The final Faceblind episode?

What a fantastic ride! Thank you to all my guests and listeners. Just a quick episode to explain the end of this podcast... and, an invitation to anyone who might like to pick it up for a season 2.

Ruth Dixon is a therapist with the NHS in Scarborough UK. She describes learning that she and her daughter both have prosopagnosia late in life, working as a therapist with faceblindness, and the importance of finding a therapist to deal with anxiety.

Phillip Neho manages all hiring for the hospitality community at Australia's magical Uluru. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/living-blindnessface-blindness-phillip-neho/ https://dadimprovement.com/ https://phils5cents.com/

Josh Davis is a leading researcher at the University of Greenwich into the phenomenon of Super Recognizers. These are people who are exceptionally gifted at recognizing humans by face. Josh's work is being applied as a law enforcement tool all over the world. In this fascinating discussion, we explore: What makes a super recognizer Facial recognition applications in law enforcement Differences and combination with software based facial recognition Racial bias and ethics in recognition systems Brain scans vs facial recognition testing Learn more about Josh's work... and take the test yourself: https://www.superrecognisers.com/

Chris Lipford is an Aerospace Engineer working for the US Air Force. He has an incredibly positive attitude about faceblindness that may help those of us with more anxiety around the topic. Show notes: https://faceblindpodcast.com/chris-lipford/

A serial entrepreneur and craft sausage enthusiast grows customer facing businesses despite living with prosopagnosia. https://faceblindpodcast.com/chrissy-flanagan

Jay and Sanders Fabares are the husband and wife creative team behind The Pale. The comic book series features a faceblind FBI agent chasing a serial killer in a Navajo nation border town. We discuss the inspiration, research, and evolution of this project... and the value of this storytelling medium. http://thepalecomic.com/ https://twitter.com/ThePaleComic  http://www.facebook.com/ThePaleComic/ https://www.instagram.com/thepalecomic/ https://ko-fi.com/jayfabares https://www.patreon.com/jayfabares

Australian artist Michael Drewett specializes in photo-realistic portrait work... despite being faceblind. He acquired prosopagnosia well into adulthood. In this episode, he discusses the distinct life differences before and after faceblindness. See Michael's art here: Facebook.com/michaelgdrewettart Etsy.com/au/shop/michaelgdrewettart  

Kirsty McGee is approaching two decades as a professional musician. Her music is eclectic and difficult to categorize- drawing from jazz, Americana, blues, gospel, and more. She labels the amalgam Hobopop. In this episode, Kirsty shares her struggles with prosopagnosia from the road... and gives a beautiful glimpse into her creative process. https://faceblindpodcast.com/kirsty-mcgee/ https://kirstymcgee.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KfSxrn8dyAG0BVM40LN35 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJBmfqVnZd67mKvEoq4eBwA

Joyce has lived all over the world in past diplomatic and intelligence roles for the United States. After studying Cultural Cognition, she brought the theory into practice in direct contact in several countries including China and Russia. In this fascinating discussion, Joyce explains that her ability to focus on body language probably gave her more insight than your average spy. She believes faceblindness gave her a career leg up.