Image Description for the Current Political & Cultural Moment

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Talk Description to Me is a newish podcast from Canada. Their mission is "Where the visuals of current events and the world around us get hashed out in description-rich conversations." Christine Malec, a perpetually inquisitive member of the blind and partially sighted community who’s always wondering about something, talks with J.J. Hunt, an Audio Describer.

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The 30-minute episodes cover a wide range.

Episode 1 — the image behind the protests — details the video where Derek Chauvin murders George Floyd in Minneapolis. I appreciate that they face up to the impossibility of "neutrality," which is often touted to audio/image describers.

Episode 4 — Sports in the COVID era, and Bob & Doug’s new Space-age look — delves into the crowd noise "sweeteners" that now accompany baseball games as well as the actual Hollywood set designers for the SpaceX spacesuits. Since I know zilch about baseball, I appreciated the context for the stylized drama between managers and catchers.