Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week:

Dave Steele - also known as The Blind Poet - tells us his story.

In 2013 Dave suddenly lost the majority of his sight.

As if that weren’t bad enough, as a result, he lost his independence and his mobility, his job and his home.

But eight years on, Dave is a transformed man, reinvigorated with drive and purpose, a writer with five published books to his name, helping others to overcome similar challenges to his own - all through the power of poetry.

Grab yourself a stiff drink and a hanky for this one. You might just need them both!
 
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[PHOTO CAPTION: A black and white portrait of The Blind Poet Dave Steele. As you might expect from a poet, he’s wearing a turtleneck.]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week:

Film-maker, accessibility consultant and passionate traveler James Rath.

James talks us through the challenges facing any young person with a vision impairment who wants to become a film-maker. He has certainly overcome those challenges. A campaign he made for global fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger won awards at Cannes.

PLUS: The podcast version of this show contains what we believe the young hipsters refer to as an ‘Easter Egg’ - think of it as being a bit like one of those hidden bonus tracks you used to get at the end of CDs. Tacked onto the end of the podcast, there’s ten minutes of Matthew and James having quite a geeky conversation about computer games. 

 
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[PHOTO CAPTION: James Rath. A very charming young man.]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week:

Three blind men walk into a bar…

…and it all went rather well actually. All involved had quite a nice time.

Sam and Matthew go to the pub for a couple of refreshing summertime libations with Australia’s most-capped blind cricketer  Michael Zannis.

Mick talks us through his day job as a braille teacher at the Royal Society for the Blind, tells us the shocking story of how he lost his sight and stares wistfully into his pint as he remembers his sporting glory days!

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A foaming pint of refreshing summertime beer.]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Sam and Matthew plonk themselves in front of the television to watch epic new National Geographic series ‘Welcome to Earth’, in which blind explorer and mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer takes rapper and actor Will Smith into a live volcano

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Movie-style poster for National Geogrphic’s ‘Welcome to Planet Earth’ featuring a big picture of Will Smith]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Sam speaks to Australian Paralympic athlete Sam Harding.

Both Sams have represented Australia in 400m and the 800m - it’s just that Guest Sam’s experience is a little more recent!

Presenter Sam asks Guest Sam about competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and both Sams compare notes on the different challenges facing athletes today and in the olden days.

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Sam Harding wearing the green and gold of Australia]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Matthew presents highlights of three of his favorite interviews from Studio 1 in 2021.

The BBC’s Peter White schools Matthew in making radio for people living with blindness or low vision.

He’s entitled to. He’s been doing it on BBC national radio since 1974.

The BBC’s Washington correspondent Gary O’Donoghue talks about Peter White - and gives us a summary of the various political, social and economic challenges facing the U.S. today

And Robin Millar - a man responsible for the production of over 600 gold and platinum records - gives us the safest advice we’ve ever heard about living with blindness.

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A photo of a Union Flag fluttering in the breeze]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Matthew and Sam talk to Studio 1’s panel of low vision and blind contributors - their vision impaired Choir of Angels - about memories of Christmas past and their hopes for Christmas present(s)

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A close-up photo of a bauble on the official Studio 1 Christmas tree]

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Sam speaks to a proper Australian legend.

Philanthropist; businessman and adventurer; Dick Smith.

Dick tells Sam about his adventures; his new book and why he loves Carols by Candlelight.

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Dick Smith standing in front of his helicopter on the cover of the audiobook version of his autobiography “My Adventurous Life”]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

The audiobook of Dick Smith’s “My Adventurous Life” - https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/my-adventurous-life/544639

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Our guest on this week’s Studio 1, Dr Hoby Wedler is a sensory evangelist.

‘What on earth is a sensory evangelist?’ we hear you cry

Well, it’s Hoby’s belief that those of us who have sight are perhaps a little too reliant on that one sense.

He encourages us to try to use our other senses to get the most out of the world around us.

He’s also an entrepreneur by day, a computational chemist by training, and by nature an incredibly positive and collaborative individual

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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Dr Hoby Wedler in a vineyard - presumably in his native Northern California - at sunset, a hill full of vines stretching out behind him.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Dr Hoby Wedler - https://www.hobywedler.com/ 

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This week…

Our guest is the man with one of the most coveted jobs in the world in the cut-throat profession of journalism,\Washington Correspondent for the BBC.

His name is Gary O’Donoghue.

In this interview, Gary gives us an account of how daily life in Washington D.C. has been affected by COVID, tells us how the rhythm of his professional life has changed in the last ten months since the end of the Trump presidency (and what he refers to as the associated ‘hour-by-hour tweetfest’) and gives us pretty much the most concise and eloquent run-down you’re ever likely to hear of the major political, social, economic and cultural issues facing the United States today.

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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this week’s show - or if there’s something you feel we need to talk about on future shows, please do get in touch.

CALL or TEXT: 04 500 78834
EMAIL: [email protected]  
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/varadionetwork and 
http://twitter.com/whingeingpom 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: An image that someone has grabbed from the telly of BBC Washington Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue reporting live from Washington. You can tell this because there is a picture of the White House behind Gary and a little red box with the word ‘live’ in the top left hand corner of the picture.]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Gary O’Donoghue, BBC Washington Correspondent - https://twitter.com/BBCBlindGazza

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

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