The Blind American

For those of you who are visually impaired at all, you will find this frequent question from sighted individuals to be a tricky one..."What do you see?".


Perhaps the most difficult question that I am asked on a regular basis.

In this episode, we discuss why that may be, as well as having an internal locus of control and poking fun at those who say life is over if they could not see.


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Cheers  

In this episode, I decided to piggy back off of the last one, where I copied the idea from a YouTube series. In this episode, the theme that I copied was how athletes spent their first million dollars after signing their big contracts.

Take this with a grain of salt, as this is how I will spend my first million and not how I already have spent it. 


Either way, I thought this was fun and another way for you guys to see into my personal life and thoughts. 


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In this episode, I decided to mirror an idea from a YouTube series, in which I have been watching, where athletes are interviewed and asked what their 10 essential items are.  Common answers were things like water bottle, gloves, air pods etc...

I thought it would be fun to do the top 10 essential items that I , The Blind American must have in this episode.


I hope you guys enjoy this and would love to hear what your 10 essential items are in the comments.  

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Hope everyone is well.  I wanted to discuss how you can know if you are on the right path in life...here's a hint, it's called synchronicity's.  



Had fun on this one, and hope you will enjoy



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In honor of disability pride month I thought it would be cool to start doing things differently around here.  

I fell in love with podcasting but I never felt like I was being my authentic self...So, in this episode, I thought I would let it fly.  

This is a change of pace from the typical professional style that I do and is more free flowing, which shows my personality and let's me have fun.  I still am going to talk about a lot of things that. are relevant in the blind community but FYI, the podcast is about to change drastically.  

I am unsure about how different it will be but I am going to be more expressive and will fine tune the direction as I go.


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In this episode, the host Alex Sparks reviews the digital talking thermometer by Reizen.


This is a meat thermometer, that the visually impaired can use while they are cooking, in order to determine the doneness of their meats.  The thermometer reads the temperature aloud and is very easy to use while being affordable.



you can buy the thermometer at the link below, as well as shop tons of other items for your independent living needs with Maxiaids 


https://www.maxiaids.com/talking-digital-cooking-thermometer?gclid=Cj0KCQjwsdiTBhD5ARIsAIpW8CLmyUf450p8fqnQA5PZtRyl4AG4alTZLNOptctweed3ggryPRp4BV8aAjT0EALw_wcB#nav-content


Let us know what you think and if you have any ideas for podcasts or discussions for the future!

In this episode, the host Alex Sparks discusses where he has been.  The last podcast that was posted was on December 13th.  



Alex has been dealing with a lot of stress, anxiety and even panic attacks.  In this podcast, he talks about his struggles, the statistics around mental health for the visually impaired and how to stay positive.  



If you are experieincing mental health problems, you are not alone.  Please seek help and if it is an emergency call 911.


Let us know what you think online and in the comments.  

In this episode, the host Alex Sparks talks with Travis Freeman who is known for being the first blind high school football player.  There was even a movie made inspired by him, called 23 blast.  Travis also has a book that is called "Lights out.  If interested, you can get a signed book by Travis by messaging him on Twitter @tfreeman63 or emailing [email protected]

Travis has always been a christian and claims that as being his point of hope.  As a devout christian, Travis also has a PHD in preaching and teaches at the University of the Cumberlands here in KY.


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In this episode, the host Alex Sparks tells a funny story of an awkward but hilarious interaction that he had with a convenient store clerk on campus last week.  

Think we are going to do more of these funny stories going forward.....


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In this episode, the host Alex Sparks talks about why this podcast is called The Blind American......oddly enough, Alex says that the name just came to him one day in some sort of epiphany.  

Either way, he talks about the similarities between what the podcast represents and what the American Dream is supposed to represent.  


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