"I Identify As Blind" | Blind, Black, and Badass
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Lachi thinks the way we talk about disability is boring, so she’s here to make it glam, loud, and impossible to ignore. This week, the boys are joined by recording artist, Grammy Trustee, and CEO of RAMPD, Lachi. She breaks down why she went from throwing her white cane into traffic as a kid to turning it into a high-fashion statement today. We dive deep into the concept of "Maladaptive Daydreaming" (and Jer’s sudden realization that he definitely has it), the crucial difference between the "Charity Model" and the "Social Model" of disability, and why Lachi’s new book title, I Identify as Blind, is pissing off the internet in the best way possible.
Check out RAMPD: rampd.org
Find Lachi: lachimusic.com | @lachimusic
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| 0:00.0 | It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political |
| 0:05.3 | playbook. |
| 0:05.8 | And when it comes to what it all means for Canada, well, as they say, it's complicated. |
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| 0:13.8 | Join me, Willie Lowry, and senior Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Katie Simpson |
| 0:18.6 | every week as we break down the headlines from Capitol Hill |
| 0:22.1 | with a Canadian spin. |
| 0:24.2 | Find and follow two blocks from the White House on your favorite podcast app, including YouTube. |
| 0:30.3 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:37.3 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:38.8 | Welcome back to another episode of Sick Boy. |
| 0:41.1 | Today, we are joined by an absolute force of nature. |
| 0:46.2 | Her name is Lachi, rhymes with Versace, and honestly, that comparison is kind of perfect, |
| 0:53.2 | because she brings nothing but pure style to a conversation that I would say she would argue is usually too dusty. |
| 1:03.9 | Lachie is a recording artist. |
| 1:05.9 | She is a Grammy's national trustee and the author of a new book titled I Identify as Blind. |
| 1:15.1 | Honestly, we love this conversation. |
| 1:17.3 | I mean, we get into the reality of her donut vision, why she decided to turn her white |
| 1:25.1 | cane into a high fashion accessory. And she gives us this |
| 1:29.9 | an incredible breakdown of the charity model that we've never heard before. Lodji is hilarious. |
| 1:36.3 | She's unapologetic. And she's, she's navigating the music industry in six-inch stilettos on top |
| 1:43.0 | of all of that. So not to be effed with. But listen, |
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