6.4 Maker Spotlight: Fady Shanouda

This module’s makers spotlight features the talented and thoughtful podcaster Fady Shanouda. Fady is a professor at Carleton University who works at the intersection of disability, Mad, and fat studies. His podcast is called Disability Saves the World (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/disability-saves-the-world-with-dr-fady-shanouda/id1504141401). Before we work through a platform analysis of audio-based work, let’s explore what Fady has to say about his work.

The transcript of Fady’s video can be read at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2s-IYS7vm_mkfKoNG7-H6ejjQhRbY2lUuxNXCIB904/edit?usp=sharing

The transcript of Fady’s video with visual description can be read at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G2yA_RPSyF0WK0Q3yKrv5CKRNTR1u9MpViavR-ZnUmg/edit?usp=sharing

While watching, jot down some of the important points our makers have highlighted.  You may use the questions below to guide your reflections:

• How does Fady define/talk about access?
• What barriers does Fady discuss?
• What did you find most interesting in the interview?
• What resonated with your own experience?
• What was one thing you learned from watching/listening to this Maker Spotlight?
• Does this Maker Spotlights inspire you or make you think about your own digital storytelling in a new way?
• What is your own relationship to podcasts? Has it changed over time?