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July 23, 2019: Creating Opportunity Through Apprenticeships; Signing More Than Lyrics

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July 23, 2019

American Sign Language Translators Red Rocks — FLOW Interpreters use Performance Sign Language on the right side of the stage at Red Rocks on Sunday July 21, 2019, as Del McCoury and then String Cheese Incident play a concert.

American Sign Language Translators Red Rocks — FLOW Interpreters use Performance Sign Language on the right side of the stage at Red Rocks on Sunday July 21, 2019, as Del McCoury and then String Cheese Incident play a concert.

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Episode | 49:35

July 23, 2019: Creating Opportunity Through Apprenticeships; Signing More Than Lyrics

Segment 1 | 8:26
How Apprenticeships Could Help Close The Skills Gap In Colorado
Segment 2 | 8:55
Bennett Woman Becomes First American To Write For UK Commando Comic Series
Segment 3 | 4:48
She Worried Her Doctors Wouldn’t Understand Her During Childbirth. They Didn’t. But The Translator Did
Segment 4 | 14:57
At Concerts, American Sign Language Interpreters Translate More Than Lyrics
Segment 5 |
Suffering From Allergies, Or PTSD? Someday You May Take A CU Professor’s ‘Farm In A Pill’

Using apprenticeships to close the skill gap in Colorado. Then, a Colorado comic writer taps into a little-known story of heroism from WWII. Plus, bridging the language gap in hospitals, and how sign language interpreters translate much more than the lyrics to a song. Then, creating a "farm in a pill." and the music of DBUK.

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