Studio 1

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

October 8, 2025 • 30 mins

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. 

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“Ski for Light” 

Lizzie talks to the president of “Ski for Light” Julie Coppens and one of the athletes Anthony Nelson about cross country skiing; teamwork and inspiring Vision Impaired and Blind People to inspire other...

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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. 

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“Getting Fit” 

Lizzie and Sam put the sports shoes back on and limber up to talk about getting fit, especially if you are new to the world of health and fitness.   

Lizzie catches up with Justine Crawford, founder of the Adela...

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September 24, 2025 • 28 mins

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. 

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“Technology: with Steve Monigatti” 

Chaos strikes when Sam realises that he has not set up an interview with a famous Marathon runner, but with Vision Australia’s Access Technology Service Lead. 

Steve talks about the ways to...

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September 17, 2025 • 33 mins

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 

“Recipe for Disaster” 

In an attempt to corner the market in Reality Cooking Radio shows, Studio 1 presents a pilot episode for “Recipe for Disaster” 

Heidi and Lizzie are not the main cooks in their respective househol...

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September 10, 2025 • 28 mins

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 

“What’s the point in travelling if you can’t see?” 

Lizzie and Sam are packing their bags; stocking up on the travel sickness medication and heading back out on the road.   

Studio 1’s choir of angels once mo...

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September 3, 2025 • 30 mins

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. 

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“Camp Abilities Part 2” 

Lizzie talks to Lauren Lieberman, director of Camp Abilities.  Lauren talks about her background; how she started Camp Abilities; and some of the successes.   

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our...

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August 27, 2025 • 28 mins

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 

“Camp Abilities Part 1” 

In the first of a two part special, Lizzie talks to Lily Piccolo, an old friend of the show, about her many adventures and her experience as a coach at Camp Abilities in the US.   

Sam also talks about...

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August 20, 2025 • 28 mins

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 

“What has the NDIS ever done for us” 

Our choir of angels give their thoughts on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.   

While everyone agrees that it has been, at the very least, useful – many have issues with the ...

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August 13, 2025 • 32 mins

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...

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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...

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July 30, 2025 • 32 mins

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...

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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...

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July 16, 2025 • 35 mins

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?   ...

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July 9, 2025 • 34 mins

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...

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July 2, 2025 • 34 mins

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; ...

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June 25, 2025 • 35 mins

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...

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June 18, 2025 • 28 mins

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...

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June 11, 2025 • 28 mins

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...

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June 4, 2025 • 28 mins

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...

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May 28, 2025 • 33 mins

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...

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