1 00:00:01,286 --> 00:00:06,090 Hi everyone we’re live here with Damon Rose from BBC Ouch 2 00:00:06,110 --> 00:00:10,042 And we’re just gonna have a little chat with him and share with you all 3 00:00:10,042 --> 00:00:11,414 -Hi Damon Hello 4 00:00:11,414 --> 00:00:15,379 -Thanks for joining us today -Thanks for coming to our country 5 00:00:15,379 --> 00:00:19,140 Yes —It’s all brighter for it. [Laughter] 6 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:21,799 Thank you, it’s been quite lovely actually 7 00:00:21,799 --> 00:00:28,151 So, we can just get right into it? Maybe you could tell us how you started BBC Ouch 8 00:00:28,151 --> 00:00:35,752 How did we get it started? Oh, it all started with a meeting some years ago. 9 00:00:35,752 --> 00:02:20,305 [inaudible] 10 00:02:20,305 --> 00:02:23,420 I wouldn't be telling you but I am 11 00:02:24,288 --> 00:02:27,745 Good, so how did the name come to you? 12 00:02:27,745 --> 00:02:32,625 The name literally, I know people say this, came to me in the shower. 13 00:02:32,625 --> 00:02:38,817 One morning we had, oh goodness, the idea of coming up with a name 14 00:02:38,817 --> 00:02:42,032 for a disability website, is a bit of a nightmare 15 00:02:42,032 --> 00:02:49,151 for any kind of disability project, We desperately wanted, forgive me, 16 00:02:49,797 --> 00:02:52,578 but we didn't want anything with the word "able" in it, for instance, because 17 00:02:52,578 --> 00:02:58,771 it was such a, people do it a lot. Every single disability project 18 00:02:58,771 --> 00:03:03,732 is "able" this, "able" that, work "able", media "able", radio "able". 19 00:03:03,732 --> 00:03:08,667 Whatever, you know. So I was keen not to go through that 20 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:11,266 and I wanted something that had a bit of attitude as well. 21 00:03:15,776 --> 00:03:18,555 I'm trying to think of other things we went through. Some of the ideas 22 00:03:19,407 --> 00:03:22,478 are probably worth dwelling on a bit. Some of the names we came up with 23 00:03:22,478 --> 00:03:26,428 as we went along, I remember at one point, when our working title was 24 00:03:26,428 --> 00:03:29,182 Disability Noodle, I don;t know where that 25 00:03:29,182 --> 00:03:30,155 came from. [Laughter] 26 00:03:30,155 --> 00:03:35,567 Someone in the marketing department once decided 27 00:03:35,567 --> 00:03:40,720 that a good name for it might be "I Dance to my Own Song" 28 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,686 and you sit there and you think, that's a bit floaty 29 00:03:44,686 --> 00:03:50,174 It's a bit, I don't know, pretentious or something 30 00:03:50,174 --> 00:03:52,460 [Laughter] Don't know how that one came about 31 00:03:52,460 --> 00:03:56,365 but people come at disability from all sorts of different angles, don't they. 32 00:03:56,365 --> 00:04:00,860 Clearly. Someone even suggested that "Minefield" 33 00:04:00,860 --> 00:04:07,152 might be a really good name for Ouch because people think of it as, you know, 34 00:04:07,152 --> 00:04:09,805 you can't say this, you can't say that. It's a bit of a minefield. 35 00:04:09,805 --> 00:04:13,183 But, then we of course, had to point out that there's plenty of disabled people 36 00:04:13,183 --> 00:04:15,515 that were unfortunately disabled in minefields. 37 00:04:15,515 --> 00:04:19,710 So, perhaps it wasn't the best title. [Laughter} 38 00:04:19,710 --> 00:04:22,566 So, what would you call a new disability website, Leah, that's what I want to know. 39 00:04:22,566 --> 00:04:29,209 I would, just a period. I don't know. I think you guys did a 40 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,306 great job with what you came up with. I think it's perfect, 41 00:04:33,324 --> 00:04:35,764 Thank you very much. -Yeah, absolutely. 42 00:04:35,985 --> 00:04:39,683 -Can you think of the most memorable reaction you've gotten from an audience 43 00:04:39,683 --> 00:04:43,729 or listener? Most memorable? 44 00:04:43,729 --> 00:04:45,698 -Yeah, anything that really stands out to you? 45 00:04:45,698 --> 00:04:52,801 -Funny, negative, positive, something that just pops in your head. 46 00:04:52,801 --> 00:04:55,958 Oh, yeah, things aren't popping into my head right now. 47 00:04:55,958 --> 00:05:03,121 I mean, it's always nice when we get people now, course, podcast's been running 48 00:05:03,121 --> 00:05:11,148 10 years, but we get people who say, "you changed our life with your podcast. 49 00:05:11,148 --> 00:05:14,907 We've never heard disabled voiced in that way before." 50 00:05:15,414 --> 00:05:22,473 We had created a kind of radio show, that had never been done before, in that way 51 00:05:22,473 --> 00:05:29,702 and it was really out there and really said, horrible things some times but 52 00:05:29,702 --> 00:05:36,760 you know, quirky things and amusing things and it had a but of an attitude so a lot 53 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:43,097 of people have written to us over the years and said if it wasn't for the 54 00:05:43,097 --> 00:05:49,366 podcast we wouldn't have the same kind of self-esteem we have now and wouldn't 55 00:05:49,366 --> 00:05:56,486 really have gone down certain roads to becoming happy, really. 56 00:05:56,486 --> 00:06:00,087 Which is, you know, very exciting. I don't know if everybody thinks like that 57 00:06:00,087 --> 00:06:03,801 I'm sure they don't, but some are particularly gratifying. 58 00:06:03,801 --> 00:06:09,993 They've happened. I guess that's why we do this disability media stuff, isn't it? 59 00:06:09,993 --> 00:06:16,598 -Sure. Change attitudes, bring awareness. Yeah. 60 00:06:16,598 --> 00:06:21,590 -So, anything else you want to add because I am pleased with our chat. 61 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:26,199 [Laughter] What else can I add? 62 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:31,273 Well, if anybody wants to come see our staff, it's bbc.co.uk/ouch 63 00:06:31,273 --> 00:06:37,815 We do podcast, video, articles, you know. -Thanks for joining us. 64 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:39,862 Thank you. -Yeah.