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The Winner Takes It All... Phil & Simon Show no. 4

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The latest Phil and Simon Show is out. We chat about post-Brexit UK, music to listen to when you're having an MRI scan, Chilcot and the Iraq Inquiry, accessible motor homes, Aspergers, the disabled employment gap, our next Prime Minister and hip surgery. In about 35 mins. We have no boundaries.  Hope you like it and thank you for listening. Audioboom link iTunes link

BBC Ouch talkshow July 16

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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

Disability and the World!

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Recently had a good conversation with Business Disability International about disability and business around the world. Enjoyed remembering some amazing and some tough trips. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.businessdisabilityinternational.org/in-conversation-with-simon-mintyconsultant-commentator-and-comedian-on-all-things-disability/ Another day at the office...

The new Phil and Simon Show

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The third Phil and Simon Show is out now - and it's a corker. We chat about going to the Epsom Derby on an open top bus, the EU referendum, people with dementia and mythical creatures. It's fun, it's fast coming in at 32 mins. Click on a link below to listen and I hope you enjoy it. Audioboom iTunes - show date 19th June 2016 Open top bus at the 2016 Epsom Derby

I love a bit of shock-value...

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The latest BBC Ouch show is out! It sees the return of the brilliant and un-PC game, Vegetable, Vegetable, Vegetable where co-host Kate Monaghan-Coker,  @katiekatetweets   our guests and I try and guess the callers 'disability' against the clock.  We interview BAFTA nominated actor Ruth Madeley @ruth_madeley from the brilliant BBC television drama  Don’t Take My Baby and classical pianist Nicolas McCarthy  @ NMcCarthyPiano  who has one hand and plays us a tune or two on the grand piano (again, brilliantly) in the studio. Ruth and Nicholas tell us of their made up responses whe n someone asks 'how did you become disabled?' The team from Stay Up Late @stayuplateuk  call in and tell us about their gig buddy project.  You can download, stream or subscribe via iTunes.  BBC Ouch site BBC Ouch iTunes Host Kate watches on as Nichols plays piano in the studio

Phil & Simon Show - a new podcast

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It seemed inevitable that one day there would be a podcast of Phil Friend and me chatting about all things disability. Phil and I have been having such conversations for nearly twenty years, until now, unrecorded, whilst working, travelling or just hanging out together. We have different backgrounds, we are different generations, have divergent politics and different comfort zones. We both share a commitment and passion for equality, fairness and inclusion of disabled people and have spent many years working to achieve it or at least some progress. The great thing about our discussions are that we know one another so well and respect each other so don't have to pull any punches now. Sometimes we're considered, sometimes we shoot from the hip. We can make each other laugh and still, after all this time, make the others jaw drop with a single comment. There's two shows out already. We'll continue to make a show each month until we run out of things to say. Which mea...

Masterchef is over, here comes Ouch Talkshow

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Masterchef might be over but  BBC Ouch  keeps things simmering nicely. It's a noisy, fun show packed with chef tips, buying the best ingredients and smart work arounds if you want to cook but have a disability. Guests are amateur chefs Flash Bristol (holding the eggs), Ian Macrae (intimidatingly with a knife) and professional chef Ronnie Murray (less alarmingly with a pepper mill). Bon appetite! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03t9t57 In the studio, back wrow, L-R Kate Monaghan, Ronnie Murray, Ian Macrae, front row Simon Minty, Flash Bristow.