The Way We Roll

Simon & Phil have decades of experience in the world of disability rights and in working with large groups of people in businesses around the world to help raise their awareness of disability and help them to understand the best way to approach someone who may have a disability; like a person is usually a good start! Their conversation together is easy yet they can equally get into quite the battle when one or other takes a stand on a topic, even if it’s only Simon enjoying playing the role of devil’s advocate for the sake of the debate. They also have a series of guests liked to disability, with the episodes with Judy Heuman who was a part of Crip Camp and a the episode on Albleism with an academic who specialises in the subject who is teaching in Scotland, being two that really stand out as being some of their best. Ultimately, this podcast is a great listen for anyone who is disabled, believes in the social model, and wants to know more about disability history and politics as well as disability community in general. The Way We Roll has a similar tone to that of BBC Ouch! in the early days when Ouch! was made by disabled people for disabled people, before it became part of BBC news and suddenly had to play by certain rules and stopped being about making a podcast for disabled people and it’s now called ‘Access All: Disability News and Talk” which is a podcast about disability which is an entirely different concept. If you liked the early days of BBC Ouch! Or even the times when Kate & Simon were at the reins then you’ll thoroughly enjoy this podcast too 🙂.

Phil and Simon are lovely to listen to, from having a laugh about life or an in-depth debate about the most troublesome ethical issues about accessibility and inclusion. They're the reason I subscribed to Netflix (to watch Crip Camp) and I'm really enjoying Geoff's cultural recommendations. Thank you!

I should declare an interest at the very beginning of this review – this is one amazing podcast, by two people who are very well known to me and who I consider to be very good friends. Mind you, lots of my friends make podcasts and very few of them get a review out of me. Phil and Simon bring their combined years of experience in the disability field to bear on current events and debates. Sometimes the two of them chew the fat and other times they interview someone. In both instances, the result is an extremely thoughtful and an essential hour’s listening for anyone with even a passing interest in the world of disability. If you want disability demystified, you come to the right place.

Dad to a disabled boy, listening to these guys is an education and provides clarity to a lot of the issues we deal with every day.