Ouch! Disability Talk Show
Summary: Every month, Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan present the programme you didn’t know you wanted to hear. It's disability from a fresh angle featuring interviews, discussion and the occasional quiz. The (disabled) presenters dissect and analyse recent events with interest and a good dose of healthy humour.
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Podcasts:
"We used head pointer gadgets before you ever did", Laurence Clark's Edinburgh Fringe show and The Kids of Widney High are our unsigned musicians. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.
Who should we ban from accessible loos? Plus the star of Small Teen Bigger World, Jasmine Burkitt and her mother Bev. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.
The Quadfather - aka world no. 2 quad tennis champ Peter Norfolk - joins us to explain wheelchair tennis ahead of red button coverage of Wimbledon on the BBC this weekend. And we're all about social media with a roundtable discussion on how disabled people are using it. Kiruna Stamell and Rob Crossan present.
Dublin based social entrepreneur Caroline Casey joins us and we take a look at the disabled bands appearing at the Glastonbury festival, plus lots of the usual chat. Rob Crossan and Kiruna Stamell present.
Which job would you put your disability politics aside for if the price was right? Jono Lancaster and Sophie Morgan discuss the pros and cons of being a disability documentary star and there's music from aspie indie folk ensemble Captain Angelo.
Being subjected to disability abuse while on a first date. Might there be drugs in our drinking water? And, meet the rather funny learning disabled hosts of the Shut Up and Listen radio show. Presented by Kiruna Stamell and Rob Crossan.
A fascinating and sometimes bizarre discussion between three disabled comedians speaking to us from around the world: Stella Young in Australia, Maysoon Zayid in San Francisco and Chris McCausland in London. Presented by Liz Carr.
If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 16 year-old disabled self? Fighting for parking spaces plus music from blind musician JP Corwyn. Razor sharp: Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present. (Read the show notes on Ouch's blog)
It's a disabled teen takeover. Alastair Campbell gets grilled by 19-year-old Hannah. And George, 15, attends a Whizz-Kidz camp for tips on how to manage his personal assistant. Liz Carr presents.
Are your parents leaving more money to you in their will because you're disabled? Plus two entrepreneurial guests and music from the Wasted Day Collection. With Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.
Some bad love between our two presenters when Mat asks Liz if he can ask her 'carer' out for a date. Plus Kaliya Franklin reviews the news and our famous vegetable quiz. Don't let your mum listen.
Mat Fraser reveals himself as a brown footer, Rob talks dating websites and musician Mike Oliver plays live in the studio.
Two disabled fitness experts join Liz Carr and Mat Fraser to discuss keeping fit.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and BBC Disability Affairs correspondent Peter White review the year and look forward to 2011. Liz Carr and Mat Fraser present.
Our Christmas lunch show features: a dodgy alphabet game, Santa Claus and the play where Tiny Tim turns bad. Plus a lovely carol. Razor sharp disability talk with Mat Fraser, Liz Carr and guests (watch out for our end of year show in late December).
