Ouch Talk Show 71: pizza champs and Glastonbury
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| 16:06 UK time, Friday, 10 June 2011
Jobs, music, getting taken seriously, obesity, disabled celebs, they all get an airing in our latest podcast presented this time by Rob Crossan and Kiruna Stamell.
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- Rob and Kiruna's thoughts turn to eating disorders after Rob saw a champion pizza eater on a newspaper's front page
- Caroline Casey from joins us to look at some recent disability news stories that caught her attention.
- Grae and Suzanne from the festival access promoters Attitude is Everything talk to us about their stage at Glastonbury and we hear music from three of the acts appearing on it.
We know listeners like to hear the goss behind each show, so maybe you'd like to know that regular presenter Liz Carr called in sick 3 hours before we were due to record! Happily we were able to bundle stand-in Kiruna Stamell into a taxi and drag her across town to meet a bleary-eyed Rob Crossan who'd just got off a plane from Kuwait. Liz is better now, we think.
If you've never seen or heard our guest news reviewer Caroline Casey before, take a look at her recent TED talk presentation: . She's a social entrepreneur who set up the Ability Awards in her home country Ireland, as part of a focus on getting employers to see the value of disabled people in the workplace.
We end the show with a montage of music from three acts you'll see on the Club Attitude disability stage on Saturday afternoon at the Glastonbury Festival, should you be there: Captain Angelo, Heavy Load and The Band of Holy Joy.
• In a couple of weeks, we're all about wheelchair tennis as Wimbledon approaches: world number two tennis champ Peter Norfolk joins us to explain the different rules so you can watch it with knowledge on ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV during the tournament. We also take a look at how disabled people are using social media.
Comment number 1.
At 24th Jun 2011, bulekingfisher wrote:I think the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is acting like Hitler in 1930's germany by re-pressing inter-action paccifly disabled people on ouch messageboards
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Comment number 2.
At 6th Jul 2011, Trevor wrote:Hey there!
This is the first time I've commented on the Ouch podcast. I fell a bit behind on them, but have caught up, and just wanted to add my two cents to the discussion about obesity. First, as an obese person, I want to thank both Rob and Kiruna for being nice in their discussion. Sounds silly, but as was mentioned by them, obesity is still frequently considered fair game for ridicule. It is a disability, whether its' mental or physical, or both, is still being studied. I do want to say that as someone who's around 300 pounds (sorry, I don't know what that is in stone), I can tell you that my weight is not my choice. My appearance is not my choice. If I had the 'willpower' to stop eating and to exercise, I would. I even had bariatric surgery. I went from 350 pounds to 220, and then the weight started going up again. I did spend every last cent I had to have surgery, and all the associated pain and complications, because I lack 'willpower'. Food is the only addiction that a person can't eliminate from their life. Before the surgery, I never felt full when eating. Since the surgery, I do feel physically full (which is the point of the surgery), but something compels me to eat more, even to the point where my stomach hurts. And it's not because I want to win an eating contest. Special thanks for pointing out that society seems to want people to gain weight. We're all told to clean our plate when we eat. Restaurants serve huge portions. Combo meals at restaurants give you a lower price for taking more food. And yet, when we gain weight, we're ridiculed. And people blame us for our lack of willpower. Some people, like me, can eat a small meal and gain every calorie. Other people can eat huge amounts and not gain an ounce.
Anyways, had to say thanks for having a respectful discussion of the issue.
And, please have Kiruna on as often as possible. Every time she's been on the show, my heart skips a beat. (And I'm pretty sure my heart isn't doing that because of my excess weight).
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Comment number 3.
At 4th Feb 2012, sunnyahuja wrote:I really like your Post and i love pizza ;-)
regards,
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