Hello, our stainless-steel saucepans and welcome to ep 122 of BGC. We hope you had a lovely Easter break, if that is something you do. A big shout-out to Jan's father, as he is in hospital having broken his hip trying to realign the TV satellite dish on the International Space Station. Our advice - just go with cable!
Our guest this week is the wonderful Debra Erickson, all the way from Portland, Oregon. Debra might be better known to you from her InstaSpace handle 'The Blind Kitchen'. A fantastic cook, Debra is here to teach Óran a thing or two about making toast, boiling water, skinning a cat, and the proper way to cook lamb's balls. Ahem! Sorry meatballs. (Not a moment too soon, says Clodagh!)
So, strip down to your cardinal vestments, stop waiting in line to take a selfie with Pope Francis, and get ready to listen to the number 1 podcast as listened to by Swiss Guards - Blind Guys Chat!
10 out of 15 potential future Popes prefer it to being a potential future Pope!
Links for this show: · https://theblindkitchen.com/ · https://www.facebook.com/theblindkitchen/ · https://www.instagram.com/theblindkitchen1/
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Hello our spring flowers and welcome to BGC ep 121. We have a great show for you: Óran and Jan are talking about the new smart kid on the block when it comes to smart glasses: Echo Vision. Have you heard of these? Do you have a pair? Well, if you do let us know if you like them and are finding them of benefit in your daily life - email us at [email protected]. Our guest this week is Kevin Sherwin. Yes, it's a welcome back to the Eurovision song contest guru who is just back from a world wind tour of New York New York. Kevin has the latest news on all the latest musicals and plays on Broadway at the moment. He also gives us a rundown of the who's hot and who's not when it comes to Eurovision 2025! Will Ireland be sending Johnny Logan? Will Sweden bring snow? Will The Netherlands bring their bikes? And who is having a sauna on top of a microphone stand? Kevin will explain all, while Jan and Óran have a lie down. (Together? 🫣 -Clo) Clodagh has emails from Nora Nagle, who has some hilarious Be My Eyes stories to tell. And Artist Clare Mc Laughlin has news about two art events coming up this summer: ‘Seen – Unseen’ returns this June with a visit to The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin on June 6th at 14.30. This is followed by a ‘Seen – Unseen’ visit to ‘Uileann’, the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen, on Friday July 18th at 15,00. Participation is free of charge for the visually impaired community and tactile packs are posted to participants joining online. Early registration is recommended, and you can register by WhatsApp, Text or voice note to 086 3091653, or by emailing Artist Clare McLaughlin [email protected] So, put on your dancing shoes and point your ears to the speakers while you listen to the number one podcast recently voted by Broadway experts: Blind Guys Chat! 35 out of 37 Eurovision performers prefer it to endless rehearsals! Links for this episode: · Echo Vision: https://echovision.agiga.ai/. Smash: Hello our spring flowers and welcome to BGC ep 121. We have a great show for you: Óran and Jan are talking about the new smart kid on the block when it comes to smart glasses: Echo Vision. Have you heard of these? Do you have a pair? Well, if you do let us know if you like them and are finding them of benefit in your daily life - email us at [email protected]. Our guest this week is Kevin Sherwin. Yes, it's a welcome back to the Eurovision song contest guru who is just back from a world wind tour of New York New York. Kevin has the latest news on all the latest musicals and plays on Broadway at the moment. He also gives us a rundown of the who's hot and who's not when it comes to Eurovision 2025! Will Ireland be sending Johnny Logan? Will Sweden bring snow? Will The Netherlands bring their bikes? And who is having a sauna on top of a microphone stand? Kevin will explain all, while Jan and Óran have a lie down. (Together? 🫣 -Clo) Clodagh has emails from Nora Nagle, who has some hilarious Be My Eyes stories to tell. And Artist Clare Mc Laughlin has news about two art events coming up this summer: ‘Seen – Unseen’ returns this June with a visit to The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin on June 6th at 14.30. This is followed by a ‘Seen – Unseen’ visit to ‘Uileann’, the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen, on Friday July 18th at 15,00. Participation is free of charge for the visually impaired community and tactile packs are posted to participants joining online. Early registration is recommended, and you can register by WhatsApp, Text or voice note to 086 3091653, or by emailing Artist Clare McLaughlin [email protected] So, put on your dancing shoes and point your ears to the speakers while you listen to the number one podcast recently voted by Broadway experts: Blind Guys Chat! 35 out of 37 Eurovision performers prefer it to endless rehearsals! Links for this episode: · Echo Vision: https://echovision.agiga.ai/. Hello our spring flowers and welcome to BGC ep 121. We have a great show for you: Óran and Jan are talking about the new smart kid on the block when it comes to smart glasses: Echo Vision. Have you heard of these? Do you have a pair? Well, if you do let us know if you like them and are finding them of benefit in your daily life - email us at [email protected]. Our guest this week is Kevin Sherwin. Yes, it's a welcome back to the Eurovision song contest guru who is just back from a world wind tour of New York New York. Kevin has the latest news on all the latest musicals and plays on Broadway at the moment. He also gives us a rundown of the who's hot and who's not when it comes to Eurovision 2025! Will Ireland be sending Johnny Logan? Will Sweden bring snow? Will The Netherlands bring their bikes? And who is having a sauna on top of a microphone stand? Kevin will explain all, while Jan and Óran have a lie down. (Together? 🫣 -Clo) Clodagh has emails from Nora Nagle, who has some hilarious Be My Eyes stories to tell. And Artist Clare Mc Laughlin has news about two art events coming up this summer: ‘Seen – Unseen’ returns this June with a visit to The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin on June 6th at 14.30. This is followed by a ‘Seen – Unseen’ visit to ‘Uileann’, the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen, on Friday July 18th at 15,00. Participation is free of charge for the visually impaired community and tactile packs are posted to participants joining online. Early registration is recommended, and you can register by WhatsApp, Text or voice note to 086 3091653, or by emailing Artist Clare McLaughlin [email protected] So, put on your dancing shoes and point your ears to the speakers while you listen to the number one podcast recently voted by Broadway experts: Blind Guys Chat! 35 out of 37 Eurovision performers prefer it to endless rehearsals! Links for this episode: · Echo Vision: https://echovision.agiga.ai/. · Book your ‘Seen – Unseen’ event access by emailing [email protected] or you can WhatsApp her on 086 3091653. · Email us at [email protected] with all your stories, questions and Blindie Tips (who wants to hear that jingle again? I know I do!!). Clodagh is looking forward to hearing from you. · Book your ‘Seen – Unseen’ event access by emailing [email protected] or you can WhatsApp her on 086 3091653. · Email us at [email protected] with all your stories, questions and Blindie Tips (who wants to hear that jingle again? I know I do!!). Clodagh is looking forward to hearing from you. · Book your ‘Seen – Unseen’ event access by emailing [email protected] or you can WhatsApp her on 086 3091653. · Email us at [email protected] with all your stories, questions and Blindie Tips (who wants to hear that jingle again? I know I do!!). Clodagh is looking forward to hearing from you.
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Hello, our favourite animated friends, and welcome to the show. This week, Óran and Clodagh are just back from Dingle, County Kerry, where they and Larry attended the Animation Dingle Festival. Óran was thrilled because he got to touch the actual models used for the latest Wallace and Gromit movie 'Vengeance Most Fowl'. The film was made in stop-motion animation, which means amongst other things that it took a super-long time to produce.
It's a welcome return for Stuart Lawler to the podcast. Stuart flew his private jet over to Anaheim in California to attend CSUN Assistive Tech Conference. What new toys are out there for the VI community? What is accessibility like at the event? Did Stuart fight any fires? How much does a beer cost? And where the hell is Anaheim? All these questions and not a lot more will be answered by the tech guru.
Meta have announced AI is coming to Europe, but does that include the 'Look and describe' feature on the Meta Ray Ban glasses?
So, stop drawing cartoons; put down your colouring pencils; and settle in for the number one best animated podcast in the land: Blind Guys Chat!
7 out of 10 pencils prefer it to being sharpened!
Links for this show:
Good Maps: https://goodmaps.com/
New haptics: https://www.newhaptics.com/post/building-a-multiline-braille-display
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Top o’ the mornin' to ye, our little leprechauns! Yes, it's Irish week all over the world and even the International Space Station is painted green this week!
This week’s guest is Sarah Boland from CHAT, Freedom Tech, and Saint John of God. Sarah will tell us about FreedomTech, which is dedicated to ensuring that everyone with any disability, at any age or stage of life, can access affordable, up-to-date, and appropriately helpful technology. CHAT (Community Hub for Accessible Technology) is a community of individuals and organisations passionate about the transformative effect of assistive technology, (AT). It facilitates peer learning and collaboration, using shared expertise. The next CHAT event will be on May 7th where the European Accessibility Act will be discussed.
You can learn more about CHAT and Freedom Tech here: https://freedomtech.ie/ https://freedomtech.ie/chat-community-hub-for-accessible-technology/ And you can mail Sarah Boland at [email protected]
So, sit yourself down in a soft, cosy bed of shamrock, stop drinking that green pint of the black stuff, and settle in for the best podcast this side of a pot of gold: Blind Guys Chat!
7 out of 10 leprechauns prefer it to being typecast as little people of Ireland.
Links for this episode: · Freedom Tech: https://freedomtech.ie/ · CHAT: https://freedomtech.ie/chat-community-hub-for-accessible-technology/ · AT passport: https://freedomtech.ie/assistivetechnologypaper/#_Toc467830788 · TEKenable: https://tekenable.com/ · [email protected]
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Hello, our little sand dunes, and welcome to episode 118. Jan is just back from building his own pyramid in Egypt for his new summer house, and will be giving tours for all who would like one. So please form a disorderly line behind Larry! Clodagh is very excited to hear that in Jan’s winter residence, there is an artificial ski slope called Snow World very nearby, and Óran is equally pleased that he can sit in a nice warm café, while Clodagh plays in the white stuff if they decide to visit. Do you own a Tesla? Have you purchased your Bumper Sticker which says “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy” yet? Seriously! It is a real thing! See it here: https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Bumper-Sticker-Bought-Accessories/dp/B0C4KHKN4S We have no emails this week, but we do want to give a BGC shout out to Grant, in Scotland, and students in Towson University, Maryland, USA. Do email us if you can. Clodagh is very lonely. So, brush the sand out of your shoes, stop building sand castles, and settle in for a relaxing chat with a nice cuppa Jo, and Blind Guys Chat! 3 out of 5 Pyramids prefer it to standing in the sand. Email us at: [email protected]
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Hello our lovely movie stars, and welcome to another episode of “Jan, the movie star”. Yes we kinda sorta pick up where we left Jan last time, standing at the end of his massive driveway, waiting on his limo to take him to the premier of the film, ‘I will see”.
...well, he made it, and brought all the family, including Sjeff who was dressed up to the nines. Now the only question is, will there be a sequel, and will Jan be brought back for a reprieve of his role? (That’s two questions!)
Our guest this week is Karthik Mahadevan from Envision. Karthik is here to tell us all about Envision smart glasses. He describes all the functions and features such as reading short text or longer documents. These glasses can even summarise menus and they can tell you what bank note you are holding in your hand. They can even describe colours. Karthik also talks about the upcoming release of the 'Ally' app which Envision are calling a conversational assistant. It even has attitude! You can find out more about Envision at letsenvision.com and if you want to know more about Ally, or sign up for the beta program go to ally.me.
So, forget about that idiot in America for a while, stick some popcorn in the microwave, and settle down to the most listened to podcast this side of the Superbowl: Blind Guys Chat!
11 out of 15 American football fans prefer it to silly shoulder pads and ridiculously long breaks between play.
Links for this episode: Film: ‘I Will See’: https://iffr.com/nl/iffr/2025/films/ik-zal-zien Envision glasses and the Ally app: https://www.letsenvision.com/ The Ally app beta programme: https://www.ally.me/
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Hello, grips and best boys (and girls!), and welcome to episode 116. We are chatting to Mercedes Stalenhoef, the director of a new movie called ‘I Shall See’, the premier of which will be happening in Rotterdam on February 2nd 2025. Mercedes, traditionally a documentary maker, has written and directed this movie which tells the story of a young woman who has become blind after an accident. The film reveals how she copes with this massive change in her life. Our own Mr Jan Bloem also stars in this movie along with Sjeff, and from what we hear, Sjeff was a dream to work with, while Mr Bloem...? ...Well we will let Mercedes tell that story! Clodagh has emails from Nora Nagle regarding her Meta glasses and Blind Gordon has a list of the new names for the gritters and snow ploughs in Scotland. Óran wonders if there will be one called 'SnowPatrol'. So, make your way to the food truck, push your best boy into a nearby hedge, and settle in for the best drama, action, romantic comedy, period podcast this studio has ever produced: Blind Guys Chat! 8 out of 10 movie cameras prefer it to being on location.
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Hello our fancy AI bots, and welcome to episode 115. This week we are talking about AI, and we have a fantastic panel of experts to bring us through the topic of AI and accessibility. We will be talking about Meta Ray Bans, Envision glasses, Apple Intelligence and even some existential questions.
The panel (Brian Dalton, David Renstrom, Jesse Weinholt, Josh O'Connor and Mohammed Laachir) are well-placed to give their own views on current products, future products, and you never know, you might get some ideas on dinner if we can work out how to get our smart glasses to read a menu.
So, strip down to your Cyborg inner self, and prepare for judgement day by listening to the number 1 podcast from the future: Blind Guys Chat!
11 out of 15 AI bots prefer it to a slap in the face.
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Hey folks! Don't worry, we'll be back on January 16th, when we will be talking about everything AI. In the meantime, stay warm!
The Blind Guys
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Happy Christmas to one and all! We hope you have an enjoyable break this Christmas holiday season.
This show is our annual, twice yearly, every 4 years BGC Christmas Quiz featuring some of our BGC listeners and guests. We have contestants from St. Louis, Boston, Scotland, Dublin and even County Clare in the West of Ireland.
So, put the leftover turkey in the fridge, throw away those yucky sprouts, and settle in for some festive mayhem on the show that keeps giving you Christmas all year round: Blind Guys Chat!
12 out of 16 Christmas movies prefer it to being Christmas movies!
Links in this show: Things Gay People Like Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/02N4vAlIPR6NWTrIM6iTAt?uid=null&uri=spotify:episode:2hRdnGHjgHQIcRfuRI3nyG
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