Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

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Nov 5, 2009 • 57min

Talk Show - November 2009

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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Sep 30, 2009 • 1h 5min

Talk Show - October 2009

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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Sep 2, 2009 • 56min

Podcast 43 02 Sep 09

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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Aug 6, 2009 • 60min

Podcast 42 06 Aug 09

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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Jul 8, 2009 • 55min

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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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Jun 4, 2009 • 1h 1min

Podcast 40 04 Jun 09

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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May 7, 2009 • 49min

Podcast 39 07 May 09

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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Apr 2, 2009 • 59min

Podcast 38 02 Apr 09

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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Mar 5, 2009 • 58min

Podcast 37 05 Mar 09

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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Feb 5, 2009 • 55min

Podcast 36 05 Feb 09

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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