AIRS Health PodCasts
These Podcast series' all contain articles about your general and visual health.
The table below has a row for each Podcast series. The link in the left column takes you to the web page for the Series.
| Series Title | Series Description |
|---|---|
| Articles From the AARP Magazine | Barb North reads you bi-weekly articles from your complete guide to retirement planning and living, The American Association of Retired Persons Magazine. |
| Better Homes and Gardens Podcasts | Enhance your domestic bliss with these articles from Better Homes and Gardens Magazine read to you by Beverly Ann Astley. |
| Braille Institute Podcasts | From time-to-time the Braille Institute produces a recorded seminar or special event that has lasting value to our listeners. When that happens, the Institute makes the recordings available to AIRS so that they can continue to serve the community. In the past these have included descriptions of the Tournament of Roses, the Braille Challenge and seminars on advances in vision. |
| CCLVI Lectures on Low Vision | Council of Citizens With Low Vision International Lectures: Listen to a variety of topics that are specially designed for people who are partially sighted. Dr. Bill Takeshita presents these lectures each month and topics will include low vision and driving, signs and symptoms of emergency vision problems, what's new in low vision aids, and more. |
| Cooking In The Dark | Cooking In The Dark is the brainchild of Dale Campbell, of BlindMiceMart.com. Each show leads you through preparation of a delicious meal that's easy and fun to prepare. The preparation is spiced with running commentary and repartee between Dale and his companion, Cheryl and includes a discussion of labor saving kitchen devices and techniques for the visually impaired. |
| For Family and Friends of the Vision Impaired | This series of podcasts brings together a variety of information designed to help the blind or vision-impaired person's support group. Such articles will enable parents, friends and relatives to understand and support the challenges which must be faced and to appreciate the joys and rewards. |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness Podcasts | The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB), has an extensive program of seminars and special events that benefits our listeners far beyond the day of the event. Recently, the Foundation has made recordings of medical seminars on vision loss and their fantastically successful VISIONWALK fundraising event available to AIRS. |
| Good Housekeeping Magazine Podcasts | Judy Rubino reads you her weekly selections from Good Housekeeping Magazine. Find out how to run an efficient, comfortable home by listening to a variety of timely articles on subjects ranging from saving money on common expenditures to keeping kids from tracking sand through the house. |
| Health Connection | Linda Thompson brings you this series of articles on general health issues as well as those specific to the vision-impaired. The articles are from a variety of newspapers, magazines and non-technical journals on health. |
| Ladies Home Journal Podcasts | Alice Baptiste selects and reads you articles on food, health, relationships, games and all other aspects of domestic life from this leading family magazine. |
| Low Vision Technology | Dr. Bill Takeshita tells you how to get the most from PC's and other gadgetry that can help those with low vision get along. |
| Parents Magazine | Liz Akbar selects articles about pregnancy, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, big kids, teens, family life, family fun, food and recipes. Sit back, relax and take a mini-vacation from the little ones while you learn a few tips and tricks that will make your lives more enjoyable and fulfilling. |
| Prevention Magazine | Voice over artist Rob Trygg reads you articles from Prevention Magazine, featuring smart ways to live well with info and tips from experts on weight loss, fitness, health, nutrition, recipes, anti-aging and diets. |
| Second Vision | Second Vision host, Kristin Macdonald, spent many years working in production for the legendary Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent of Spelling Television. She is partially sighted as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, but manages to interview scores of people who have found amazing ways to overcome personal injuries and conditions, as well as leaders in medicine and scientific research, actors and inspirational speakers. Tune in as she applies her unique perspective to her guests' life-experiences. |
| Sound Solutions | Braille Institute and AIRS-LA present a series of practical and inspirational messages to help you cope with vision loss. |
| Tech For Impaired Vision | Listen to Bruce Wallick's selections of current technical topics and trends and stories of inspiration and success for those with vision impairments. |
| Vision Loss - How Others Have Coped With It | This podcast series is intended to provide a support system for those learning to cope with their vision-impairment by presenting success stories and helpful hints. Each podcast either describes a success or includes tips for fighting your demons. |
| Vision News | Podcasts bringing you news from the leading service organizations in the impaired-vision community. |
| Vision Talk | Dr. Bill Takeshita interviews guests expert in such topics as medicine, assistive technology, psychiatric counseling and practical advice for the vision-impaired community. |
| What's New in Vision Loss Treatment and Diagnosis | Dr. Bill Takeshita, an optometrist, AIRS board member and AIRS interface to other Organizations such as The Low-Vision Institute and The Braille Institute, selects the articles for this series from a variety of trade journals and seminars. |
Let's Have Your Ideas!
If you'd like to see us read your favorite, or if you'd not only like to suggest a PodCast series, but help produce it as well, send us an e-mail with your ideas and intentions.
