Blind Magic in Alice Springs

Description: Join host Murray Stewart in episode 1549 from Alice Springs for a thoughtful, practical conversation about living with epilepsy, personal growth, and everyday resilience. Murray opens with candid reflections on a recent disagreement and how his experience with epilepsy shapes both the challenges and opportunities in his life. Using the memorable metaphor “the brain is a bank,” Murray...

Episode 1548 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs features host Murray Stewart celebrating a major milestone—50,000 downloads—and talking directly to listeners about a simple, time‑efficient exercise approach that anyone can adopt. Murray shares how his podcast connects with listeners worldwide and why he prioritizes short, effective health habits. The main topic is exercise: Murray explains his five‑m...

In episode 1,547 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs, host Murray Stewart explores what truly makes someone attractive beyond superficial looks. Speaking from his experience as a vision-impaired coach and communicator, Murray argues that wisdom, life experience, a confident voice, and tactile skills are the core qualities that deepen attraction as we age. Murray shares personal reflections and anecdot...

In episode 1546 of Blind Magic, host Murray Stewart shares an intimate, first-person account of living with an acquired brain injury (ABI) and post-stroke epilepsy. Murray opens with a vivid metaphor — a shark waiting on the other side of the net — to describe the ever-present anxiety about seizures. He recounts a recent brain event that affected his voice and how his puppy, Santa, instinctively h...

In episode 1,545 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs, host Murray Stewart delivers a blunt, opinionated rundown of recent Australian political flashpoints. Stewart opens with reflections on Pauline Hanson’s latest media appearance, offering direct advice on how she could sharpen her message about migration and national identity. He revisits Hanson’s claim that multiculturalism has failed in parts of A...

In Episode 1544 of Blind Magic, host Murray Stewart announces the launch of the Running Academy Central Australia (RACA) and outlines his vision for creating elite runners using the unique environmental and coaching advantages of Alice Springs. Murray explains how the region’s altitude, heat and dry atmosphere will be used as training assets and why those conditions, combined with targeted drills,...

Good morning from Central Australia — host Murray Stewart welcomes you to Blind Magic in Alice Springs in this uplifting episode. Murray shares a personal, candid morning that mixes everyday errands (early blood tests), work (a myotherapy client), and an evening out at a comedy festival, using these moments to illustrate a simple strategy for staying positive. The episode covers practical mental-h...

Episode 1,542 — Host Murray Stewart takes listeners through his personal journey training and competing in Central Australia, and unveils plans to form the Running Academy Central Australia (RACA). He explains how the region’s dry heat and above-sea-level altitude (around 578 metres) produced physiological benefits like increased red blood cell counts, which helped him win silver in the 800m and 1...

Join host Murray Stewart for a wide‑ranging audio tour of Central Australia’s sporting heart, recorded at Ronda De Arno Oval in Alice Springs. Murray reflects on his own time as an athlete and coach, paints a vivid picture of the local sporting scene, and explains what makes this remote place surprisingly fertile for sport. The episode explores the striking contrast between the arid Outback and th...

Host Murray Stewart presents episode 1540 of Blind Magic Communications — a solo, reflective episode in which he reviews his own performance as a podcaster and explores the origins and future direction of the show. Topics covered include Murray’s experience living with vision impairment and insomnia, how darkness became a creative ally, and what he learned after listening to other podcasts. He exp...

Episode 1539 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs is presented by Murray Stewart. In this episode Murray describes his personal political journey from a lifelong Labor supporter to becoming a conservative after moving to Alice Springs. He explains how his experience as a small-business operator clashed with the increasingly left-wing elements within the Labor Party and why he believes Labor no longer r...

In episode 1538 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs, host Murray Stewart explores the simple but profound practice of being verbally descriptive to make everyday life more accessible for vision‑impaired people and better for everyone. Murray opens with a personal story from his identical twin — "what's good for blind people is good for the world" — and uses that idea as the throughline for the episode...

Episode 1537 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs with host Murray Stewart examines the provocative idea of “pussy-whipped” men — men who, he argues, abandon long-held responsibilities to please their partners. Using Harry and Meghan as a contemporary example, Murray explains his belief that men have a duty to lead, provide for, and physically protect their families. The episode covers the responsibili...

This episode of Blind Magic in Alice Springs (Episode 1536) is hosted by Murray Stewart, who shares a candid, personal monologue about friendships, freedom of expression, and protecting what matters most. Murray reflects on a recent conversation with a friend about being opinionated and explains why he chose to remove people from his life who force him to tread on eggshells. Topics covered include...

Episode 1535 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs features host Murray Stewart recounting a life-defining experience: a life-threatening seizure in April 2023 at the Churnside Shopping Centre in Brisbane. Murray gives a vivid first-person account of losing control of his limbs, believing he was going to die, and being revived after CPR and three shocks from a defibrillator before waking in the Royal Br...

Episode 1534 of Blind Magic Communications is hosted by Murray Stewart from Alice Springs. In this episode Murray celebrates the extraordinary talents of vision-impaired and disabled people, imagining a major "Blind Magic" concert that would bring together brilliant artists who are vision-impaired. He highlights legendary musicians — Ray Charles, Andrea Bocelli, José Feliciano, Stevie Wonder — and...

In episode 1533, host Murray Stewart delivers an impassioned, personal monologue from Alice Springs titled "Blind Magic in Alice Springs." Murray opens the episode by addressing listeners candidly, warning some might tune out — and saying he doesn’t mind. At the core of the episode is Murray’s admiration for Donald Trump as he approaches his 80th birthday. Murray argues that, regardless of politic...

Episode 1532 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs, hosted by Murray Stewart, explores the surprising emotional power of voice and touch and how those qualities shape attraction, connection and healing. Murray opens the episode speaking about music, singing and how vocal expression relaxes and centers him, then pivots to a personal reflection on why he finds vision-impaired people uniquely appealing — n...

In Episode 1531 of Blind Magic, the host — also president of the Alice Springs Ratepayers Association — delivers a passionate call to action for the town he loves. He outlines Alice Springs’ vital role as the service hub for some 200 outlying communities, argues it could be the capital of Outback Australia, and cites public figures such as Dick Smith praising the town’s place in the nation. The ep...

Episode 1530 — Blind Magic in Alice Springs. Host Murray Stewart delivers a solo, candid monologue about everyday discrimination, dating preferences, and what truly matters in a partner. Speaking from personal experience and reflection, Murray explores how we all discriminate in small ways, why those choices can be protective, and how assumptions about ability and strength shape relationships. Top...

Episode 1529 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs: host Murray Stewart speaks with his daughter, who lives with Down syndrome, about the beauty, strengths and humanity of people with disabilities. Murray reflects on a disturbing statistic — people with autism are three times more likely to be homeless — and uses it as a springboard to ask why society accepts such outcomes and what each of us can do to...

Episode 1528 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs is hosted by Murray Stewart, the world’s only blind and epileptic athletics coach. Drawing on three decades as an athlete and his coaching experience, Murray opens the episode with a candid account of a recent night at the track where thoughtless behaviour — people running across the track and poor team coordination — disrupted an athlete’s attempt to p...

Episode 1527: Blind Magic in Alice Springs — Murray Stewart hosts a passionate call-to-action about ideas, solutions and the future of his town. Murray opens with a broad theme: there are no bad ideas and small, daring solutions can grow into world-changing movements. He urges listeners not to keep their ideas hidden but to share them boldly. The episode focuses on local civic engagement through t...

Morning from Central Australia, Alice Springs — Episode 1526 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs with your host Murray Stewart. In this instalment Murray reflects on a chaotic Alice Springs Town Council meeting that descended into a farce after microphone problems exposed a wider decline in peoples verbal projection and preparedness. Murray unpacks why strong verbal communication still matters in a wo...

Episode 1525 of Blind Magic Communications features host Murray Stewart broadcasting from Alice Springs with a short, powerful solo episode about two life-changing forms of advice: emotional self-love and financial freedom. Murray opens the show by urging listeners to make themselves their first priority — to love and be comfortable in their own skin — and explains how that inner strength creates...