In The Arena, the Jonathan Mosen Story
5 years ago

E1 Early life, radio kid, taking control of destiny and teenage uncertainty

Glen Gordon begins this 9-part exploration of Jonathan Mosen's life by asking about his childhood. We learn about Jonathan's family, and the impact of radio from a very early age including his being well-known on radio in Auckland from the age of...

5 years ago

E2 Schooling, atheism, full-time radio and along comes a woman

As Glen Gordon continues to explore Jonathan Mosen's life, Jonathan describes picking himself up from the depths of despair using a formula that had worked so well for him before. This time, it earned him his first full-time commercial radio gig. We...

5 years ago

E3 University, going online and an affinity for technology

As Glen Gordon continues to explore Jonathan Mosen's life, we learn about Jonathan the undergraduate at the University of Auckland, and some of his early technology use including the VersaBraille from TSI, the Apple 2 E, the Keynote XL and its...

5 years ago

E4 Guide dogs, parenting, tragedy and government relations

As Glen Gordon continues to explore Jonathan Mosen's life, we begin by talking about why it was necessary for Jonathan to quit full-time radio in the interests of starting a family. But their attempts to start a family began tragically. Jonathan talks...

5 years ago

E5 The advocate, the agitator and the diminishing hearing

Glen Gordon continues exploring Jonathan Mosen's life by discussing the epic struggle for governance reform of the Blind Foundation in New Zealand, another initiative that was to attract international interest. Jonathan was instrumental in ensuring...

4 years ago

E6 Founding and running ACB Radio

As Glen Gordon continues to explore Jonathan Mosen's life, we learn about the origins, operation and expansion of ACB Radio, which Jonathan founded in 1999. You'll hear a few rare recordings from the period.

4 years ago

E7 Mushroom FM and the geek

As Glen Gordon continues to explore Jonathan Mosen's life, we begin this episode by talking about Jonathan's Internet radio activities outside ACB Radio, including the founding, phenomenal growth, operation, closure and resurrection of Mushroom Fm. We...

4 years ago

E8 The product manager and the controversial big fish in the small pond

As Glen Gordon continues to explore Jonathan Mosen's life, we begin this episode talking about Jonathan's use of assistive technology. He remembers the real sense of concern that Windows may represent a huge step backwards for the blind, and his first...

4 years ago

E9 Happy ever after?

In the final episode of this series where Glen Gordon explores Jonathan Mosen's life, we learn about the events that led to the formation of Mosen Consulting, the redefining of his role at Freedom Scientific, his major self-improvement drive which has...