Ambiguously Blind Episodes
Oct. 26, 2023

Garrison Wynn and Destiny Is Debatable

In a world of spoken thought and musings, the humble little podcast known as Ambiguously Blind has undergone a profound transformation, shedding its audio cocoon to emerge as a captivating orator, primed for epic debates on destiny's enigmatic crossr...

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Oct. 5, 2023

World Meningitis Day 2023

This year for World Meningitis Day, we pulled together a remarkable collection of people from around the world to raise awareness and share their story to help light the road ahead to defeat meningitis. Turning the World Health Organization's (WHO) G...

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Sept. 26, 2023

Fatherhood and Socks with Two Blind Brothers

⚠️ **WARNING** This episode contains gratuitous dad jokes! 🤣  Since we last connected with Bradford and Bryan Manning, they have both become fathers. They stop by to answer some wacky questions from John, talk about fatherhood and entertain us with s...

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Sept. 19, 2023

Surpassing Sight with Jack Chen

The great Jack Chen stops by to share his sight loss story and how a simple podcast episode with Dan Berlin turned into a documentary film and bold social action campaign to fundamentally alter the way that employers think about talent in the blind c...

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Sept. 12, 2023

Jill Wheatley and Mountains Of My Mind

The last time we connected with adventurer Jill Wheatley she was in Kathmandu, Nepal preparing to ascend the world’s eighth highest mountain, Manaslu. This time, we find Jill in Canada. She stops by to recap her last two years of climbing and tell us w...

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Aug. 29, 2023

Honey, What Do You Want For Dinner Tonight?

John and Erin are joined by Chef Regina and Stan to help tackle the age-old question. What do you want for dinner tonight? After dishing some priceless marriage advice, Regina and Stan talk about how they handle dinner and share some practical ide...

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Aug. 22, 2023

Hypothetically Speaking Five

Aerin, sorry I mean, Erin once again joins John for the fifth installment of the hypothetical question series. While indulging in a bottle of Dreaming Tree, Erin decides to change her name, settles for $1,000 per day for the rest of her life while we...

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Aug. 15, 2023

Michele Spitz, a Woman of Her Word

Media producer, voiceover artist, public speaker, consultant and longtime philanthropist, Michele Spitz, stops by to have a couple of laughs and discuss her passion of advocating for media accessibility and disability inclusion and awareness. For ove...

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Aug. 4, 2023

Hypothetically Speaking Four

Aaron, sorry I mean, Erin once again joins John to pose more humorous hypothetical questions. In a twist, Erin gets herself in trouble when she brings a bottle of wine from Schitz's Creek which earns the distinguished “E” rating for this epis...

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July 18, 2023

Hypothetically Speaking Three

Amazingly, Erin is back with another round of hypothetical questions for John. Although there are no “scandalous” questions this time, things get weird as John is topless, allergic to elderly people and on the top bunk by the end of the episode. But,...

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July 4, 2023

Making It Work with Sheryl Ellis

Sheryl Ellis, a Certified Professional in Human Resources and a recognized expert in Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) stops by to discuss how she helps employees and employers understand how to apply the ADA to a workplace accommo...

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June 27, 2023

Hypothetically Speaking Two

After an exciting and somewhat cryptic podcast and book update, Erin is back with another round of hypothetical questions for John that force them to choose the better of two bad options. Things get tense when Erin poses a “scandalous” question and...

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June 20, 2023

Opening New Doors with Dylan Rafaty

Dylan Rafaty’s personal mission is to increase opportunities by opening new doors so that everyone can have an overall better quality of life. He stops by to share his unique personal journey, being born with both significant hearing loss and early s...

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June 13, 2023

Inner Peace in Outer Chaos with Morten Bonde

Morten Bonde returns to talk about life after publishing his book, Sentenced to Blindness, Now What, which chronicles his journey from hopelessness to possibility and liberation from sight loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa. Since leaving his career at...

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May 29, 2023

Ali Ingersoll, Ms. Wheelchair America 2023

Current Ms. Wheelchair America, Ali Ingersoll, stops by to share her personal journey as a C6 Complete Quadriplegic that began with a shallow water diving accident. Ali’s captivating personality, relentless drive and belief in paying it forward, are ...

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May 23, 2023

Stephanie Jones and Menus 4 All

Vice President of Marketing, Stephanie Jones, stops by to talk about how the Menus4ALL app puts over 850,000 accessible restaurant menus in the palm of your hand. She then takes John for a test drive with the app to demonstrate the ease of use and em...

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May 9, 2023

Kitchen Confessions with Mary Mammoliti

Mary Mammoliti, host of the Kitchen Confession Podcast and the Dish with Mary TV Show, stops by to share her personal journey with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and how she confronted her imposter syndrome, stopped saying sorry and started finding abilit...

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April 18, 2023

Elevating Today’s Stories with Lis Malone

“Marketing publicist”, podcaster and advocate, Lis Malone stops by to share her personal journey with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and how she developed a #DontWait mindset to move forward through the uncertainty of her diagnosis and future. Lis and Joh...

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April 4, 2023

Ryan Fleury and AT Banter

Co-host of the AT Banter Podcast, Ryan Fleury, stops to share the story of how his sight was abruptly lost in an accident and the new found direction his life took thereafter. Ryan and John discuss assistive technology and how AI and Chat GPT,  will ...

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March 28, 2023

Meningitis Stories and Advocacy with Patti and Alicia

Patti Wukovits and Alicia Stillman, two mothers who each lost their young, healthy daughters too soon to a now vaccine-preventable disease, Meningitis B (known as MenB). High school senior Kimberly (Patti’s daughter), 17, died one week before her gra...

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March 21, 2023

Together Achieving Dreams with Kathryn Webster

Founder and President of the Together Achieving Dreams (TAD) Foundation, Kathryn Webster, stops by to share her unbelievably unique sight loss journey and the humbling moment she became comfortable with herself. Kathryn explains TAD Foundation’s thre...

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March 7, 2023

NSITE: A Vision For Talent

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Billy Parker, stops by to explain how NSITE is a one-stop-shop for blindness employment. A spinoff of the National Industries for the Blind (NIB), NSITE works with employers to identify potential candidates who are...

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Feb. 21, 2023

James Warnken and Online Accessibility

James Warnken stops by to share about his journey with progressive vision loss due to the rare eye disease, Genetic Retinal Dystrophy, which typically leads to blindness. He discusses some of the challenges he faced during his unconventional path thr...

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Feb. 14, 2023

Mark Erelli and Lay Your Darkness Down

During a performance in summer 2020, Mark Erelli looked down at his guitar neck and couldn’t believe what he saw. Or rather, what he couldn’t see: his fingers on the frets. Soon after, a diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) would bring some answers...

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