Dangerous Vision with Randy Cohen

This week's Dangerous Vision is part one of a two-part conversation with Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind. As President Mark leads the nation's oldest and largest blindness consumer organization. Part watchdog and part entrepreneur, Mark shares with Randy Cohen how growing up in Milwaukee Wisconsin shaped his sense of community and social justice. For more information visiotn www.mabvi.org

In the 8th episode of Dangerous Vision Randy Cohen talks with Chris Meredith, a financial test engineer, and accessibility officer. Randy and Chris cover a lot of topics including how to make a workplace more inclusive to the latest tech, and employment trends. For more information on this episode and others go to https://www.mabvi.org/resources/dangerous-vision/

By day Bill McCann was a computer programmer and by night he was a trumpeter and composer. In this week's Dangerous Vision Bill McCann opens up about the time of his life when he ditched the day job to focus on his passion--music. This led to the launch of Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology.

Thomas Panek is the CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind. He is not only the President, he is also a client. In this week's Dangerous Vision Randy and Thomas talk about the special bond Thomas has with his guide dog, Gus. What did Gus do that no other guide dog has ever done? What is Thomas doing right now that is advancing medical science? For more information visit www.mabvi.org

In this week's Dangerous Vision Randy Cohen pulls back the covers on widely held beliefs about dating and sexuality with Robin Mandell. Robin is the creator of Ready, Sexy, Able, an online resource tool that navigates the complicated world of relationships. There’s no such thing as normal sex, and ways of having sex that accommodate different bodies and minds aren’t lesser or adaptive. This episode is adult in nature with content that would suggest a PG 13 rating; For more information on Dangerous Vision visit www.mabvi.org

American Idol is perhaps the biggest television show ever. There has been only one blind contestant to make it into the top ten and that is Scott MacIntyre. In this episode of Dangerous Vision, Randy Cohen dives into music and dishes the dirt with Scott. To learn more about Dangerous Vision visit https://www.mabvi.org/resources/dangerous-vision/

Ever wonder what it would be like to be blind in a sighted world? On Dangerous Vision, host Randy Cohen, a blind Harvard Business School professor, learns how other blind people "do blind", navigating their way over and around obstacles and barriers with white canes, guides dogs and technologies that will blow your mind. Randy, who has Retinitis Pigmentosa, loves to learn and talk and he applies all of his professorial skills that reveal remarkable insights about what it's like to be blind.

In part two of Randy's candid conversation with Randy Pierce, we take a step by step journey into blind hiking. From the Grand Canyon's smooth trails to the twists and turns of Mount Kilimanjaro, Randy Pierce describes every adventure. To learn more about Dangerous Vision visit www.mabvi.org/resources/dangerous-vision/

Randy Cohen meets Randy Pierce. While Randy Cohen lectures at Harvard Business School Randy Pierce visits hundreds/thousands of classrooms nationwide sharing his story of perseverance. Randy is the founder and President of 2020 Vision Quest, an organization that leads and inspires students and professionals to reach their peak potential. To learn more about the Dangerous Vision visit www.mabvi.org/resources/dangerous-vision/

Randy Cohen dives into the alphabet soup of blindness organizations with a rousing conversation with Kim Charlson. Kim has a lot on her mind as she looks back on her time as the first woman President of the American Council of the Blind. Kim candidly reflects on the consumer side of the blindness community while also sharing her hopes for what is ahead. Did we also mention Kim is the executive director of the Perkins Library? To learn more about Dangerous Vision, visit www.mabvi.org/resources/dangerous-vision