In Perspective, 486, With Marda Bartel, Certified Mental Health Peer Specialist

October 19, 2026 By Bob Branco

October 16, 2026 edition of “In Perspective”

In Perspective is now available on iTunes.

You can open the podcasts app and search for the In perspective Podcast. Once you find the podcast, tap subscribe. It may be Faster if you tap this link from your iPhone, and this will take you directly to the podcast in iTunes allowing you to subscribe. Here’s the link.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inperspective-podcast/id1483160573

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Podcast Broadcast Info

In Perspective is aired on C Joy Internet Radio, at www.cjoyinternetradio.com (under C JOY 2) on Tuesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time and on the Massachusetts Radio Reading Service through the Talking Information Center (TIC), Saturday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time as well as Out-of-Sight Radio every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Radio Perkins, the campus radio station at Perkins School for the Blind, will air In Perspective, every Sunday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern time. You can find Radio Perkins at www.radioperkins.org.

The Audible Local Ledger covers the Cape, the Islands and the South Coast (mainly Bristol County).

In addition to receivers, we can be heard on smart speakers by saying “Alexa, play the Audible Local Ledger on TuneIn.”

From our website:

Listening to Us

Listening Methods
Outside of the Radio, we provide a number of different ways to receive our broadcasts. Use whichever method works best for you.

Website
Our website provides a live feed from our studio on our homepage. In addition, you can find an archive of past recordings under the "Archived Readings" tab so that you can catch up on anything you miss. (http://www.audiblelocalledger.org/)

Alexa
We can also be heard on Alexa by saying these exact words: "Alexa. Play The Audible Local Ledger on Tune In."

SERO
The audible local ledger is covered by the SERO app for the blind. We're located under reading services by state, and are the first station listed under Massachussets

Phone Number
The Audible Local Ledger can be heard over the phone line by dialing 781-834-5836, pressing 3 when prompted. By putting the call on speaker, you can listen to us over the phone.

Also available on Cable TV
• Fall River - FRC - TV - Channel 95 - 3:00 PM
• Fall River - FRC - Radio - 7:00 PM
• Fall River - FRG - TV - Channel 17
• Marion - ORC - TV - Channel 38 & 95
• Mashpee - Channel 99
• Rochester - ORC - TV - Channel 38 & 95

Sports Round Table Podcast

My podcast, Sports Round Table, is aired on C Joy Internet Radio, at www.cjoyinternetradio.com (under C JOY 2) on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time and on the Massachusetts Radio Reading Service on Wednesdays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time as well as on Out-of-Sight Radio every Saturday at 1:00 Eastern time.

Bob Hachey, Allen Hensel, Tom Dalley and Lin Gagnon talk with me for one hour a week about the hot sports topics that week. If you can’t hear the show when it’s on, it will be archived. Follow this link to visit the Sports Round Table Archive. If you have trouble navigating the page, John Shea of the Radio Reading Service is willing to listen to any suggestions on how to improve the page, especially for those of you with screen readers.