Show Notes for Episode 21, May 2026

This episode draws from Mike May’s posts in the Sendero blog about New Zealand and Australia and the origins of accessible GPS. There are featured recordings of Jonathan Mosen and Stevie Wonder. Both Mike and Jonathan pay tribute to one of the founders of access technology, Russell Smith. There are snippets of audio from Mike with a friend in Australia in 1985. This episode expands the concept of “The People Make the Places” to “The people who make the technology.”

The People Make the Places podcast shares the complexity of traveling, especially as a blind person, something from which everyone can benefit.

Here are some links with more content about Mike May and friends.

http://crashingthrough.com/the-people-make-the-places-mike-may-and-friends/

For additional stories about blind travel and the opportunity for related grants, check out,

https://www.blindtravel.org/

Episode 20 covers multiple trips to Costa Rica over 22 years, from the city, to the beach, to the rain forest, and the people who made the country special, from the beach to the rain forest, traveling with family and friends.

The People Make the Places podcast shares the complexity of traveling, especially as a blind person, something from which everyone can benefit.

Here are some links with more content about Mike May and friends.

http://crashingthrough.com/the-people-make-the-places-mike-may-and-friends/

For additional stories about blind travel and the opportunity for related grants, check out,

https://www.blindtravel.org/

In Episode 19 of the People Make the Places, Mike May and Friends, we hear stories of the Consumer Electronics Show since 1984 beginning with the revolutionary Laser Turntable from Finial Technology and the people who make CES memorable to me like my late son, Carson May, friend since high school, Rob Reis and Stevie Wonder. These stories are interspersed with 2026 product interviews by my wife, Gena Harper.

The People Make the Places podcast shares the complexity of traveling, especially as a blind person, something from which everyone can benefit.

Here are some links with more content about Mike May and friends.

http://crashingthrough.com/the-people-make-the-places-mike-may-and-friends/

For additional stories about blind travel and the opportunity for related grants, check out,

https://www.blindtravel.org/