A Theme Park for Kids with Disabilities (And Everyone)
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
5 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Morgan's Wonderland is an ultra-accessible amusement park in which all of the rides have been engineered so that no one is excluded, no one is ever sitting on the sidelines. If your child has special needs, is in a wheel chair, is Autistic, has hearing or vision loss, or some other issue--take them to Morgan's Wonderland. Gordon Hartman is Morgan's dad and the founder of Morgan's Wonderland. He joins to discuss.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and do-gooders. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host, Andrew Heaton, in many ways, the Canadian Mountie of podcasting. |
| 0:22.1 | And it's Charity Week here on the Political Orphanage. |
| 0:25.3 | A few times a year, we skip the regular format of the show, |
| 0:28.4 | and we do an entire week of programming on some particular topic. |
| 0:32.5 | And that topic this week is interesting charities. |
| 0:37.0 | Charities, foundations, nonprofits, once you hear about them, |
| 0:39.9 | you'll think, that's fantastic. I didn't even realize we needed that thing, but we do, clearly. |
| 0:47.4 | My guest today might be the most competent human being I have ever met. |
| 0:55.3 | As in, I don't know what this guy's politics are. |
| 0:58.4 | I really don't have any idea how he's registered to vote. |
| 1:01.1 | But if he ran for president, I think I would vote for him. |
| 1:04.5 | He is the most can-do, capable, hyper-competent individual I have encountered in a while, which I think will be a little bit of a nice reprieve this week on Charity Week. |
| 1:18.2 | I got kind of teary in yesterday's episode with the Alzheimer's course, Love Notes. |
| 1:23.5 | I did cry at one point during yesterday's episode. |
| 1:26.0 | It was a little bit of a tear-jurker, I think. |
| 1:27.9 | Today, I'm just going to tell you the vibe out front. |
| 1:30.9 | Today, the vibe is can do. |
| 1:35.3 | Grab a shovel. |
| 1:36.7 | No time from opening. |
| 1:37.9 | We're going to build stuff. |
| 1:39.1 | This is a can-do episode gang. |
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