Latest Doa Podcast Episodes
Disability Access Changes at WDW, and Re-Imagining A Patriotic Attraction
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - July 04, 2024 06:15 - 35 minutesOn the 4th of July, Rick is going to take a look at the American Adventure in Epcot's World Showcase, and he will talk about the different changes he would make to the attraction. Speaking of changes, Disney has made a lot of changes to their Disability Access Service. Rick is going to go over...
Episode 61: News From Aztlantis!
Tales From Aztlantis - July 02, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! In this episode we take a look at recent news concerning the Chicano community, and take a little trip down to Belize with Kurly! Your hosts: Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, ...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Alaska's Stained Rivers
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 30, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIn the remote wilderness of the Brooks Mountain Range in Alaska, where untamed rivers wind through vast expanses of tundra and towering mountains, a peculiar and alarming phenomenon is taking place. Since 2017 at least 75 pristine waterways, which once shimmered with crystalline clarity, have ta...
Attraction Tier List for Disney's Hollywood Studios
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - June 27, 2024 06:15 - 30 minutesAfter Maz and Rick ranked all of the attractions at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and it was extremely popular, they are back to do the same thing with Disney's Hollywood Studios. Ranking Star Wars, Toy Story, Muppets, and more, it is bound to be controversial.
UNLOCKED BONUS: Burning Paradise Ep. 6 "The Wanderers"
Tales From Aztlantis - June 25, 2024 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! My name is Kurly Tlapoyawa, and I LOVE movies. I spent a good chunk of my childhood being snuck into the drive-in by my parents, where I took in double and triple features of cinematic greatness. And when movies became available on home video in the...
Nursing, Endo and Cancer - Living with it all
Living With Endo - June 24, 2024 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAmy McLennan - Medical Anthropologist is still navigating her endometriosis diagnosis from 2021 through and beyond her breast cancer diagnosis in 2024. She highlights the critical role nurses played in her recovery, offering unique insights that can be applied to improve patient experiences. ...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | State of Grand Teton National Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 23, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsHave you ever wanted to scratch beneath the surface of a national park and gain a better understanding of the issues the National Park Service is challenged with? Or to see what research is being conducted, or understand what goals are being chased? The staff at Grand Teton National Park just ...
Throwback Thursday: Acequias - a Forgotten History!
Tales From Aztlantis - June 20, 2024 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! Welcome to another Throwback Thursday! In this episode we take a look back at one of Kurly's favorites. Acequias - A Forgotten History! The Acequia is a communal irrigation ditch, and its continued use is a testament to the cultural resiliency of...
Former-Disney Cast Member Discusses Her Old Job and Helping Animals, and A Character-Dining Review
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - June 20, 2024 06:15 - 37 minutesRick will be joined by former-Walt Disney World cast member Miranda, who currently works for Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. Miranda will talk about working in the aquarium in the Seas Pavilion in Epcot, and she will discuss what she does to help animals in the Orlando-area. After that, Ri...
Episode 60: Borderland Indigeneity w/Carlos Aceves!
Tales From Aztlantis - June 18, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! In this special episode, Tlakatekatl shares an interview he conducted with Carlos Aceves Yolohuitzcalotl back in 2019. Carlos has devoted his life to advancing Chicano/Mexicano Indigeneity in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands and developing the “Xinachtli...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Managing Yellowstone Bison
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 16, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAs the National Mammal and a symbol closely tied to the National Park Service and the national parks, bison are highly revered in the United States. But that doesn’t mean they’re free of controversy. Recently the staff at Yellowstone National Park released the Final Environmental Impact Statem...
Dispatches From Aztlantis! An Olmec Update
Tales From Aztlantis - June 14, 2024 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! In this dispatch, we take a look at Skepticamp New Mexico, and get an Olmec Update from Kurly! Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connectio...
Accessibility and Wheelchairs at Walt Disney World
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - June 13, 2024 06:15 - 33 minutesOne of the reasons we love Walt Disney World is because the resort has a tradition of being accommodating and accessible to different types of people. While there have been some changes to impact that accessibility recently, this episode is focused on navigating the parks with a wheelchair. Ri...
UNLOCKED BONUS: Burning Paradise Ep. 5 "Class of 1984"
Tales From Aztlantis - June 11, 2024 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! My name is Kurly Tlapoyawa, and I LOVE movies. I spent a good chunk of my childhood being snuck into the drive-in by my parents, where I took in double and triple features of cinematic greatness. And when movies became available on home video in the...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Letters from the Smokies
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 09, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere is so much rich history across the National Park System, from chapters of the Revolutionary War held in parks in the eastern half of the country to stories from the gold rush that stampeded through Alaska during the late 1890s. This is Kurt Repanshek, your host at The National Parks Tr...
Throwback Thursday: Aztlan Libre Press w/ Juan Tejeda
Tales From Aztlantis - June 06, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we step back in time to revisit a great interview with Juan Tejeda, an icon of the Chicano Movement, and Publisher of Aztlan Libre Press. Aztlan Libre Press with Juan Tejeda In this episode we are joined by...
Preparing for D23 Theme Park Announcements: Part Two
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - June 06, 2024 06:15 - 34 minutesRick and Maz continue their two-week conversation about what to expect from the D23 Expo coming up in Anaheim, California from August 9th-11th. There are a ton of theme park announcements to be expected from the event, and the two co-hosts will try to guess at some of those new things.
Episode 59: Mexican Elections & Right Wing Politics W/ Dr. Luis Herran Avila Part 2!
Tales From Aztlantis - June 04, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! Dr. Herrán Ávila is a historian of the Cold War in Latin America, with an emphasis on conservative, anticommunist, and extreme right movements. After researching the comparative history of anticommunism in Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia, his curren...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Parks as Founts of Wildlife
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 02, 2024 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsRecently I read “The Wolverine Way”, by Douglas Chadwick. It’s a book from 2012 that really dives into the lives of wolverines, a small mammal with a cantankerous reputation that the US Fish and Wildlife Service late last year announced would be a threatened species. The book is a fascinating bi...
We Prepare for Disney's Theme Park Announcements for D23
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - May 30, 2024 06:15 - 34 minutesThe D23 Expo is on the way August 9th-11th in Anaheim, California. There will be a ton of announcements at the event; specifically about the theme parks. Today and next week, Maz joins Rick to discuss what they hope to hear at D23, and whether they think things will actually come to fruition t...
🔒 BONUS: Burning Paradise Ep. 4 "The Car"
Tales From Aztlantis - May 28, 2024 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsSubscriber-only episode listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! My name is Kurly Tlapoyawa, and I LOVE movies. I spent a good chunk of my childhood being snuck into the drive-in by my parents, where I took in double and triple features of cinematic greatness. And when movies became avail...
Nurse Lucy Downey announces the Endometriosis Australia Nurse Scholarship EOFY appeal.
Living With Endo - May 28, 2024 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEndometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs chats with wonderful Nurse advocate Lucy Downey about the Endometriosis Australia Nurse Scholarship EOFY appeal. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Underwater Photography with the Submerged Resources Center
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 26, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsDid you know that there are some five and a half million acres of our National Parks that are underwater? There are sunken ships and aircraft. There are remnants of industry and mining. There are coral reefs and underwater caverns. The Submerged Resources Center of the National Park Service is ...
Throwback Thursday: Peopling the Americas W Dr. Raff!
Tales From Aztlantis - May 23, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! The peopling of the Americas is a touchy subject among many Indigenous people. In this episode of Throwback Thursday, we revisit our discussion with Dr. Jennifer Raff, author of the fantastic book "“Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas" from ep...
The Author of "Walt and His Park: Stories You (Probably) Haven't Heard"
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - May 23, 2024 06:15 - 35 minutesRick's former-boss Phil Gramlich has taken his knowledge of Disneyland, and he has put it together into his new book "Walt and His Park: Stories You (Probably) Haven't Heard." Phil will talk about the book; his time as a Disney cast member; his travel agency; and so much more.
Episode 58: Mexican Elections & Right Wing Politics W/ Dr. Luis Herran Avila Part 1!
Tales From Aztlantis - May 21, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! Dr. Herrán Ávila is a historian of the Cold War in Latin America, with an emphasis on conservative, anticommunist, and extreme right movements. After researching the comparative history of anticommunism in Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia, his curren...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Traveler's Summer Outlook
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 19, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsSummer is almost here. The upcoming Memorial Day weekend is the official kickoff to the summer travel season, and I’m happy to say that the National Parks Traveler will be continuing to bring you news about the parks and how you can enjoy them. As much as Editor-in-Chief Kurt Repanshek was loo...
Dispatches From Aztlantis! Life and Death on the Border
Tales From Aztlantis - May 16, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 65 ratingslistener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! In this Dispatch, Tlakatekatl reads and discusses a recent Washington Post article on the troubled legacy of the Texas Rangers along the border communities of South Texas. The article explores the story of ethnic Mexican men on their way down to a t...
Having Fun Retheming Spaceship Earth at Epcot
Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty - May 16, 2024 06:15 - 33 minutesThere have been rumors, and even official plans for changes to Spaceship Earth at Epcot in Walt Disney World. This refurbishment of the ride was scheduled to start in May of 2020, but a global pandemic intervened. With a new D23 Expo on tap for August of this year, Rick has fun speculating if ...
Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs chats with Associate Professor Anusch Yazdani and Samantha Costa, about the CHARLI App.
Living With Endo - May 14, 2024 19:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Associate Professor Anusch Yazdani and Samantha Costa, about the CHARLI App: The pain clinic in your pocket. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.