What Can Be Found When Losing Sight with Andrew Leland| Listen on Anghami

Oct 20

What to Remember When You’re Forgetting: Living Well with Memory Loss | Dr. Zaldy Tan

In this episode, Dr. Zaldy Tan explores how to live well with memory loss and what an Alzheimer’s diagnosis means for individuals and the people who love them. Drawing on his own experience caring for family members with Alzheimer’s, he discusses the questions many of us carry ab ... Show More

1h 5m

Oct 16

Are You Playing a Game You Actually Want to Win? | Seth Godin

Are you playing a game you actually want to win? In this episode, Seth Godin explores how to make intentional choices about the life you’re building—and recognize when someone else’s definition of success is steering you off course. Drawing on his book, This Is Strategy, Seth sha ... Show More

50m 8s

Oct 13

The Mattering Effect: Finding Your Way Back to Meaning and Connection | John R. Miles

In this episode, John R. Miles explores the mattering effect and how to find your way back to meaning and connection when you feel invisible in your own life. Drawing on his experience of achieving career success while feeling increasingly disconnected, John explains how we can s ... Show More

50m 4s

Sep 2023

What vision loss helped Andrew Leland gain

When he was a teenager, Andrew Leland was diagnosed with a condition that causes a gradual loss of vision. Over the years, Andrew’s literal view of the world has narrowed – but the ways in which he can explore and embrace life have widened. In this episode, Andrew talks about wha ... Show More

33m 30s

Oct 2024

Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland

When does vision loss become blindness? This week we're revisiting a talk by writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland as he explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness — and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see ... Show More

7m 37s

Oct 2023

Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland

When does vision loss become blindness? Writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness — and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/ ... Show More

7m 37s

Jul 2023

Blindness isn't a tragic binary -- it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland

When does vision loss become blindness? Writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness -- and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com ... Show More

6m 14s

Jul 2023

What's it like to slowly go blind?

We interview writer Andrew Leland, who has been gradually losing his sight for two decades. Andrew takes us inside the blind internet, and teaches us how you deal with anxiety about the things you can't control that aren't going away.Check out Andrew's new book, The Country of th ... Show More

54m 19s

Aug 2025

A Journey Through Vision Loss

Drs. Prithvi Sankar and Sriram Balasubramanian discuss a personal journey through vision loss, from both the ophthalmologist and patient perspective. Host Dr. Ben Young invites these two friends to share their lessons of grief, denial, and ultimate acceptance of a difficult diagn ... Show More

57m 55s

Jul 2023

The Country of the Blind

<p>Andrew Leland grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon—but without knowing exactly when—he will likely have no vision left. In this episode, An ... Show More

47m 38s

Oct 2023

#115 Dr Amit Patel: "How I Lost My Eyesight Overnight"

This week I had the honour of speaking to Dr Amit Patel also known as blinddad_uk who shared his journey of losing his sight overnight.In our podcast we discuss:- How Amit lost his eyesight- Navigated losing his sight & the challenges he faced- Having children and the pressures p ... Show More

1h 17m

Nov 2020

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Cerebral Visual Impairment and Functional Visual Loss

<p>In this episode we have a conversation with Professor Gordon Dutton about Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) and Functional Visual Loss. Professor Dutton provides a step by step guide to managing patients with CVI and provides some invaluable pearls of wisdom for approaching pat ... Show More

28m 14s

Nov 2023

852. How does it feel to be blind? (Article & Vocabulary)

<p>How does it feel to have a visual impairment? How do blind people navigate the world? How do other people treat you, if you are blind? And, how do we talk about blindness and other forms of disability in English? This episode is inspired by a listener called Hafid, who contact ... Show More

1h 36m

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