Ouch! Disability Talk Show
Razor sharp talk show from the BBC's cult disability website, Ouch! Presented by comedians Mat Fraser and Liz Carr. Featuring interviews, quizzes, discussions, chat and dark disability humour. New episode in the first week of every month. Duration approximately 50 minutes. A transcript and more details about each show is available on the Ouch website. For more information and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts.
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Recent episodes (10)
podcast41 08 Jul 09
Wed, 8 Jul 09
Duration:
55 minsThis month it's all about summer fun. Listen to our Clothes Clinic phone-in; your questions answered by blind fashion columnist Claire Jennings and WheelieChix-Chic fashion house founder Louisa Summerfield. Rob Crossan attempts to thrash our presenters at a disability quiz, our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable game returns plus music from unsigned band Bete Noire and oodles of chat. With Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.
Podcast 40 04 Jun 09
Thu, 4 Jun 09
Duration:
61 minsHow accessible is Japan? What are wristbows and snapbacks? Meet Scott Watkin, the new Learning Disability Tsar, and we've got Simon Minty with the funny peculiar side of disability news. There's also our quiz Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable, music from an unsigned disabled band and more chat, this month on the darker side of crippledom. Presented by Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.
Podcast 39 07 May 09
Thu, 7 May 09
Duration:
49 minsSeaneen Molloy, a top mental health blogger, is the subject of a new Radio 4 play called Dos and Don'ts for the Mentally Interesting. She's in the studio talking to hosts Mat Fraser and Kiruna Stamell. The BBC's Disability Correspondent and In Touch presenter, Peter White, breezes in to give his take on the month's news, we've got a surreal Veg, Veg or Veg, and there's music from singer-songwriter Chlay. Plus lots of chat about disability in the workplace, travelling and that favourite disability topic - staring.
Podcast 38 02 Apr 09
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Duration:
60 minsRandom thoughts on disability life from bizarre access at the post office to the harsh situation for disabled people in Namibia. Our guest this month is US comedian Josh Blue - "putting the cerebral back into cerebral palsy". A quiz, unsigned artist and news lowlights, all in our razor sharp talk show. Presented by Mat Fraser and Kiruna Stamell.
Podcast 37 05 Mar 09
Thu, 5 Mar 09
Duration:
58 minsLiz Carr and guest presenter Gary O'Donoghue discuss blind people falling onto railway lines amongst other things. Lisa Lynch, who blogs about breast cancer, reviews the news. Our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable quiz hits new lows and the big interview is all about food, with Adrian from Carter's Caters and Dale Campbell from the 'Cooking in the dark' radio show. Plus music from an unsigned disabled artist as always.
Podcast 36 05 Feb 09
Thu, 5 Feb 09
Duration:
55 minsHollyoaks' new star, Kelly-Marie Stewart, joins Mat and Liz to chat about making her debut in the Channel 4 soap as a very feisty disabled character; Rob Crossan has his take on the disability news stories of the past month; Veg, Veg or Veg goes bilingual; and music comes from Australian pan-disability indie band, Rudely Interrupted. Plus, discussions on everything from wheelchair servicing to hulk hands.
Podcast 35 09 Jan 09
Fri, 9 Jan 09
Duration:
52 minsThalidomider Sue Kent massages one of the team, with her feet. Rob Crossan breezes in with his slant on disability news, plus, being a travel writer with albinism, he expresses concern about a spate of killings in Africa of people with the condition. Hosts Mat Frazer and Liz Carr dive into the new year discussing presents, resolutions, ill-fitting slippers, the New Year Honours list and the possibility that disabled people have super powers. The presenters' disability knowledge is stretched to the limit with this month's Veg, Veg or Veg. A cracking January podcast.
Podcast 34 04 Dec 08
Thu, 4 Dec 08
Duration:
58 minsFeaturing the Christmas party quiz, Luke Hamill (that new disabled actor in Casualty), why Santa's dad was disabled, some far too open and honest discussion, plus a carol from the students at a blind school. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present. Razor sharp disability chat like no one else would even want to ...
Podcast 33 06 Nov 08
Thu, 6 Nov 08
Duration:
64 minsMeet the 16 year-old disabled actor who plays Walter Jnr in gritty US TV drama 'Breaking Bad'. Big Brother's Mikey reviews the disability stories in this months' news. Krip Hop radio presenters leroy and Vivegurl join us to talk about their new internet show ... and discussions range from Halloween parties to assisted suicide and whether disabled people ever get 'chugged'. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.
Podcast 32 07 Oct 08
Tue, 7 Oct 08
Duration:
62 minsBig Brother housemates Mikey and Darnell join Mat and Liz for October's show. What did the other contestants think of the disabled twosome? There's pure punk magic as learning disabled band Heavy Load play live in the studio, Rob Crossan provides his unique take on this month's disability news - and you won't believe what happens during Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable!
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