1) Episode Summary

Penn and Moses welcome Shawn and Mindy for a heartfelt conversation about blindness, marriage, sobriety, health, resilience, and the strange grace of learning each other all over again. Shawn shares growing up with glaucoma, losing the rest of his vision as a young adult, surviving a stroke, and how AI became part of his recovery and creative life. Mindy shares her sudden vision loss at 17 during pregnancy, the crushing isolation that followed, and the life-changing moment she finally discovered blind services and met Shawn through tech training. Together, they talk candidly about addiction, choosing respect and patience in marriage, rebuilding life after crisis, finding healthier rhythms, and why real partnership means learning to like yourself and your spouse again.

2) Contact Info

Guest / Org Info
Shawn — host of the Feeling a Bit Keen podcast and creator of the AI for the Blind Club on Facebook.
Mindy — creator of Life with Mindy, a page centered on healthy products, wellness, and lifestyle content.

Aftersight
feedback@aftersight.org

Producer Credits
Produced by Jonathan Price for Aftersight.

3) Show Credits
Hosts: Penn Street and Moses Street
Guests: Shawn and Mindy Keen
Network: Aftersight
Producer: Jonathan Price

1) Episode Summary

In this deeply personal solo episode of The Blind Chick, Penn Street shares why Moses is away from the show for the moment and opens up about the difficult medical journey he has been facing. She walks listeners through a series of diagnoses over the past couple of years, including a slow-growing cancer, skin cancer, and now a tumor affecting his hearing and balance that requires radiation treatment.

Penn speaks with raw honesty about what it means to support someone you love through serious illness, especially while navigating her own disability and the emotional weight of caregiving. She reflects on the difference between being the patient and being the support person, the fear of not being able to fully read someone’s pain, and the intentional communication that is helping carry them both through this season.

The episode is heartfelt, vulnerable, and grounded in gratitude. Penn asks listeners for prayer, positive thoughts, and encouragement for Moses as treatment begins. She also thanks the Blind Chick audience for their support, ratings, comments, and kindness, reminding everyone to spread light, care for themselves, and show compassion to others.

2) Contact Info

Guest / Featured Voice:
Penn Street
Co-Host, The Blind Chick

Topic / Mentioned Contact:
Listener encouragement and advice can be sent to: feedback@aftersight.org

Organization:
Aftersight
Website: Aftersight.org
Email: feedback@aftersight.org
Phone: (720) 712-8856

Producer:
Jonathan Price, Podcast and Program Producer, Aftersight

3) Show Credits

Show: The Blind Chick
Host: Penn Street
Co-Host: Moses Street
Producer: Jonathan Price
Organization: Aftersight

1) Episode Summary

In this lively and deeply honest episode of The Blind Chick, Penn and Moses Street welcome back world traveler, healer, and future travel coach Orly Corcos for a conversation that moves from hilarious beach banter to profound reflections on healing, courage, and self-discovery.

Orly shares her background as the only Canadian-born member of her Moroccan and Israeli family, her move to Fort Lauderdale, and her lifelong love of travel. What begins with humor quickly turns into a powerful testimony as she opens up about chronic pain, long-term prescribed narcotic use, ICU scares, and the holistic healing journey that changed her life. She explains how travel became more than a getaway—it became a tool for emotional, physical, and spiritual restoration.

The conversation explores how Orly used retreats, holistic health practices, plant medicine, and adventurous travel experiences to reclaim her identity and rebuild her life. She speaks candidly about fear, surrender, inner healing, and the difficult but necessary decisions that followed—including leaving her marriage, stepping away from corporate life, and choosing a new path rooted in truth and freedom.

Penn, Moses, and Orly also talk about food as healing, the difference between merely seeing and truly experiencing, and the unique confidence that can come from traveling as a blind woman. Orly shares stories of skydiving, solo travel to Bali and Thailand, walking the Camino with her guide dog, and preparing for an upcoming trip to the Galápagos through accessible travel company Travelize.

This episode is funny, freeing, and full of wisdom. At its heart, it is a reminder that our greatest limitations are often not physical, but internal—and that courage, healing, and joy are still available when we decide to move forward anyway.

2) Contact Info

Guest / Featured Contact
Orly Corcos
Facebook: Orly Corcos
Facebook / Instagram: The Blind Chef

Aftersight Contact
Email: feedback@aftersight.org
Phone: (720) 712-8856
Website: Aftersight.org

Producer
Jonathan Price
Podcast and Program Producer, Aftersight
Email: jonathan@aftersight.org

3) Show Credits

Show: The Blind Chick
Hosts: Penn Street and Moses Street
Guest: Orly Corcos
Producer: Jonathan Price
Organization: Aftersight

4) Chapter Markers

00:00 – Penn and Moses open with humor and travel banter
02:00 – Welcoming Orly Corcos back to The Blind Chick
03:12 – Orly shares her family background and move to Florida
06:44 – Blind Travel Summit, Waymo, and autonomous travel freedom
11:16 – Why Penn and Moses wanted Orly back for a full episode
12:54 – Travel as healing, expansion, and personal restoration
14:52 – Orly opens up about chronic pain and narcotic dependence
17:46 – Her first holistic healing retreat and the turning point
20:17 – Doctors, blindness, and being underestimated
23:38 – Skydiving, fear, and learning to trust herself
27:11 – Experiencing beauty beyond eyesight
30:23 – Penn asks about ayahuasca and deep healing work
34:02 – Safety, vulnerability, and navigating healing as a blind woman
36:18 – What Orly gained most from the experience
41:49 – Divorce, freedom, memoir writing, and becoming a travel coach
43:53 – Food as healing and Orly’s love of cooking
49:24 – Solo travel, Bali, Thailand, and traveling without fear
52:20 – The Camino, guide dogs, and acce ...