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Access the podcast with Cheryl & Thomas

Fri, 24 Oct 2025
Cheryl Green and Thomas Reid are two long-time disabled podcasters who separately have been mentoring disabled folks wanting support to start podcasts. With support from Alice Wong and the Disability Visibility Project, in 2025, Green and Reid launched POD Access as a platform and space for d/Deaf and disabled podcasters to find audiences and each other. At POD Access, we believe disability is an essential lens for telling stories. Disability culture is self-determined, intersectional, empowered, and interdependent. POD Access offers aspiring, beginning, and established d/Deaf and disabled podcasters an approachable, easy-going experience to build community, learn about podcasting, and grow an audience. We respect access needs and are led by a disabled team.


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The dinner I never saw coming with Chef Riq Unseen Cuisine

Wed, 15 Oct 2025
Hello Aaron, 

Who Chef Riq Is
I’m Chef Riq, a blind holistic chef whose love for food has carried me through life’s toughest seasons. I was just four months away from finishing nursing school when a chemical accident at work changed everything. It took my vision and the future I thought I had planned.
But instead of letting that loss define me, I turned back to what had always been my safe place: the kitchen. Cooking became my therapy, my art, and my means of moving forward. Through touch, sound, and intuition, I relearned how to cook and discovered that flavor doesn’t depend on sight.
After battling vision loss and even homelessness, I chose to transform my journey into a mission: to show the world that food heals, flavor inspires, and inclusion belongs at every table. With years of professional chef experience and certifications in holistic nutrition and fitness, I created Unseen Cuisine. In this place, everyone can cook with confidence, whether they are blind, living with allergies, or simply craving a new way to experience food.
What does Unseen Cuisine do? 
Unseen Cuisine is the first cooking brand built entirely for your ears. Through audio-only cook-alongs, Chef Riq teaches listeners how to create restaurant-quality meals at home, utilizing sensory cues, tactile tips, and health-conscious ingredient substitutions. Each series highlights accessible, allergy-friendly recipes, ranging from sauces and sandwiches to fine dining small plates, designed for everyone: those who are blind, have low vision, live with allergies, or simply want a new way to experience food.
Unlike traditional visual-first cooking shows, Unseen Cuisine centers on inclusivity. It’s a movement that redefines how people learn to cook, bringing flavor, empowerment, and creativity to every listener’s kitchen.
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Facebook: Chef Riq Unseen Cuisine 
IG: unseen_cuisine 
Youtube: Chef Riq Unseen Cuisine 
Podcast: Chef Riq Unseen Cuisine
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Daring to succeed with John Dowling Jr.

Tue, 07 Oct 2025
John Dowling Jr is a Singer, Songwriter, radio broadcaster and up and coming podcaster.
 Originally born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he grew up around the New Jersey area until 2023, when he moved to Minnesota in November.
He enjoys listening to Classic Country, with his favorite artists being in this order, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams.
When he's not listening to, or performing Country music, he hosts a weekly radio show on HKC Radio called the Old Wooden Barn, which can be heard Friday nights starting at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central.
In 2025, John decided to launch a podcast called the smoking circle. It's a podcast all about Cannabis from a blindness perspective.
In his spare time, John enjoys watching classic cartoons, reading Harry Potter Fanfiction, smoking lots of weed, hanging out with his friends online, and spending lots of time with his wife, of which they both share a love of reading.
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The golden thread of resilience with Goddest

Sun, 28 Sep 2025
Goddest Jenkins – Advocate, Visionary Leader, and Champion for Inclusion


Goddest Jenkins is a dynamic force in advocacy, leadership, and empowerment. A proud survivor, community leader, and fierce advocate for diversity and inclusion, she is redefining what’s possible beyond physical limitations and societal expectations.

In 2008, Goddest’s life took a dramatic turn when she survived a devastating five-car collision that left her in a coma for seven months. As a result of the accident, she became legally blind. Rather than allowing her circumstances to define her, she emerged with a powerful new perspective—one that has shaped her life’s mission. Living by the mantra, “It took losing my physical sight to gain true vision,” Goddest has turned adversity into a platform for purpose.

Her journey of resilience extends beyond her accident. For two decades, Goddest endured domestic violence—a hidden battle she courageously fought even after losing her sight. This painful chapter ultimately led to the permanent loss of sight in her left eye, but it also revealed her extraordinary strength. Today, she speaks openly about surviving domestic violence, breaking the silence to empower others to seek safety and healing.

Her list of accomplishments is as groundbreaking as it is inspirational. In 2022, she made history by winning the Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Pageant, becoming a national symbol of strength and beauty beyond vision. In 2023, she broke another barrier by becoming the first-ever legally blind woman to serve as an official pageant director, leading the Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Pageant with compassion and bold leadership.

She went on to earn the title of Miss Black America Elegant Diva in 2023—the first legally blind African-American woman to receive it—and was crowned Miss Corporate America in 2024. In both 2023 and 2024, she was voted one of the Top Most Influential Women by 180 Life Celebrity Magazine.

Goddest holds two master’s degrees: one in Visual Rehabilitation from the University of Massachusetts, and another in Social Work with a specialization in Mental Health from Nova Southeastern University. Her global impact expanded in 2023 when she was appointed the U.S. Ambassador for the Blind and Visually Impaired by the United Nations. In this role, she has brought humanitarian aid and accessible education to communities in Cameroon, Liberia, and Uganda.

One of her greatest accomplishments to date is becoming the first-ever legally blind certified national CM3 Credible Messenger—a distinction that honors her commitment to youth mentorship and violence prevention. As a CM3 Credible Messenger, Goddest works to combat youth crime and gun violence by mentoring at-risk youth and providing hope through real-life transformation. She regularly visits juvenile detention centers and prisons, sharing her story and advocating for prevention before detention.

This work is deeply personal. Goddest grew up in an environment shaped by gang involvement and systemic incarceration. Her mother, father, and both brothers were all sentenced to life in prison—with her brothers receiving those sentences as juveniles. She tragically lost both her mother and one of her brothers while they were incarcerated. In their memory, she has dedicated her life to breaking the cycle—empowering youth and families to avoid the paths that led her own loved ones to incarceration. Through global collaboration with other mentors and organizations, she is on a mission to prevent families from experiencing the heartbreak that shaped her early life.

Goddest Jenkins is also a powerful motivational speaker, having traveled to more than 23 states and delivered over 80 inspirational speeches on stages including conferences, expos, college campuses, graduations, churches, and political forums—spreading her message of hope, healing, and possibility.

On October 10, 2023, the City of Orlando honored her with Goddest Jenkins Day in celebration of Blind Awareness Month. On September 13, 2025, Goddest Jenkins made history as the first-ever legally blind African-American woman to receive the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, a prestigious recognition of her trailblazing advocacy and service.

She is the founder of Queens Raising Queens Inc., a nonprofit empowering women of all ages to rise in their purpose. As a domestic violence survivor and mental health advocate, Goddest Jenkins continues to prove that with faith the size of a mustard seed, anything is possible—and limitations are just stepping stones to greatness.

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An awesome AI world with Shawn Keen

Sat, 20 Sep 2025
let me know if this works, Shawn Keen, founder of AI for the Blind, a fast-growing global community that helps blind and low-vision people unlock the power of artificial intelligence. With more than 14,600 members across the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and beyond, the group is a daily hub of creativity, problem-solving, and connection. Shawn’s mission is simple but powerful: to show how AI can level the playing field, open new opportunities, and turn learning into earning for people everywhere.
From coaching and community support to music, podcasts, and accessible e-commerce, Shawn is building a nonprofit ecosystem that blends human connection with cutting-edge tools. Under the AI for the Blind banner, he’s helping students, entrepreneurs, and everyday users re-imagine what’s possible. Whether it’s sharing new tech, hosting live events, or guiding members through their first AI-powered projects, Shawn’s work is about building a future where no one is left behind.

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