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Better Eyesight Podcast is a monthly podcast that reads Dr. William H. Bates’ Better Eyesight magazine from 100 years ago and provides modern commentary on the materials.

BETTER EYESIGHT PODCAST A Monthly Podcast That Reads The Better Eyesight Magazine From 100 Years Ago
Episode 071: May 1925 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Nina Hutchings
May 1

May 1 Episode 071: May 1925 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Nina Hutchings

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 7
Episode 070: April 1925 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Carla Sciaky
Apr 1

Apr 1 Episode 070: April 1925 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Carla Sciaky

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 7

~Floating Specks
~Quick Cures
~Stories From The Clinic 62: Quick Cures
~Hungry Fairies
~Concentration and Relaxation
~Announcements
~Vivisection Contraindicated
~Questions And Answers

Episode 069: March 1925 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Gloria Ginn
Mar 1

Mar 1 Episode 069: March 1925 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Gloria Ginn

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 7

~The Elliptical Swing
~Limits Of Vision
~Stories From The Clinic #61: Two Blind Girls
~The Sun as a Cure for Imperfect Sight
~Report of the League Meeting
~Suggestions to Patients
~The Two Princes
~Read Fine Print
~Questions And Answers

Episode 068: February 1925 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Carl Vigilante
Feb 1

Feb 1 Episode 068: February 1925 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Carl Vigilante

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 7

~The Baby Swing
~Cataracts
~Stories From The Clinic #60: Two Cases of Cataract
~Strain
~Clinic Reports From London
~The Elephant and the Fairies
~Report of the League Meeting
~Helpful Hints From Correspondents
~Questions And Answers

Episode 067: January 1925 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nathan Oxenfeld
Jan 1

Jan 1 Episode 067: January 1925 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nathan Oxenfeld

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 7

~Sun-Gazing
~Mental Strain
~Stories From The Clinic #59: Mental Strain
~A Teacher’s Experiment
~Suggestions To Patients
~New Year Fairies
~Report of the League Meeting
~Announcement
~Questions And Answers

Episode 066: December 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nathan Oxenfeld
Dec 1

Dec 1 Episode 066: December 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nathan Oxenfeld

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Suggestions
~Palming
~Stories From The Clinic #58: Christmas
~Nervousness
~Eye Education
~Suggestions To Patients
~Tension
~Report of the November Meeting
~Questions And Answers

Episode 065: November 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Anna Bambridge
Nov 1

Nov 1 Episode 065: November 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Anna Bambridge

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Eye Strain During Sleep
~The Cure Of Myopia
~Stories From The Clinic 57: Cases of Myopia
~Thanksgiving Fairies
~El Uso Natural de la Vision
~The Acrobatic “F”
~Fine Print
~Report of the October Meeting
~Questions And Answers

Episode 064: October 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld, Lizzie May, and Kevin Wooding
Oct 1

Oct 1 Episode 064: October 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld, Lizzie May, and Kevin Wooding

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~The Rabbit's Throat
~Imagination Cures
~Stories From The Clinic #56: School Children
~The Method In England
~The Magic Carpet
~Bates Method a Success in Schools
~Report of the September Meeting
~Questions And Answers

Episode 063: September 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nina Hutchings
Sep 1

Sep 1 Episode 063: September 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nina Hutchings

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Permanent Improvement
~Quick Cures
~Stories From the Clinic 55: A Hospital Patient
~A Personal Experience
~The Fairy School
~The Better Eyesight League August Meeting
~Chief Four Eyes
~Questions And Answers

Episode 062: August 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Charlotte Schuman
Aug 1

Aug 1 Episode 062: August 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Charlotte Schuman

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~The Prevention of Myopia
~School Children
~Stories From The Clinic #54: School Number
~Palming Compositions
~Report of the League Meetings
~The Fairy Convention
~The Eye Class in Erasmus Hall
~Reminders For Summer Eye Practice
~Aim To Cure One Child

Episode 061: July 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Claudia Muehlenweg
Jul 1

Jul 1 Episode 061: July 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Claudia Muehlenweg

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Curable Cases
~Practical Suggestions
~Stories From The Clinic 53: Shock Causes Blindness
~Nervous Symptoms Relieved
~Notes From Patients
~November Numbers Desired
~Report of the League Meetings
~Questions And Answers

Episode 060: June 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld, June Milich, and Nalini Ramji
Jun 1

Jun 1 Episode 060: June 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld, June Milich, and Nalini Ramji

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Blinking
~Blindness
~Stories From The Clinic #52: A Blind Boy
~Sinbad the Sailor
~The Black Fairies
~Help Others
~Kindergarten Children Benefitted
~An Instructive Reprint
~At The Movies
~Questions And Answers

Episode 059: May 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf, Irena Castle, and Amelia Jurado Fernández
May 1

May 1 Episode 059: May 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf, Irena Castle, and Amelia Jurado Fernández

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Time to Practice
~Conical Cornea
~Stories From The Clinic #51: Pop
~The Mind’s Eye
~Lecture to the Psychology Club
~Announcement
~Report of the League Meetings
~Fine Print
~The De Graff Fund for the Prevention of Myopia in Schoolchildren
~Questions And Answers

Episode 058: April 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf, Nathan Oxenfeld, and Ruth Andreu
Apr 1

Apr 1 Episode 058: April 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf, Nathan Oxenfeld, and Ruth Andreu

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Distance of the Snellen Test Card
~Concentration
~Stories From The Clinic: The Blind Girl
~Nancy’s Mental Pictures
~Report of the February Meeting
~Bates’ Evening at the Psychology Club
~The Tin Soldier
~In The Office
~Questions And Answers

Episode 057: March 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Gloria Ginn
Mar 1

Mar 1 Episode 057: March 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Gloria Ginn

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Mental Pictures
~Illusions of Normal Sight
~Stories From The Clinic: The Blind Girl
~Preventing Imperfect Sight in School Children
~Emily’s Response to Miss Hansen
~Minutes of the January Meeting

Episode 056: February 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld, Ainhoa de Federico, and Orit Kruglanski
Feb 1

Feb 1 Episode 056: February 1924 with Nathan Oxenfeld, Ainhoa de Federico, and Orit Kruglanski

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~The Trinity
~Fairy Stories
~Stories From the Clinic: The Blind Girl
~How Joe Cook Learned To Shift
~The Use of Eyesight in a Printing Plant
~Report of the December Meeting
~The Question Mark

Episode 055: January 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nathan Oxenfeld
Jan 1

Jan 1 Episode 055: January 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Nathan Oxenfeld

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 6

~Questions
~The Optical Swing
~Stories From The Clinic #47: My Young Assistant
~Some Clinic Cases
~Report of the League Meeting
~Get A Good Start With Some New Resolutions
~A Glaucoma Case
~Questions And Answers

Episode 054: December 1923 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Dr. Ray Gottlieb
Nov 30

Nov 30 Episode 054: December 1923 with Nathan Oxenfeld and Dr. Ray Gottlieb

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 5

~One Thing
~The Cadet
~Stories From The Clinic: Our Last Christmas at the Harlem Hospital
~Discarding Glasses at 60
~Minutes of the Better Eyesight League
~The Passing of My Glasses
~”Unseeing Eyes”
~The Use of the Burning Glass
~Announcements
~Questions And Answers

Episode 053: November 1923 with Esther Joy van der Werf, Margaret Montgomery, and Ree Coleman
Nov 1

Nov 1 Episode 053: November 1923 with Esther Joy van der Werf, Margaret Montgomery, and Ree Coleman

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 5

~The Book Perfect Sight Without Glasses
~The Treatment Of Myopia
~Stories From The Clinic: The Story of Rose
~Seeing Without Glasses
~A Doctor’s Story
~Minutes of the Better Eyesight League
~Of Special Interest: Throw Away Your Glasses
~Questions And Answers

Episode 052: October 1923 with Nathan Oxenfeld, Kate Keilman, and Greg Marsh
Oct 1

Oct 1 Episode 052: October 1923 with Nathan Oxenfeld, Kate Keilman, and Greg Marsh

Nathan Oxenfeld
Season 5

~Multiple Vision
~Failures
~The Story of Lillian
~New Uses for Relaxation
~Minutes of the Better Eyesight League
~The Post Office Incident
~The Question Mark

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