19 episodes

1 in 50 people live with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize faces. Face blindness can be both frustrating and funny. Maybe proso coping skills can make you a better recognizer?

Faceblind John Viviani (current host) Jeff Waters (past host)

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.6 • 7 Ratings

1 in 50 people live with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize faces. Face blindness can be both frustrating and funny. Maybe proso coping skills can make you a better recognizer?

    The final Faceblind episode?

    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.

    • 8 min
    Ruth Dixon: Faceblind therapist

    Ruth Dixon: Faceblind therapist

    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.

    • 54 min
    Phillip Neho: Faceblind headhunter

    Phillip Neho: Faceblind headhunter

    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/

    • 48 min
    Josh Davis: Researching super recognizers

    Josh Davis: Researching super recognizers

    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/

    • 53 min
    Chris Lipford: Super positive Aerospace Engineer

    Chris Lipford: Super positive Aerospace Engineer

    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/

    • 53 min
    Chrissy Flanagan: The Faceblind Sausage Queen of Australia

    Chrissy Flanagan: The Faceblind Sausage Queen of Australia

    A serial entrepreneur and craft sausage enthusiast grows customer facing businesses despite living with prosopagnosia.

    https://faceblindpodcast.com/chrissy-flanagan

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

reee231 ,

Epic

Chilled and epicness, this is very good, not bad, good.

Mary Gladstone ,

Jesse

Disappointing, I thought this would actually be informative for people with prosopagnosia. Seems to be more of an advertising platform. The best episode with Jesse was the best one as I enjoyed his insight. If you just want to be entertained this is the podcast for you.

aptherts ,

This is a Must Listen!

I’ve known Jeff for a few years and I knew he was special, but I had no idea that he is one of 2% of people on earth that have this condition. He’s an amazing story-teller, full of interesting factoids and is incredibly thoughtful and funny. Listen to this guy. I promise you will not be disappointed. If you are, come at me!

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