Ouch! Disability Talk Show

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  Weekly
• Average duration:
  57 minutes

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• Talk Show - December 2009

  Wed, 2 Dec 09

  Duration:
  59 mins

  Join the usual Ouch taem and friends for disability childhood memories of Christmases past. Add in some freaky news, a badly sung carol and a ridiculous quiz and that's apparently how we are gonna mark the end of the decade. Featuring: Mat Fraser, Liz carr, Rob Crossan, Julie Fernandez and Kiruna Stamell.

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• Talk Show - November 2009

  Thu, 5 Nov 09

  Duration:
  57 mins

  Periodically shaky comedian, Paul Betney and disabled German rapper with a conscience, Binki, join us for a chat. Service monkeys, show-jumping dogs, socialising and sick bags dominate the discussions and there's an extra-large portion of the quiz Veg, Veg or Veg. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.

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• Talk Show - October 2009

  Wed, 30 Sep 09

  Duration:
  65 mins

  Stereotypes and hermaphrodites dominate the conversation this month plus an interview with mental health stand up comedy mentor David Granirer and disability denier Rob Crossan. It's the usual mix of chat, news, questionable quiz games and an unsigned disabled artist. Presented by Liz Carr and token American guest Lawrence Carter-Long.

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• Podcast 43 02 Sep 09

  Wed, 2 Sep 09

  Duration:
  57 mins

  New wheelchair usin' EastEnder David Proud, touretting rapper Zillwood and how to assert your bad disabled self if a drunk approaches you in the pub. Razor sharp humour and comment from Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

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• Podcast 42 06 Aug 09

  Thu, 6 Aug 09

  Duration:
  60 mins

  Great discussions this month. The link you never knew was there between being disabled and being a mermaid, adjusting to the needs of a new disabled partner, and blind women trained to find breast cancer lumps. All the latest features, plus unsigned artist Lady MJ Warrior and a deaf, blind and aspie panel discuss the enabling technology they drool over. With Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

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• podcast41 08 Jul 09

  Wed, 8 Jul 09

  Duration:
  55 mins

  This 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.

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• Podcast 40 04 Jun 09

  Thu, 4 Jun 09

  Duration:
  61 mins

  How 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.

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• Podcast 39 07 May 09

  Thu, 7 May 09

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Seaneen 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.

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• Podcast 38 02 Apr 09

  Thu, 2 Apr 09

  Duration:
  60 mins

  Random 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.

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• Podcast 37 05 Mar 09

  Thu, 5 Mar 09

  Duration:
  58 mins

  Liz 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.

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• Podcast 36 05 Feb 09

  Thu, 5 Feb 09

  Duration:
  55 mins

  Hollyoaks' 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.

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• Podcast 35 09 Jan 09

  Fri, 9 Jan 09

  Duration:
  52 mins

  Thalidomider 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.

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• Podcast 34 04 Dec 08

  Thu, 4 Dec 08

  Duration:
  58 mins

  Featuring 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 ...

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• Podcast 33 06 Nov 08

  Thu, 6 Nov 08

  Duration:
  64 mins

  Meet 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.

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• Podcast 32 07 Oct 08

  Tue, 7 Oct 08

  Duration:
  62 mins

  Big 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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• Podcast 31 11 Sep 08

  Thu, 11 Sep 08

  Duration:
  55 mins

  Schooldays, getting stared at, guerilla parking bay wardens and dead assistance dogs. Your monthly podcast continues with those all important daily disability themes (!) Liz Carr and Kiruna Stamell present.

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• Podcast 30 07 Aug 08

  Thu, 7 Aug 08

  Duration:
  59 mins

  Delicate conversation on sex and personal hygiene, an interview with stars from a new learning disability soap on the web, hot disability news from Rob Crossan, and our new quiz Disability Wars pits impairment against impairment to find out who's best. Lots more too, with presenters Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

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• Podcast 29 03 Jul 08

  Thu, 3 Jul 08

  Duration:
  60 mins

  Studio guests are Britain's Top Missing Model judge Lara Masters, and the first eliminated contestant, Rebecca, talking about the BBC Three show featuring eight disabled women whose goal is to make it in the glamorous world of modelling. There are two visually impaired contestants on this year's Big Brother - Mat and Liz discuss this breakthrough with one of housemate Mikey's colleagues. Plus: video games, disabled voters in Zimbabwe, and inaccessible places where everyone else is having fun around you. Music, quiz and more as Liz Carr returns to present the show alongside Mat Fraser.

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• Podcast 28 05 Jun 08

  Thu, 5 Jun 08

  Duration:
  62 mins

  Presented by Kiruna Stamell and Mat Fraser. Changing the rules of disability talk, this month Kiruna tries to work out why she was refused Disability Living Allowance by going through the forms on air for all to hear. Playwright Donna Franceschild talks about the DVD release of her '90s BBC2 drama Takin' Over the Asylum. Opinionated news from Rob Crossan and a Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable contestant who isn't disabled! Huh? Find out how that'll work by downloading the show now.

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• Podcast 27 08 May 08

  Thu, 8 May 08

  Duration:
  56 mins

  We're in New York City! Presenters Mat Fraser and Liz Carr meet the astonishingly upfront and funny How's Your News? crew - a group of learning disabled road-trippers currently filming a new show for MTV - and disabled New Yorker Lawrence Carter-Long is in the studio to talk about accessible New York, the big disability protest in Washington in early May, and more. Plus, hear Mat performing in the Coney Island freak show: what does co-host Liz think of him now? Fast-paced, funny and frank this month. Give it a listen.

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• Podcast 26 03 Apr 08

  Thu, 3 Apr 08

  Duration:
  60 mins

  Guest host Kiruna Stamell joins Mat Fraser for April's podcast, featuring disabled UK rapper MC Wheelz talking to US hip hop combo 4 Wheel City in New York. Chat includes: anaesthetic, surgery, assistance dogs, wolves and much, much more. Heck, it looks really crap written down, but trust us it's very entertaining!

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• Podcast 25 06 Mar 08

  Thu, 6 Mar 08

  Duration:
  51 mins

  An Australian-themed edition, as globe-trotting host Liz Carr checks in from Sydney, with Mat Fraser and Rob Crossan back in London. There's a phone interview with disabled Aussie comedian Steady Eddy, Liz's guests are Danny and Sam Noonan, both blind Ouch fans from Down Under, whilst Danny also provides the closing song. Rob and Liz compare disability news stories from their opposite sides of the world, there's an Australian food taste test, plus a chance to test out the accessibility of the infamous Tim Tam Slam. Can Mat and Rob both manage to suck tea through a chocolate biscuit?

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• Podcast 24, Feb 08

  Thu, 7 Feb 08

  Duration:
  49 mins

  This month, joining Mat Fraser and guest host, actress Julie Fernandez, are two stars of the new comedy movie 'Special People', which is going to be a highlight of the 8th Disability Film Festival, while Rob Crossan is also in the studio to discuss some juicy items of disability news. The hosts shoot the breeze about disability sport, there's a very characterful 'Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable' contestant, and music from singer songwriter Jayne Stevens.

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• Podcast 23, Jan 08

  Thu, 10 Jan 08

  Duration:
  58 mins

  This month's show, broadcasting across the virtual airwaves from BBC Broadcasting House in London, features wheelchair workout queen Leanne Grose, who puts Podcast hosts Mat Fraser and Liz Carr through their exercise paces. There's an interview with 'Star Wars' and 'Harry Potter' actor Warwick Davis, another round of Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable, music from MC Dean of the Heart 'n Soul posse, and Liz has some very exciting news of particular interest to those of you outside the UK.

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• Podcast 22, Dec 07

  Mon, 10 Dec 07

  Duration:
  57 mins

  This month's show is a very special festive extravaganza recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Liz Carr is the strict question mistress as two teams take part in a disability-themed quiz. Joining Mat Fraser on his team is deaf comedian Steve Day, and they take on Laurence Clark and actress Julie Fernandez. Plus, piano genius and 'human iPod' Derek Paravicini accompanies some carol singalongs, roving Rob Crossan meets members of the audience, and Mat gives the first ever performance of the Ouch Christmas single, 'Cripples at Christmas'.

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• Podcast 21, Nov 07

  Thu, 1 Nov 07

  Duration:
  58 mins

  Mat and Liz discuss the controversial case of disabled teenager Katie Thorpe, whose mother is seeking a hysterectomy for her so that she won't have to suffer monthly periods; Roving Rob Crossan is at one of London's most popular tourist attractions, Madame Tussauds; studio guests are from Yarrow, a social housing project for people with learning difficulties, who have made a movie with award-winning actor Bill Nighy; Mat and Liz are 'on a train', in an experimental new feature for the Podcast; plus there's music from female acoustic duo, Bad Alice.

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• Podcast 20, Oct 07

  Mon, 1 Oct 07

  Duration:
  45 mins

  Mat and Liz talk to blind psychic Sharon Neill, who also helps out our presenters with Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable. Liz chats about accessibility at funerals (it's more cheerful than it sounds, honest), and there's also a discussion about personal assistants: where do you draw the line between PA or partner? Rob Crossan goes on a date with a Podcast listener, plus there's music from Brighton punk band Heavy Load, who feature members both with and without learning disabilities.

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• Podcast 19, Sep 07

  Thu, 6 Sep 07

  Duration:
  59 mins

  Liz Carr is joined by guest presenter Laurence Clark in a show featuring Holly Lane's reports from the Liberty disability rights festival in London's Trafalgar Square, a discussion about disability parenting with Jacqui Jackson and Yuen Har Tse, another round of the Podcast favourite Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable (with Laurence reading the rules very fast!), music from 'Aussie autie' Donna Williams - and Rob Crossan looking for lurve.

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