can see that person has a disability, you can see that they will need something very specific from you to be able to use your platform. But with some of these other things, you just can't see that trigger. So you don't think to think about it? Emily Yates: Absolutely. Yeah. I think one of the really pivotal points that we have in the inclusive design industry now is thinking about things that are less visible. So somebody who has dementia, for example, that might find really dark flooring looking like a black hole and might really struggle to go into that museum environment that's particularly dark. Thinking about that is just as important as how wide your doorways are. But as you've very rightly said, are so often not thought about or not correctly understood is probably the more correct way of saying it. Kelly Molson: You mentioned earlier about some monetary value for organisations to do this, but why is this such a vital resource from someone like you who has lived experience of this as well? Why is this so vital? Emily Yates: I think it's really vital because it's specific. First of all, so we've created something specific to people within that tourism travel attractions industry. In fact, we've focused specifically on accommodations, attractions, food and beverage and events. There are four main areas that we focused on. So what I really like about it is you read through as somebody who works in one of those businesses and everything is relevant to what you do, and I think that's really important. So often you look at accessibility resources and they've tried to cater to a huge audience and actually made a bit less relevance by doing so. I think that makes it really vital and a really innovative resource actually. By doing so, I think another thing is it allows you to focus on that end to end journey in its entirety. Emily Yates: So if you feel like you're doing really well in the accessibility that you offer your customers, for example. But you want to focus now more internally on, "Okay, what's my culture look like? How inclusive can I be as an employer? What about my marketing? What about my website? I focused on the built environment, but what about what the information I'm putting out there?" All of that information is in there as well. So regardless of where you are on that accessibility journey, I'd like to think that there's something for you within that toolkit. Kelly Molson: There absolutely is as well. You definitely need to go and download it. So we're going to put a link directly to it in the show notes for the show as well. So don't worry about rent searching for it, just go to the show notes. You will find it very easily. How is it going to evolve? Because we said this is not a static thing. It's out there now. Needs requirements are going to change, policies are going to change. What does the roadmap for it look like for the next kind of couple of years, five years down the line? Emily Yates: So I'm doing quite a lot of work with Ross at the moment to think about how we're making sure that people are aware of it and they know exactly how to use it as a tool. Because, of course, with anything like this, it's all well and good writing it, but really it's only as successful as its uses. So we've gone already to the AA and the VisitEngland assessors who go into different hotels and restaurants and review these, and we've made sure that they're aware of the toolkit. We've given them a bit of a presentation and a few exercises on how to use it. We're going to do similar with visitor attractions as well. And then Mima. We've got a bit of a contract with VisitEngland for the next couple of years that focuses on providing updates to this toolkit. Emily Yates: So we will be going out and training different people, but also we really want people to write into us and give us feedback and tell us where they think certain improvements could be made or if they've got a great case study of something that's only happened a couple of months ago. All these things, we want to hear about them so we can make sure that it continues to be an updated, best in class resource. Kelly Molson: Oh, that's good. I love that little shout out. Right, if anyone's listening and something good has happened, you've got something to shout about. You know how to contact Emily. We'll put a link to Emily's LinkedIn profile on here so you can give her a shout out and about. And what do you hope that it's going to achieve? What do you hope that this will bring? Emily Yates: Oh, that's a great question. I think the number one thing I hope, and this is probably quite a personal, selfish plea, is that I hope it encourages businesses to be honest about where they are in their journey. By that, I mean it is no good somebody calling you up and saying, "Hi there. Do you provide step free access and accessible parking?" And you going, "Oh, yes, we do. That's absolutely fine." And somebody like me getting there, and there's five steps up to the front door. There's nothing heroic about not being honest about where you are in your journey. It just complicates matters. Emily Yates: So what I would really love businesses to have the confidence to do is have a statement on their website that details exactly where they are on that journey, is really honest about the things that they've done well, the things that they're still improving, and therefore gives disabled people, older people with access requirements in general, that autonomy to be able to make the decision for themselves, whether this place is suitable for their needs or not. And I think if we can master that and if businesses can do that would be an incredible thing for the industry in general. Emily Yates: And it puts, as I say, that autonomy back on disabled people, back on the audience to say, "Right, this is great, I'm going to go here, I'm going to tell all my friends about it, and this could be a great case study for this business to learn a little bit more from, et cetera."Kelly Molson: That is such an important message, isn't it? The message of honesty? Because that seems like a really simple thing to do. Okay, look, none of us are perfect. None of us are perfect. We all have a long way to go to make things as accessible as they need to be. However, this is where we're at. We've got this. We're back to our checklist again, aren't we? This is our 30 step checklist. We've got ten of those knocked off already. And these are the things that we're doing. This is what we are hoping to achieve, and this is the time frame we're looking to achieve them. And I've just been through this process with the fire safety regulations that were brought out last October. So making sure that I've got. Yep, okay. I've got 90% of those. There's 10% that need to be looked at. Kelly Molson: This is what we're going to do. And this is when we're going to do it by. It's exactly the same message, isn't it? Emily Yates: Exactly. Kelly Molson: Do you not see that from many kind of tourism and attraction organisations then? Do you find that is quite a challenge for them, to be quite honest about where they're at? Emily Yates: I still see being very honest with you, I still see quite a lot of fear surrounding disability and accessibility and this real desire to do the right thing. All of this is coming from a good place. There's a real desire to do the right thing, but as you said right at the very beginning, no idea of where to start. And I think sometimes it's very easy to over promise and under deliver, and that is the worst thing that you can do. Equally what I want to say to caveat all of this is if you offer something that's amazing, please shout about it, please tell people about it.  Because equally outside of the coin, I see actually museums in particular that for all of these amazing things, be as a sell tours, touch tours, tack tile objects, nobody has clue that they even exist. So I'm asking really for both things.Kelly Molson: Balance. Emily Yates: Absolutely. Be honest about what you don't have. Celebrate what you do. Kelly Molson: Another great message, Emily. Okay, what are your top tips? Like I said, this is lived experience for you. What are your top tips around disability awareness? What would you shout out and say these are the things that you need to be looking at. Emily Yates: Okay, first thing, it's quite a philosophical point, but it's quite an important one. I think we need to change our mindset when it comes to accessibility and inclusive designs, especially in the disability space, because each and every one of us at some point in our lives will have experience of disability. Hopefully it's just through old age, but it may be through injury, through something else. And it's important to think about not disabled people and nondisabled people, but disabled people and not yet disabled people. And I think if we changed our mindset around that, suddenly there'd be a lot more movement when it comes to accessibility and inclusive design. So I think that would be my one top tip, my one plea, if you like. I think the second one is to think bigger than wheelchair users. Start thinking about how to design for neurodiversity. Emily Yates: Start reading documents such as the new PaAS 6463, design for the mind. If you are, for example, a contractor or a designer working in these kind of spaces, that's really important too. And I think wherever possible, bring lived experience into your work. If you are working in a gallery and you've got this amazing new exhibition coming out in the next couple of years. Think about how you can represent deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people within that exhibition. Can you have a space where you have an access hub that has BSL, tactile maps, portable stools that people can take round with them? And even more so, can you have part of the exhibition where some of your interpretations, some of your objects are to do with deaf, disabled, neurodivergent creators? That would be incredible too. Kelly Molson: So making sure it's woven through every part of that experience and not seen as an add on at the end. Emily Yates: Absolutely that. Absolutely that. Kelly Molson: Great tips. Thank you. Let's talk quickly about the podcast. So at Mima there's a podcast called Re:Design. Actually episode five does feature Ross. Again, he's the Accessibility and Inclusion Lead at VisitEngland, and he comes on and talks about how do you create a seamless customer experience. So again, this comes back to a lot of the points that we've covered today. I mean, great topic. Congratulations on starting the podcast. In the first place there, what are the hopes and aspirations for Mima? What are they looking to achieve by putting this podcast out there? Emily Yates: I think what we're hoping for is that multidisciplinary design, human centred design, inclusive design, really gets its place on the map a little bit more because it's something that, especially inclusive design, it's spoken about a know you will read articles a lot, I'm sure, Kelly, that mention it and the importance of it. But there's a difference between mentioning it and knowing what to do with it and actually speaking to people that have done it. And I think that's what we're trying to do, really pull out some pearls of wisdom from different individuals that have gone through different scenarios, whether they've travelled a lot for their work, whether they've focused on inclusive internal culture change as one of our episodes focuses on, whether they focus specifically on the importance of inclusion within aviation, whether they're looking at a seamless visitor experience. Emily Yates: We want to hear from people that have experienced that and been through it, and are able to then give a bit of advice to people that want to learn more about a subject that everybody should at least have a bit of a basic understanding of. Kelly Molson: Amazing. Right. We will link to that podcast as well. So that is definitely one for you to go over and subscribe to. Emily, it's been so good to have you on today, and I know that we've had to keep this one short because everyone's got appointments that they need to get to. But this is such a key topic. Kelly Molson: My aspiration is that everybody that listens to this episode goes and downloads that accessibility toolkit and shares it with their network as well. Please. So that's a personal plea from me to you listeners. Go and download it and please give it a little share because it needs to get out to as many different people as possible, as many organisations that it is relevant for as possible. What about a book that you love, that you'd like to share with us today? Emily, I'm intrigued if you've gone on topic or not. Emily Yates: I think I have gone on topic about this. Sorry if I've been a bit one dimensional. Kelly Molson: Not at all. Emily Yates: My book of choice is one that I read recently and one, funnily enough, that I'm running a bit of an internal workshop on at Mima in a couple of weeks. We've started a bit of an inclusive book club and it's called the View From Down Here by Lucy Webster. Lucy is an amazing journalist. She's disabled. She used to work for the BBC before going freelance, and she writes this incredible memoir about what it's like growing up disabled, but really importantly as a disabled woman. Emily Yates: And she talks about so many different scenarios from trying to get into a nightclub on a Saturday night when the difficulty of doing so in terms of the gaze that you so often experience as a woman, but as a disabled woman as well, her thoughts on motherhood and how complex and nuanced that is as somebody who's disabled, friendships, professional lives, all of these different things. And I think it's just such an incredibly powerful, confident, but also very vulnerable account of the realism of what it's really like. And the thing that it made me realise, or the thing that it made me remember, should I say, is that we're not going to solve accessibility by just making sure that all of our train stations are step free. It's much more holistic and nuanced and complex than that. Emily Yates: And it's about human nature and human design and all those holistic things that we so rarely think about. And I would just urge everybody to read it. It's angry, it's sad, it's beautiful. It's just a wonderful book. Kelly Molson: Wow. What a book. I feel quite moved by just hearing your account of it, let alone reading it. Right, that's going top of the list. Listeners, if you would like to win a copy of that book, which, I mean, let's face it sounds like everybody needs to read that anyway, so do throw your hat into the ring for this one. If you head over to our Twitter account and you retweet this episode announcement with the words I want Emily's book, then you will be in a chance to win it. But aside from that, go and buy it and absolutely head over to the show notes download the VisitBritain Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for Businesses. You will not be disappointed, I can assure you of that. Emily, it's been brilliant to have you on today. Thank you. I'm sorry it's short and sweet. Kelly Molson: I'm sorry that you've got to dash off to an appointment and you're leaving me, but it's been so amazing to chat. I would love for you to come on and talk about some of the case studies, maybe with some of your clients at some point, because I think that would be a really interesting discussion to talk through some of the processes and the steps that they went through and just showcase that this is for everybody. This really is for everybody. Emily Yates: I would absolutely love that. Thank you. We're working with the National Railway Museum at the moment on their Vision 2025 master plan. So maybe when that's starting to wrap up next year, maybe that would be an amazing opportunity to talk about that. Kelly Molson: I think that would be brilliant. I'd love that. All right. Thank you ever so much. Emily Yates: Emily thank you, Kelly, thank you so much. Kelly Molson:  Thanks for listening to Skip The Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip the queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast. The 2023 Visitor Attraction Website Report is now LIVE! 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As a New York City native, public transportation has been a central part of my life. It's more than just a means of travel; it's where life happens. This personal connection brings extra excitement to my conversation today with SEPTA's Chief Innovation Officer, Emily Yates. Emily is not just a strategic leader; she's a visionary, redefining how we perceive and interact with urban spaces.   In our enlightening discussion, Emily opens up about her approach to innovation. She challenges the traditional notion of innovation as being the first globally, advocating instead for pioneering within one's own space. This perspective is especially poignant for Philadelphia, as Emily illustrates how the city embraces this ethos to redefine itself.   The heart of our conversation revolves around human-centered innovation. Emily passionately believes that the advancements in a city should improve the quality of life for all its residents, not just the privileged few. This approach is particularly relevant as we discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has exposed and amplified social inequities.   Emily shares how SEPTA uses technology and data for operational efficiency and as tools to address these deep-rooted inequalities. We delve into how spatial inequity within Philadelphia has been identified and addressed through innovative participatory budgeting driven by data and community input. This episode isn't just about the technicalities of transforming a city into a smart one; it's a narrative of hope, inclusivity, and the power of innovative thinking to create spaces where everyone has a voice.  

In the ever-shifting landscape of innovation and evolution, "Re:Design”, a 6-part series by Mima, a design agency that anchors the essence of what truly propels our world forward: people. Dive into stimulating and fascinating conversations as Mima brings together experts and visionary thinkers from diverse industries together to unravel the power of human-centred design in addressing the most intricate business challenges of our era. Together, each episode invites listeners to traverse unfamiliar grounds, cultivating connections and harvesting insights that go beyond the conventional. As the nexus between intricate business puzzles and human-centric solutions becomes clearer, Mima champions the call for intentional and compassionate design, placing humanity at the core of progress. "Re:Design" isn't just a podcast; it's a movement. A call to action. A beacon for all those who believe in shaping a world that resonates deeply with the human spirit. Join your hosts, Mima's Oliver Bennett-Coles and Emily Yates, plus guests as they try and craft a blueprint for a future which inspires better design for all of us. Catch episodes every fortnight from 25/10/23.

Join us in this episode as we discover the brilliant world of Emily Yates, a Glasgow-based Accessibility Consultant, and Journalism ace. Tune in to hear the compelling journey of Emily, from her volunteer beginnings at the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games all the way to her role as the Head of Accessibility and Inclusive Design at Mima!Emily draws on her personal experience as a wheelchair user to share her invaluable experiences travelling across the globe and helping improve the accessibility of one the world's largest airports.  Don't miss out on this captivating discussion with a truly remarkable champion for disability inclusion and accessibility!You can access a transcript of this episode at https://share.descript.com/view/0E87LiqpQCX Learn more about Emily at, https://www.emilyroseyates.co.uk/Follow Remarkable on Instagram: @remarkable_techSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emily Yates, Chief Innovation Officer, SEPTA, discusses how her organization is improving public transportation for citizens throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania with unique and modern technological innovations. Having previously served as the Smart City Director for the City of Philadelphia, Ms. Yates brings a forward-thinking approach to innovation within public transport that, ultimately, provides improved access and comfort to all SEPTA riders. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is one of the largest transit systems in the United States, serving five counties in the Greater Philadelphia area and connecting to transit systems in Delaware and New Jersey. Its services include regional rail, buses, trolleys, subway, and a high-speed line to western suburbs.

Hi #smartcommunity friends! And hello to our listeners in Helsinki, Finland, you are amongst this month's top city for episode downloads! I'm back with another bonus episode of the Smart Community Podcast sharing various guests answers to the question, ‘Where to next with Smart Cities and Communities?” And this time I'm sharing with you the answers from these guests:Simon Hunter from Episode 265Kris Libunao from Episode 274Raymond Sun and Susannah Wilkinson from Episode 276Miho Tanaka from Episode 277And finally Emily Yates from Episode 278Some themes that come through in the guest answers are around digitisation, virtual and augmented reality and how these can assist with community engagement and creating more organised communities.Making processes more efficient, accessible and exciting helps build confidence in the community and with the right tools creates better engagement. When the community is better engaged their pain points are voiced and better understood.As Kris Libunao says, “Once communities are well organised, they will be more engaged, they will be more confident in terms of really voicing their opinions out.”As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.communityConnect with me via email: hello@mysmart.communityConnect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTubeThe Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

Hi #smartcommunity friends! In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast I have a great conversation with Emily Yates who is the Smart City Director for the City of Philadelphia. Emily begins by telling us about her varied background that began in Landscape Architecture to how she ended up working in Smart Cities with the City of Philadelphia, before Emily explains what a Smart Community means to her. Emily then discusses some of the differences in Smart City concepts between Europe and the US, we discuss the importance of flexibility and agility in order to embrace Smart Community concepts, before Emily shares with us a bit about some of the projects the City of Philadelphia have been working on. Emily then discusses the City of Philadelphia's approach to Smart City projects and Emily shares a little bit more about one of her favourite current projects. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of how tech can assist our ageing societies and the importance of investing in those technologies now. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it!Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.communityConnect with Emily via email: emily.yates@phila.gov, LinkedIn or TwitterConnect with me via email: hello@mysmart.communityConnect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTubeThe Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

This episode features the incredible, and incredibly real, Jenny Pacanowski, founder/director of Women Veterans Empowered and Thriving, in a conversation that explores moving beyond organizations that serve as trauma-swaps, the challenge of incorporating ritual into collective spaces, and much more. After singing the praises of Jenny's ever-evolving, holistic approach to community-building, Joy and Sarah discuss art as a container for complex reality, the facade of “apolitical” organizations, and preferable ways to acknowledge vets on Veterans Day -- featuring appearances by some basic Howard Zinn quotes and, as per usual, weird accents. Featured poetry is “Combat Dick” by Jenny Pacanowski. Featured music is “Try Not to Be a Dick” and “Smoke Break” by Joy Damiani (released under Emily Yates). FOLLOW JENNY https://www.womenveteransempowered.org/ https://www.jennywarriorpoet.com/

For this joint, we're joined by anthropologist and filmmaker Marty Otañez to dive into under-discussed labor issues in cannabis, using digital storytelling to disrupt academia, and how anthropology can inform public policy. There's a lot of hope in this episode, as well as lots of drug discourse, which is truly our favorite type of discourse. Afterward, Joy and Sarah discuss the shouldn't-be-that-surprising revelations about Facebook, ponder whether algorithms have sentience yet, and generally do an awesome job navigating the English language. FOLLOW MARTY: Twitter @otanezm https://twitter.com/otanezm GETTING HIGH ON ANTHROPOLOGY https://fsandgreen.org/ NALOXONE CHAMPIONS https://clas.ucdenver.edu/anthropology/naloxone-champions CANNABIS WORKERS' UNION https://www.ufcw.org/who-we-represent/cannabis/ RECOMMENDED RESOURCES The Women of Weed https://maryjanesfilm.com/ Breaking the Grass Ceiling: Women, Weed & Business https://bookshop.org/books/breaking-the-grass-ceiling-women-weed-business/9781541096592 FEATURED MUSIC: “In a Major Key” by Joy Damiani (released under Emily Yates)

A conversation Emily Yates, Smart City Director, Innovation Management, Office of Innovation & Technology, City of Philadelphia A Fascinating discussion with practical real-life examples of innovation at work in the City/County of Philadelphia. This year the Philly won a coveted PTI Solutions Award which will be explained in this podcast. Emily Yates is a highly skilled urban policy professional with over fifteen years of project management, economic development, sustainable planning, and design experience. She has advanced knowledge in the transatlantic urban agenda with a focus on resiliency and revitalization policy, facilitating cross-sector collaboration and partnerships, and implementing civic engagement strategies which have brought vibrancy to local communities.

carla bergman, co-author, with Nick Montgomery, of Joyful Militancy, joins us for this episode. We dive into the writing process of this inspiring, must-read book, as well as how we resist our own radically rigid tendencies, why joy and melancholy often skip hand-in-hand, and why we should let the youth lead us. We hope you leave this convo with a full cup since we certainly did! Afterward, Joy and Sarah talk about revolution as a way of being and how to break out of our self-imposed cages. We're taking a vacation break but will be back with more Folkery in July! Thanks for putting up with all our puns and made-up words for a whole year (wow!!), we love you! JOYFUL MILITANCY https://joyfulmilitancy.com/ FOLLOW CARLA http://joyfulthreadsproductions.com/ @ joyfulcarla on the socials FEATURED MUSIC: “I've Always Loved the Monsters” by Time, Maudlin Magpie & A Thousand Vows, and “Love Yourself” by Joy Damiani (released under Emily Yates), courtesy of the artists. CHECK OUT OUR FEATURED ARTISTS https://thisistime.bandcamp.com/album/nighthawks-at-mccoys http://joydamiani.com/

Emily Yates and her partner Christopher ' CJ' Johnston have been together four years. CJ really wants a baby but Emily - a wheelchair-user with Cerebral Palsy - has fears and barriers that she feels she needs to overcome. Will she be able to carry a baby? What extra strain will her disability put on her and CJ's relationship as parents? What impact will her disability have on their child as he or she grows up? To help quell these concerns and make a final decision, the couple look around them for advice and inspiration. They meet Kelly, a powerchair-user and mum to two boys, who offers practical advice on handling trickier situations. Megan was raised by a paraplegic mother and gives a child's perspective, while the artist Alison Lapper - arguably Britain's highest-profile disabled parent - shares her story, including the astonishing level of vitriol she received during her pregnancy. In 2019, Alison's son Parys tragically died of an accidental drug overdose. How will this experience colour Alison's advice to Emily and CJ? As they explore all this together, Emily increasingly realises that many of the barriers she faces are ones of perception rather than practicality. Producer: Leeanne Coyle A Bespoken Media production for BBC Radio 4

Emily Yates is an Accessibility Consultant and Journalist living in the U.K. She currently works as an Inclusive Design Associate at CCD Design & Ergonomics. Emily frequently presents and writes on disability, having fronted several documentaries for BBC Three and written for the Guardian, the Independent and Telegraph Travel. She authored the Lonely Planet Guide to Accessible Rio de Janeiro, endorsed by the International Paralympic Committee and available to download by athletes, tourists, and locals alike ahead of the 2016 Games.A wheelchair user herself, Emily is also a disability awareness trainer for Enhance the UK and manages their Undressing Disability campaign, championing the right for disabled people to have access to sexual expression. She recently delivered a TEDx talk on this issue and is currently studying for a PhD in Women's Studies at the University of York.​If you'd like to collaborate on a project, hire her as a speaker or just have a chat, here's how to get in touch with Emily:Visit Emily's website.Connect with Emily on Twitter.Connect with Emily on Instagram.Connect with Emily on LinkedIn.Thank you for listening to Allied! For transcripts, show information, and updates, visit our website: https://www.3playmedia.com/alliedpodcast/Follow us on social media! We can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

Part deux of our monster M*A*S*H-athon conversation starts by tackling gender issues in the show and ends up with an imagined future for Hawkeye that involves hanging out with Timothy Leary and becoming an anti-war activist. In between, we cover sexism in the military, Freudian psychology, and nerd out about the show’s groundbreaking use of creative narrative devices. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of anti-imperialism chat too! Music for this episode is covers of “Suicide is Painless” (Johnny Mandel/Michael Altman) and “You’re the Enemy” by Emily Yates (available for stream/download at https://warriorsongs.org/track/1564039/you-re-the-enemy) READING RECS Korean Americans urge Biden to officially end the 70-year Korean War https://www.nknews.org/2021/03/korean-americans-urge-biden-to-officially-end-the-70-year-korean-war M*A*S*H' Finale, 35 Years Later: Untold Stories of One of TV's Most Important Shows https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/mash-oral-history-untold-stories-one-tvs-important-shows-1086322 30 Surprising Facts About ‘M*A*S*H https://www.history101.com/30-surprising-facts-about-mash/ Why the Real Hawkeye Pierce Hates M*A*S*H https://www.history.com/news/why-the-real-life-hawkeye-pierce-hated-mash Color Photos from Actual M*A*S*H Units https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/retronaut/the-real-mash/ Korean War History Site https://koreanwarlegacy.org/chapters/ Uncovering the Hidden History of the Korean War (Jacobin) https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/korean-war-seventieth-anniversary-north-korea-south The Korean War: Forgotten, Unknown and Unfinished (Truthout) https://truthout.org/articles/the-korean-war-forgotten-unknown-and-unfinished/

Emily Yates, Smart City Director at the Office of Information & Technology, chats with WURD host Ralph Ellison about diverting tons of old electronics and clothing away from landfills and helping place refurbished computers in homes that need them.

Comedian Ron Placone joins us for this joint! We talk about Ron’s journey into stand-up comedy, digital rights issues, pushing back against the current of corporate media, and, of course, cats cats cats. Lightening the collective mood while taking on the heavy stuff is the vibe here. Afterwards, Emily and Sarah talk about the first feels around the Biden administration, Democrats Democrating and bad neolib “feminist” readings of Bernie memes. FOLLOW RON https://www.ronplacone.com/ GET INVOLVED https://peoplesparty.org/ https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ Featured music is “Love Me I’m a Liberal” and “Bezos is Surveilling Your Town” by Ron Placone, and “I Miss You” by Emily Yates, courtesy of the artists. Ron Placone is a comedian. He appears regularly on The Jimmy Dore Show and has been seen on CrossTalk, TMZ, FreeSpeechTV, The Young Turks, Redacted Tonight and more. His debut album, “Agnostic Holiday” is in rotation on SiriusXM. He hosts the YouTube show/podcast, Get Your News On With Ron.

In this episode, we tackle faith healers, covering another documentary from Emily Yates. Though we've never encountered a faith healer ourselves, we've both had amusing encounters with spiritual authorities who offer lofty prayers with good intentions. Article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/12fb29da-567c-488b-8523-d1f11a79e40c Video: https://youtu.be/l-M30YaHnm8 Find out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com

We deep dive with Dr. Serena Chopra, a multitalented and multifaceted teacher and artist. Join us for a fascinating and thought-provoking conversation about the different approaches to time, what we mean when we describe something as “queer,” turning our personal trauma into collective defense, and the role of mysticism in creating what comes next. It’s not just about examining the structures we live in, we also have to turn those structures on their heads to approach them differently. We hope you leave this conversation with the same sky-eyed perspective we did. Afterwards, Sarah is all jazzed up on Aquarius vibes and Emily talks about energy, because we’re both kind of hippies. Featured poem is “Seduction After the Great Plains” by Dr. Serena Chopra. Featured music is “Love Yourself” and “The Only Point” by our own Emily Yates - a preview of her about-to-drop new album, Notes to Self and Others. All tracks appear courtesy of the artists. GUEST BIO Dr. Serena Chopra https://www.serenachopra.com/ Dr. Serena Chopra is a teacher, writer, dancer, filmmaker, soundscape designer and a visual and performance artist. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Denver, an MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and was a Kundiman Fellow, a 2011-2013 Redline artist in Residence, a 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar (Bangalore, India), and received a month-long artist residency at Understudy Denver for September 2020. She has two books, This Human (Coconut Books 2013) and Ic (Horse Less Press 2017), as well as two films, Dogana/Chapti (2018, winner of ArtHyve’s Archives as Muse Film grant, Official Selection at Frameline43, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, Nahia Film Festival and Cinema Diverse) and Mother Ghosting (2018). She is an 8-year company member with Evolving Doors Dance and was recently a featured artist in Harper’s Bazaar (India) as well as in the Denver Westword’s “100 Colorado Creatives.” She has recent publications in Foglifter, Sink and Matters of Feminist Practice (Belladonna). Serena is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Seattle University. EMILY DICKINSON POEM READ IN EPISODE “The Brain is Wider Than the Sky” https://www.bartleby.com/113/1126.html BOOKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz https://bookshop.org/books/cruising-utopia-the-then-and-there-of-queer-futurity/9781479874569 The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study by Stefano Harney & Fred Moten https://bookshop.org/books/the-undercommons-fugitive-planning-black-study/9781570272677 A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze https://bookshop.org/books/a-thousand-plateaus-capitalism-and-schizophrenia/9780816614028 Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others by Sarah Ahmed https://bookshop.org/books/queer-phenomenology-orientations-objects-others-9780822339144/9780822339144 Les Guerilleres by Monique Wittig https://bookshop.org/books/les-guerilleres/9780252074820 The Portable Kristeva by Julia Kristeva https://bookshop.org/books/the-portable-kristeva/9780231126298 Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture by Lisa Robertson https://bookshop.org/books/occasional-work-and-seven-walks-from-the-office-for-soft-architecture-third-edition-revised/9781552452325 Your Healing Is Killing Me by Virginia Grise https://bookshop.org/books/your-healing-is-killing-me/9780991418398 Ideal Suggestions: Essays in Divinatory Poetics by Selah Saterstrom https://bookshop.org/books/ideal-suggestions-essays-in-divinatory-poetics/9780996922913

Happy episode 15 of What the Folk! In this episode we are joined by historian, writer and educator, Dr. Matthew Heidtmann. We talk about the importance of teaching history, making academia accessible to a wider audience, and all those great myths of imperialism and exceptionalism that we swim in as Americans. History may not repeat, but it definitely rhymes. Then afterwards, Emily and Sarah talk about pandemic politics and gendered culture...but also about Finding Nemo and small town Colorado restaurant drama. Featured music is “Foreign Policy Folk Song” by our own Emily Yates. Matthew Heidtmann is an historian, educator, writer, and union organizer. He got his PhD in History from Stony Brook University, and he is currently an Adjunct Professor of History at Suffolk County Community College, in Long Island, NY. His research focuses on American progressivism, conservatism, and capitalism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He occasionally writes about topics relating to history, politics, and political culture, and his writing has appeared in ROAR Magazine, Truthout, and even in The Washington Post. You can follow Dr. Heidtmann at https://matthewheidtmann.com/ Twitter: @ East_Coast_Matt

On this episode we are joined by Dr. Tracy Ferrell from CU Boulder. We discuss the challenges and opportunities around labor organizing in academia, the campus experience under Covid, and her research around immigration and medical marijuana patients. We also talk about the power of stories to inspire empathy and break down borders. After the interview, Emily envisions a self-sustaining system and Sarah attempts to quote Ram Dass and Jason Molina with questionable accuracy. Oh yeah, and I guess there was an election or something? Soooo we hope you enjoy profanity. UNITED CAMPUS WORKERS COLORADO https://www.ucwcolorado.org/ DR. FERRELL’S BOOK https://toplightbooks.com/product/migrating-for-medical-marijuana/ Featured songs are “Bastille” and “Riverboat” by The Red Tack, and "The System Isn't Broken" by our own Emily Yates, courtesy of the artists. CHECK OUT THE RED TACK https://www.facebook.com/TedTheRedTack/ GUEST BIO: Tracy Ferrell, Ph.D., is on the faculty of the program for writing and rhetoric at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research and teaching interests include Latin American literature and culture, Mexico and U.S. border issues, immigration, and drug policy/the drug war. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Disabled guests Emily Yates and Damian Weatherald reflect on whether they should be parents.  They chat with host Jennie Williams from Enhance the UK about the factors related to their impairments that they need to consider when making this decision.  

On this "Career Day" episode, Britt and Sara are joined by the incredible singing talent, Emily Yates Blick. Emily will talk you through her extensive career: Headlining in Vegas, cruise ships all around the world, creating and producing her own shows, a surprising and unique side-hustle... The list goes on and on for this ambitious QUEEN. Not to mention, you may even hear a little singing along the way. You don't want to miss this!

***AUDIO NOTE: There was an issue with Sarah’s track, sorry for the fuzz!*** CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT We’re joined by Alex Scott, a 7th generation Oklahoman, a former public school teacher, an active community organizer, and candidate for Oklahoma State Senate. In 2018, she became the youngest member to ever serve on the Norman, OK City Council, ousting a well-funded incumbent on a shoestring budget and grassroots power. We discuss the importance of getting involved locally, the terrifying pushback she has received for her actions, and how she got ripped off a flagpole at a certain Tulsa rally for someone who shall remain unnamed (see episode 1A for more on that). Follow Alex on Twitter: @ RealAlexScott Then afterwards Emily and Sarah discuss their husky, wildfire smoke soaked voices, riff more on the idea of local action, and Sarah uses the word “magic” a whole bunch. Featured music is "When the Zombies Come” by our own Emily Yates. GET INVOLVED: Donate to Alex and follow her campaign: https://www.scott4okstatesenate.com/ GUEST BIO Alex is a 7th generation Oklahoman, a former public school teacher, and an active community organizer. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in Classical Studies and a Master's of Public Administration. She began her career teaching Latin at Moore Public Schools, where she realized how our state severely under funds not only our education system, but also our public services as a whole. Her frustration inspired her to get involved with the Oklahoma Education Association. Scott was trained at the NEA's annual leadership summit to be an advocate and activist for educational policy changes, and applied her training through canvassing, conducting listening tours, and lobbying legislators. While she was financially unable to continue teaching, Alex continued serving her community as the CD4 Chair for the Oklahoma Democratic Party. In 2018, she became the youngest Norman City Council member to ever serve, ousting a well-funded incumbent on a shoestring budget and grassroots power. Serving on the council equipped her with sound budgeting practices and a passion for helping her community. Scott witnessed firsthand our state's tendency to preempt municipal legislation and strip them of their authority, and believes this practice must be stopped. She is ready to Change the Oklahoma Standard by restoring balance back to our budget and back to our people.

On this special bonus episode we are discussing the extradition hearing of Julian Assange with our friends Lee Camp and returning What the Folk champion Eleanor Goldfield. This episode is entirely focused on the case, so should be a good primer for anyone who is wondering, “Why, with all the things going on in the world, should I also give a shit about this?” Make sure to check out Lee and Eleanor's pod, Common Censored! GET INVOLVED Assange Defense https://assangedefense.org/ Article Sarah references: https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/04/20/debunking-all-the-assange-smears/ MUSIC "Free Assange" (spoken word by Eleanor Goldfield), "Land of the Free" (Emily Yates), courtesy of the artists. GUEST BIOS Lee Camp is the head writer and host of the national TV show Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp on RT America. He’s a former contributor to The Onion, former staff humor writer for the Huffington Post, and his web series “Moment of Clarity” has been viewed by millions. He’s toured the country and the world with his fierce brand of standup comedy, and George Carlin’s daughter Kelly said he’s one of the few comics keeping her father’s torch lit. Bill Hicks’s brother Steve said Lee is one of only a handful with Bill’s “message and passion.” Keep up with Lee here: https://leecamp.com/about/ Eleanor Goldfield is the founder and host of the show and podcast Act Out! and the co-host of the podcast Common Censored along with Lee Camp. Her current work focuses on more long-form and in-depth pieces, the first iteration of these being a film on West Virginia’s coal and fracking country. As a journalist, her articles and photographs cover people and topics which are censored or misrepresented. Artistically, Eleanor works in a variety of mediums and her performances blend music, spoken word and visual projections. Keep up with Eleanor’s projects here: https://www.artkillingapathy.com/

Episode Four: Dancing on the Ruins with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson We sit down with the awesome Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director of the legendary Highlander Center, for an inspiring and motivating talk about movement building, solidarity economics, liberation practices and real deal education. This interview had us practicing our dance moves to shimmy on the ruins of the old world, so you don’t want to miss it if you’re needing some fuel for your fire. Then Emily gives a post-PDX protest report, and she and Sarah discuss ways to “get in where you fit in” to support M4BL. P.S. We’d suggest a What the Folk drinking game where you take a shot every time Sarah says the word “consciousness” -- but that would likely render you unconscious. THE HIGHLANDER CENTER https://www.highlandercenter.org/ MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES https://m4bl.org/ GUEST BIO Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is a 33 year old, Affrilachian (Black Appalachian), working class woman, born and raised in Southeast Tennessee. She is the Co-Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center in New Market, TN. She has served as president of the Black Affairs Association at East Tennessee State University and the Rho Upsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is a long-time activist working around issues of mountaintop removal mining, and environmental racism in central and southern Appalachia, and has served on the National Council of the Student Environmental Action Coalition. She is an active participant in the Movement for Black Lives and is on the governance council of the Southern Movement Assembly. You can follow Ash on Twitter @hendersonaw0604 MUSIC Featured music: 2019 performances of “If You Want a Revolution" and “Don't Know Much About Star Wars” by our own Emily Yates. You can check out the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHVqdjgqN4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ny6AWs7_kU&feature=youtu.be DONATE TO GROUPS IN PORTLAND PDX Protest Bail Fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund Black Portland Youth Movement https://www.gofundme.com/f/21o0at70w0?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip Rosehip Medics http://www.rosehipmedics.org/donate/

We are joined by Dr. Carol Conzelman for a mind-expanding conversation about the history of the drug war in the United States, her work studying coca and democracy in Bolivia, how to encourage critical thinking about drugs, and our human need to explore inner space. Then Emily and Sarah have a chat that starts with studying the habits of the common American wook and ends with a discussion of the apocalypse, per usual. Featured music is “Drugs R Bad” by What the Folk’s very own Emily Yates http://emilyyatesmusic.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Guest Bio: Dr. Caroline Conzelman is a cultural anthropologist and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder with the Global Studies Residential Academic Program and the International Affairs Program. She directs a Study Abroad program in Bolivia and teaches courses on democracy, drug policy, globalization, sustainability, Latin America, and community engagement. She is Faculty Adviser for Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Psychedelic Club, and Slow Food Youth. Since 2014, she has organized—together with students and colleagues—an all-day symposium to promote public education on ancient uses of cannabis and psychedelic plants and their modern political, economic, and therapeutic relevance. Since 1995, Conzelman has been a Volunteer Team Leader with the international grassroots development organization Global Volunteers, coordinating service learning programs in Jamaica, Ecuador, Italy, Tanzania, Ireland, and Cuba; she also served on their Board of Directors (seven years). Currently she is president of the international Board of Directors for the Andean Information Network out of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Carol can be reached at conzelma@colorado.edu _____________________________________________________________ Carol’s book recommendations: War and Drugs by The Role of Military Conflict in the Development of Substance Abuse By Dessa Bergen-Cico https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10260413-war-and-drugs From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs By Andrew Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110490.From_Chocolate_to_Morphine?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1vJUQcV46m&rank=1 Organizations to follow and support: Drug Policy Alliance https://www.drugpolicy.org/ Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies https://maps.org/ Erowid https://www.erowid.org/ Transnational Institute https://www.tni.org/en International Drug Policy Consortium https://idpc.net/ Washington Office for Latin America (WOLA) https://www.wola.org/ Institute for Policy Studies https://ips-dc.org/

Ep. 2 will be out soon! In the meantime, as a follow up to Ep. 1, Emily sits down with her fellow Vets for Peace/About Face Vets after their direct action at the Trump rally in Tulsa on June 20th to reflect on what service now means to them during the current (and hopefully-finally-jfc-it-better-be victorious) iteration of the long fight for racial justice. Included in this conversation are Stephen Funk, Ollie, Emily Yates, Krystal Twobulls, and Jade Daniels. Episode title is in reference to an apropos JJ Cale song that would have been cool to include except copyright, with special nods to the late great Jeff Austin, who did a smoking cover of it. Photo credit: Frank Deck http://frankdeck.com/ https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ https://aboutfaceveterans.org/ https://grassrootsglobaljusticealliance.org https://voicesofthesacred.org https://unifytulsa.org

016- Emily Yates MBA, MLS, ASCPWelcome to an amazing interview with Emily Yates! Listen in as she discusses communication with the lab, burnout and multidisciplinary expertise.If you would like to see the show notes for this episode head to:Show NotesClick here to subscribe to the show!

Emily Yates presents a talk about Elizabethan astronomy at MSU's Abrams Planetarium, prior to a staged reading of The Winter's Tale.

Emily Yates is a journalist, presenter and accessibility consultant. At 16, she was chosen by the charity JOLT to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South Africa. As a permanent wheelchair user, the trip opened up a world that she hadn’t considered before and allowed her to discover an inner strength that has continued to impact her until this day. In this episode we talk about her trip to South Africa, enjoying the anonymity of cities and a friendship made in Australia that will warm your heart.Modern Jazz Samba" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Lily interviews Emily Yates. Emily is a writer through and through. This skill has allowed her to do everything from working in more traditional jobs in marketing to starting her own freelance writing business. Emily also had the unique opportunity to travel around the world for several years when she was in the midst of building her business. Emily's experiences have taught her how to negotiate and advocate for herself at a young age. Be prepared to learn a ton and be inspired by Emily's positive attitude. Her energy is truly infectious.

Emily Yates spent the first part of her adult life as an army public affairs minion, writing heartwarming news stories about the Iraq War to help build fellow soldiers’ morale. Two years after her release from the military in 2008, she learned to play the ukulele, and decided to merge her dual passions for writing and music. Quickly realizing that this would be the best way to get her many opinions out to the world, she set to work writing dozens of ditties and playing them for unsuspecting strangers, who luckily were delighted. More info on Emily Yates at http://emilyyatesmusic.com/ Songs played in episode in order: PORN! - Folk In Your Face Just Have A Baby - Folk In Your Face If You Ain’t Cheatin’ (You Ain’t Tryin’) - Folk In Your Face In A Major Key - I’ve Got Your Folk Songs Right Here Talking’ National Park Service - Folk In Your Face Foreign Policy Folk Song - I've Got Your Folk Songs Right Here Good Old Passive Aggressive - I've Got Your Folk Songs Right Here Just A Little Cog - Folk In Your Face I’ll Taze You Bro - Live in Studio Try Not to be a Dick - Live in Studio

Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women and masturbation - is it still a taboo? Her guests this month are:Emily Yates, accessibility consultant and sex educator with the charity Enhance the UK.Irma Kurtz, who has been the agony aunt for Cosmopolitan Magazine since 1970. Ky Hoyle, the founder and Managing Director of the Sh! Women's Erotic Emporium.Stephanie Theobald, a writer whose most recent book Sex Drive is a memoir of her drive across America in search of her lost libido. Producer: Luke Mulhall.

Somatosphere is “a collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry, psychology and bioethics.” Founded in July 2008, Somatosphere has evolved into an innovative platform for collaborative experiments, interdisciplinary exchange, and intellectual community. As such, it reveals how websites–and the communities of discourse that create and read them–have become important sites of intellectual production, authorship, and exchange. In editorial departments such as “In the Journals” and “Web Roundup,” authors distill recent scholarly contributions across disciplines and spaces. More recently, the editors have incubated creative digital endeavors such as Commonplaces, a “collaborative cabinet” that itemizes the technological present, with entries devoted to topics such as the petri dish, the brain, and the waiting room. Book Forum invites commentary from a range of authors, representing not only different scholarly disciplines but offering intriguing, timely, and often original angles on recent important texts. Thanks to its editorial vision and the palpable energy of its contributors, Somatosphere has become informative, creative, and essential reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somatosphere is “a collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry, psychology and bioethics.” Founded in July 2008, Somatosphere has evolved into an innovative platform for collaborative experiments, interdisciplinary exchange, and intellectual community. As such, it reveals how websites–and the communities of discourse that create and read them–have become important sites of intellectual production, authorship, and exchange. In editorial departments such as “In the Journals” and “Web Roundup,” authors distill recent scholarly contributions across disciplines and spaces. More recently, the editors have incubated creative digital endeavors such as Commonplaces, a “collaborative cabinet” that itemizes the technological present, with entries devoted to topics such as the petri dish, the brain, and the waiting room. Book Forum invites commentary from a range of authors, representing not only different scholarly disciplines but offering intriguing, timely, and often original angles on recent important texts. Thanks to its editorial vision and the palpable energy of its contributors, Somatosphere has become informative, creative, and essential reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Somatosphere is “a collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry, psychology and bioethics.” Founded in July 2008, Somatosphere has evolved into an innovative platform for collaborative experiments, interdisciplinary exchange, and intellectual community. As such, it reveals how websites–and the communities of discourse that create and read them–have become important sites of intellectual production, authorship, and exchange. In editorial departments such as “In the Journals” and “Web Roundup,” authors distill recent scholarly contributions across disciplines and spaces. More recently, the editors have incubated creative digital endeavors such as Commonplaces, a “collaborative cabinet” that itemizes the technological present, with entries devoted to topics such as the petri dish, the brain, and the waiting room. Book Forum invites commentary from a range of authors, representing not only different scholarly disciplines but offering intriguing, timely, and often original angles on recent important texts. Thanks to its editorial vision and the palpable energy of its contributors, Somatosphere has become informative, creative, and essential reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somatosphere is “a collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry, psychology and bioethics.” Founded in July 2008, Somatosphere has evolved into an innovative platform for collaborative experiments, interdisciplinary exchange, and intellectual community. As such, it reveals how websites–and the communities of discourse that... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somatosphere is “a collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry, psychology and bioethics.” Founded in July 2008, Somatosphere has evolved into an innovative platform for collaborative experiments, interdisciplinary exchange, and intellectual community. As such, it reveals how websites–and the communities of discourse that create and read them–have become important sites of intellectual production, authorship, and exchange. In editorial departments such as “In the Journals” and “Web Roundup,” authors distill recent scholarly contributions across disciplines and spaces. More recently, the editors have incubated creative digital endeavors such as Commonplaces, a “collaborative cabinet” that itemizes the technological present, with entries devoted to topics such as the petri dish, the brain, and the waiting room. Book Forum invites commentary from a range of authors, representing not only different scholarly disciplines but offering intriguing, timely, and often original angles on recent important texts. Thanks to its editorial vision and the palpable energy of its contributors, Somatosphere has become informative, creative, and essential reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

We're happy to welcome Emily Yates to the show this week. She speaks with Dustin about the growing sector of global higher education, and how institutions in the United States are adapting as well as tapping into this potential to grow their organizations.   Appreciate Emily for taking time out for the show!   Find the full show notes here: http://bit.ly/1K1WDfQ

How does a young woman become a superstar? We talk with Iraq War veteran and aspiring world dominator and ukelele superstar Emily Yates, and with Laurie Nobilette, whose daughter, MK, is a contender on American Idol. And we speak with former Army Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned her commission in protest of the Iraq war, on the eve of her departure for an International Women's Day delegation to Gaza. Wright just returned from Geneva, where she supported Syrian women's groups demanding a place at the peace table. The post Women's Magazine – March 3, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.