DEI -Juneteenth: SHUT THE F UP E:2

Murray Elburn & Allison Defranco — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:21:41 -0700

In Episode 2 of Shut the F Up, Murray Elbourne and Alison take on the DEI spectrum and ask where disability actually sits within it. Recorded on Juneteenth, it opens on the history of the holiday and what it means across every minority group, before widening into why disability was so often left out of diversity, equity, and inclusion, only to become one of the first things cut. Drawing on Murray's years in sport and as a CEO in Australia and Alison's two decades as a disability rights lawyer in the US and abroad, they compare how different countries value, or devalue, disability at work and in daily life.

The conversation covers visible and invisible disability, the legal right not to disclose at a job interview set against the real stigma that keeps people silent, and the fear factor that stops well-meaning people from starting a conversation at all. Murray and Alison are candid about the exhaustion of constant educating, the divisions inside the disability community, and the strength found in intersectionality and working together, with reference to Crip Camp, Section 504, and the civil rights movement. Their weekly top three takes aim at big-platform figures making sweeping statements, and the episode closes on a simple message: meet people as individuals.

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Amerability was born from a simple but powerful idea: that blind and low vision individuals deserve more than support — they deserve the tools, mentorship, and real-world experiences to build lives on their own terms. Founded by CEO Murray Elbourn, a legally blind leader with more than 25 years of executive experience in disability sports and workforce development across two continents, Amerability combines lived experience with professional expertise to create programs that don't just prepare participants for the world — they prove the world is already theirs to conquer. Murray's journey from captaining Australia's national goalball team and leading Disability Sports Australia as CEO to founding Amerability in the United States gave him a firsthand understanding of what blind and low vision individuals truly need to succeed: not sympathy, but strategy, structure, and someone who has walked the path before them. That philosophy is woven into everything Amerability does, from the way programs are designed to the mentors who deliver them, ensuring that every participant is met with high expectations, practical guidance, and the unwavering belief that their goals are within reach.

The R Word: SHUT THE F UP E:1

Murray Elburn & Allison Defranco — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:35:03 -0700

This podcast is focused on disability and discussion topics relating to rights of people who are compromised or have a need to advocate for themselves. Allison, a disability rights lawyer with legal blindness and Murray, a CEO of corporate business with legal blindness use their lived experience and world travel perspectives to ensure all aspects of a relevant topic are discussed and advocated for. This is not a cancel culture or political podcast but rather a disability advocacy discussion that educates and engages real talk debate around key topics.