Sunday Edition Presents: Turning the Tables on AnthonyAn In Depth Conversation

This week on Sunday Edition with Anthony Corona, we do something a little different.

As we approach the sixth anniversary of Sunday Edition, the microphone turns around and the questions come my way.

Longtime friend, deep thinker, and beloved voice in our community, Debbie Hazelton, steps into the interviewer’s chair for a special and personal conversation about the road that brought us here. Debbie was instrumental in the early creation and shaping of Sunday Edition, making her the perfect guide for this reflective and candid discussion.

Together we explore the journey behind the microphone, from Anthony’s life before losing his vision to the unexpected paths that blindness opened afterward. The conversation moves through the power of love and partnership, the challenges and growth that come with rebuilding a life, and the mission and scope of Sunday Edition and the broader Sunday Edition family of podcasts and digital media content services.

What began as a simple idea has grown into a vibrant space for conversation, storytelling, music, advocacy, and community across the blind and low vision world. In this special prerecorded episode, Debbie invites Anthony to share the stories, turning points, and inspirations that helped shape the show and its evolving mission.

If you have ever wondered how Sunday Edition began, what moments defined its direction, or who Anthony Corona is beyond the voice behind the microphone, this conversation pulls back the curtain.

Anthony reflects openly on who he was, who he is today, and who he hopes to become as the journey continues.

Join us Sunday at 1 PM Eastern for this special prerecorded edition of Sunday Edition with Anthony Corona as we celebrate six years of conversation, connection, and community.

Listen on 2020 The Beacon and Corona FM. The episode will be in the podcast feed: Sunday edition with Anthony Corona.Look for it wherever you listen to your podcast.

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Looking for mercy: a prerequisite to the turning  tables conversation on Sunday edition.

This song originally recorded by Madonna and release in 2019 in spirit of where I feel I am right now and definitely the conversation you’ll hear on the latest Sunday Edition  turning the tables interviewing Anthony

I encourage folks to take a listen to Madonna‘s version as well… And feel

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Courageous Conversations: The Trinity of Truth

In this episode of Courageous Conversations: Faith in Modern Times, the microphone is turned over to Lorna, who guides a powerful and probing dialogue centered on a timely theme: Truth Through the Lens of Blindness.

What is truth when the world feels louder than ever? When culture shouts, politics spins, and faith communities wrestle with doubt and devotion, how do we hold on to what is real? And what does truth mean when you navigate life without physical sight, yet experience clarity of spirit and perspective?

Joining Lorna on the panel are Anthony Corona, Judy Barclay, and Mark Richert. Together they explore truth intellectually, spiritually, and personally, drawing from lived experience, reflection, and faith traditions.

Throughout the conversation, the panel reflects on words that stretch the soul and invite deeper contemplation:

“We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling along blindly.” Madeleine L’Engle

“For now we see through a glass, darkly…” 1 Corinthians 13:12

“Do not accept anything as the truth if it lacks love. And do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.” St. Edith Stein

Guided by questions that refuse to stay shallow, the discussion explores:

What comes to mind when you hear the word truth?

How do you hold onto what you believe in a culture full of competing claims?

As a person who is blind, how does the language of “seeing the truth” or being “blind to the truth” resonate with you?

In what ways has blindness shaped your understanding of spiritual sight?

Can truth exist without love? Can love exist without truth?

Is there a truth you hold now that you might not have discovered without vision loss?

Courageous Conversations is not a spectator sport. It is a shared table where lived experience, faith, doubt, and discovery all have a place.

We invite people of all faiths, spiritual traditions, and perspectives to join us in this courageous exchange as we seek deeper understanding together.

Listen live to Corona FM by visiting www.anthonycorona.com, opening the menu, and selecting the Corona FM tab.

Miss it live? You can hear the replay under the Sunday Edition family of podcasts wherever you listen.

While visiting www.anthonycorona.com you can also explore Anthony’s Substack, editorial writing, past interviews, and the growing family of Sunday Edition digital media offerings.

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Let us gather. Let us question. Let us listen. Let us speak.

Because truth is not a weapon. It is a lantern.

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Intimate Evening with Debbie Hazelton

Join us this Monday at 8 PM Eastern for Intimate Evening with Debbie Hazelton on 2020 The Beacon and Corona FM. This promises to be a rich, soulful conversation with a woman whose life has been defined by courage, curiosity, faith, intellect, and trailblazing service. We will also journey with Debbie through her music and creative expression, weaving the thick threads of spirit, story, scholarship, and song into an intimate conversation that hums with memory and meaning.

Ordained since 1991 as a New Thought Interfaith minister, Debbie Hazelton has spent decades weaving together spirituality, psychology, advocacy, and holistic healing. Blind since birth and born three months premature with only a slim chance of survival, Debbie’s life began as a story of improbable resilience. From early Braille lessons to public speaking in the 1960s, from earning her BA with Highest Honors and a Masters in Humanistic Psychology to completing an Educational Specialist degree with distinction, she has consistently followed a path of experiential learning and bold exploration. Her groundbreaking program on dealing with differentness, featuring her powerful headband activity, challenged audiences across conferences, colleges, airports and healthcare systems to confront labels and see one another more fully.

Debbie is the author of two influential books, The Courage To See: Daily Affirmations For Healing The Shame Within and Solving The Self-esteem Puzzle: A Guide For Moving From Piece To Peace. Her first book sold 30000 copies in its first year and was translated into Chinese and Japanese. Over the years she has served as a licensed mental health counselor, coordinator of disabled student services, college professor, outreach coordinator and contributing editor, Reiki master, licensed massage therapist, and holistic practitioner. Today she continues teaching nursing students, using Braille, embosser technology, PowerPoint and AI tools to create dynamic accessible classrooms. Through it all, her voice has remained steady, insightful, humorous, and deeply rooted in the goodness and grandness of Source and the joy by which we are made. Music and creative expression have long been part of her journey, and during this evening we will explore how melody, message, and meaning intertwine in her life and ministry.

You can listen live Monday at 8 PM Eastern on 2020 The Beacon by visiting www.2020thebeacon.com and clicking listen. The stream plays from anywhere on the website and you can also ask Alexa devices to enable 2020 The Beacon. Corona FM can be streamed at www.anthonycorona.com by clicking on the menu and selecting the Corona FM tab. The next day, the full conversation will be available wherever you get your podcasts by searching for Sunday Edition with Anthony Corona. The episode will appear in that podcast feed.

Do not miss this Intimate Evening with Debbie Hazelton. Join us for wisdom, laughter, courage, healing, music, and the kind of conversation that lingers long after the microphones go quiet.

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Courageous Conversations: Forgiveness

we gather again for the second in our Courageous Conversations series on faith in  modern times.

Joining me, Anthony Corona, will be LORNA DESROSES,  GABRIEL LOPEZ KAFATI, and MARK RICHERT as we expand our ongoing dialogue and focus on one of the most complex and transformative forces in human experience: forgiveness.

This week we explore the trinity of forgiveness. Forgiving oneself. Forgiving another. And the ultimate act of both forgiving and being forgiven.

We will reflect on how this mirrors the Holy Trinity while also drawing from other spiritual traditions and lived experiences across communities of faith and doubt alike.

Among the questions we will explore:

Can one truly give or receive forgiveness if they are blocking themselves from forgiveness of a higher power or unable to forgive themselves?

What is the true act of forgiveness? What does it mean to grant forgiveness, to ask for it, and to receive it?

In this turbulent modern world, can we forgive our neighbors, both named and faceless, for ideologies, choices, alliances, and beliefs?

And finally, is forgiveness conditional?Last Thursday, we kicked off this series of conversations with our panelist and a few amazing comments from our audience, and we would love to hear from you!

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End… We continue this series of conversations next Thursday night at 8 PM, Eastern when Lorna will lead us in a discussion about: truth.

The Trinity of truth, how we define an exercise: truth.

Stay tuned for information on how to listen and or join this conversation.

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Yours,Anthony CoronaHe/HimHost and Producer of Sunday edition [email protected]

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Courageous Conversations For A Changing WorldPart One, Faith In Modern Times

Sunday Edition with Anthony Corona

Thank you for joining us for our continuing Courageous Conversations, part of the Sunday Edition family podcast and digital media content services. This gathering brought together community members from across faith traditions and lived experiences for an honest exploration of spirituality, disability, advocacy, and the realities of navigating turbulent times.

Deep gratitude to Mark, Lorna, and Gabriel for their wisdom, vulnerability, and thoughtful leadership in the discussion. Thank you to everyone who listened on Corona FM, those who joined us live, and a special welcome to our new friend Judy. We are honored you found your way into this circle.

During this conversation, we reflected on the enduring words of Madeleine L Engle, drawing from her writings across decades and examining how her reflections continue to resonate today. Together, we spoke about facing the enemy and naming the enemy. We considered the theological image of the enemy as a once favored angel who chose the fall, and we examined how distraction and chaos function as tools that attempt to separate us from ourselves, from our faith, from our shared humanity, and from our higher power.

Although the conversation was framed within the Lenten season and included references to the Old and New Testament, this was not a conversation confined to Christianity. Participants explored the distinctions between faith, spirituality, and organized religion, affirming that spirituality does not equal religion and faith is not limited to any one tradition. We wrestled with doubt, polarization within our communities, and the challenge of holding onto faith in dark political and cultural moments.

We also examined how personal spirituality informs advocacy. How does our inner life shape our public voice. How do we carry faith into justice work. How do we quiet the noise designed to fracture and divide us, especially within disability and faith communities. These questions formed the heartbeat of the evening.

Next Conversation, Thursday at 8 PM Eastern

Our second Courageous Conversation will center on forgiveness. We will explore what we have described as a trinity of forgiveness: extending forgiveness, accepting forgiveness, and forgiving for ones own spiritual balance. Drawing from our recent reflections on forgiveness within our own house, we will examine how silence can become permission, how speaking truth and offering grace can coexist, and how forgiveness functions not as weakness but as disciplined leadership. We will also reflect on the theological symbolism of the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and what spiritual equilibrium looks like in a divided world.

You can find this episode in your podcast feed by searching Sunday Edition with Anthony Corona.

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Sunday EditionGrowing the Circle with Barbara Hinske

Airing Sunday at 1 PM Eastern on 2020 The BeaconAvailable in your podcast feeds immediately after broadcast

This week on Sunday Edition, we gather for a rich and heartfelt conversation with author Barbara Hinske centered on her latest novel, Growing the Circle, part of the beloved Guiding Emily series.

Barbara shares how her journey into the world of Emily Main began through a charitable interaction with the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and how she chose to donate the proceeds of the first book in the series to support that mission. What began as generosity became a long term literary commitment to telling stories that reflect the lived experiences of the blind and low vision community with authenticity and warmth.

We explore the theme of second acts in life, including Emily’s own transition into vision loss, her partnership with her guide dog Garth, and the ever widening circle of relationships that shape her world. The novel beautifully examines how loss can lead to unexpected expansion, new purpose, and deeper connection.

Our conversation dives into advocacy woven seamlessly into storytelling. We discuss employment discrimination, assumptions about competence, parenting, assistive technology, and the subtle ways society questions blind and low vision individuals. Barbara shares how she listens closely to members of our community and thoughtfully incorporates those conversations into women’s fiction and comfort storytelling that invites reflection rather than defensiveness.

Growing the Circle is not simply a novel. It is a bridge between communities. It opens doors for friends, family members, coworkers, and readers to better understand the daily realities, frustrations, joys, and resilience of blind and low vision people.

We encourage you to read along and join us for our upcoming friends and family book discussion and advocacy gathering with Barbara. If you are interested in participating, email [email protected] and let us know you are reading Growing the Circle and would like to join the conversation. Details will follow once the date is finalized.

Please support Barbara’s work by purchasing the book and leaving reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, or wherever you listen to audiobooks. Reviews and engagement truly matter. The more interaction, the more the algorithm recognizes these stories and shares them with new readers. Amplifying good work is one of the simplest and most powerful forms of advocacy.

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Join us this Sunday at 1 PM Eastern on 2020 The Beacon, and continue the conversation in your podcast feed immediately after.

Let’s keep growing the circle together. Footnotes

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Growing the Circle on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Growing-Circle-Book-Guiding-Emily-ebook/dp/B0F4Y6FS35

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Take2Radio  the Remix   in Partnership with Sunday Edition Presents: comedian Heath Harmison  

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We had a great conversation with comedian Heath Harmison on Take 2 Radio: The Remix! Heath shared the journey that led him to stand-up success, from his early beginnings to building a career on stage and on the road. He opened up about the influence of his incredibly talented family, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and what life is really like while touring. It’s an honest, funny, and inspiring look at the work behind the laughs — and the passion that keeps him going.

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Sunday Edition Presents: A Conversation with Kevin and Sarah LaRoseBy: Anthony Corona

Air Date: February 15

In this heartfelt and deeply layered conversation, we sit down with Kevin and Sarah LaRose to talk about life, love, blindness and vision loss, faith held onto, faith practiced, faith questioned and faith reclaimed.

For years we have corresponded, supported and amplified one another’s work across advocacy spaces and community conversations. It was long past time that we sat down together not only as colleagues in the work, but as friends and partners in shared purpose.

Sarah and Kevin have been married since 2012. They first met in 1998 while participating in advocacy activities online and through the American Council of the Blind. What began as shared advocacy grew into shared life.

Kevin is a lover of history and politics, an enthusiastic home cook, an avid podcast listener and the kind of reader who juggles three books at once. A gifted wordsmith, he describes himself as an introvert, yet he is also a generous encourager who offers thoughtful compliments with sincerity and care.

Sarah taught biblical languages at Anderson University from 2015 to 2024 and received the Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation of the Blind in 2016. She now works as a braille transcriber for JBI Library. In her memoir, Past the Gray Curtain, she offers a deeply personal reflection on faith, identity and lived experience. You can learn more about Sarah and her work at http://www.sarahblakelarose.com and explore Kevin’s work at http://www.kevinlarose.net.

While there are many memoirs available today, this is a beautifully written, thoughtfully presented and deeply thought provoking work. Supporting one another is not only about hitting a like button or sharing a post. It is also about showing up through action. Please consider purchasing Sarah’s book today and investing in the powerful storytelling and lived experience she so generously shares.

During our conversation, we explore navigating blindness and vision loss within faith communities, translating belief into lived practice in a modern world and the quiet courage it takes to wrestle with doubt while holding onto hope.

Gabriel Lopez Kafati joins us for part of the conversation as we begin teasing an upcoming six week series of Thursday night discussions leading up to and through the Lenten season and Easter. Together we talk about what it means to translate faith into action and compassion in today’s world.

This episode is thoughtful, honest and grounded in lived experience. It is a conversation about partnership, calling and the ongoing journey of becoming.

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Thank you for being part of this growing, thoughtful and engaged community.

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Take2Radio The Remix

In conjunction with the Sunday Edition family of podcast and digital media content services presents

Nick Rossi The Interview

Pam and Anthony sat down with musician Nick Rossi for an in depth and wide ranging conversation about music, influence, creativity, and what it means to play through life both solo and with a band.

Nick Rossi is a pop punk artist and producer from Upstate New York and a driving creative force behind the band Double XP.

His sound pulls inspiration from early 2000s punk and alternative rock while still feeling fresh, playful, and emotionally grounded.

Whether working solo or collaborating with a full band, Nick approaches music with curiosity, intention, and a genuine love for the craft.

Double XP channels that same energy.

Big hooks.

High energy guitars.

A sense of fun that never forgets the heart underneath the noise.

At the end of the episode we premiere the brand new Double XP single "All A Game".

It is a catchy, fun, early 2000s inspired punk rock earworm that will absolutely get stuck in your head in the best possible way.

You have been warned.

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This inaugural episode of Take 2 Radio The Remix is a perfect snapshot of what is to come.

Honest conversations.

Creative energy.

Music that makes you smile, think, and maybe sing along a little too loudly.

Nick is fun, engaging, thoughtful, and open.

His conversation with Pam and Anthony flows easily from laughter to reflection and back again, making this episode a true joy from start to finish.

We encourage you to check out Nick Rossi and Double XP across social media.

Watch the video on YouTube.

Stream the song.

Turn it up.

Sing it loud.

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Disclaimer: For the Nick Rossi interview: We realized after recording there were some technical issues with my headset upon editing. Nonetheless this interview went amazingly well & we want to thank Nick for joining us on our first show back. I promise things will be tip top shape for the next show! Please bare with us & enjoy! Thank you for your understanding.  

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