Talk Description to Me

Jazz hands, sign of the horns, okay hand - these aren’t just frivolous emojis, they come from oft-used nonverbal gestures. Don’t try listening to this episode while rolling sushi or applying eye-liner, because you’re going to need your hands to follow along as JJ helps us "make it rain", and play the world’s smallest violin.  Send us a quick note! Support the show

On Tuesday August 4th, the city of Beirut was rocked by a devastating explosion. Videos of the disaster quickly flooded social media timelines, and news agencies around the world. In this bonus episode, Christine and JJ discuss and describe the blast and its immediate aftermath.     Send us a quick note! Support the show

When unidentified, armed authorities in full military gear started nabbing citizens off the streets of Portland, protestors of all stripes responded immediately - and in very Portland ways! Christine and JJ discus viral videos and images of the Hockey Stick Brigade, the Wall of Moms, and the Naked Athena, then break down the look and use of projectiles deployed by Federal officers. Plus a quick fo...

Canned cheers, empty bleachers, and air-fives not high-fives; welcome to major league baseball in the COVID era. And Christine gets her wish when a listener requests descriptions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Send us a quick note! Support the show

With social media flooded with calls to defund the police, and daily clashes with protestors in cities across the continent, Christine asks about the look of modern policing, and the viral videos from recent protests. And what did it look like inside Donald Trump's recent political rally in Tulsa? JJ describes the images and footage released by the Trump campaign, and the visuals outside the...

What does Aunt Jemima look like? How about Uncle Ben? Sports teams with offensive names don't have images associated with those monickers, do they? With businesses facing real pressure to change racially-charged logos, mascots and team names, Christine and JJ discuss the visuals of controversial brands. Later, the conversation shifts to descriptions of the COVID lockdown. Join us for an episo...

JJ Hunt is an innovative Audio Describer and a natural-born storyteller. Christine Malec is a perpetually inquisitive member of the blind and partially sighted community who’s always wondering about something. In Talk Description to Me, their discussions plunge into current events and topical issues to explore the content of important images, and help place vivid descriptions in their cultural con...

Join Christine Malec and JJ Hunt for their first episode of Talk Description to Me. First up is a challenging and sobering look at the George Floyd video, including a full description of the image that sparked protests across the continent. Then the duo discusses and describes the visuals of the Black Lives Matter protests themselves, and wraps up with a fun description of Canadian Prime Minister&...