Sir Robin Millar is a legend. He's produced gold and platinum-selling records and launched the careers of artists such as Sade, Phoebe Bridgers and Cigarettes After Sex. But he wasn't always so comfortable in his own skin, or revealing to other

Do Blind People Use Body Language?

Jun 8th, 2021 21m 4s

This week on the podcast, we're collaborating with Radiotopia and PRX to share the first episode of the new podcast, Blind Guy Travels. Follow along with host Matthew Shifrin as he shares his perspective on everything from LEGOs to online datin

Overcoming Hopelessness with LEGO's Blind Art Director

Jun 1st, 2021 1h 11m

Morten Bonde is a motivational speaker, author and senior art director at the LEGO Group – but he wasn't always that way. When he started losing the majority of his vision in his early 40's, Morten thought his world was falling apart. But rathe

Broadeye: Talking With Doctors About Blindness

May 25th, 2021 28m 26s

Each week, the Broadeye Podcast explores knowledge gap for eye care professionals – and what greater knowledge gap than the one between ophthalmologists and the blindness community? For years, people have struggled to get referred for quality s

Blind Film Club: What Did 'Ray' Do for Blind People?

May 18th, 2021 1h 25m

Ray came out in 2004 to accolades and, eventually, after the passing of the real Ray Charles that same year, took home Oscars for best film, best director, best actor and more. But what does Ray get right, and wrong, about what it's like to be

What's it Like to Get Your Vision Back?

May 4th, 2021 1h 11m

This week is a collaboration with the 13 Letters Podcast: From having his story written in Crashing Through to founding Accessible GPS company Sendero, Mike May has been a household name in the world of access and inclusion for decades. Mike j

The First Deafblind Actor to Attend the Oscars

Apr 20th, 2021 38m 26s

When Robert Tarango was cast to star in Doug Roland's short film Feeling Through, he was a kitchen assistant at the Helen Keller National Center. On Sunday, he'll walk down the red carpet at the 93rd Academy Awards. Here's his story – and why i

How do Blind People Shop for Groceries?

Apr 13th, 2021 18m 48s

Some of our favorite podcast guests share their tips and tricks for shopping blind at the grocery store.

Inside the Mind of a Blind Psychologist

Apr 6th, 2021 1h 7m

Blind psychologist Heidi Joshi gives advice for better mental health, finding the right therapist and her own experience navigating the medical profession.

White Canes and Guide Dogs: What's Actually the Difference?

Mar 30th, 2021 1h 1m

Bryan Bashin (LightHouse for the Blind and Visualy Impaired, San Francisco) and Theresa Stern (Guide Dogs for the Blind) sit down to debate the merits, drawbacks, pros and cons of white canes and guide dogs.

How do Blind People Skateboard?

Mar 23rd, 2021 56m 20s

Blind skateboarder Dan Mancina talks about how he gained confidence as a skater, his career as a pro skate team and the normal everyday struggles that make him no different than anyone else.

Growing Up Blind with a Sighted Mom

Mar 18th, 2021 1h 13m

Kristin Smedley, author of Thriving Blind and founder of the new Assistive Tech Tank accelerator program, has a simple message: It's not blind peoples' responsibility to make the world more accessible, it's the responsibility of everyone to be

Blind Film Club: Does Al Pacino Play a Good Blind Guy?

Mar 11th, 2021 1h 35m

Will Butler, Andrew Leland, Sheri Wells-Jensen, and Byron Harden join forces for the premiere of Season 3 to review the Oscar-winning drama, Scent of a Woman. The film starred Al Pacino as an infamous, grumpy blind man set against the world and

Can Blindness Be Funny?

May 19th, 2020 39m 13s

For centuries, people have been laughing at caricatures of blindness in TV, film and entertainment – but how often are they laughing with us? Amir Rahimi has begun exploring the art of standup comedy as a fledgling comic in the Washington, DC c

She Didn't Know She Was Blind

May 5th, 2020 1h 25m

What’s it like to hide your blindness from the world? Or not even know you’re blind in the first place? Caroline Casey was in denial for the first 28 years of her life. Her parents never told her she was legally blind, and by the time she got i

Exploring the Senses with a Blind Chemist

Apr 23rd, 2020 1h 25m

Growing up in the rolling hills of Northern California, Hoby Wedler always had a passion for exploration. Blind since birth and profoundly curious, Hoby explored phenomena small and large. He hiked mountains and rode bikes through rural landsca

Deaf-blind in the White House

Apr 7th, 2020 50m 10s

This week: a very special interview from the 13 Letters Podcast. 'Fearless' is a word many would use to describe Haben Girma, the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School. A disability rights lawyer, memoir author, and public speaker, Hab

How Blind Folks Dealing with the Pandemic?

Mar 26th, 2020 25m 57s

In the last two weeks, the whole world has changed. The global economy has all but slammed to a halt, people are locked in their houses and not allowed to leave except for essential tasks, and the self-isolation has presented humans with a whol

Sounds Ambitious

Mar 10th, 2020 34m 47s

What would you do with $25,000? That's what the Holman Prize is all about. Any blind or visually impaired adult in the world can apply – and every year, the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco grants the Holman Prize

Best Apps, Wearables and the Future of Blind Tech

Feb 25th, 2020 1h 26m

Podcasters Robin Christopherson (Dot to Dot) and Steven Scott (Double Tap Canada) join forces every week on RNIB Connect radio to talk tech. Both longtime tech early adopters and well-known voices of the UK’s visually impaired community, the tw

Is the Music Industry Accessible?

Feb 11th, 2020 1h 12m

Byron Harden has a mission: to teach as many blind people as possible to work in recording studios, produce music and edit audio like pros. Working in the music industry might seem like a natural for the visually impaired, but the truth is huge

Blind Girls Can Do Their Own Makeup

Dec 17th, 2019 44m 59s

Confident; in control; beautiful. Are these words you associate with blindness? When Lucy Edwards became blind in 2013, she didn’t. Over the last five years, though, she’s become the first blind ambassador for Cover Girl, an accomplished journa

Two Blind Brothers Running a Clothing Company

Dec 3rd, 2019 56m 25s

Two Blind Brothers are "obsessed with soft." The 34 and 27 year old entrepreneurs have Stargardt disease, which gradually reduces the central vision and results in functional blindness. and they quit their day jobs a few years ago to pursue 2BB

Hollywood's Go-to Blindness Consultant Has a Big New Show

Nov 19th, 2019 1h 9m

99% of the word can see, 1% can not –– but what if it were the other way around? That’s the premise of Apple’s first original fantasy TV series, “See,” which premiered in November on their new streaming video platform, TV+. In order to tell the

Can Blind Artists Compete with Those Who Can See?

Nov 5th, 2019 32m 56s

Blind artists are often lauded for “continuing to work” despite their disability, but can they compete alongside artists who can see? Has a blind artist ever really “made it” in the art world? How about Claude Monet? Emilie Gossiaux rose to na