Optical Journal Podcast

The Optical Journal podcast is a weekly show about newsmakers, artists, artisans, marketers, opticians, and optometrists who make optical better.

Rick & Cindy Taylor - Forall Frameworks 06/12/2025

Rick & Cindy Taylor - Forall Frameworks Daniel speaks with Rick and Cindy Taylor of Forall Frameworks from their offices in Lubbock, Texas. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/36954190

Wendy Altman Cohen - Image Optics 04/24/2025

Wendy Altman Cohen - Image Optics 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/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/36280660

SIOS 2025 04/10/2025

SIOS 2025 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/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/35978990

NEOS Spring 2025 03/20/2025

NEOS Spring 2025 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/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/35610595

Katherine Cousins - Jennifer Bradley - QUAY Eyewear 01/30/2025

Katherine Cousins - Jennifer Bradley - QUAY Eyewear Daniel Speaks with Katherine Cousins and Jennifer Bradley about one of the hottest eyewear brands born in Australia, QUAY Eyewear. https://www.quay.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/34901645

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo East 2025 01/23/2025

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo East 2025 Daniel speaks with the CEO of The Vision Council, Ashley Mills about Vision Expo East and it's new home, Orlando Florida, taking place, February 19-22, 2025 https://east.visionexpo.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/34901410

Brett Cates - The Eyeball 2025 01/16/2025

Brett Cates - The Eyeball 2025 Daniel speaks with Brett Cates about the newest American trade show event, The Eyeball, taking place on January 25th in Palm Springs, California. https://eyeballpalmsprings.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/34838665

Robert Bell – The EyeCoach – In Memoriam 01/02/2025

Robert Bell – The EyeCoach – In Memoriam Robert Bell, affectionately known by so many as The EyeCoach, passed away last week at 63 from Cancer. This encore podcast from 2019 is a remembrance of a man who loved the optical industry and gave so much to all who knew him. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/34638120

James Spina 20/20 (Encore Edition) 12/19/2024

James Spina 20/20 (Encore Edition) Daniel speaks with the retired Editor-in-Chief of 20/20 Magazine, James Spina from earlier this year. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/34535230

Lorraine Berton - MIDO 2025 11/28/2024

Lorraine Berton - MIDO 2025 Daniel speaks with ANFAO President Lorraine Berton about MIDO 2025 coming February 8th, 9th, and 10th in Milan, Italy. https://www.mido.com/en/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/33954487

Cathleen Kabashi – opti 2025 11/07/2024

Cathleen Kabashi – opti 2025 Daniel speaks with Cathleen Kabashi about the first optical trade show of 2025, opti, running January 31 through February 2nd in Munich, Germany. https://www.opti.de/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/33734442

Katherine Giovannone -MEsquad Eyewear 10/10/2024

Katherine Giovannone -MEsquad Eyewear Daniel speaks with Katherine Giovannone of MESquad Kids Eyewear. https://mesquad.ca/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/33378527

The Mosaic Lounge 2024 09/19/2024

The Mosaic Lounge 2024 Daniel speaks with Colleen Galanti, the founder of Opticians on Facebook about her newest venture, The Mosaic Lounge, an independent trade show event, taking place on October 6th in Newtown, Pennsylvania. https://www.mosaicoptical.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/33047722

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo West 2024 09/05/2024

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo West 2024 Daniel speaks with the CEO of The Vision Council, Ashley Mills about Vision Expo West, September 18-21, 2024 https://west.visionexpo.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/32766927

Josep Dosta - Woodys Eyewear 08/22/2024

Josep Dosta - Woodys Eyewear Daniel speaks with the Founder and CEO of Woodys Eyewear, Josep Dosta. https://woodyseyewear.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/32645112

Pelin Munis - RestoringVision 08/08/2024

Pelin Munis - RestoringVision Daniel speaks with Pelin Munis, the CEO of RestoringVision. https://restoringvision.org /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/32418047

Rolf Eyewear 07/25/2024

Rolf Eyewear Daniel speaks with Christian Wolf and Johannes Wacker of Rolf Eyewear from their design studio in Weißenbach am Lech, Austria, and Samantha Torres, the head of US Operations from her office in New York. https://www.rolf-spectacles.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/32278052

James Spina 20/20 07/11/2024

James Spina 20/20 Daniel speaks with the recently retired Editor-in-Chief of 20/20 Magazine, James Spina. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/32006082

Johanna Skans - Skans Eyewear 06/20/2024

Johanna Skans - Skans Eyewear Daniel speaks with Johanna Skans, the founder of Skans Eyewear from her studio in Coppenhagen. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/31798262

Cliff Robinson - Revo Sunglasses 06/06/2024

Cliff Robinson - Revo Sunglasses Daniel speaks with Cliff Robinson, the CEO of Revo Sunglasses. https://revo.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/31600987

Blackfin Eyewear 05/16/2024

Blackfin Eyewear Daniel speaks with Nicola Del Din and Filippo Pustetto of Blackfin Eyewear. https://www.blackfin.eu/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/31311252

Rosario Toscano - The Akoni Group 04/11/2024

Rosario Toscano - The Akoni Group Daniel speaks with Rosario Toscano, the CEO of the Akoni Group. https://akoni.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/30634023

Elaine Girsdale - SILMO Singapore 2024 03/21/2024

Elaine Girsdale - SILMO Singapore 2024 Daniel speaks with Elaine Grisdale, Director of Development at the International Opticians Association about the upcoming SILMO Singapore Trade Show. https://silmosingapore.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/30446503

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo East 2024 03/07/2024

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo East 2024 Daniel speaks with Ashley Mills about the last Vision Expo East in New York City, VEE 2024! /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/30223763

Eline De Munck - Odette Lunettes 02/22/2024

Eline De Munck - Odette Lunettes Daniel speaks with Eline De Munck, the owner of Odette Lunnetes. https://www.odettelunettes.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/29999038

Southern Independent Optical Show 2024 02/08/2024

Southern Independent Optical Show 2024 Daniel speaks with Carrie Wilson, Matt Smith, and Bradie Husser about the upcoming SIOS show taking place on April 20 near Dallas Texas. https://siopticalshow.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/29655903

Peter Lynes - Curry & Paxton 01/18/2024

Peter Lynes - Curry & Paxton Daniel. speaks with Peter Lynes, the Managing Director of Curry & Paxton Eyewear. https://www.curryandpaxton.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/29363893

Marlon Cera-Marle -100% Optical 2024 01/04/2024

Marlon Cera-Marle -100% Optical 2024 Daniel speaks with the new Director of 100% Optical, Marlon Cera-Marle about the 10th Anniversary edition of 100% Optical. https://www.100percentoptical.com /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/29248153

Cathleen Kabashi - opti 2024 12/21/2023

Cathleen Kabashi - opti 2024 Daniel speaks with Cathleen Kabashi, the Exhibition Director of opti Munich https://www.opti.de/en/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/29152648

Eyewear Artwalk 12/07/2023

Eyewear Artwalk Daniel speaks with Charlene Nichols, and Trevor Williams about the Eyewear Artwalk coming to 7 cities across the US in 2024. https://www.eyewearartwalk.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/28926118

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