{"podcast":{"title":"Aaron’s Opinion","slug":"aaron-s-opinion-2998888","podcast_index_feed_id":2998888,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5920599/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/aaron-s-opinion_1","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9b801cb639b9f35b6dd73973659f037e.jpg","author":"Aaron’s Opinion TV","episode_count":361,"summary":"This is the podcast where we speak about critical issues in the blindness community. Help 1 person today help 1 million people tomorrow! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/aaron-s-opinion--5920599/support .","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aaron-s-opinion-2998888"},"episode":{"title":"Been there done that & got the t-shirt with Sam Atwood","slug":"been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt-with-sam-atwood","published_at":"2026-03-01T15:01:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aaron-s-opinion-2998888/been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt-with-sam-atwood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aaron-s-opinion-2998888","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt-with-sam-atwood--70276274","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70276274/imported_14dbbab0_b428_4dba_b553_6fda50fc3984.mp3","summary":"Sam Atwood was born in 1976 with Glaucoma and had his first of 49 surgeries at 8 weeks old. Sam has been some degrree of blind all his life from high partial, to very low-vision, and is totally blind as of January 2025. Sam became totally blind when he made a decison to have both eyes removed despite some remaining light perception. Sam has had a variety of jobs; beginning with his participation in a work experience program provided by Washington states division of blind services that put him behind the counter selling firearms. Sam’s most recent job was working as a case manager on an assertive community treatment team supporting clients with psychotic disorders. Theatre, outdoor activites, pocket-knife collecting, reading, and most recently stand-up comedy have served to keep Sam entertained and mostly out of trouble. At 49 and a self-described luddite, Sam is fnally working on developng a social media presence and youtube channel to promote his comedy and performance activities and share his experience as a blind person. https://www.patreon.com/aarons... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/aaron-s-opinion--5920599/support .","meta_description":"Sam Atwood was born in 1976 with Glaucoma and had his first of 49 surgeries at 8 weeks old. Sam has been some degrree of blind all his life from high part…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6711,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aaron-s-opinion-2998888/episodes/been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt-with-sam-atwood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aaron-s-opinion-2998888/been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt-with-sam-atwood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}