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Time flies when you're in the company of amazing listeners, and it's hard to believe that Mushroom FM has been back on-air for nearly a year. It's been fun bringing the Mushroom magic back.

The Blind Side is Mushroom FM's daily current affairs show from a blindness perspective.

Coming up on Monday's edition of The Blind Side, we talk about the show's future as we transition next week to a weekly podcast.

Mary Schnackenberg joins us to talk about the recent general assembly of the International Council on English Braille. We discuss the current state of the code, consider its relevance in today’s high-tech world, and we ask the question, why is it necessary to keep tampering with it.

Just like the name the Beatles, the album name Revolver has a double-meaning. It can mean the gun, or it can mean the record revolving on the turntable. When people began to play Revolver on their turntables 50 years ago this weekend, they knew rock music had really come of age. In terms of production, musical experimentation and sophistication, the Beatles had transcended all others with this remarkable album.

begin a new rockumentary here on Mushroom FM. Having been in Britain for some time with our Beatles and British Invasion rocumentaries, we're going across the pond for an in-depth look at one of the most influential performers of the 20th century.

The Elvis Presley story was originally produced after extensive research in 1971. After Elvis's death in 1977, it was updated, and re-released. And it's that version that we'll be playing over the next seven weeks.

The Blind Side is Mushroom FM's daily current affairs show from a blindness perspective.

On Friday's show, he's a dad, a husband, has been advocating for disability and minority rights all his life, and is a former Disability Discrimination Commissioner in Australia. Graeme Innes has made an outstanding contribution to blindness and disability advocacy, and he's just written a memoir, "Finding a Way". Graeme talks with Jonathan Mosen about his life and work.

And there's plenty of technology news happening just now, so we'll finish the week with a good helping of that.

The Blind Side is Mushroom FM's daily current affairs show from a blindness perspective.

The Blind Side is Mushroom FM's daily current affairs show from a blindness perspective.

Today, we spend a bit of time in the southern hemisphere. On 9 August, Australia is conducting their census, held every five years. How can blind people participate in the process fully and accessibly? Jonathan Mosen speaks with Rikki Chaplin of Blind Citizens Australia who talks about the work the Australian Bureau of Statistics has done to ensure that blind Australians count.

The Blind Side is Mushroom FM's daily current affairs show from a blindness perspective.

Happy anniversary! Yes, it's only The Blind Side's second day on air, but today's the big day for Windows users as Microsoft starts rolling out the much anticipated Windows 10 anniversary update.

This is a significant update with many new features and even more minor tweaks. So what can you expect? If you've been holding out on making the leap to Windows 10, is now the time to take the plunge?

The Blind Side is Mushroom FM's daily current affairs show from a blindness perspective.

The Blind Side, our current affairs show from a blindness perspective, airs every week day at 7 Pm Eastern time. There's a lot of excitement about finally having a daily show where our issues can be discussed and debated in a timely manner.

That excitement was slightly diminished for some of our UK audience, who wrote in after the announcement to say that they wanted to hear the show, but wouldn't be able to because of the time it was airing.