
Growing Pains in the Organized Blind Movement: Reacting to Student Leaders’ Perspectives
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Anil and Melissa are joined by board member Norma Crosby. They react to a very honest discussion about the experiences that student leaders have had with...
23 Dec 20251h 1min

Communicating with Blind People: What Sighted People Should Know
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa and Anil are joined by board members Marilyn Green and Tracy Soforenko. They share interesting and sometimes surprising social interactions that ...
12 Dec 202547min

Mental Health: Overcoming Stress and Anxiety
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa and Anil are joined by counselors LaKisha Holmes and James Boehm. They discuss mental health, share words of encouragement, and talk about ways t...
20 Nov 202550min

We Need Advocacy
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa and Anil are joined by Legislative Director Leah Campbell and advocates Nathanael Wales and Lindsay Kerr. They discuss the mass layoffs within th...
12 Nov 202549min

Empowering Blind Students Through IEP Advocacy
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa is joined by Individualized Education Program (IEP) advocates Katie Filaski, and Javier Diaz. They discuss their experiences supporting blind stu...
28 Okt 202541min

Increasing Accessibility in Higher Education
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa Riccobono and Chris Danielsen are joined by students Harold Rogers and Miranda Lacy. They share their experiences pursuing higher education as bl...
15 Okt 202556min

Just Keep Moving
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa Riccobono and Anil Lewis are joined by Terri Rupp, an ultramarathon runner, Richie Flores, president of our Sports and Recreation Division, and C...
25 Sep 202544min

Knowing and Promoting Our Truth as Blind People
In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Melissa Riccobono and Anil Lewis are joined by Julie Deden, our 2025 Jacobus tenBroek award winner and executive director of the Colorado Center for the ...
9 Sep 202552min



















