Sights for Hope client David Rimberg, Ph.D., hosts the Defeating Darkness podcast, with episodes premiering on WDIY Lehigh Valley Public Radio. Sponsored by Sights for Hope and produced by Expect Good Media, LLC, of Bethlehem, PA, the series invites listeners into David’s experience of adapting to blindness, which began in 2022 at the age of 80. David is joined by Sights for Hope Board President Paul Miller as co-host.
David Rimberg, Ph.D., of East Stroudsburg, PA, is the host of Defeating Darkness and a client of podcast sponsor Sights for Hope. Before his vision loss in 2022, David had earned a doctorate in Environmental Engineering and enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a safety engineer and college instructor.
Paul Miller, co-host of the Defeating Darkness podcast, is also the Board President of podcast sponsor Sights for Hope. Miller, who has been completely blind for more than 20 years and is the founder of Active Learning Centers and Lehigh Valley Martial Arts, serves as a mentor and co-host, offering perspectives shaped by his own journey.
Expect Good Media, LLC, of Bethlehem, PA, produces the Defeating Darkness Podcast in partnership with sponsor Sights for Hope. Additional productions by Expect Good Media, LLC, include Lehigh Valley Landmarks, a weekly short feature on WDIY radio, and the Cold Case Mysteries podcast series, which highlights unsolved mysteries in the Lehigh Valley area.
Sights for Hope is a co-producer and the sponsor of the Defeating Darkness podcast. Sights for Hope is a nonprofit organization that empowers people to succeed however they see the world. Its programs and services build capabilities and confidence in people who are blind or have visual impairments, equip children to read in kindergarten, and enrich people’s lives with habits that protect their eyesight. Sights for Hope has proudly served Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley since 1928 and Monroe County since 2003.
WDIY Lehigh Valley Radio premieres episodes of the Defeating Darkness podcasts within its programming. The mission of WDIY 88.1 FM is to engage the Lehigh Valley community through a wide-ranging exchange of news, music, arts, and culturally diverse information.
Felton is our (usually) silent co-editor, and the guide dog for co-host Paul Miller. Felton is a black Labrador and a graduate of The Seeing Eye organization. His editorial duties include emiting low growls when he feels like a segment has gone on long enough or when he is a having a dream.