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Early Access: Penny Forward Podcast S2022E8 Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before PT I
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
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Early Access: Penny Forward Transcript S2022E8 Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…
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Penny Forward Podcast S2022E7 One Step Forward, One Step Back?
Have you ever worked hard for a goal, only to have something come up that set you back and made your hard work seem wasted? Setbacks occur throughout our lives and being prepared to deal with them is an important part of setting yourself up for success. In this episode, you’ll learn some strategies for…
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Penny Forward Transcript S2022E7 One Step Forward, One Step Back?
Liz: The successful people take from the previous experience that they’re starting over from, and they don’t do that again. Right? Especially if it didn’t work. They try something else. The Penny Forward podcast is transcribed by Anne Verduin, a blind transcriber living in Portland Oregon who charges competitive rates. To hire Anne to…
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Penny Forward Podcast S2022E6 Coping With The Most Taxing Season Of The Year
Are you stressed out wondering if you’ll get a tax refund or owe money this year? We wanted to learn why some of us get a refund while others end up having to pay, so we invited Leah Hassler, a Certified Public Accountant and professional tax preparer, on to tell us how, with proper planning,…
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Penny Forward Podcast S2022E5 Seeing The World In Ways You Never Imagined
Have you always believed that you could only make a living if you went to college? George Wurtzel was the star of a 2018 Subaru Outback commercial, but he is also a blind woodworker and craftsman who believes that blind people can be successful in any type of job. In part 2 of a two…
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Penny Forward Transcript S2022E5 Seeing The World In Ways You Never Imagined
George: Being successful is really hard. If I don’t produce product in my shop every day and put stuff in my gallery, my cash register in my gallery doesn’t go “kaching, kaching.” So, it takes a lot more personal dedication to make your own gig go. But the reward is really good too. The Penny…
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Penny Forward Transcript S2022E4 Seeing The World In Ways You Never Imagined
George: Subaru decided to hire me to do a car ad. And that was just out of the blue. I have nothing to do with the acting industry, I don’t have an agent, I didn’t know anybody in the movie business, but they put out a casting call that said they were looking for a…
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Penny Forward Podcast S2022E4 Seeing The World In Ways You Never Imagined
Have you always believed that you could only make a living if you went to college? George Wurtzel was the star of a 2018 Subaru Outback commercial, but he is also a blind woodworker and craftsman who believes that blind people can be successful in any type of job. In part 1 of a two…
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Penny Forward Transcript S2022E3 Accessibility’s Final Frontier
Sheri: We need our best people. We need our most creative, most whimsical, most joyful, most passionate people doing the important jobs. And a lot of those jobs are in the space industry. If one out of five people on the planet has some kind of disability, we simply, as a species, cannot afford to…