The People Make the Places

By: Mike May and friends
  • Summary

  • We have years of written and audio travel stories, made even more interesting traveling as a blind person with a guide dog. This history will be combined with interviews and stories from others, blind and sighted. "It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive."
    Copyright 2024
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Episodes
  • S1E3 - Three trips exploring Ireland over 19 years
    Nov 3 2024

    Show Notes for Episode 3 Three trips exploring Ireland over 19 years Please rate and share!

    This 36 minute episode includes over 20 blind people exploring Dublin and Cork in 2004, two couples walking the Great Western Greenway in 2015 and Mike May and Gena Harper exploring Dublin in 2023. You will hear some original audio as well as some of the original travelers reflecting on the trips today. The communication and navigation tools changed during this time but the zest for exploring and meeting people is a common thread on these three trips. A subsequent episode will continue the second half of this 2004 Ireland WayFun trip to Scotland.

    Here is a link to more details and a full list of all episodes and background on the podcast. http://crashingthrough.com/the-people-make-the-places-mike-may-and-friends/

    This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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    36 mins
  • S1E2 - Flight for Sight trip to Japan
    Oct 4 2024
    Episode Notes

    https://www.flightforsight.net

    Check out Flight for Sight in the above link. These episodes will drop at the beginning of each month. Submit your travel stories and feedback to ThePeople@MikeMay.org.

    This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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    35 mins
  • S1E1 - Pilot, introduction to the podcast
    Sep 5 2024
    Episode Notes

    This pilot introduces you to me and the idea of "the people make the places." It is not a place itself that one remembers about a trip. It is the special people you meet. There are examples of Sarajevo at the Olympics in 1984, 25 blind people traveling in Ireland and Scotland with the first versions of GPS, riding in the cockpit of a 727 over Iguazu Falls, hanging out with Stevie Wonder and more. Blind people use alternative technology and techniques to navigate. This episode is an overview and future episodes will focus on a particular place and person. Send suggestions and feedback to, ThePeople@mikemay.org

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    17 mins

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