The Blind Chick is an Aftersight Original hosted by Penn and Moses Street. It’s a raw, real, and often funny conversation space where blindness isn’t a limitation—it’s part of the story. Each episode dives into the lives of blind and low-vision people, exploring resilience, identity, and the messy, beautiful realities of living without sight. With heart, humor, and honesty, The Blind Chick breaks stereotypes, challenges stigma, and reminds us all that blindness is not the end of the story—it’s the beginning of a new one.
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The Blind Chick is an Aftersight Original hosted by Penn and Moses Street. It’s a raw, real, and often funny conversation space where blindness isn’t a limitation—it’s part of the story. Each episode dives into the lives of blind and low-vision people, exploring resilience, identity, and the messy, beautiful realities of living without sight. With heart, humor, and honesty, The Blind Chick breaks stereotypes, challenges stigma, and reminds us all that blindness is not the end of the story—it’s the beginning of a new one.
Penn and Moses welcome filmmaker, author, and policy expert Day Al-Mohamed. She shares her blindness story, trauma and recovery, and a practical view of advocacy from campus to Congress to the White House. The conversation covers ADA pressures, why state-level action matters, AI bias and disability, fencing as a confidence lab, and the power of authentic media (“Renegades” on PBS). Day closes with steady counsel for hard seasons: it will be okay—because we plan, support each other, and figure it out.
Contact Info
Guest — Day Al-Mohamed
Website: dayalmohamed.com
Books/Film: The Labyrinth Archivist; Renegades (PBS)
Aftersight
Web: aftersight.org
Phone: (720) 712-8856
Email: feedback@aftersight.org
Producer
Jonathan Price, Podcast & Program Producer, Aftersight — jonathan@aftersight.org
Show Credits
Hosts: Penn Street, Moses Street
Guest: Day Al-Mohamed — filmmaker, author, disability policy leader
Producer: Jonathan Price
An Aftersight Original
Chapter Markers
00:00 — Cold open + show intro
00:28 — Cabin banter and Halloween setup
02:49 — Guest intro: policy, filmmaking, and advocacy
05:10 — Blindness origin and the “first question” problem
09:00 — Trauma, community, and rebuilding life
11:27 — From social work to law: rules that actually work
13:51 — Fencing and refusing limits
18:20 — First steps in policy and data-driven advocacy
20:43 — Statehouse internship to Capitol Hill
24:37 — ADA, regs, and where erosion happens
26:58 — What to do now: act local, build state protections
31:43 — How real constituents move votes
36:20 — AI bias, oversight, and disability truth
41:01 — Why stories change policy: books and film
45:46 — “Renegades” and disability history without inspiration porn
50:19 — What’s next: season two hopes and the blind detective
52:44 — The White House guide dog story
55:08 — What I’d whisper then, what I’d shout now
57:18 — Where to find Day + closing and Aftersight CTA
The Blind Chick
The Blind Chick is an Aftersight Original hosted by Penn and Moses Street. It’s a raw, real, and often funny conversation space where blindness isn’t a limitation—it’s part of the story. Each episode dives into the lives of blind and low-vision people, exploring resilience, identity, and the messy, beautiful realities of living without sight. With heart, humor, and honesty, The Blind Chick breaks stereotypes, challenges stigma, and reminds us all that blindness is not the end of the story—it’s the beginning of a new one.
