Explore every episode of the podcast The Optical Journal Podcast
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| Robert William Morris - Wright & Bailey London | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:34:08 | |
Daniel speaks with Robert William Morris, founder of William Morris Eyewear and now the creative force behind Wright & Bailey London, his new eyewear venture.
https://wrightandbaileylondon.com/ | |||
| Neil Handley - British Optical Association Museum | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:27:55 | |
Daniel speaks with Neil Handley, the Curator of the British Optical Association Museum at The College of Optometrists in London.
https://www.college-optometrists.org/the-british-optical-association-museum
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| Camilla Stramare - STRATO Eyewear | 26 Jun 2025 | 00:32:45 | |
Daniel speaks with Camilla Stramare of STRATO Eyewear from Quero Vas, Veneto, Italy.
https://stratoeyewear.it/ | |||
| Sam Whitten | Hemp Eyewear | 07 Apr 2022 | 00:23:53 | |
Just in time for Earth Day and 420, Daniel speaks with the owner and Managing Director of Hemp Eyewear, Sam Whitten. | |||
| My Vision Show Spring 2022 | 31 Mar 2022 | 00:34:34 | |
Daniel speaks with Jason Kirk, ½ of the amazing Kirk & Kirk team, and Charlene Nichols, the founder of Optical Near Me and more specifically about the next iteration of My Vision Show premiering April 28 – May 1. | |||
| Philippe Vergez | Philippe V Eyewear | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:29:44 | |
Daniel speaks with Philippe Vergez, the founder, designer, of Philippe V Eyewear from his home in the French Basque Country. | |||
| Lou Fullagar - The Loft NYC 2022 | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:17:12 | |
Daniel speaks with Lou Fullagar, the Marketing Director for Loft Eyewear Shows about this year's Loft at Hudson Merchantile in New York City, March 31 - April 3. | |||
| Ashley Mills - Vision Expo East 2022 | 10 Mar 2022 | 00:20:36 | |
Daniel speaks with Ashley Mills the CEO of the Vision Council about Vision Expo East taking place March 31-April 3, 2022, at The Javits Center in New York City. | |||
| Dutz Eyewear | Roland Vandermeulen | 03 Mar 2022 | 00:19:58 | |
Daniel speaks with Roland Vandermeulen, the owner of Dutz Eyewear from his studio in Oss, Netherlands. | |||
| KerriAnn Hodge | De'Cordova Eyewear | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:18:15 | |
Daniel speaks with Dr. KerriAnn Hodge, the chief optometrist, and founder of De'Cordova Eyewear. | |||
| See To C | 17 Feb 2022 | 00:43:13 | |
Daniel Speaks with Alexis Kaye Hanes of Eyecare Specialties in Colorado, Colleen Galanti of Pascarella Eye Care & Contact Lenses in Pennsylvania, and Rose Mary Torres of La Vista Mobile Optical in Virginia about the big C, Cancer, and their experiences in optical. | |||
| Nicola Zotta | Marchon Eyewear | 10 Feb 2022 | 00:38:23 | |
Daniel speaks with Nicola Zotta, the President of Marchon Eyewear, not from his office in New York City, but in the middle of his travels to Italy.
https://www.marchon.com | |||
| Jaromir Ufer | Kerl Eyewear | 03 Feb 2022 | 00:22:47 | |
Daniel speaks with engineer turned eyewear entrepreneur, Jaromir Ufer, the co-founder, and CEO of Kerl Eyewear, from his studio in Munich, Germany.
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| Rick & Cindy Taylor - Forall Frameworks | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:28:08 | |
Daniel speaks with Rick and Cindy Taylor of Forall Frameworks from their offices in Lubbock, Texas.
https://www.forallframeworks.com/
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| Tom Wolfenden | Wolf Eyewear | 27 Jan 2022 | 00:14:39 | |
Daniel speaks with Tom Wolfenden, the Founder, and Director of Wolf Eyewear, from his studio in London.
https://www.wolfeyewear.com/ | |||
| GLBL Eyewear Group | Jonathan Van Blerk | 20 Jan 2022 | 00:23:43 | |
Daniel speaks with Jonathan Van Blerk, the co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of The GLBL Eyewear Group from his studio in London.
https://www.glbleyewear.com/ | |||
| Mik Somers and theo eyewear | 13 Jan 2022 | 00:26:20 | |
Daniel speaks with Mik Somers, the Co-Owner of theo Eyewear.
https://www.theo.be/ | |||
| STRUKTUR Eyewear | 06 Jan 2022 | 00:18:14 | |
Daniel speaks with Jean-Francois Luffeaux and Thierry Bonhomme, the owners of STRUKTUR Eyewear from their offices in Guichainville, France. | |||
| E. Dean Butler - Encore | 30 Dec 2021 | 00:29:35 | |
Daniel talks retail optometry with E. Dean Butler from March of 2021. | |||
| Caron Eyewear - Encore Presentation | 23 Dec 2021 | 00:27:11 | |
Daniel speaks with Caron Kraitt the designer and creative force behind Caron Eyewear back in May of 2021. | |||
| MIDO 2022 | 09 Dec 2021 | 00:30:53 | |
Daniel speaks with Giovanni Vitaloni, the President of MIDO, the largest optical show in Europe, coming back live to Milan, Italy, on February 12th, 13th, and 14th. https://www.mido.com/ | |||
| Coti Vision | 02 Dec 2021 | 00:21:21 | |
Daniel speaks with Nancy Gries and Julie Hawkins, the ladies behind the eyewear and accessory brand featured on Dragons Den, Coti Vision.
https://www.cotivision.com/ | |||
| Nathan Garnett - 100% Optical 2022 | 25 Nov 2021 | 00:20:24 | |
Daniel speaks with Nathan Garnett, the Director of 100% Optical from London about the upcoming 2022 show taking place January 22-24, 2022 at ExCeL London. | |||
| Jim McGrann - Healthy Eyes Advantage/PECAA | 18 Nov 2021 | 00:32:26 | |
Daniel speaks with Jim McGrann, the Chairman and CEO of Healthy Eyes Advantage/PECAA from his office in New York City. | |||
| Wendy Altman Cohen - Image Optics | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:35:19 | |
Daniel speaks with Wendy Altman Cohen, the Founder of Image Optics, and legendary optician to movie and television studios, as well as who's who in Hollywood.
https://imageoptics.com/ | |||
| opti 2022 - Bettina Reiter | 11 Nov 2021 | 00:19:21 | |
Daniel speaks with Bettina Reiter, the Exhibition Director of opti, the first optical trade show of 2022, taking place January 14-16 in Munich, Germany.
https://www.opti.de/ | |||
| Optical Women's Association - Deb Bulken | 04 Nov 2021 | 00:28:11 | |
Daniel speaks with the newly installed president of The Optical Women's Association, Luxottica's own Deb Bulken.
https://www.opticalwomen.com/ | |||
| Tyler Horsley -Nuclear Networking | 28 Oct 2021 | 00:32:31 | |
Daniel speaks with Tyler Horsley, the CEO of Nuclear Networking about SEO facts and SEO BS.
https://www.nuclearnetworking.com/ | |||
| Maarten Weidema - The Eyewear Forum - Fall 2021 | 21 Oct 2021 | 00:29:09 | |
Daniel speaks with Maarten Weidema, the publisher and Editor in Chief of The Eyewear Forum, and a friend of The Optical Journal from his home just outside Amsterdam Netherlands about the new fall fashion trends in eyewear. | |||
| Dr. Sandi Eveleth | 14 Oct 2021 | 00:41:54 | |
Daniel speaks with Dr. Sandi Eveleth, Optometrist, Optical shop owner, Author, Marketer, Web Designer, Video Editor, and Optical consultant.
https://www.drsandieveleth.com/ https://becauseofsamthemovie.com/
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| Vontélle Eyewear | 07 Oct 2021 | 00:21:16 | |
Daniel speaks with Nancey Harris and Tracy Green of Vontélle Eyewear from their studios in Brooklyn, New York. | |||
| Frank Giammanco - Making A Difference | 30 Sep 2021 | 00:18:28 | |
Daniel speaks with Frank Giammanco, a long-time optical media presence about his book, Making a Difference - How a little upstart eyewear company changed the optical industry. | |||
| Marcus Sheridan - Encore Presentation | 23 Sep 2021 | 00:35:40 | |
Daniel speaks with best-selling author and international speaker Marcus Sheridan in 2020 about marketing. | |||
| Ami LeFevre & Raymond Castro Talk VEW | 16 Sep 2021 | 00:33:32 | |
Daniel speaks with Ami LeFevre and Raymond Castro about how they will be getting ready for Vision Expo West. | |||
| Laibach & York - Vision Expo West | 09 Sep 2021 | 00:23:56 | |
Daniel speaks with Blaz Oberc and Leo Zupan, of Laibach & York eyewear from Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Toronto, Canada. | |||
| SIOS 2025 | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:23:55 | |
Daniel speaks with Alexandra Peng, Bradie, Husser, Darlene Grubbs, and Leo Zupan about the Southern Independent Optical Show (SIOS), which is taking place on May 3rd in Frisco, Texas.
https://siopticalshow.com/ | |||
| Ashley Mills - Vision Expo West 2021 | 02 Sep 2021 | 00:18:56 | |
Ashley Mills, the CEO of The Vision Council, returns to update us on this year's show running from the 22nd to the 25th of September. | |||
| Optify | 26 Aug 2021 | 00:28:22 | |
Daniel speaks with Dave Barton and Wes Goddard of Optify.
https://optifyonline.com/ | |||
| The Loft SFO 2021 | 19 Aug 2021 | 00:24:01 | |
Daniel speaks with the President of Bevel Eyewear, Blake Kuwahara, and more importantly, the Founder of The Loft Eyewear Show, Richard Mewha about The Loft San Francisco, taking place September 18 & 19th at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture. | |||
| Cutler and Gross | 12 Aug 2021 | 00:26:05 | |
Daniel speaks with Marie Wilkinson, the Brand Ambassador and former Design Director at Cutler and Gross from her studio in London. | |||
| The Elusive Miss Lou | 05 Aug 2021 | 00:25:29 | |
Daniel speaks with Louise and Teiger Sceats, the mother-son duo behind The Elusive Miss Lou Eyewear.
https://theelusivemisslou.com/ | |||
| SILMO 2021 - Eric Lenoir | 29 Jul 2021 | 00:29:45 | |
Daniel speaks with Eric Lenoir, the Show Director, of everyone's favorite reason to visit Paris, SIMO Paris. | |||
| Anna-Karin Karlsson | 22 Jul 2021 | 00:25:19 | |
Daniel speaks with the one, the only, the glamourous queen of optical, Anna-Karin Karlsson, from her studio in Stockholm, Sweden. | |||
| Portrait Eyewear | 15 Jul 2021 | 00:24:55 | |
Daniel speaks with the brother-sister team of Valentina and Gabriel Hernandez the founders and creative forces behind PORTRAIT Eyewear from their studios in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. | |||
| Shan Khan | 08 Jul 2021 | 00:28:26 | |
Daniel speaks with one of the busiest women in optical; Optician, Instructor, Consultant, Saleswoman, Editor-in-Chief, Volunteer, and more, Shan Khan. | |||
| Éva Gaumé - Emmanuelle Khanh Paris | 01 Jul 2021 | 00:23:41 | |
Daniel speaks with Éva Gaumé, the Artistic and Image Director for Emmanuelle Khanh Paris, from her studio in Paris. | |||
| NEOS Spring 2025 | 20 Mar 2025 | 00:15:57 | |
Daniel speaks with Jessica Leach and Joanna Ruiz about the North East Optical Show taking place April 5th and 6th in Worcester, Massachusetts.
https://www.northeastopticalshow.com/ | |||
| Jerry Dreifuss -Swiss Eyewear Group | 24 Jun 2021 | 00:22:27 | |
Daniel speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Swiss Eyewear Group, from his office in Zurich, Switzerland. | |||
| BAARS Eyewear | 17 Jun 2021 | 00:37:52 | |
Daniel speaks with Guillaume Thuau and Marc-Antoine Rubaud the co-founders of BAARS Eyewear from their studio in Oyonnax. | |||
| My Vision Show 10th Edition | 10 Jun 2021 | 00:30:51 | |
Daniel speaks with Charlene Nichols and Robert Bell about the upcoming 10th edition of My Vision Show coming up June 23-27, 2021. | |||