Podcast Episodes

Mentally Interesting: 'Something to take care of'

Having pets has helped presenters Seaneen and Mark with their mental health ... though Seaneen admits it’s tricky hiding cats from landlords. Hear …

4 years, 4 months ago

Merry Ouchmas: The festive special 2021

As 2021 has been a strange old year, the BBC Ouch team decided to look back at some of their favourite podcasts from the past 365 days. From space …

4 years, 5 months ago

Little Miss Burden

Matilda Feyisayo Ibini became physically disabled at five but wasn’t diagnosed with the progressive muscle-weakening condition Limb-girdle muscular d…

4 years, 6 months ago

'It was magical' - the first disabled crew to fly in zero-gravity

While millions of people might dream about space travel, with the exacting requirements often expected of astronauts some disabled people might have …

4 years, 6 months ago

What’s climate change got to do with disability?

With COP26, the big UN climate conference, kicking off in Glasgow next week, the BBC Ouch team got wondering - how will the one billion disabled peop…

4 years, 7 months ago

Mentally Interesting: Bananas for mental wellbeing?

Presenters Seaneen and Mark trade their own war stories about work. Joining them is CEO of the Business Disability Forum, Diane Lightfoot, who helps …

4 years, 7 months ago

'We found our first Paralympian at the supermarket'

Aruba had never had a Paralympic team until Shardea Arias de la Cruz, a student in her 20s, decided to make it happen.

From finding her first athlete …

4 years, 9 months ago

‘I had a complete breakdown at the track’

Libby Clegg MBE and Samantha Kinghorn, two of Britain’s top female Paralympians, describe their journeys to Tokyo 2020. Libby Clegg won gold at Rio…

4 years, 9 months ago

The family taking rivalry to a new level in Tokyo

Boccia is not just a sport, but a family affair for the McCowan family.

Brothers, Scott and Jamie, who both have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, play Boc…

4 years, 9 months ago

Tokyo twice: A gold medal in wheelchair what?

Caz Walton was just 17 when she competed at the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and won gold for Great Britain. From the wheelchair slalom to organi…

4 years, 9 months ago