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S1E19 Sheffield Christmas Market
In this episode Alan, Sandra and Helen visit Sheffield Christmas Market. They start in the Alpine Bar then go outside where Helen describes the various stalls and food and drink outlets.
S1E18 Bonfire night 2025
In this episode Bonfire night is spent with Alan, Sandra and friends in Alan and Sandra's garden. Claire gives details of which shops are offering accessible christmas guides and Lucy provides an…
S1E17 Vinyl Records Chat with Claire
In this episode, Claire talks about what started out as a hobby turned in to a job selling vinyl records. And how she managed that as a blind person.
S1E16 Lucy takes on Mam Torr
In this episode, Lucy and Sam take us with them on their walk up Mam Torr. Lucy describes the trail itself and the view.
Sheffield Steam Rally
In this episode, Alan Thorpe takes us on a tour around Sheffield Steam Rally at North Anston. As well as Alan's wonderful commentary, we can hear the sounds of the various exhibits.
S1E14 Articles from Journalism Students at Sheffield College
This weeks episode is a compilation of some short items provided by a group of journalism students at Sheffield College. They were given a very tight deadline to produce the material and it has all…
S1E13 Accessible Caravan Holiday Prestatyn Wales
In this episode, Alan, Sandra and Gloria are on holiday.They are staying in a caravan in north wales, run by an organisation called the north wales accessible caravans for the blind.They talk about…
S1E12 Various mobility aids overview
In this Episode, Alan and Claire give an overview of various mobility aids from guide dogs to navigational apps.
S1E11 Pete McKee "A boy with a leg named Brian" exhibition.
In this episode Sadiya Wani guides us on a tour of Sheffield's own Pete McKee autobiographical art exhibition called "A boy with a leg named Brian". The exhibition is at Western park museum
S1E10 A bit about Guide Dogs…
Journalism students, Emily and Joe, are back in the studio and today, they’re talking about guide dogs! Joe asks Emily some of his burning questions about the do’s and don’ts of interacting with…
S1E9 Talking air fryer and tips
In this episode, Claire Bland and Carol Adams chat about air fryers and Carol gives a demo of her talking air fryer from Cobolt Systems. Carol also shares some tips of how to cook various foods in…
S1E8 Starting university as a visually impaired student.
Today’s episode is a chatty one! Journalism students Emily Lamb and Joseph Murphy compare their experiences of starting university. Emily shares her insight as a visually impaired student, while Joe…
S1E7 A Journey in Sport
George Williams is a visually impaired student at the University of Sheffield who has had a lifelong passion for playing sport, particularly football. In this episode George talks to fellow student,…
S1E6 The Gardener's Delight
Today's episode of V.I.Pod has a distinctly horticultural flavour where Alan Thorpe talks to the appropriately named and accomplished gardener, Frank Gardener. Frank is visually impaired, but that…
S1E5 Braille Matters-Fixing the Perkins Brailler
In this edition V.I.Pod looks to the world of braille,particularly to the work of Sheffield Talking News’ Alan Thorpe who not only teaches braille but is the only certified repairer in the UK of the…
S1E4 The Sensory Garden in Graves Park
In this edition of V.I.Pod we join our visually impaired reporter, Alan Thorpe, at the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind’s sensory garden in Graves Park. After a tour of the garden with Alan and…
S1E3 Chinese New Year
Here we give an international round-up of Chinese New Year. Tianu Li, a Chinese student at Sheffield University and an editor with Sheffield Talking News, gives a rundown of the lunar zodiac as she…
S1E2 Granelli's - A Sweet Business
Any Sheffielder, visually impaired or not, will know about Granelli’s ice cream and sweet shop, which must sit high within the list of oldest confectionary shops in the UK. Although the business was…
S1E1 The Crucible-A New Take on AD
In this the first episode, V.I.Pod talks to a group of actors at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre whose aim, through a creative approach to audio description (AD), is to make live theatre as vibrant and…
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V.I.Pod has published 19 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
V.I.Pod is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 26m.
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