Episode Details

David welcomes Denise Allen of the Healing Our Sight podcast to discuss binocular vision, strabismus, and how vision is more than 20/20 acuity. Allen describes growing up without 3D vision, clumsiness and coordination challenges, and how traditional eye care and school screenings often miss functional vision problems. She explains strabismus, common treatments like surgery (which aligns eyes but doesn’t teach them to work together), and how vision therapy trains the brain through neuroplasticity. Allen shares her daughter’s improvement after nine months of therapy, her own path requiring surgery plus renewed therapy to gain depth perception at age 54, and a confession about missing her son’s severe convergence insufficiency until age 15. The episode highlights misdiagnosis with ADHD/learning issues, limited school screening, financial barriers, and key signs for parents to watch for.

Topics

01:05 Questioning Assumptions

02:10 Meet Denise Allen

03:48 Growing Up Clumsy

05:49 What Is Strabismus

07:23 Why It Gets Missed

11:29 Discovering Vision Therapy

12:35 Therapy Struggles and Genetics

14:08 Daughter’s Hidden Double Vision

17:40 Surgery Then Breakthrough

20:06 Vision Beyond 20 20

24:35 Neuroplasticity and Training

27:27 Vision Issues Mimic ADHD

28:22 Amblyopia and School Screening

30:09 Autism Misdiagnosis Angle

31:45 Schools Miss Vision Issues

34:24 From Teaching to Podcasting

36:30 Loss and Restarting

37:48 Whole Body Vision Clues

41:04 Doctors Don’t Collaborate

44:44 Parent Warning Signs

49:01 Weekly Segments Begin

49:45 Tip of the Week

51:03 Fact or Fiction 20/20

56:37 Parent Confession Story

01:01:04 Hope Through Neuroplasticity

01:04:11 Where to Find Denise

01:04:55 Final Thanks and Wrap

Greg Evigan on Ringo, Abbey Road, and a New Royal Philharmonic Album

Cha-Chi and David welcome actor and musician Greg Evigan to discuss his extensive TV and film work, including a standout Columbo villain role in “Bird in the Hand,” plus early career highlights like a 1976 Coca-Cola commercial and work connected to Norman Lear, Don Kirshner, Neil Bogart, and Casablanca Records. He traces his musical roots from piano lessons and New Jersey bands to high school musicals and touring with Jesus Christ Superstar, where he understudied Jesus. Evigan recalls seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan and acting in Ringo Starr’s TV special, and describes recording his original album with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Studio One at Abbey Road under intense session time constraints. They also revisit his theme songs for BJ and the Bear and My Two Dads, Battle of the Network Stars memories, and direct listeners to Evigan.com for music purchases and autographed vinyl.

Topics

01:09 Meet Greg Evigan

02:03 Columbo Villain Stories

03:52 Coke Commercial Breakthrough

05:11 Kirshner Lear Bogart Connection

06:21 Musical Roots and Piano

07:31 High School Bands and Theater

08:37 Jesus Christ Superstar Break

09:54 Abbey Road Album Setup

11:13 Beatlemania and Ringo Gig

12:56 Recording at Abbey Road

16:18 Ringo Special Clip

17:31 Theme Songs BJ and Bear

19:31 Sitcom Theme Memories

19:45 Co Stars and Butkus

20:37 Kids and Animals Rule

21:33 Family and London Sessions

22:39 Kids Careers Spotlight

23:46 Early Bands and Keys

25:06 Parents Records and Nerves

26:18 School Musicals and Mentors

27:15 Arts Education Matters

30:20 Network Stars Throwback

33:58 Where to Buy the Album

35:22 Final Thanks and Sign Off