{"id":292,"date":"2021-10-08T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/?p=292"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:54:12","slug":"how-i-made-my-podcast-with-disabled-people-in-the-arts-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/blog\/how-i-made-my-podcast-with-disabled-people-in-the-arts-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"How I made my podcast with disabled people in the arts sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zara Jayne started her own podcast last year. Now it’s back for a second season. She explains how it came about, and what it was like to make a podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m Zara Jayne and I\u2019m an actor, but I have always been dabbling in writing. As an adult I\u2019ve been working as a professional performer and writer, and since lockdown I\u2019ve given podcasting a go. I really got into it when there was nothing else to do apart from my writing. I started a mission and it’s been a very exciting journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to interview people with disabilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I decided I\u2019d like to interview people with disabilities, from the arts sector. To see their view of the politics of art, how they cope with their disability, as well as trying to work in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve known Sense for a long time because of my disability, CHARGE syndrome<\/a>. They\u2019ve supported me and I\u2019ve done lots of projects with them, on and off throughout the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One time, I was presenting something up in Birmingham at Sense\u2019s TouchBase Pears centre and I said I was interested in making a podcast. The team there said they might be able to help. So we teamed up and they helped me direct and edit the podcast. I have a team of people supporting me with the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three very different artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s called The Zara Show, and I\u2019m the host. In the first series we had three interviews with three very different artists. I started by interviewing visual artist Tanya Raabe-Webber, who was working with Sense at the time, focussing on inclusion and doing lots of workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the second episode I talked with an autistic musician called Robin Jax. He\u2019s got his own a record label called Tiergarten Records \u2013 a label for neurodiverse musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third interview was with a mixed-media blind artist called Clarke Reynolds, and he does a lot of work with braille art and education and campaigning. He\u2019s just very, very interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Host Zara and director Sam chat to Miss Jacqui as part of the recording of season 2 of The Zara Show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I was recording the podcast, I had a script and a set of questions, but there was also space to go off-topic. It made the podcast flow better. The final podcast that goes out is edited quite a bit though. Like if someone’s phone rang or a cat came in, unless it adds something then we\u2019d cut that out. There\u2019s so much that you don\u2019t actually see or hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can see from different perspectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019m interviewing people with disabilities, I find having a visual and hearing impairment helps me connect with my guests. I can see from different perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the fact I have a visual impairment, I can see where someone blind is coming from. If someone has hearing problems I can connect to them too, in some ways but not all. The umbrella of disability is huge, but I understand some of the setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can say to people, \u2018look, I did this\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now, I\u2019m just about to release the second series of the podcast, with three more very exciting guests. All with different disabilities and from different creative backgrounds. It’s been fun. It’s been collaborative, it’s been interesting and you get to learn a lot, from the team helping me \u2013 my director Sam and the\u00a0Sense arts and wellbeing\u00a0<\/a>team, but also the guests too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m proud. Proud of having something out there that I can say to people \u2013 \u2018look I did this\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you should try listening to the podcast. It\u2019s something new to listen to. You\u2019ll learn about the arts industry or an artist and you might just pick up some new fun ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the Zara Show<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second season of The Zara Show is out now. Available to listen for free on all podcast platforms. Listen now. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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