hi hello hey — we’re visually impaired

Hopefully this isn’t news to our audience considering we’ve made nearly 150 episodes of us yapping, largely about our blindness. We’ve done many an episode about disclosing our disabilities in different settings — jobs, friendships, dating, and learning how to say just enough without accidentally info-dumping on unsuspecting strangers.

Even with the same jobs and friends, we still find ourselves disclosing all the time, but nowhere does it feel more constant than while dating.

Cass is out there, and before meeting the love of her life, Case also often found herself playing what felt like a game: trying to disclose casually in a way that felt conversational instead of Serious™. Somewhere along the way, we realized we’d both become oddly skilled at finding ways to bring up blindness in nearly any topic of conversation.

Naturally, we decided to turn it into an actual game.

In this episode, we put our disclosure abilities to the test: can we find a way to disclose our blindness with any conversation prompt?

For more episodes on disclosing, check these out:

• 14. life, love, & dating with a disability for our thoughts on dating way back in 2021
• 38. our jobs, discrimination, & unattainable goals on disclosing for work
• 44. the beginner’s guide to disclosing disability on disclosing in dating and beyond
• 97. how we stopped word-vomiting all our struggles on oversharing or disclosing too soon
• 114. please, read the room!!! on when to disclose vs. when to let it go
• 124. we’ve changed our minds?: our 5 year podaversary on the ways we’ve changed over the years, including disclosure and accepting help

hi hello hey… we’re not ready to be back

Physically, we’re home, but mentally, we’re still at the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Conference.

This year was extra special because we secured a Grant—Newkirk, that is. Case’s fiancé, Grant, joined the conference chaos for the first (and certainly not the last) time, and it made everything even more fun. We get into the excitement (and vulnerability) of bringing someone new into a space that feels so unique to our community—and spoiler alert: Grant was welcomed with open arms.

This year’s conference was on the smaller side, but still just as meaningful. We’re recapping it all—from our many involvements to our favorite moments. To everyone we saw—old friends and new—it’s always such a joy to connect with this community.

HPS is just the first of three conferences we’ll be at this year, so stay tuned for more recaps in the coming months… some of which may turn into chaotic live episodes.

Check out past HPS conference eps to relive the magic

• 16. a family reunion with blood draws: the hps conference (2021): a primer on all things conference
• 66. hps conference: reuniting our community after four years (2023)
• 91. doctors at a bar, cute lab mice, & dancing dinosaurs: hps conference recap (2024)
• 117. few but many: hps conference 2025

Still on a conference kick? Enjoy other episodes where we recap conferences:

• 50. squinting in orlando: albinism conference recap NOAH 2022
• 98. rolling out the red carpet for the albinism conference NOAH 2024
• 120. still alive but barely breathing lmao: ats recap our time at the American Thoracic Society in 2025

hi hello hey, guess who has the best job?? us, because we don’t have to drive!

We’re all well aware of the perks of driving—the privacy of your own car, the freedom to go anywhere at any time—but what about the perks of being a passenger princess (or prince)? Driving takes visual, mental, and physical energy that we simply don’t have to spend, which means more room to save money, relax, and stay relatively safe.

We also talk about the importance of finding ways to navigate semi-independently and encourage y’all to lean into it when possible—whether that’s public transportation, rideshares, or tapping into your broader community instead of relying on the same person every time. However you do it, we hope you flex those mental muscles and get creative if you’re feeling stuck.

We had so much fun recording this episode—something about it felt like classic Rare with Flair. Don’t worry though, we’ll be back to our usual shenanigans next episode as we recap the 2026 Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome conference!

For more episodes where we talk about driving (or not driving), check these out:

• 23. two blind girls take a driving test: why we choose not to bioptic drive (+ a quiz that proves how little we know about driving)
• 65. feeling like a burden: a vulnerable discussion on how not driving makes us feel
• 111. lifting the burden: how we pay it forward: how we give back to those who help us out