Category: Podcast Episodes
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast: The Past, Present, and Future of Blindness Media and Technology with Jonathan Mosen
“I now find advocacy really rewarding, and I realize that it’s a long game, and sometimes advocacy’s going to feel like you’re banging your head against a brick wall, but every so often, the wall moves just a little bit. So, there is hope, and it can get better, and that’s why I do believe,…
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Podcast: Homesteading by Touch with Nella Foster
“I did come to the realization that the food I purchase in the grocery store is never as good as the food that I grew up eating, so how do I get that good food, those really great tomatoes? I have to grow it.” Join us as we talk about Homesteading By Touch and learn…
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Podcast: Banking With Aira
This is a bonus episode of the Penny Forward Podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. In this episode, we feature an excerpt from our September Financial Sense¢ program, featuring Everett Bacon, VP of Blindness Initiatives with Aira. Everett talks about Aira’s partnerships with financial institutions, and how…
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Podcast: Employment Programs with Jeremy Grandstaff
Because of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we wanted to focus on Penny Forward’s employment programs, so we brought on Jeremy Grandstaff, who leads our youth employment and advocacy programs, and is also the author of our Employment Essentials course, to talk about those things. In addition to his work with Penny Forward, Jeremy lives…
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Podcast: You Cane Give Initiative
James Boehm, Amanda Juetten, and Angus Kola from Kustom Canes, and the You Cane Give initiative, talk about their organizations and how they fund a need that’s super important, and one we probably don’t think about here in the United States, which is the needs of the blind and visually impaired in the rest of…
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Podcast: Glidance
Learn about the founder of this startup and what it takes to make your dream turn into reality. Show notes Guest: Amos Miller Glidance Website: https://glidance.io/ Glidance Facebook Profile https://www.facebook.com/glidance.io Glidance LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glidance/ Glidance Instagram Profile: https://www.instagram.com/glidance.io/ Connect with Penny Forward pennyforward.compennyforward@pennyforward.com Clubhouse House Facebook Youtube Get our app, guest membership is free! IOS/AppleGooglePlay Post Production help provided by…
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Podcast: APH Update
In this episode, we have Richard Rueda, Katie Frederick, and Lori Scharff, not necessarily in that order, from the APH Connect Center, back on, as we do almost every year at about this time, to talk about the APH Connect Center. For those of you who are unaware of what that is, we’ll tell you…
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Podcast: From Anger to Action with Mike Calvo Part 2
Chris, Liz, and MOe talk with Mike Calvo, co-founder of Pneuma Solutions, about how, as a high school dropout, running with the wrong crowd, he found growth, success, and belonging in the blind community. Show notes Connect with Pneuma Solutions Pneuma Solutions Website: https://pneumasolutions.com/ Connect with Penny Forward pennyforward.compennyforward@pennyforward.com Clubhouse House Facebook Youtube Get our…
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Podcast: From Anger to Action with Mike Calvo Part 1
Chris, Liz, and MOe talk with Mike Calvo, co-founder of Pneuma Solutions, about how, as a high school dropout, running with the wrong crowd, he found growth, success, and belonging in the blind community. Show notes Connect with Pneuma Solutions Pneuma Solutions Website: https://pneumasolutions.com/ Connect with Penny Forward pennyforward.compennyforward@pennyforward.com Clubhouse House Facebook Youtube Get our…
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Podcast: Tech Teaching and Tools with Computers for the Blind
Hosts sit down with Marci Duty, a rep for Computers for the Blind, and talk about their low-cost laptops and desktop computers for the blind, their partners, and the education classes you can get access to with a computer from Computers for the Blind. Show notes Connect with Computers For The Blind Computers For The Blind Website:…