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Blind and Refined
A routine physical for 28 year old John Powers led to an eye specialist informing John that half his sight was gone. He had no idea. A degenerative eye disease (choroideremia) would eventually lead to blindness. 30 years later, John recounts what helped and hindered him on his “challenging and messy” journey of sight loss.
This is a candid narrative in which denial and resistance eventually gave way to acceptance and the assistance of a supportive community and the riches of his Christian faith.
“I think there are others out there who get a life changing diagnosis, and all of a sudden, they have to find a new way forward.”
Blind and Refined
Latest Episodes
Blind Fury - S2 Ep3 (Extended Interview)
Extended Interview. Features guest Corey McDonald, earlier known as "Blind Fury," who helped found the Choroideremia Research Foundation (CureCHM.org). The conversation centers on his advocacy and research work around the condition.Cove...
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Blind Fury - S2 Ep3
Features guest Corey McDonald, earlier known as "Blind Fury," who helped found the Choroideremia Research Foundation (CureCHM.org). The conversation centers on his advocacy and research work around the condition.Cover artwork: Jennie Lo...
Staying in the Right Lane - S2 Ep2
Uses a story about his friend Mihai driving in the right lane across Europe as a metaphor for accepting limitations instead of fighting them. It's paired with a personal story about his wife Ann helping him through a frustrating moment paying a...
The Art of Broken Things - S2 Ep1
Introduces Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, as a metaphor for the episode's core theme. It frames hardship not as something to hide, but as something that can become part of a more valuable, mo...
Episode 7 - Getting Lost to Find My Way
In this final episode of Blind and Refined Season 1, John recounts lessons from his blindness training in Des Moines—where getting lost, quite literally, became a path to finding confidence and independence. Reflecting on how discomfor...