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OneLegUpAlex Adapts on Walking in The Word Radio With Dr. Joel Grassi (aired 1-19-26) · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here on the one that got Ballox network. You know
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  Speaker 1: I've been talking about accessibility to start twenty twenty six
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  Speaker 1: and the MTA Accessibility newsletter and all that. Well, someone
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  Speaker 1: that also has a passion for accessibility, including his parishioners
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  Speaker 1: and making sure the church has accessibility for his prisoners
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  Speaker 1: is doctor Joel Grossi of Commonwealth Community Baptist. And you've
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  Speaker 1: heard him before here on the podcast. He has a
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  Speaker 1: radio show with us one am every Monday night, every
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  Speaker 1: Monday morning.
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  Speaker 2: On WMCA. Well he had me on this.
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  Speaker 1: Week to talk about accessibility in NYC starting out twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: Take a listen.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Well, I don't know if I mentioned this
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  Speaker 3: last time, but park Chester in the Bronx finally got
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  Speaker 3: after one hundred years, finally got an elevator and we
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  Speaker 3: have accessibility now one stop from our church, which is
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  Speaker 3: something that we've been praying about and waiting for and
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  Speaker 3: we're so thankful for. And as again I've mentioned this before.
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  Speaker 3: When I invited my dear friend Alex to visit our church,
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  Speaker 3: the first question he asked me was is it accessible?
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  Speaker 3: And the building is, but unfortunately the subway station is not.
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  Speaker 3: And so I want to bring Alex on and get
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  Speaker 3: us up to date brother on what are some of
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  Speaker 3: the happenings in the world of New York City accessibility.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, first of all, doctor Joel, great to
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  Speaker 1: have you back in the new year with us on
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  Speaker 1: MCA and hope your new year is starting well. And
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  Speaker 1: I will say there are a couple of things. Firstly,
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  Speaker 1: the elevators change is a great news, and it's happening
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  Speaker 1: around the other boroughs. You know, there's stuff by my
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  Speaker 1: old home and Queen's on Parsons Boulevard, So elevator upgrades
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  Speaker 1: are happening in twenty twenty six, which is great to see.
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  Speaker 1: And then also the LR has reduced fare all throughout
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  Speaker 1: the day, so if you're a person of disability that
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  Speaker 1: needs to commute at all hours, you get the reduced
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  Speaker 1: that makes traveling so much less stressful and affordable for
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  Speaker 1: people with disabilities.
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  Speaker 3: That's fantastic. And when you talk about the one by
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  Speaker 3: your old house and Queens, I mean, was that also
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  Speaker 3: a long long time coming and all long time?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Why does it take so long?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the funding needs to be secured and the approvals.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they can't just build an elevator.
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  Speaker 1: I think they gotta have city permits and other permits
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  Speaker 1: to make all this happen. So it does take a
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  Speaker 1: while to make all these things into fruition.
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  Speaker 3: And is it the case that any new subway station
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  Speaker 3: or any new building is going to automatically have these
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  Speaker 3: built from the get go? Is that how it does?
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  Speaker 2: That would be great.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how realistic that is, but that would
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  Speaker 1: be amazing. Now, I will offer your listeners this idea
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  Speaker 1: if you want to know more about the MTA news
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  Speaker 1: because we all travel around the city. They have an
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  Speaker 1: accessibility newsletter on the MTA website.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, And is that something that you contribute to or
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  Speaker 3: is that something that you're kind of you of your
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  Speaker 3: finger on.
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  Speaker 1: The pulse of I'm just following it because I think
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  Speaker 1: it's important if I want to do a story on
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  Speaker 1: my podcasts about it. It helps me stay connected for
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  Speaker 1: sure to what's going on in the city for people disabilities,
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  Speaker 1: traveling and accessibility.
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  Speaker 3: Now, you're commuting into MCA from Long Island.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that is correct.
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  Speaker 3: And is that an entirely accessible route for you or
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  Speaker 3: you have to contend with some stairs and whatnot along
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  Speaker 3: the way? Oh?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, luckily they have elevators to the pen station
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  Speaker 1: and they have up there. It's just navigating the morning
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  Speaker 1: rush crowds. That's you can't fix that. That's just part
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  Speaker 1: of the business. But I tell you what, since pandemic
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  Speaker 1: was about six years ago, now five and a half
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  Speaker 1: years ago, I'm so glad to see the crowds are
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  Speaker 1: back out.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm sure you see it too in your travels.
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  Speaker 2: We're crowded city again.
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  Speaker 3: It does feel crowded again. Yeah, and that's a good
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  Speaker 3: thing and an annoying thing, but more good than annoying
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  Speaker 3: because it is New York City and definitely love that
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  Speaker 3: we can see that. Now, are you still on your
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  Speaker 3: roller blade?
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  Speaker 2: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I've been rollerblading as every day as always, so
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  Speaker 1: that's always fun. And I use the bike lane sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I think traveling through the city on
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  Speaker 1: my wheels just give me the sense of freedom that
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  Speaker 1: every day I feel that kind of freedom.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's terrific. And I kind of segue that into
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  Speaker 3: I got an update about our skate park and it
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  Speaker 3: is continuing to jump every hurdle and get every green
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  Speaker 3: light and every stamp of approval it needs. So God
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  Speaker 3: willing you and I will be out there at the
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  Speaker 3: sound of you skate park rolling around on our wheels.
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  Speaker 2: The rolling pastor. I really love that, Doctor Paul.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know. Well recently I was the slamming pastor
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  Speaker 3: because I ended up hanging up on a five oz
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  Speaker 3: grind on this little quarter pipe and it pitched me
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  Speaker 3: to the concrete. And I think concrete is harder these
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  Speaker 3: days than it was when I started skating back in
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  Speaker 3: the nineteen eighties. I don't know if I can prove that.
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  Speaker 2: But felt harder.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure I've seen the skate evolved since the eighties.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a different kind of breed now. There's
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  Speaker 1: more in line than anything else.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, there's a.
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  Speaker 3: Whole lot of varieties now. I mean, yeah, in the
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  Speaker 3: eighties you had Marty McFly and you. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's amazing you still have Tony Hawk. I mean, I
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  Speaker 3: can't believe here's a guy, he's got to be pushing
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  Speaker 3: sixty and he's out there doing it. We're and we're
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  Speaker 3: so thankful that we've had the Tony Hawk Foundation involved
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  Speaker 3: in getting our skate park up and running hopefully the
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  Speaker 3: next Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, he's still doing it.
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  Speaker 1: It's pretty remarkable and all those video games after him
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  Speaker 1: and all that. So you know, one thing you should
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  Speaker 1: do on the next episode or one of these episodes,
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  Speaker 1: is tell us your story how you got into radio,
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  Speaker 1: how you became a pastor. I mean, maybe people don't
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  Speaker 1: know your story, doctor Joel.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think that is a terrific idea, and
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  Speaker 3: let me mark that down here. We're going to do that.
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  Speaker 3: We got a minute left on this episode, so I
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  Speaker 3: can't do it today, but Alex, thank you for coming on.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for the good insight, and we'll talk to you
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  Speaker 3: again soon.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and your prayer work for the Giants. We got
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  Speaker 2: a new head coach.
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  Speaker 3: Did go okay? Well, here you go pray for the Jets.
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  Speaker 3: I guess still what. In the meantime, everyone, we want
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  Speaker 3: to thank you really for being part of our family
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  Speaker 3: here at Walking in the Word. If you want to
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  Speaker 3: contribute to our show so we can stay on the air,
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  Speaker 3: you can do that through our website as well. I
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  Speaker 3: can't thank you enough for the questions that come in,
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  Speaker 3: people that are asking different things. We love to take
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  Speaker 3: this to the airwaves, and again we're on all the
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  Speaker 3: podcast platforms. You can find us on Spotify and everything else.
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  Speaker 3: But we're so glad that we can be here on
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  Speaker 3: WMCA once again. My name is doctor Joel Grassi. I'm
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  Speaker 3: the pastor of the Commonwealth Community Baptist Church of the Bronx.
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  Speaker 3: You can call us at seven Poe eight eight three
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  Speaker 3: nine one thousand, or visit our website at Commonwealth Bronx
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  Speaker 3: dot org. And I want to thank each and every
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  Speaker 3: one of you for spending this time with me today
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  Speaker 3: Walking in the Word.
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  Speaker 1: I always enjoy working with doctor Joel and look forward
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  Speaker 1: to our next episode and always love working with doctor Joel.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, he's now heard on Spotify, so
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  Speaker 1: I'll drop the link below to all of his episodes
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  Speaker 1: that we've able to get on there for him at
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  Speaker 1: Walking in the Word Radio. We'll talk to you soon
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  Speaker 1: here on the One Up Network. But that's how we
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  Speaker 1: kick off the adapting feature of One Leg Up Alex
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six,