A Complete Alphabetical List of AIRS PodCasts
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. |
| Accessible World Tek Talk Archives | The Accessible World seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them. AIRS-LA links you to the Tek Talk Archives, which concentrates on the technical side of accessibility. |
| Advertisements From Your Favorite Stores | Max, Allen, Joe and Julia read weekly advertisements from Ralphs, Vons, Henry's, and Smart and Final Markets, Fearless Flyers from Trader Joe's and Fry's Electronics newspaper supplements as they come out. Ads are posted in plenty of time for you to take advantage of the cost savings and the dates for which the prices are valid are clearly stated. Live better while you spend less! |
| Alice In Wonderland | Prince Bertie, the Frog has commanded Natasha to read the entire book of Alice's adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol to YOU! A creation of StoryNory.com |
| Alternative Teen Music | Lean back and listen up as your mystery teen hostess spins and chats up the latest alternative genres. A creation of atmpodcast.libsyn.com |
| 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. |
| Blind Cool Tech Podcasts | Larry Skutchan's brainchild, Blind Cool Tech, reviews and evaluates hardware and software technology of interest to the blind and vision-impaired community. Learn More at BlindCoolTech.com. |
| Bluegrass Preservation Society Radio Show | The Bluegrass Preservation Society, Inc Radio Show. One hour of homegrown Appalachian Bluegrass Music, hosted by Ewell Ferguson and his Bluegrass Kitty Cats, Harley Davidson and Princess Cleopatra. Find out more at www.bluegrasspreservation.org |
| 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. |
| BrassCast, the Brass Band Podcast | AIRS-LA Links you to BrassCast.com for a 25 minute podcast of Brass Band music produced once a week for your entertainment and to keep you informed of events in the world of Brass Band music. |
| BugNMyMug Children's Podcasts | Yolanda uses her collection of silly rhyming poetry from BugNMyMug to encourage literacy in children. The audio is read in entertaining character voices so that children can identify the rhymes in the poems. She also writes poetry activities for parents and educators to help teach children to learn and love to read. To find out more information, visit BugNMyMug.PodBean.com. |
| Business Week Podcasts | Follow the fascinating world of high finance and find out what makes the worlds business machinery tick with these articles from Business Week read to you by Eila Ulyett. |
| Catholic: Under the Hood | Explore the history and spirituality of the Catholic Church from a Franciscan Perspective. Sound seeing tours, interviews, and more. A publication of CatholicUndertheHood.com brought to you by AIRS-LA as a public service without the intent of promoting any particular religious point-of-view. |
| 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. |
| Children's Stories From The Denver Public Library | Enjoy nursery rhymes, Beatrix Potter stories, folk and fairytales for kids of all ages brought to you by readers at the Denver Public Library. For more information, see podcast.denverlibrary.org. |
| Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Audio Sermons | Selected audio sermons from the Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (http://cvuuf.org/media/sermons.html) brought to you by AIRS-LA as a public service without the intent of promoting any particular religious point-of-view. |
| Consumer Reports | Comprehensive advice on anything that's worth buying from the most authoritative, unbiased source of information for the intelligent consumer - Consumer Reports. |
| 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. |
| Daily AIRS | There's something new every day on AIRS-LA! Each day of the week our volunteers bring you the topic-of-the day; from foreign news to inspirational messages to tech talk. Tune in every day for these short, topical podcasts. |
| Dodger Time | Each week Ken Miller, Dodger Marketing Executive, goes to various sources to bring you the latest news about the team, players, manager, and a little history about Los Angeles' first major league baseball franchise. |
| Editorials and Columns From the Los Angeles Times | Dan Woren puts the spotlight on local and national issues with his selection of editorial pieces and popular columns from the Southland's premier newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. |
| ESPN Magazine Articles | Darrayl Hampton reads his article selections from ESPN, your premier source of sports previews, game simulations and predictions, rumors, and analysis to keep you on top of your game. |
| FilmSpotting - Movie Reviews | This weekly podcast from Chicago features reviews, interviews, top 5 lists and insightful film talk. It's produced by Telegraph Road Productions, Inc. and stars Adam Kempenaar and Matty Robinson. Find out more at http://www.filmspotting.net/ |
| 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. |
| Freedom Scientific's FSCast | FSCast is Freedom Scientific's monthly podcast. Hosted by Jonathan Mosen, Vice President of Blindness Hardware Product Management, FSCast features news, interviews, and product demonstrations relating to Freedom Scientific products. FSCast is a great way to make the most of the products you have as well as learning about what's new and what's around the corner. |
| 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. |
| Grace Lutheran Church - Grace Lutheran Podcast | Bible based sermons featuring Pastor Daniel Lazicki recorded from the Sunday Morning Worship Services at Grace Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, WA (http://www.gracelbc.net) brought to you by AIRS-LA as a public service without the intent of promoting any particular religious point-of-view. Podcasts are usually updated on the afternoons of the service. |
| Groks Science Radio Show and Podcast | Weekly science radio program hosted by Dr. Charles Lee and Dr. Frank Ling. Each show features interviews with scientists and technical innovators, humorous commentary on recent discoveries, plus the Grokotron 5000 and the World Famous Question of the Week! Tune in every week and rediscover the world as you think you know it. |
| Guide Dogs For the Blind Podcast | Guide Dogs for the Blind, a national non-profit organization, provides trained mobility dogs to qualified blind and visually impaired people free-of-charge. AIRS-LA provides these links to G.D.B. podcasts that will describe the benefits and joy of having a guide dog. |
| 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. |
| Hear and There Audio Magazine | Hear and There is an adventure program hosted by Dave Uhlman, a visually impaired Accessibility Consultant, who gives his unique perspective on museums, nature walks, art shows or just about anyplace he can visit. Many of the places we go are accessible for people with disabilities. Dave puts words to the visuals so the listener can see and enjoy the experience. |
| High Street Broadcast | In this podcast series, AIRS brings you shows from the fabulous High Street Broadcast of Moorpark, CA. Go to this High Street link to find out more about the live performances of this talented group. |
| La Opinión | Bienvenidos a AIRS (Audio Internet Reading Service - Los Angeles), un servicio de lectura para toda persona con incapacidades de visión. Nuestra mision es ayudar y proever un programa de radio en la cual persona como tu, puedan escuchar los articulos mas importantes del periodico 'La Opinión.' Nos hemos comprometido a leer varios articulos cada semana, ofreciendote la oportunidad de mantenerte siempre informado. |
| 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. |
| LA Magazine Articles | Experience all that the City of Angels has to offer as Margo Zinberg reads you her selections from Los Angeles Magazine. |
| LA Weekly Investigative Reports | The Los Angeles Weekly runs counter to the trend in many newspapers, to cut investigative journalism to cut costs. This weekly series of articles will give you the inside scoop on important local and national issues. |
| The Library Fairy® and Friends | The Library Fairy® performs dynamic, interactive children's folktales and books from around the world. Accompanied by an array of instruments, music and song, stories come alive! Surprise guests and words of the day are also featured, along with her silly sidekick, Toofus the Troll. |
| 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. |
| Money Magazine | Bob Jordan selects and reads articles from current issues of Money, a Time Inc. personal finance magazine. Since 1972, its articles have covered the gamut of personal finance topics from investing, saving, retirement and taxes to family finance issues like paying for college, credit, career and home improvement. |
| Motor Trend Magazine | Share Mike McGonegal's passionate interest in the American dream as he reads articles from Motor Trend Magazine. |
| National Geographic Magazine | R.J. Amador selects and reads articles from current issues of the National Geographic Magazine, premier coverage of nature's wonders. |
| Nature Podcasts | Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science. The Nature Podcast is a free weekly audio show highlighting content from each issue, and interviews with the scientists creating the data. AIRS-LA is proud to present these links to the Nature Podcasts. |
| New Yorker Magazine Articles | Join Sunny as she reads you the main research article from "The Big Apple's" cultural icon each week. If there's time, she'll read the short stories too! Let her know if you'd prefer other features. |
| NPR Books Podcast | This podcast, published by National Public Radio, consists of book reviews, news and author interviews - for people who love to read... |
| NPR Concerts Podcast | This unique podcast, published by National Public Radio, presents entire concerts from artists like Blitzen Trapper, Dan Deacon, The Decemberists, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Fleet Foxes, and Neko Case. Some concerts include interviews with the bands. Find out more at npr.org/music. |
| NPR: Science Friday Podcast | Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well. Hear it each week on NPR stations nationwide! |
| Fiction Published by The New Yorker | This podcast, published by The New Yorker, is a series of monthly readings of and/or conversations about fiction from The New Yorker moderated by editor Deborah Treisman. Readers include such luminaries as Tobias Wolff, Nathan Englander and Joyce Carol Oates. |
| New Yorker - Out Loud | This podcast, published by The New Yorker, is a series of weekly conversations about new items and coverage in The New Yorker Magazine. |
| Old Time Radio Programs | In this podcast series, AIRS brings you the best of old-time radio from the extensive Botar's Old Time Radio web site. About a thousand radio shows are available. |
| Oprah Magazine | Prem Kishore reads selections from Oprah Magazine, your route to inspiration, guidance and entertainment created by America's most influential woman. |
| 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. |
| PC World Magazine | Paul J. Warwick reads selections from PC World magazine, the complete resource on how to select, buy and use PC products and services. Each issue features products rankings, evaluations and ratings, tips, how-to's, consumer advice and step-by-step guides. |
| People Magazine | Danielle Lescure dishes up her weekly selections from that premier source of entertainment industry dirt, People Magazine, from our palatial studio in Tarzana. |
| Playboy Magazine | Debbie Heyl selects and reads some of the fantastic articles featured in Playboy. Unfortunately, she won't read the pictures! |
| Poetry off the Shelf From alt.NPR | Poetry from The Poetry Foundation, distributed by alt.NPR. Poets read and discuss their poems: Kay Ryan, Robert Frost, Kenneth Koch, Dean Young, Poet Laureate Charles Simic, Terrance Hayes, Kenneth Goldsmith, Billy Collins and many others. |
| Poetry Radio from WGLT-FM | Poetry Radio is produced by WGLT-FM in coordination with Illinois State University's English Department. Each program, between two and five minutes in length, spotlights a single poem, contemporary or classic, framed by a responsive piece of music. It can be heard live Tuesday and Thursday at 10 AM and PM and Sunday at 10 PM (CT) on the WGLT live stream at www.wglt.org or on the air in central Illinois at 103.5 and 89.1 FM. |
| Popular Science Magazine | R.J. Amador reads you articles from Popular Science, a magazine specifically for the general reader interested in science and technology subjects. It has won over 50 awards, including the ASME awards for journalistic excellence in both 2003 (for General Excellence) and 2004 (for Best Magazine Section). It has been translated into over 30 languages and is sent to at least 45 countries. |
| 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. |
| Readers Digest | In this series of podcasts, Bobbin Beam and her crew of professional voiceover artists from all over the United States read you the best of the articles in each months Reader's Digest Magazine. |
| Real Simple Magazine | Melissa Baird reads you selections from her favorite magazine, Real Simple. It's about food, home organization, beauty and style, life and soul, celebrations and all that makes life worthwhile. |
| Redbook Magazine | For nearly 100 years, Redbook has been providing young women with timely and relevant advice. Non-fiction articles explore social issues, parenting, sex, marriage, money, health and psychology while book excerpts and short stories from today's best writers inspire and entertain. Voiceover artist Donna Reed presents her Redbook selections for your listening pleasure. |
| Science Selections | This series of podcasts is intended to keep you up to date on the whole spectrum of scientific progress without losing you in technospeak or abstract concepts. It features selections from the more popular scientific journals, such as Scientific American Magazine, but also takes its material from such sources as the Los Angeles Times or the New Yorker, when appropriate. The articles read range from methane on Mars and cosmic radiation to our sense of smell and the intelligence of ravens. |
| Sky and Telescope | Beginner or experienced, if you're excited about astronomy, Sky and Telescope is for you. Each issue contains practical observing tips, our popular star charts, useful product reviews, advice on astrophotography, and so much more! Roger Baker guides your tour through the universe. |
| Smithsonian Magazine | Renee Shatanoff reads you her article selections from the prestigious journal of the Smithsonian Institution. |
| 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. |
| Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett of APM | Public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas brought to you by AIRS-LA as a public service without the intent of promoting any particular religious point-of-view. |
| The Splendid Table | American Public Media's 'The Splendid Table' is public radio's culinary, culture, and lifestyle program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone, hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. The Splendid Table podcast contains each week's program in its entirety and is updated every Friday. |
| Sports Illustrated | Enjoy access to the latest sports news read to you by Fred Krimm. There is no more complete, unbiased or accurate coverage of the world of sports than Sports Illustrated. |
| Storynory - Stories For Kids | Storynory brings you an audio story every week. Each one is chosen by Prince Bertie the Frog and beautifully read by his friend Natasha Gostwick. Let Natasha's voice beguile you with classic fairy tales, new children's stories, poems, myths, adventures and romance. Another feature from StoryNory.com. |
| The NPR "Weekend Edition" Sunday Puzzle | The Sunday Puzzle Podcast. NPR's weekly word game. Match wits with "Weekend Edition" puzzle master Will Shortz. |
| Sun Magazine | For more than 35 years, The Sun Magazine's personal essays, short stories, interviews, poetry, and photographs have invoked the splendor and heartache of being human. Dan Woren reads you his selections from the monthly topics found in the "Readers Write" section of The Sun. For more information, please visit The Sun's web site. |
| 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. |
| Teen Goddess | Enjoy access to all the stuff a teenage girl would want to know with AIRS' special selections from America's premier sources, Teen Vogue, Seventeen Magazine and others! |
| Theater Reviews | This original podcast series features original theater reviews by Cynthia Citron, theater reviewer for CurtainUp.com, writer for the Santa Monica Daily Press, and Los Angeles Bureau chief for the San Diego Jewish World. |
| Time Magazine | Tony Pettit reads you his selections from Time Magazine, the first news weekly in America. |
| Travel and Leisure Magazine | Andrew Heyl reads you his selections from Travel and Leisure Magazine, your first source of travel tips, ideas, news and what to see and do. |
| 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. |
| Voter Information | In this series of podcasts, we read you official voter information pamphlets and other materials to allow you to exercise your right as a citizen to cast an informed vote. |
| 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. |
| YouthCast from alt.NPR | A podcast featuring the next generation of sound from the Public Radio Exchange, a project of prx.org to support, connect and distribute youth-produced radio. This podcast features the next generation of sound from the Public Radio Exchange, a project of prx.org to support, connect and distribute youth-produced radio. Listen to youthful radio-aware personalities give their views on current topics. |
