Every month, me and co-host Mat Fraser shoot the disability breeze in this allegedly irreverent, cutting edge but most definitely award winning podcast. Click on the links below to have a listen! Go on, you know you want to...
4 Mar 2010
Razor sharp chat which goes beyond disability and into: disabled foster parents, fat people too unfit to work (!) and knitted disabled chickens. Guests include the stars of Oscar nominated 'Music by Prudence' and the singers behind a new autoimmunity rock song 'What is going on'. As always, our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable game rears its ugly head. Email us: ouch@bbc.co.uk ... Mat Fraser and Julie Fernandez present.
9 Feb 2010
Simone Milani and Paul Jacobs, two of the contestants from BBC3's brand new disability reality show, Dancing On Wheels, join Mat and Liz with lots of backstage gossip from the programme. Simon Minty takes us through the news. Music is by blind teenaged jazz singer Rocco Fiorentino, who joins by phone from the US for a quick chat, fresh from his cameo appearance on legendary educational kids TV show Sesame Street.
12 Jan 2010
Guest interview with Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend who has an impressive list of disabilities and ailments to her name. News, chat, music and lots of razor sharp raspberry ripple sauce. With Liz Carr and Rob Crossan.
2 Dec 2009
Join the usual Ouch taem and friends for disability childhood memories of Christmases past. Add in some freaky news, a badly sung carol and a ridiculous quiz and that's apparently how we are gonna mark the end of the decade. Featuring: Mat Fraser, Liz carr, Rob Crossan, Julie Fernandez and Kiruna Stamell.
5 Nov 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.
30 Sep 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.
2 Sep 2009
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.
6 Aug 2009
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.
8 Jul 2009
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.
4 Jun 2009
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.
7 May 2009
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.
2 Apr 2009
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.
5 Mar 2009
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.
5 Feb 2009
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.
9 Jan 2009
Thalidomider Sue Kent massages one of the team, with her feet. Rob Crossan breezes in with his slant on disability news, plus, being a travel writer with albinism, he expresses concern about a spate of killings in Africa of people with the condition. Hosts Mat Frazer and Liz Carr dive into the new year discussing presents, resolutions, ill-fitting slippers, the New Year Honours list and the possibility that disabled people have super powers. The presenters' disability knowledge is stretched to the limit with this month's Veg, Veg or Veg. A cracking January podcast.
4 Dec 2008
Featuring the Christmas party quiz, Luke Hamill (that new disabled actor in Casualty), why Santa's dad was disabled, some far too open and honest discussion, plus a carol from the students at a blind school. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present. Razor sharp disability chat like no one else would even want to ...
6 Nov 2008
Meet the 16 year-old disabled actor who plays Walter Jnr in gritty US TV drama 'Breaking Bad'. Big Brother's Mikey reviews the disability stories in this months' news. Krip Hop radio presenters leroy and Vivegurl join us to talk about their new internet show ... and discussions range from Halloween parties to assisted suicide and whether disabled people ever get 'chugged'. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.
7 Oct 2008
Big Brother housemates Mikey and Darnell join Mat and Liz for October's show. What did the other contestants think of the disabled twosome? There's pure punk magic as learning disabled band Heavy Load play live in the studio, Rob Crossan provides his unique take on this month's disability news - and you won't believe what happens during Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable!
11 Sep 2008
Schooldays, getting stared at, guerilla parking bay wardens and dead assistance dogs. Your monthly podcast continues with those all important daily disability themes (!) Liz Carr and Kiruna Stamell present.
7 Aug 2008
Delicate conversation on sex and personal hygiene, an interview with stars from a new learning disability soap on the web, hot disability news from Rob Crossan, and our new quiz Disability Wars pits impairment against impairment to find out who's best. Lots more too, with presenters Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.