Podcast #64: Twisted Valentine
Post categories: Current Affairs,ΜύMedia,ΜύOuch Podcast
| 12:59 UK time, Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Here are the show notes for episode 64 of the Ouch! Talk Show. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present. For what it's worth, I'm the producer. I know no one cares about producers.
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β’ We've tried to do valentine's day in a cute and lovey dovey way in years gone by but sometimes we're met with bad vibes. So this year we're doing the opposite and talking about all the horrible complex anxieties around falling for your carer or personal assistant. What can I say ... it happens. And we can't always help it. Course, Mat takes it a step further but then he would, wouldn't he.
β’ Kaliya Franklin from joins us in our Merseyside studio to review some recent disability news. Woah it's a biggie. You can't get much bigger than the story about the remains of 220 disabled which were discovered in Austria last month. And she makes an interesting, if extremely controversial, link between that and what's happening with the present cuts to disability benefits in the UK today.
β’ Our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable contestant is Sarah from Didcot. It's not as bad as it sounds, honest. I believe it might be called 'empowering' by some.
Read or download a transcript of the show
β’ Off air: As per usual we provided some lovely ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ coffee in our production meeting before the show. And, as per usual, Mat went straight to the coffee bar for a double espresso instead. Everyone turned up on time for a change which was nice.
Mariella Frostrup was in our regular studio before we got in it and I swear Mat was a bit star struck. My guide dog tried to eat her as she left, I think she was OK about it but you can never tell. Last month CBeebies Cerrie Burnell came wandering in after Mat and Liz had gone home, that could've been a fun encounter. Maybe another time.
β’ The next show goes live on Feb 22 and includes an interview with two disabled businesswomen who have 'got on their bike' and are ploughing a successful furrow in the big commercial world out there.
leave your feedback or suggestions for future items in the comments below. Or email us on the address that Mat and Liz regularly give out ouch@bbc.co.uk
Comment number 1.
At 9th Feb 2011, Alex_Bermondsey wrote:A number of magazines, have taken to publishing lists of healthy ways for singles to spend the day. They include delightful, therapist-approved suggestions such as βtake yourself out on a dateβ. Take myself out on a date? Thatβs your suggestion? How about I make it a surprise too? Could everyone kindly stop pointing at what is missing in my life and offering sticky plasters?
Some less healthy suggestions for singles on Valentineβs Day
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Comment number 2.
At 12th Feb 2011, stevenbright38 wrote:The idea is good and unique. Looking forward to it.
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