Tracks of My Life with Dr Amit Patel
Episode 51, Dec 23, 2023, 09:00 AM
Tracks of My Life is a show on RNIB Connect Radio presented and produced by Toby Davey where he invites a guest to take us on a journey through their life, sharing those tracks that mark important moments in their life which bring back treasured memories to them.
Their chosen tracks might include the first track they can remember hearing, the first track they bought, more tracks that mark other memorable moments in their life with the final track being a track that they would like to pass on that might give people hope for the future or inspire them.
In this trimmed down podcast version of Tracks of My Life Toby is joined by Dr Amit Patel, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Author and Broadcaster.
Amit’s Tracks of My Life musical journey will begin with happy memories of school life for him and then to his first real experience of racism when he was in his late teens at college in London.
Then Amit will look back on the impact of the massive explosion of Asian music on main stream radio with the release of Cornershop’s Brimful of Asha and maybe a time when it was cool to be Asian in the UK too.
While working as an A&E Doctor Amit started to lose his sight and he will reflect on his life as an A&E Doctor from both sides of the hospital bed.
Before we come to Amit’s final track we will hear how losing his sight also made him lose his love of music too for a while but his love of music did come back and going to his first Asian gig as a visually impaired person was just as exciting and fun as it was when he had his sight.
You will be able to hear the full hour long version of Amit’s Tracks of My Life on RNIB Connect Radio on Christmas Day at 11am and again on Boxing Day at 1pm.
Image shows Amit smiling towards the camera with his guide dog in the park with trees in the background
Their chosen tracks might include the first track they can remember hearing, the first track they bought, more tracks that mark other memorable moments in their life with the final track being a track that they would like to pass on that might give people hope for the future or inspire them.
In this trimmed down podcast version of Tracks of My Life Toby is joined by Dr Amit Patel, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Author and Broadcaster.
Amit’s Tracks of My Life musical journey will begin with happy memories of school life for him and then to his first real experience of racism when he was in his late teens at college in London.
Then Amit will look back on the impact of the massive explosion of Asian music on main stream radio with the release of Cornershop’s Brimful of Asha and maybe a time when it was cool to be Asian in the UK too.
While working as an A&E Doctor Amit started to lose his sight and he will reflect on his life as an A&E Doctor from both sides of the hospital bed.
Before we come to Amit’s final track we will hear how losing his sight also made him lose his love of music too for a while but his love of music did come back and going to his first Asian gig as a visually impaired person was just as exciting and fun as it was when he had his sight.
You will be able to hear the full hour long version of Amit’s Tracks of My Life on RNIB Connect Radio on Christmas Day at 11am and again on Boxing Day at 1pm.
Image shows Amit smiling towards the camera with his guide dog in the park with trees in the background