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Podcast: The Right Tool For Your Budget with Patrick Andrade and Brian Bussard

In December, Penny Forward and the Chicago Lighthouse announced a partnership to open the “My Tools for Living” shop featuring nearly 300 assistive technology and independent living products for people with blindness and low vision. This week, Penny Forward founder and CEO, Chris Peterson, interviews Patrick Andrade and Brian Bussard from the Chicago Lighthouse to…

02/18/2025
Podcast: Taking On 2025 with Chris Peterson

This week, Penny Forward founder and CEO, Chris Peterson, talks about his goals for 2025 and some changes you’ll see to Penny Forward throughout the coming year.

01/14/2025
Podcast: Seeing The World In Ways You Never Imagined Part 2

Have you always believed that you could only make a living if you went to college? George Wurtzel was the star of a 2018 Subaru Outback commercial, but he is also a blind woodworker and craftsman who believes that blind people can be successful in any type of job. In part 2 of a two…

12/31/2024
Podcast: Seeing The World In Ways You Never Imagined Part 1

Have you always believed that you could only make a living if you went to college? George Wurtzel was the star of a 2018 Subaru Outback commercial, but he is also a blind woodworker and craftsman who believes that blind people can be successful in any type of job. In part 1 of a two…

12/17/2024
Podcast: Holiday Budgeting Tips

While the Penny Forward Podcast team is preparing for the holidays, we thought we’d re-run the last episode of 2021, we shared a recording of a Zoom call hosted by our friend Mo Carpenter. She runs a Facebook group for blind parents called “Parenting Out Of Sight Kids,” and they host a biweekly zoom call…

12/03/2024
Podcast: The Past, Present, and Future of Blindness Media and Technology with Jonathan Mosen

“I now find advocacy really rewarding, and I realize that it’s a long game, and sometimes advocacy’s going to feel like you’re banging your head against a brick wall, but every so often, the wall moves just a little bit. So, there is hope, and it can get better, and that’s why I do believe,…

11/26/2024
Podcast: Homesteading by Touch with Nella Foster

“I did come to the realization that the food I purchase in the grocery store is never as good as the food that I grew up eating, so how do I get that good food, those really great tomatoes? I have to grow it.” Join us as we talk about Homesteading By Touch and learn…

11/06/2024
Podcast: Banking With Aira

This is a bonus episode of the Penny Forward Podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. In this episode, we feature an excerpt from our September Financial Sense¢ program, featuring Everett Bacon, VP of Blindness Initiatives with Aira. Everett talks about Aira’s partnerships with financial institutions, and how…

10/29/2024
Podcast: Employment Programs with Jeremy Grandstaff

Because of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we wanted to focus on Penny Forward’s employment programs, so we brought on Jeremy Grandstaff, who leads our youth employment and advocacy programs, and is also the author of our Employment Essentials course, to talk about those things. In addition to his work with Penny Forward, Jeremy lives…

10/15/2024
Podcast: You Cane Give Initiative

James Boehm, Amanda Juetten, and Angus Kola from Kustom Canes, and the You Cane Give initiative, talk about their organizations and how they fund a need that’s super important, and one we probably don’t think about here in the United States, which is the needs of the blind and visually impaired in the rest of…

09/24/2024