{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/aacb15fc-f2a9-43e6-9d0f-521463063cef/65c126f4063f010016403ec3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"RHLSTP 489 - Amar Latif","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0fda1a8cbe093a3cf14b/1707156424205-a579fb43f3682f55c253c0097dcddef1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>#489 Dream On</strong> - Richard has had a very difficult journey to the Leeds City Varieties and wouldn’t have made it without the genius of tour manager Bec, but thank God he did because this is a terrific podcast with broadcaster and former accountant Amar&nbsp;Latif. He talks about how he coped with losing 95% of his sight at 18, why he was still determined to become an accountant and why he refused to accept that unaccompanied blind people weren’t allowed to travel the world. Richard inevitably attempts to claim that mind blindness is as serious a disability and receives terrible prejudice in return. Also climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, risking a piss in the middle of the night on top of a volcano, sky diving and wanting to fly solo round the world, needing to look more blind for the BBC and a surprising mentor for Amar’s writing.</p><p><br></p><p>See RHLSTP on tour-&nbsp;<a href=\"http://richardherring.com/rhlstp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://richardherring.com/rhlstp</a></p><p>See Rich's stand-up tour Can I Have My Ball Back - <a href=\"https://richardherring.com/ballback/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://richardherring.com/ballback/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT THE SHOW!</strong></p><p><strong>Watch our </strong><a href=\"https://twitch.tv/rkherring\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TWITCH CHANNEL</a></p><p><strong>See extra content&nbsp;at our </strong><a href=\"https://rhlstp.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WEBSITE</a></p>","author_name":"Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe and Fuzz Productions"}