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The Blind Chick
The Blind Chick is an Aftersight Original hosted by Penn and Moses Street. It’s a raw, real, and often funny conversation space where blindness isn’t a limitation—it’s part of the story. Each episode dives into the lives of blind and low-vision people, exploring resilience, identity, and the messy, beautiful realities of living without sight. With heart, humor, and honesty, The Blind Chick breaks stereotypes, challenges stigma, and reminds us all that blindness is not the end of the story—it’s…
Episodes
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The Power of Humility in Fostering Curiosity
Summary In this episode, Penn and Moses Street are back for Part 2 as they chat with Andre Van Hall about overcoming prejudice and embracing change. Andre…
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Curiosity as a Tool for Navigating Change
Summary In this episode of The Blind Chick, hosts Penn and Moses interviews Andre Van Hall, a motivational speaker and curiosity instigator. Andre shares his…
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From Capitol Hill to Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
Summary In this episode, Jocelyn Hunter, Senior Director of Communications at Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, shares her experiences and insights. She…
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Belief Beyond Sight: Kayla Jenkins
Walking by Faith, Not Sight: Kayla Jenkins' Inspiring Journey on The Blind Chick Podcast In this episode of 'The Blind Chick,' hosts Moses and Penn Street…
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All the Light We Cannot See: Joe Strechay
Summary In this episode, Penn and Moses are joined again by Joe Strechay, a blind filmmaker and advocate for disability representation in the film industry…
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In Darkness We See: Joe Strechay Unleashed
Empowerment and Inclusion: A Conversation with Joe Stretchay on 'The Blind Chick' Podcast This episode of 'The Blind Chick,' an Aftersight original podcast…
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Shine Music Festival
Creating Inclusive Music Festivals: The Story of Shine Music Festival This episode of 'The Blind Chick' podcast features a conversation with Shawn Satterfield…
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Blindly Globe-Trotting: Tales of Travel and Adaptability
In this episode of 'The Blind Chick,' hosts Penn and Moses welcome clinical social worker and licensed therapist Lea Gaffen-Kessel. Lea shares her personal…
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Professor Blindie's Guide to Seeing the Funny Side of Blindness
Resilience and Rediscovery: Ariana Dewberry's Journey from Sight to Insight This episode of The Blind Chick podcast features host duo Moses and Penn Street…
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Embracing Adaptive Sports and Changing Paths
The Blind Chick Podcast: Conversation with Emily Shavers In this episode of The Blind Chick, hosts converse with Emilee Schevers who talks about her…
The Blind ChickLove and Self-Care: Nefertiti Matos-Olivares' Path to Happiness
Overcoming Life’s Challenges: The Blind Chick Podcast ft. Nefertiti Matos-Olivares In this episode of The Blind Chick podcast, the hosts Penn and Moses Street…
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The Power of Descriptive Narration: Nefertiti's Journey
The Journey of Nefertiti Matos-Olivares: Audio Description Pioneer In this enlightening episode of 'The Blind Chick' podcast, we have a discussion with…
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From Darkness to Empowerment
From Darkness to Empowerment This podcast episode continues an engaging and enlightening interview with Charlie Kramer, a disability life coach and public…
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Living a Kick-Ass Life with a Disability
The Blind Chick Podcast: Exploring Strength, Overcoming Hurdles, and Embracing an Adventurous Lifestyle Would you like to give somebody a shout-out because…
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Lights, Camera, Self-Esteem: Unveiling the Truth Behind Photographs
Overcoming Self Esteem Challenges & Story Time with The Blind Chick Tune in for an uplifting and insightful episode of 'The Blind Chick' where Penn Street, the…
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S3E2: From Victim to Victor: The Story of Safety Positive
The Blind Chick Podcast: Discussing Self-Advocacy and Safety for the Visually Impaired with Amy Wilson In this enlightening episode of The Blind Chick Podcast…
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Paving The Way With Jo
The Blind Chick Podcast: An Insightful Conversation with Author Joe Pinto In this episode of The Blind Chick podcast, hosts Penn and Moses Street delve into an…
The Blind ChickGoodbye Aftersight, Hello Blind Chick
Aftersight: Year-end Wrap Up In this final episode of Aftersight for 2023, host Penn Street reflects on the year's milestones and memorable highlights. From…
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From Singin' and Dancin' to Journalism
Aftersight with Bridget Kuenning-Pollpeter In this episode of 'Aftersight', host Penn Street engages with esteemed guest Bridget Kuenning-Pollpeter. Bridget is…
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Penn Gets A Co-host!
Aftersight Episode: Introducing A New Co-Host and Exciting Future Plans In this episode of Aftersight, Penn Street, the host, introduces her husband Moses…
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Jeff Hanson: An 'Extra'ordinary Life Part 2
Celebrating Jeff Hanson's Legacy, Part 2 In this episode of 'Aftersight', host Penn Street welcomes back Julie and Hal Hanson, parents of Jeff Hanson, a…
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Jeff Hanson an 'Extra'ordinary Life - Part 1
Aftersight: A Tribute to an Extraordinary Life - Part 1 This episode of Aftersight features the parents of Jeff Hanson, a young, award-winning artist who…
The Blind ChickMedicare vs. Medicaid
Medicare and Enrollment Periods: Insight With Brenda Trey Hosts - After Sight Podcast In this episode of the Aftersight Podcast, host Penn Street welcomes…
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Aftersight's 100th Episode
Aftersight's Special 100th Episode: Reflection, Celebrations and New Beginnings In this milestone 100th episode of the podcast Aftersight, host Penn Street…
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Fall 2023 Aging At Altitude
Every so often we do these Aging at Altitude events and it's wonderful to see so many vendors and stories coming from this community. If you would like to give…
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Story Telling From a Blind Perspective
Chad is back this week as we dive into part two. It's funny when you think of the art of storytelling, and it comes to the use of our imagination. Effective…
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The Blind Magician
From Penn and Teller to the magicians, numerous moves, no O&M training for many years and a wonderfully successful career and Chad Allen will say, it's all…
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Braille Isn't Dead
Samuel makes an encore appearance on our flagship show, Aftersight. Penn and Samuel discuss the importance of Braille and why it's not a dying communication…
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Oh Say Can you See Liza Jo
From one Star-Spangled Banner to another, Liza Jo has begun her journey into country music on the Stars and Stripes of America, riding on the wings of an eagle…
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Chloe Duplessis and the "I Voted" Sticker
Welcome to part three of this amazing story from Chloe Duplessis. I how you have enjoyed this miniseries as we have delved deep into the life and heart of…
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Chloe Duplessis: I'm An Artist. Period.
We just had to have Chloe back for another week of amazing discussion from Penn and Chloe. Many times we deal with what qualifies us to do what we do and we…
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Chloe Duplessis: It's ok, It's Already Done.
This is part 1 of an incredible interview with the Chloe Duplessis. She is an amazing artist and more than that she has a gift for story telling and her story…
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Audio Trekers Hike
It was so much fun being on this incredible hike with so many amazing people. Evan and Penn sit down to reflect on their time on the mountain. Even did an…
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The Potter's Wheel
I know last week we left you with quite the cliffhanger and while I am sorry for doing that we wanted you to come back and experience the rest of Kalvin's…
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Not Bears... But God...
WARNING: THIS EPISODE DOES TALK ABOUT CHILD SUICIDE. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. You will not believe this story until you hear it. This is Kelvin Crosby…
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Ricky McKinnie and the Blind Boys of Alabama Part 2
We're back with part 2 of this wonderful interview with Ricky McKinnie. Ricky and Penn discuss what's next for the Blind Boys of Alabama, and they make sure to…
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Ricky McKinnie and the Blind Boys of Alabama
This was such a fun episode! Ricky McKinnie of the Blind Boys of Alabama joins Penn on this week's episode of Aftersight. Ricky is a wealth of knowledge and…
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Cazerney Bussey and the Blind Money Gang
Look out now! Cazerney Bussey is on the move as now he's joining Penn Stree on Aftersight and spend a few weeks with the boys over at Blind Level Tech. Caz is…
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Trischa Zorn: Going Before the Olympic Committee
This episode of Aftersight is bringing back Penn and Trischa, and they are talking about all the exciting times that Trischa went before the Olympic Committee…
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Trischa Zorn: But That's Not Who I Am
Tricha and Penn are teaming up for this wonderful two part episode as they discuss the impact that sports and advocating for not only your self has in society…
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A Completely New Approach to Physical Health
So take all your knowledge about stretching, exercise, movement, and health; now throw it out the window! Erik comes to flip the physical education world on…
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Mohammed Laachir: No, Not That JAWS
This was a fun week as Penn is joined all the way from Amsterdam by Mohammed Laachir who work for JAWS. He has an incredible story and talks about how his…
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Ginny Owens: I Will Go Through the Valley if You Want Me To
Ginny Owens is an amazing woman first and foremost. She has won awards for her music and is a celebrated author. Penn and Ginny discuss a lot of aspects about…
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Rebroadcast Tanveer
Tanveer came to us through a good friend of the show, and his story is so worth repeating. Enjoy.
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A Rare Story from a Story Teller
Paulette Foss, had a rough time getting into the AINC studios this week, but her tenacity and drive allowed her to get to the studios and share not only her…
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Surviving 9/11
Penn is joined by an amazing man who has authored and spoken worldwide since 2003. Michael is a survivor of 9/11. He was on the 78th floor of Tower 1 when the…
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Concert in the Dark Behind the Scenes
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported AINC with our concert in the Dark event. It was wildly successful, and we loved seeing you all out there. Penn…
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Blake Steinecke and Clusiv
Blake lost his vision shortly after getting his driver's license and was forced to adapt while attending college. This adaptation led him to land a position…
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Deed's Rebraodcast and Concert in The Dark
In honor of our Concert in the Dark event coming up, we wanted to replay the episode that Penn shared with Diane Deeds Schuur. This was an amazing interview…
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See It Our Way
Check out the transcription here: https://vportal.aincolorado.org/wl/?id=9OghCli5cujhkEQ05AybTHDclPPQ8YOt This episode was a beautiful glimpse into what you…
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Audio Descriptions and Museums
Robyn has a wealth of knowledge as she has spent of her life in museums and studying Jewish history while living in Jerusalem. She is an Audio Describer…
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Braille Isn't Working!
Well, Penn and Tanveer pullout all the stops talking about why braille is dying or needs to be substituted for a better method of learning. Tanveer is a…
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Holding On By Letting Go: The Heather Hutchison Story
Heather has been a champion of mental health and suicide prevention by sharing her own story of overcoming crippling anxiety and depression and fighting her…
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Prescription Advocacy
JJ and Melissa have been through it for the past several months, and they come on Aftersight to bring awareness to a huge issue facing the blind community…
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Being a Wife, Mom and Model Fighting Depression
Joy Ross is a wife, mother, and model. Her blindness lead her to some very dark days which brought her to an unorthodox treatment. Penn walks us through her…
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Penny Forward
Have you ever thought about getting yourself to a place of financial independence, or even thought about financial freedom? Penn sits down with Chris from…
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From Photography to Finger Paints
This is a full-of-life story from Nanci Minger. She started losing her sight in her twenties and due to an accident decided she was no longer able to live the…
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Two Loves One Life
Penn and Moses met in 1987. Through many trials and tribulations, their love story is something to be revered. Moses was the first guest on Aftersight over a…