Run With Chestnut

By: Francesco Magisano
  • Summary

  • Using stories and insight from our lives to advocate for others who are blind and low vision - We are athletes, musicians, professionals, teachers, adventurers, and so much more. We promise to wander down many tangents and we’ll consider it a success if you learn something new and laugh at least once in every episode.
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Episodes
  • 74: Brandy Pinder on Blind Massage Therapy, Adaptive Sports, and Triathlon
    Nov 14 2024

    Brandy Pinder, a talented blind massage therapist and passionate triathlete, shares her journey into massage therapy as well as her athletic goals as a triathlete. Brandy offers insights into overcoming misconceptions about blindness in her profession, the tools and techniques that keep her competitive, and how athletics have shaped her life and career. We also cover her thoughts on other people who are blind and low vision getting into massage as well as some fun stories about her experiences.

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    22 mins
  • 73: Assistive Technology for the Blind with Simon Isakov
    Nov 5 2024

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    Simon is an assistive technology instructor at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, a branch of the NY Public Library system. The library is now the national library service for the blind and print disabled, rather than national library service for the blind and physically handicapped. This makes it more clear that people with print reading disabilities such as dyslexia are eligible!

    NLS often partners with commercial audiobook publishers to get audiobooks for library patrons. Since they operate under a copyright law exemption that allows them to provide copies and specialize formats without limitation, this means that library patrons don’t have to wait for audiobooks to become available and don’t have to return them within a certain timeline. NLS also records audiobooks in cases where a commercial audiobook is unavailable.

    Many of the expanded program offerings that the library provides, including the online workshops, are made possible by volunteers, so that the more people who join us, the more the library can achieve!


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    38 mins
  • 72: Blind Dungeons and Dragons DM with Andrew Zhang
    Oct 31 2024

    Andrew is a blind DM leading many dungeons and dragons games. We have a conversation about how he got into D&D and what makes a compelling and successful D&D session. Drop us a comment to tell us what you think! Hit us up @RunWithChestnut on for extras!

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    29 mins

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