Studio 1
Sam Rickard and Lizzie Eastham present Studio 1 - a weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view. Please get in touch with the show. Your experience and insight may help someone else who is going through a similar thing. Email: studio1@visionaustralia.org :: twitter: https://x.com/varadionetwork :: Facebok: https://www.facebook.com/VARadioNetwork
Episodes
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
“Eyewear”
Sam talks to four people with a Vision Impairment about their experiences with eyewear, and the choice to either use contact lenses; or in one case nothing.
Carolyn also shares her experience with Lense Implant S...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
“Book Week: With Leslie Heagney from Braille House”
Lizzie and Sam talk about their favorite books, and the ways they read them.
Lizzie talks to With Leslie Heagney, from Braille House, about the Dickinson Memorial Literar...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
“Mobility: Or, How to find Coffee”
Lizzie and Sam are out on the streets again... well maybe not literally.
The Choir of Angels is asked how they handle mobility – not just the puppy or the stick - but the apps and s...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
“50 years of Blind Citizens Australia Part 1 – David Blyth and Bill Jolley”
It is June 1975: flares are in fashion; the Captain & Tennille are at number 1 on the charts with “Love will keep us together” and the or...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"When I Grow Up, with Belinda Wilson"
What are you going to do when you grow up?
Do the expectations, positive or negative, of family; friends and our support network in general affect what we do with our lives? ...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Work!”
What do you do for a living? This is often the start of a conversation; however, the workforce creates challenges for People with a Vision Impairment.
Lizzie and Sam talk to six Blind and Vision Impaired people abo...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Taxi II: Another Ride?”
With the much-vaunted changes to the 13 Cabs app, has it really made any difference?
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Kelly Schulz from knowable me to pick apart reality from spin; good intentions from pragmatism; ...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Is Ignorance Bliss?”
We ask, is ignorance bliss, or simply another form of discrimination?
Six of our friends talk about how they have been discriminated against or singled out in sometimes strange but often subtle ways - usual...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Into the Mailbag”
Did you know we have an email address? Well naturally we mention it a few times during the show. This week, to celebrate Studio 1’s renewal for the next three years, Lizzie and Sam read a few of the email...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Storm Menzies - ByStorm Beauty”
Lizzie and Sam catch up with Storm Menzies, the founder of By Storm beauty; a set of beauty accessories that make applying cosmetics more accessible.
Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listener...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"You don’t look Blind!”
How many times have you been told that you don’t look Blind?
Lizzie and Sam tell their own stories, while a few friends also look at the positive and negatives, while Matt Spencer shares a rather wor...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"A little Support?"
What role do support workers have in your life?
We talk to two support workers who coincidentally have the same name. The two Meg(h)ans talk about their backgrounds, what got them involved with the NDIS and where things a...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Volunteer Radio"
For volunteer week, we catch up with Simon and Abby from Vision Australia Radio’s “In Plain Sight” and Shaun Oliver talks about volunteering on live radio.
Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you ...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Mother's Day"
Out come the flowers and chocolates as we celebrate Mother’s day a few days late.
Lisa talks about her experiences as a mum with a Vision Impairment, the challenges and the joys. Vision Australia’s own Sarah...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Francois and Victoria: Audio Description”
We give you everything you want to know about Audio Description.
Lizzie and Sam are joined by Francois Jacobs, who is one of two Audio Description reviewers at SBS, and as well as ...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"International Guide Dog Day”
For international Guide Dog Day, we ask; what would your dog say... if it could talk? Thanks to the input of the Dog Guide Handlers Australia Facebook page, we get some answers - with the volunteer readers...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"All I need is a Miracle”
Though the chances are extremely low, it doesn’t stop some of us from fantasizing what we might do if we woke up one morning without a disability.
This week we ask, what would you do if your could...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Blind Faith”
We explore the role of faith in our lives, particularly how it influences our perspective on living with a vision impairment. How does faith shape our outlook, especially when we’re faced with questions like, “Why m...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Fashion”
How do you decide what to wear? Does your vision, or lack thereof, affect the way you dress?
We talk to a friends and find out, is fashion an issue?
Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If ...
Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.
On this week’s show
"Peter Archer: Beyond Vision”
Lizzie chats with Peter archer, a support worker who started his own business to provide unique activities to the blind and low vision community. He shares his inspiration for starting his business Beyond vision...
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