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Deep Sy with Sy Hoekstra
by Sy Hoekstra
Humor and stories about my adventures in blindness every two weeks. Being disabled in this world is absurd, but we still have a good time. Paid subscribers get episodes a month earlier, plus bonus episodes on the off weeks. Subscribe at Deepsy.net deepsy.net
Episodes
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Why Using ‘Blind’ Figuratively Is a Bad Idea
Welcome to year two of Deep Sy! Today, I talk about the stranger on the street who recently explained how grateful she was not to be me. Then I read this week’s post about all the terrible ways we use the word “blind” as a figure of speech. Mentioned today: the episode of this podcast, “Wy Do...
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Please Stop Talking about the ‘Quality’ of Disabled Life
In today’s episode, I’m sharing another writer’s essay with some thoughts of mine in a brief intro. Lucy Webster is a British journalist and disability activist with Cerebral Palsy. She writes about disability, sexuality, and gender on Substack at The View from Down Here (which is also the title…
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HR Rep Caught off Guard by Blind Job Candidate
In today’s episode: - Interview tickles - Good liberal panic - The greatest mystery about Helen Keller - Deeply empty wisdom Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and bonus episodes every other week! Or throw a tip in my tip…
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How I Learned to Walk with a White Cane
In today’s episode: - Structurally unsound Sprite buckets - Shockingly useful bundles of sticks - The origin story of the RhinoTech Premium Rhino Cane - Sighted people dive for cover Mentioned in the episode: Glass Eye Witness News Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes...
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Living a Life Everyone Fears
In today’s episode: - A nonfatal face crash - You join my very legal business - Good, common-sense panic attacks - Florida man can see your soul for what it is Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and bonus episodes every…
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Disability, Reproduction, and “Lone Wolves”
In today’s episode: - Hilarious eugenics - DIY artificial insemination - Laughing alone - An extremely beef movie come out to some of the Reel Abilities events between April 23 and 30 in NYC, or check out their streamed films and events. Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get...
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Bonus Episode: Blind Sports Fandom
Subscribe to my new podcast! First episodes drop next week. https://soccerexplainedpod.com/ In today’s bonus episode, which is free for everyone: - Tiny blurry baseball guys - Little Billy, the only Mets fan in school - The world violently spins exactly one half circle - Big honkin’ hockey Music…
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Playing Video Games While Blind?
In today’s episode: - You’re a spy! - Attack of the chainsaw clown zombies - Alabama goes British - Tech bro midwives Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and support what I’m doing here! Or throw a tip in my tip jar! The...
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Tips for Ending Unwelcome Conversations Using Your Prosthetic Eyes
Content warning for those who become easily queasy. In today’s episode: - A short humor piece, plus accessibility and snow - Reverse Mark Twaining - Snow makes coffee bad - Eyeball blasters (eyeballs=ammo, not target) Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the...
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Mental Maps and My Instinctive, Subconscious Navigational Computer
In today’s episode: - Ride the Brainevator - Fear the pants rats - Total elementary school recall - You and I become fugitives from the law Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and support what I’m doing here! Or throw a tip…
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Realistic Blindness Simulation Exercises for Effective Corporate Team Building
In today’s episode: - AN off-site nightmare - Minor chemical terrorism - A redemption arc - Don’t forget the swag Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and support what I’m doing here! Or throw a tip in my tip jar! Please…
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Toothpicks, Poison Spinach, and a Lewd Monkey
In today’s episode, how to find what you need at a store while blind. Plus: - Candy scattered to the wind - Pantomime turtles - Exotic meats - A CVS employee who is probably a good hang but not a good CVS employee Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written...
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How the Grinch Failed to Steal Christmas from the Blind Whos
It’s a special Christmas episode, and a change of pace. Today’s story is fiction, and it rhymes. It’s also possibly intellectual property infringement. Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and support what I’m doing here! Or...
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Speaking to Blind People Like We're Normal 101
In today’s episode: - I viciously mock the fashion choices of a person who doesn’t technically exist - Sarcastic high-fiving - The surprising number of ears blind people have - Me pretending to be friends with your friend I’ve never met Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get...
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Bonus Episode: Glass Eye Witness News
The first episode of my NPR-style disability parody news podcast (hopefully the first of many because boy did I have fun making this). Special thanks to the Squeaky Wheel for rejecting my pitches for these stories so I could use them here. To read some excellent disability-related satire...
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How My Toddler Understands Blindness, Feat. My Toddler
In today’s episode: - My toddler’s voice acting debut - I might be a powerful wizard - I comb the streets of New York City in search of precious gold - I am emotionally comforted by an infant Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month…
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Unsolicited Sighted Helpers: The Six Most Common Types and How to Deal with Them
In today’s episode: - I raise awareness about the perspective of disabled people through sarcasm - I maybe threaten a stranger with mace, but I can’t be sure - Four separate people yell at me in public - A mysterious figure in the night appears silhouetted in the glow of headlights and with a...
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How to Tell if Someone Is Flirting when You’re Blind
In today’s story: - I take no one’s hints - I catch no one’s drift - I get no one’s message - I do not read between any lines - I pick up nothing anyone is putting down - I never get the picture - I connect no dots - I am not on anyone’s wavelength - I read no rooms - I fail to smell what anyone…
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My Slow, Stubborn, Reluctant Transition to Using a White Cane
In today’s episode: - Theater kids annoy everyone - A teacher encourages me to attack other children - I try to placate denizens of the netherworld - I traumatize Gen Z readers by describing people speaking to each other using telephones Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get...
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“Racing” to Catch a Plane while Blind
In today’s story: - I say nothing related to DEI that anyone in the government needs to prosecute ME FOR; don’t worry about it - Canadian bureaucracy makes EVERYTHING easier - Security agents investigate me for terrorism, or drug trafficking, or something; it’s not clear - People watch…
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How to Escape from Faith Healers while Blind
In today’s episode: - Dr. God - Learn the magic words that never fail to summon miracle-working religious devotees to your side - A stranger whispers tenderly into my ear in a subway station - The spiritual significance of marshmallow pizza Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get...
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How to Benefit from Sighted People’s Ignorance
In today’s episode: - I weigh in on the controversy surrounding International Podcasting Day - You question my moral integrity - I give a theatrical performance in the lobby of a courthouse for $35 - You meet my trash butlers and find to your surprise that you are one of them Become a paid...
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The Bewildering World of Disability Airport Escorts
In today’s story: - I do a choreographed dance in an airport - I openly lie to airline employees - Robots patiently wait for the right moment to revolt - I am complimented on how well I use a bathroom Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a…
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Why You Must ALWAYS Carry a Spare White Cane
In today’s story: - I chastise you for being juvenile - I harness extensive neurological research and sophisticated psychoanalysis to explain the behavior of sighted people - A stranger yells at my wife and me about sex - I meet Jesus Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get...
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A Blind Husband and Sighted Wife at a ‘Dine in the Dark’ Restaurant
In today’s story: - Blind people monetize ignorance - I imitate French-Canadians speaking English with a sensitive, regionally appropriate accent and offend no one - You fall into your bathtub - My wife and I nearly get away with a crime Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get...
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Six Tips for Blind Moshing
In today’s story: - Thieves come for my potentially magical glasses - I single-handedly defeat several men in close-quarter combat and become a hero - I set my friend’s shirt on fire. - I am attacked by a drummer Become a paid subscriber at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written...
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What to Do When You Forget Your Anniversary and You're Blind
Welcome to episode one! In today’s story: - A blind husband (me) searches for an emergency anniversary gift - Carefree sighted people skip whimsically through life - You, sighted reader, become confused when I explain what a wall sounds like - A blind caveman invents language. Grunting is fine…
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Have You Ever Imagined What It's Like to Be Blind? ... Please Don't
Join me as I read the humor pieces I write about blind life! Go to deepsy.net/subscribe to get my free emails or support me as a paid subscriber! And if you could do me a huge favor, Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. The podcast art and other Substack graphics are by Will...
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Humor and stories about my adventures in blindness every two weeks. Being disabled in this world is absurd, but we still have a good time. Paid subscribers get episodes a month earlier, plus bonus episodes on the off weeks. Subscribe at Deepsy.net
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