boost: Six Audio Stories About Blind People

I stumbled on a very short and technically proficient podcast called The World According to Sound. http://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org

They produce 90-second episodes that must be appreciated with headphones or earbuds.

Not surprisingly, they’ve collaborated with blind people at least six times:

Five profiles hosted by KQED Radio SF

https://www.kqed.org/news/11779623/these-five-people-challenge-the-notion-of-blindness-as-a-deficit

There you'll find four-minute pieces interviewing:

• Evolutionary biologist
• Engineer and bomb maker
• Guitarist
• Architect
• Sensory marketing consultant

all blind.

PLUS

What's It Like to Navigate the Bay Area While Blind?

https://www.kqed.org/news/11755398/whats-it-like-to-navigate-the-bay-area-while-blind

The World-According-to-Sound producers follow Bryan Bashin, an NGO CEO, on his commute from home in Berkeley to Market Street SF. "Courageous" doesn’t appear in the piece, and Bashin manages to silence a leaf blower en route!