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Jul 16, 20202 min
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Episode description

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 context. Lively, hard-hitting, witty, vibrant, and fun, this is conversation with a view! 

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Transcript

Speaker 1

Talk description to me with Christine Malik and JJ hunt. Hi, I'm Christie and I'm J JJ hunt. This is talk description to me where the visuals of current events and the world around us get hashed out in description, rich conversations.

Speaker 2

One thing I was wondering about I've been seeing the phrase a lot taken need , and I'm not clear what that actually means. Can you flush the water ? If you could give the visuals on what Justin Trudeau's hair is looking like these days. So my age, a little bit there as a blind person, I get left with questions. Sometimes

Speaker 1

A lot of signs that say defund the police or defund white supremacy. And he's a balding Jen with the white care at the sides of his head

Speaker 2

And what the cherry blossoms look like.

Speaker 1

Look like a frat house front lawn. If you want a quick snapshot image of what a police officer looks like in the context of these protests. Thanks

Speaker 2

So much of the news coverage is focused on images

Speaker 1

In these white chalk circles on the lawn that , I mean, they look like they're pieces on a board game or something

Speaker 2

Cultural context for that gesture. It sounds very unfamiliar to him

Speaker 1

That were shown in the paper that were infuriating to people across the County . Absolute objectivity is something that describers aim for, but when you're having conversations about visuals of the world around us, absolute objectivity could come near impossible. Such a good question. Talk description to me with Christine Malik , JJ. Huh ?

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