Optical Journal Podcast

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/

11/20/25 • 34:08

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  

11/13/25 • 27:55

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.

11/6/25 • 25:03

Daniel speaks with Zeynep Var, the co-founder of Root & Steel Eyewear.     https://www.rootandsteel.com/

10/23/25 • 25:24

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

10/9/25 • 40:03

Daniel speaks with Lars Malmsten and Jan Vana, two of the founders of Vasuma Eyewear. https://vasuma.com/

9/11/25 • 32:44

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/  

8/28/25 • 17:02

Daniel speaks with Lars Flyvholm, the CEO of Design Eyewear Group.   https://designeyeweargroup.com/

8/21/25 • 23:39

Daniel speaks with Gisela and Gustavo Assis, the founders of LAPIMA Eyewear       https://www.lapima.com/

8/7/25 • 17:29

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

7/17/25 • 27:13

Daniel speaks with Camilla Stramare of STRATO Eyewear from Quero Vas, Veneto, Italy.    https://stratoeyewear.it/

6/26/25 • 32:45

Daniel speaks with Rick and Cindy Taylor of Forall Frameworks from their offices in Lubbock, Texas.     https://www.forallframeworks.com/  

6/12/25 • 28:08

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/

4/24/25 • 35:19

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/

4/10/25 • 23:55

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/

3/20/25 • 15:57

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

1/30/25 • 17:22

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/

1/23/25 • 20:14

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/  

1/16/25 • 23:32

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.  

1/2/25 • 27:51

Daniel speaks with the retired Editor-in-Chief of 20/20 Magazine, James Spina from earlier this year.

12/19/24 • 40:44

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

11/28/24 • 28:20

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/  

11/7/24 • 22:03

Daniel speaks with Katherine Giovannone of MESquad Kids Eyewear.   https://mesquad.ca/

10/10/24 • 19:28

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

9/19/24 • 13:21

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

9/5/24 • 16:21

Daniel speaks with the Founder and CEO of Woodys Eyewear, Josep Dosta.     https://woodyseyewear.com/

8/22/24 • 25:30

Daniel speaks with Pelin Munis, the CEO of RestoringVision.   https://restoringvision.org

8/8/24 • 30:36

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  

7/25/24 • 26:13

Daniel speaks with the recently retired Editor-in-Chief of 20/20 Magazine, James Spina.

7/11/24 • 40:38

Daniel speaks with Johanna Skans, the founder of Skans Eyewear from her studio in Coppenhagen.

6/20/24 • 26:32