Podcast Episodes

Are puppets disabled?

What do puppets and disabled people have in common? Quite a lot as it happens. In a play about a two-foot-tall cloth puppet Fred, threatened cuts to …

9 years, 9 months ago

Skydiving for benefits - archive

Mat Fraser and Kiruna Stamell cheekily read through a benefits application form. And Kiruna talks about a tandem skydive she recently did. Funny and …

9 years, 9 months ago

Bedside Manner

What might help disabled people’s hospital stays go more smoothly? You'll find a transcript in the related links section.

Stacy is blind and in kidney…

9 years, 10 months ago

Diabetic like the PM

Prime minister May has had type one diabetes since 2013 and, as such, a more complicated lifestyle in order to maintain her good health. A full trans…

9 years, 10 months ago

Access all Pokemon

Some of the creatures in the new mobile online gaming phenomenon Pokemon Go are not accessible if you're mobility impaired. But on the flip side of a…

9 years, 10 months ago

Driverless and sightless

Blind, visually impaired and other disabled people could benefit hugely from the new breed of automated cars that we hear such a lot about. But will …

9 years, 10 months ago

Funny people

This programme contains discussions about mental health, halucinations and suicide. If you're not in the right mood to hear it, skip the episode and …

9 years, 11 months ago

Yoga after paralysis

Tiffany Joiner describes her legs as “80 per cent paralysed” due to a balcony fall six years ago. It took a long time for the former yoga teacher to …

9 years, 11 months ago

Walking on stumps

Pictures of Oscar Pistorius were beamed around the globe this week as he attempted to show how vulnerable he could be in prison as a double below kne…

9 years, 11 months ago

Love, sex and cotton buds

Warning: this programme contains discussion of a sexual nature.

The team are joined by disabled writer and performer Penny Pepper. (see Related Links…

9 years, 11 months ago