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 |
|---|---|
| Advertisements From Your Favorite Stores | Max Flehinger reads weekly advertisements from Vons, Ralphs and Albertson's Markets, monthly Fearless Flyers from Trader Joe's Markets 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 expiration dates are clearly stated. Live better while you spend less! |
| Around the Town | This periodic summary of Los Angeles area theaters having special access facilities for the deaf, as well the vision-impaired is an invaluable resource. For your enjoyment of their programs, it includes a detailed description of each theater's access provisions and plot summaries. |
| 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. |
| Bus and Public Transport Podcasts | This podcast series includes important information necessary for productive use of public transportation systems in the Los Angeles area. |
| The Children's Hour | The Children's Hour is a series of stories, jokes, games and other forms of entertainment of interest to children of all ages. Each story is accompanied by an estimate of the age range and 'scariness' warnings, where appropriate. |
| Consumer Reports | Comprehensive advice on anything that's worth buying from the most authoritative, unbiased source of information for the intelligent consumer - Consumer Reports |
| 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 Daily News | Ed Fallin gives us a weekly rundown of all the issues affecting our Southland home by reading the editorial pages from the newspaper with the best coverage of local communities, The Los Angeles Daily News. |
| 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. |
| Personal Finance | Financial Planner Max Flehinger selects and reads articles and other financial information that will, with time and diligence, guide you to life's comfort zone. |
| 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. |
| The Health Connection | A variety of enthusiastic and talented readers bring 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. |
| Investigative Reports from the LA Weekly | 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. |
| 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. |
| The Lowdown on Low Vision | Kristin Macdonald interviews movers, shakers, entertainers, researchers and public figures for the inside scoop on topics vital to understanding low vision. |
| On the Other Hand... | Jami Floyd and Kurt Flehinger present opposing opinions on important topics from current issues of America's newspaper, USA Today. The opinions expressed are those of the articles' authors, and are not those of Jami, Kurt, or AIRS-LA. |
| People Magazine | Philip Gibbons dishes up his weekly selections from that premier source of entertainment industry dirt, People Magazine, from his studio in Tennessee. |
| Radio Days | In this podcast series, AIRS brings you the best of old-time radio through our relationship with SPERDVAC (The Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy) as well as shows from the High Street Broadcasters of Moorpark, CA. Go to this MySpace link to find out more about the live performances of this talented group. |
| Readers Digest | In this series of podcasts, Julie Williams and her crew of professional voiceover artists around the Country read you the best of the articles in each months Reader's Digest Magazine. |
| 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. |
| The Teen Goddess | Enjoy access to all the stuff a teenage girl would want to know with AIRS' special selections from America's premier sources, Seventeen Magazine and others! |
| Theater Reviews | This newly-inaugurated 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. |
| Vision Loss - How Others Have Coped With It | This podcast series, read by Anne Marie Howard, is intended to provide a support system for those learning to cope with their vision-impairment by presenting success stories. Each story describes a success and includes tips for fighting your demons. |
| Voter Information Pamphlets | We're engrossed in one of the most hotly contested national elections ever. In addition, there are a number of state and local issues on the ballot. We read you the official voter information pamphlets 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. They are from a variety of trade journals and are read by Anne Marie Howard. |
