Music
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April 16, 2024
An Eye-Opening Conversation with Disability Life Coach, Charlie Kramer
Join us for an inspiring chat with Charlie Kramer, a life coach who's truly mastered the art of living confidently with his disability. We'll dive into his journey with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), an inherited retinal condition that shapes his unique ...
Guest: Charlie Kramer
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Feb. 3, 2024
John Bryant and a Beat Followed
John Bryant, a versatile drummer, percussionist, music producer, and educator stops by to visit with host John B. (Bryant) Grimes about how he got started with drums and the years he spent with Ray Charles and the remarkably unique communication style he a...
Guest: John Bryant
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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...
Guest: Mark Erelli
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Dec. 6, 2022
Join Me For An Eggnog
John and Erin welcome back long-time compadres, Chris and Heidi Elder all the way from Germany, for some season’s eatings and Alton Brown’s version of aged eggnog. As homemade eggnog experts, Chris and Heidi discuss the simple recipe and their tradit...
Guests: Chris Elder , Erin
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Nov. 1, 2022
Tasting in the Dark with Hoby Wedler
Born with the rare condition, Microphthalmia, Dr. Hoby Wedler has been totally blind since birth and is remarkably tuned into his surroundings and has frequently chosen to walk the unbeaten paths in life. Among many things Hoby is a chemist, food scienti...
Guest: Hoby Wedler
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July 5, 2022
It Takes Two with Amy Lyle
Amy Lyle, a party waiting to happen, stops by with a glass of pinot grigio to catch up and share the progress of the creative writing, tv and movie projects she is tenaciously working on. Amy and John dig a little deeper into their shared Ohio roots and ...
Guest: Amy Lyle
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June 21, 2022
Hypothetically Speaking
Erin is back with more questions for John. In a twist, these questions are hypotheticals that force them to choose the better of two bad options. Fun and laughter ensue. What would you choose?
Guest: Erin
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March 22, 2022
Andrew Donald
Andrew Donald, also known as the Nocturnal Archer, is a professional pianist, vocalist and music educator living and working in Melbourne, Australia. HE stops by to talk about life with Rod-monochromatism, a rare vision impairment that causes an extreme...
Guest: Andrew Donald
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Dec. 27, 2021
Join Me For A Cider
Home brew master and long-time compadre, Chris Elder, stops by to discuss John’s second attempt at cider making. Joining John and Chris are the cider tasting experts, Erin and Heidi, to critique the results and share ideas for the next batch of cider and...
Guests: Chris Elder , Erin
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Dec. 7, 2021
John Bramblitt
The great, John Bramblitt, stops by to share his unique story of vision loss and how his childhood passion for drawing developed into a career as a world-renowned painter. John describes his creative process, how he perceives colors from music and how he...
Guest: John Bramblitt
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June 22, 2021
Ginny Owens
Singer and songwriter, Ginny Owens, stops by to discuss her new book, Singing in the Dark: Finding Hope in the Songs of Scripture. She also talks about her early musical influences, how she lives by faith not by sight and the bizarre favor she received i...
Guest: Ginny Owens
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May 18, 2021
Bree Klauser
Bree Klauser is a New York-based Actress, Voiceover Artist, Singer and Songwriter who happens to be born with low vision. Bree and John discuss the low vision spectrum and her work on the Apple TV + series, SEE, The Audible Original series, Phreaks and w...
Guest: Bree Klauser
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April 6, 2021
Remy Reilly
Budding Dallas Texas musician Remy Reilly stops by to discuss the diverse musical influences that helped to create her sound and her song writing style.
Guest: Remy Reilly
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March 9, 2021
Brandon's Boutique
Vintage friend and Hip-Hop aficionado, Brandon May, is back with John to reminisce and conversate on the groups and jams that influenced them during their formative years circa 1985 – 1995.
Guest: Brandon May