In Perspective, 445, A Conversation About Government’s Decision to Change the Typeface on Documents Which Affects Those With Reading Difficulties

January 2, 2026 By Bob Branco

anuary 2, 2026 edition of “In Perspective”

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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.

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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.