Hearing Things with Julie and Brad

We are two hard of hearing BFFs and we are taking on all the things that make living in a hearing world a challenge - we aim to inform, educate, and entertain. Come for the information, stay for the laughs!

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Episodes

Restaurants

Friday Mar 14, 2025

Friday Mar 14, 2025

In this episode, we reflect on a lunch with 2 other DHH folks and talk about tactics we use when dining out!
Book Recs!
Julie- The Wives by Simone Gorrindo https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wives-a-memoir-simone-gorrindo/20244531?ean=9781982178499&next=t&next=t 
Brad- The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-omnivore-s-dilemma-a-natural-history-of-four-meals-michael-pollan/586103?ean=9780143038580&next=t 

Tricia

Friday Mar 07, 2025

Friday Mar 07, 2025

In this episode we sit down with Tricia White, who works with Julie.
Book Recs!
Tricia- The Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-court-of-thorns-and-roses-paperback-box-set-5-books-sarah-j-maas/17974759?ean=9781639730193&next=t&next=t 
And The Stalking of Jack the Ripper https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-stalking-jack-the-ripper-series-hardcover-gift-set-kerri-maniscalco/113864?ean=9780316492829&next=t&next=t 
Julie- Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni https://bookshop.org/p/books/inch-by-inch-leo-lionni/7289654?ean=9780307931252&next=t&next=t 
Brad- From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi https://bookshop.org/p/books/can-t-get-fooled-again-random-house-worlds/19766524?ean=9780593597910&next=t&next=t 

Friday Feb 28, 2025

In this episode we talk about how disclosing our disability can be dehumanizing.
Book Recs!
Julie- If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin https://bookshop.org/p/books/if-beale-street-could-talk-james-baldwin/8717351?ean=9780307275936&next=t&next=t 
Brad- Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson https://bookshop.org/p/books/broken-in-the-best-possible-way-jenny-lawson/16870930?ean=9781250812483 

Flashing Fire Alarms

Friday Feb 21, 2025

Friday Feb 21, 2025

In this episode, Julie tells a tale...
Book Recs! Julie - Sesame Street Unpaved by David Borgenicht https://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Unpaved-Scripts-Stories/dp/0786864605#detailBullets_feature_div 
Brad- Orr: My Story by Bobby Orr https://bookshop.org/p/books/orr-my-story-bobby-orr/7783841?ean=9780425277027 

Cochlear Implants

Friday Feb 14, 2025

Friday Feb 14, 2025

In this episode, Brad tries his best to explain cochlear implants.
Book Recs!
Julie- Milk and Juice by Meredith Crandall Brown https://bookshop.org/p/books/milk-and-juice-a-recycling-romance-meredith-crandall-brown/17061793?ean=9780063021853&next=t 
Brad- Rebuilt by Michael Chorost https://bookshop.org/p/books/rebuilt-my-journey-back-to-the-hearing-world-michael-chorost/11859803 

Danielle

Friday Feb 07, 2025

Friday Feb 07, 2025

This week we talk to Brad's co-worker, Danielle Masterson!
Book Recs!
Danielle- PressReader https://www.pressreader.com/
And here’s the link to get an Boston Public Library eCard https://BPL.org/ecard 
Julie- Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco https://bookshop.org/p/books/thank-you-mr-falker-patricia-polacco/11320388?ean=9780399231667 
Brad- Following Atticus by Tom Ryan https://bookshop.org/p/books/following-atticus-forty-eight-high-peaks-one-little-dog-and-an-extraordinary-friendship-tom-ryan/7229327?ean=9780061997112 

Helen Keller

Friday Jan 31, 2025

Friday Jan 31, 2025

In this episode we tackle Helen Keller. Well not literally. 
Here's the link to the Perkins plagiarism story https://www.perkins.org/the-frost-king-incident/ 
Book Recs!
Julie- Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clarke and Charles Bryant https://bookshop.org/p/books/stuff-you-should-know-an-incomplete-compendium-of-mostly-interesting-things-josh-clark/14322465?ean=9781250268501&next=t 
Brad- True Biz by Sara Novic https://bookshop.org/p/books/true-biz-sara-novic/19082506?ean=9780593241523 

Sgt Stubby

Friday Jan 24, 2025

Friday Jan 24, 2025

In the latest get-to-know-you episode, Julie tells us about the most decorated dog in WWI. Of course it's a Boston Terrier!
Here's the link to the slides that, so you can read them more clearly: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UBDACM5QFVj4i2HqRVaE_AVhh7pjvJ9eR1kgbO5rs94/edit?usp=sharing 
Book Recs!
Julie- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-midnight-library-matt-haig/15008109?ean=9780525559498 
Brad- 1984 by George Orwell https://bookshop.org/p/books/1984-deluxe-edition-george-orwell/14210250?ean=9780358375401 

Hair Appointments

Friday Jan 17, 2025

Friday Jan 17, 2025

In Episode 26, we talk about hair appointments. It's yet another area where they differ. Julie has Katherine DiGesse Troiano and Brad has...his clippers.
Book Recs!
Julie- The Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingals Wilder https://bookshop.org/p/books/little-house-in-the-big-woods-laura-ingalls-wilder/6437935?ean=9780064400015
Brad- Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch https://bookshop.org/p/books/because-internet-understanding-the-new-rules-of-language-gretchen-mcculloch/12469650?ean=9780735210943

Tom Tulk

Friday Jan 10, 2025

Friday Jan 10, 2025

Last week was Julie's brother, this week is Brad's!
We strongly urge you to check out Tom's show, too: Tryin Things with Tom https://www.youtube.com/@TryingThingswithTom 
Book Recs!
Tom- Mirror of Danger by Pamela Sykes https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Danger-Pamela-Sykes/dp/0671297929 
Julie- Into the Wild by John Krakauer https://bookshop.org/p/books/into-the-wild-jon-krakauer/499149?ean=9780385486804 
Brad- The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb https://bookshop.org/p/books/batman-the-long-halloween-deluxe-edition-jeph-loeb/16490134?ean=9781779512697 

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