Simon Minty's recent thoughts and more

The latest  BBC Ouch  show is out. It's about comedy, mental health, pony tales, doing activities that your impairment suggests you shouldn't and me and  Kate Monaghan-Cocker  making quips.  Mighty fine guest include  Laurence Clark   Harriet Dyer  and  Jack Binstead  who are fun and funny . Hope you like it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040388d In the studio BBC Ouch show L-R Laurence Clark, Kate Monaghan-Cocker, Jack Binstead, Harriet Dyer

We recently celebrated the tenth birthday of BBC Ouch's podcast!  The original King and Queen of the show, Liz Carr and Mat Fraser , were reunited to reminisce about the early days and then update us on what they've been up to since leaving - BBC1 Silent Witness and US American Horror Story anyone?  We pose the question, 'Who is the best disabled character on TV?' to former BBC Exec  Tanya Motie  media professional David Hevey and US commentator Lawrence Carter-Long   There's an inappropriate guessing game and we discuss why podcasts are often the authentic voice with podmesiter  Helen Zalzman  Two pics below, one of us in the studio and one of me in #doubledenim which my co-host Kate Monaghan-Cocker took just because I was in denim. I hope to follow Liz's career path and bag myself a detective role on Death in Paradise.  Stream or download http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03pqcjf  Subscribe via iTunes https://itunes.apple....

There's a new talkshow out from BBC Ouch and this one is an eclectic mix of subjects. Fortunately the guests were all up for conversation so it happily bounces along. I should warn you, it's got some adult content. There's an exploratory conversation about  devotees (people who find a physical impairment sexy in itself) and we sail close to the wind with that. Another guest suggests capitalism inherently discriminates against disabled people and Marxism might be better and so has written a book about it. We also continue the ever evolving debate over what's the correct terminology when talking about disability and why do some people who have one, (a disability or impairment) still struggle to say the word 'disability'?   Hope you like it. BBC Ouch Talkshow From L to R - Roddy Slorach, Simon Minty and Kate Monaghan-Cocker

I was a guest on the BBC Ouch's talk show in December 2013 talking about the spending power of disabled people, dating and disability and Heather Mills not going to the Winter Paralympics. You listen via the link below and there's a transcript if you prefer to read. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tcjt0