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The Documentary Podcast

Batman and Ethan

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.32.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Follow Ethan, a 10-year-old blind musician as he learns echolocation from Daniel Kish, a method used for navigating around objects using sound.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you for downloading from the BBC.

0:04.0

The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use

0:08.0

go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.

0:14.0

You're listening to the BBC World Service.

0:17.0

This is Helena Maryman with Batman and Ethan.

0:21.0

This is a story about a boy called Ethan.

0:32.0

He's 10 years old with deep brown eyes.

0:35.0

And in many ways he's just like any other boy his age.

0:38.0

He loves toy cars.

0:40.0

I like the way they just zoom before it.

0:43.0

Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!

0:45.0

He's just had his first kiss.

0:47.0

She kissed me at church.

0:49.0

And he's obsessed with trains.

0:53.0

But there are two things about Ethan that make him a little different.

0:57.0

First, his piano playing.

0:59.0

He's good. Really good.

1:01.0

In fact, this is Ethan practicing at home.

1:10.0

And the second thing?

1:12.0

Ethan's never seen his toy cars or the girl he kissed in church

1:16.0

or the piano he plays on.

1:18.0

Ethan was born blind.

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