Optical Journal Podcast

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

MIDO 2026 12/18/2025

MIDO 2026 Daniel speaks with Lorraine Berton, the President of ANFAO, about MIDO 2026. https://www.mido.com/en/?ref=OJ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/39389325

opti 2026 12/11/2025

opti 2026 Daniel speaks with Cathleen Kabashi, the Exhibition Director of opti. https://www.opti.de/en?ref=OJ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/39346020

Robert William Morris - Wright & Bailey London 11/20/2025

Robert William Morris - Wright & Bailey London 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/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/39024825

Neil Handley - British Optical Association Museum 11/13/2025

Neil Handley - British Optical Association Museum Daniel speaks with Neil Handley, the Curator of the British Optical Association Museum at The College of Optometrists in London. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/38859870

Vision After Violence 11/06/2025

Vision After Violence Daniel sits down with Ana Hernandez Thallas to discuss Vision After Violence, the organization she created to honor the memory of her daughter, who was tragically murdered. /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/38771330

Root & Steel Eyewear 10/23/2025

Root & Steel Eyewear Daniel speaks with Zeynep Var, the co-founder of Root & Steel Eyewear. https://www.rootandsteel.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/38208220

SILMO Istanbul 2025 10/09/2025

SILMO Istanbul 2025 Daniel speaks with Banu Baran Seven, Gokhan Sahinler, and Selin Olmsted about SILMO Istanbul 2025. https://www.silmoistanbul.com/en /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/38131855

Lars Malmsten and Jan Vana - Vasuma Eyewear 09/11/2025

Lars Malmsten and Jan Vana - Vasuma Eyewear Daniel speaks with Lars Malmsten and Jan Vana, two of the founders of Vasuma Eyewear. https://vasuma.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/37984520

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo West 2025 08/28/2025

Ashley Mills - Vision Expo West 2025 Daniel speaks with the CEO of The Vision Council, Ashley Mills, about the final Vision Expo West, taking place in Las Vegas, September 17-20, 2025. https://west.visionexpo.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/37893710

Lars Flyvholm - Design Eyewear Group 08/21/2025

Lars Flyvholm - Design Eyewear Group Daniel speaks with Lars Flyvholm, the CEO of Design Eyewear Group. https://designeyeweargroup.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/37778765

Gisela and Gustavo Assis - LAPIMA Eyewear 08/07/2025

Gisela and Gustavo Assis - LAPIMA Eyewear Daniel speaks with Gisela and Gustavo Assis, the founders of LAPIMA Eyewear https://www.lapima.com/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/37688520

SILMO Paris 2025 07/17/2025

SILMO Paris 2025 Daniel speaks with Amélie Morel Martin, SILMO’s President, and Eric Lenoir, SILMO’s Exhibition Director about SILMO Paris 2025. https://www.silmoparis.com/?ref=OJ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/37381060

Camilla Stramare - STRATO Eyewear 06/26/2025

Camilla Stramare - STRATO Eyewear Daniel speaks with Camilla Stramare of STRATO Eyewear from Quero Vas, Veneto, Italy. https://stratoeyewear.it/ /episode/index/show/opticalbusinessnews/id/37142015

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

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