An Odyssey with Anum Farooq (Odyssey Global Media)
Candid and authentic discussions, challenging the status quo and deeply reflective of ourselves and the world we live in. Join us on our journey to learn authentic insights from raw, human perspectives based on lived experiences and impromptu conversations. Together, let’s explore the depths of human experiences and gain a greater understanding of ourselves and the world we live in. Changing the world, one conversation at a time!
Episodes

Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union
Interview with Madeleine McNamara - NCBI, National Council for the Blind of Ireland.Julius interviews Madeleine McNamara, Advocacy and Engagement Administrator at NCBI, on the current situation of visually impaired people in Ireland. Madeleine is blind herself, and she tells us more about her emphasis for setting more awareness-raising measures. She is thinks that it is important that people listen to each other to avoid wrong assumptions about the needs of blind and partially sighted persons.
#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Links:ncbi.ie
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union
Julius interviews Katarina Bigović-Kulić, deputy director and Anđela Dragović, member of the Union of the Blind of Montenegro on the current situation of blind and partially sighted people in Montenegro. Katarina and Anđela talk about how they could help the organization with their mutual cooperation and which kind of support they could offer. The result is a lot of progress during the last years.
#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Links:ss-cg.org/
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Views of Life : Interview with Dorota Krać - Polish Association of the Blind (PZN)
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union
Julius interviews Dorota Krać, member of the Polish Association of the Blind (PZN), on the current situation of visually impaired people in Poland. The deep-going interview explains how better education and more empathy in general could help to improve the situation of people with disabilities - especially for access to the labour market.#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Links:pzn.org.pl
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union.
Julius interviews Cristina Barreto, member of Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles, on the current situation of visually impaired people in Spain. In the second half of 2023, Spain will overtake the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Cristina explains how this will help the Spanish organizations for persons with disabilities to achieve their goals. At the same time, she also discusses the introduction of the new European Disability Card.#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Links:once.es
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union.
Julius interviews Reiner Delgado, officer of Social Affairs of the German Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (DBSV), on the current situation of visually impaired people in Germany.#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Views of Life: Luboš Zajíc, President of Czech Blind United (SONS)
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union.
Views of Life: Luboš Zajíc, President of Czech Blind United (SONS)
Julius interviews Luboš Zajíc, president of Czech Blind United (SONS), on the current situation of visually impaired people in the Czech Republic.#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Monday Aug 26, 2024
Views Of Life: Elisa Montonen - Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union.
Views Of Life: Elisa Montonen - Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired. Julius interviews Elisa Montonen, rights advisor at the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (Näkövammaisten liitto), on the current situation of visually impaired people in Finland.
#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union.
In this first episode, the executive director of the EBU - The European Blind Union - Lars Bosselmann and EBU external communication officer, Nacho Lopez are explaining what are the goals of the new videocast VIEWS OF LIFE.
Cooperation/partners:European Blind Union:euroblind.organdORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporationorf.atORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.
#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez