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Blink of an Eye

Blink of an Eye, a new podcast with Louise Phipps Senft, explores stories of trauma, loss, awakening, and epiphanies. Ms. Senft recounts her experience navigating a life-changing accident that rendered her son, Archer, paralyzed from the neck on down, and expands the story with interviews of those behind the scene. Told through real journal entries and inspiring guests, Blink of an Eye will inspire you to explore the true nature of our relationships and interconnectedness in the face of an event

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#309 Revisiting Blink: Tunnel Vision

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/04/15

#309 Revisiting Blink: Tunnel VisionBefore launching into a new season focused on cutting-edge medical science and breakthroughs in spinal cord injury research, Louise takes a moment to look back at where it all began. In these special revisiting episodes, listeners are invited to return to the origin story of the podcast and the deeply personal realities of spinal cord trauma with the intention to raise the awareness for researchers, funders and medical personnel of the reality of Spinal Cord

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44:19

#308 Revisiting Blink: He Talked with God

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/04/08

#308 Revisiting Blink: He Talked with GodBefore launching into a new season focused on cutting-edge medical science and breakthroughs in spinal cord injury research, Louise takes a moment to look back at where it all began. In these special revisiting episodes, listeners are invited to return to the origin story of the podcast and the deeply personal realities of spinal cord trauma with the intention to raise the awareness for researchers, funders and medical personnel of the reality of Spinal Cord

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30:52

#307 Revisiting Blink: The Call

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/04/01

#307 Revisiting Blink: The CallBefore launching into a new season focused on cutting-edge medical science and breakthroughs in spinal cord injury research, Louise takes a moment to look back at where it all began. In these special revisiting episodes, listeners are invited to return to the origin story of the podcast and the deeply personal realities of spinal cord trauma with the intention to raise the awareness for researchers, funders and medical personnel of the reality of Spinal Cord Injury

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79:07

#306 The Unifying Language of the Human Breath with...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/03/25

The Unifying Language of the Human Breath for SCI Healing with Jessica DibbLouise sits down with Jessica Dibb, a pioneer in psychospiritual healing, Director of the Global Breathwork Alliance, and the founder of the Inspiration Consciousness School and Community. Jessica shares her unique journey from her early days as a classically trained dancer with the Royal Ballet of England and the Bolshoi Ballet of Russia to her pre-medical studies, where she had a profound epiphany that breath is the

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65:33

#305 The Groundbreaking BrainGate Clinical Trials...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/03/18

The Groundbreaking BrainGate Clinical Trials with Dr. Lee HochbergLouise talks with Dr. Leigh Hochberg, a critical care neurologist, professor of engineering and brain science at Brown University, and the director of the groundbreaking BrainGate clinical trials. Dr. Hochberg shares how his early experiences, particularly watching his grandmother navigate Alzheimer’s disease, sparked a lifelong curiosity about the brain and nervous system. He recounts his path from those childhood observations to

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66:14

#304 A Paraplegic Harvard Scientist's Neuronal...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/03/11

A Paraplegic Harvard Scientist's Neuronal Regeneration Quest While Living in a Non-Accessible World, even in the Ivy LeagueLouise sits down with Jason Biundo, a PhD student at Harvard Medical School whose life and career were profoundly shaped by a severe spinal cord injury. In 2019, while studying neuroscience as an undergraduate, Jason survived a devastating rock climbing fall from the wall that left him paralyzed below the waist. He shares the surreal experience of understanding the exact

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76:28

#303 Engineered Neuroplasticity and the Future of...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/03/04

Engineered Neuroplasticity and the Future of Spinal Cord Recovery with Dr. Chet MoritzLouise is joined by Dr. Chet Moritz, the Hwang Endowed Professor at the University of Washington and Director of the Restorative Technologies Laboratory. Dr. Moritz shares his unique journey from studying the biomechanics of insect flight to pioneering the field of engineered neuroplasticity. They discuss his lab's groundbreaking work in non-invasive spinal stimulation and the monumental FDA approval of the ONWARD

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60:56

#302 Finding Your Tribe After Spinal Cord Injury and...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/02/25

Finding Your Tribe After Spinal Cord Injury and the Power of Disability Experience for AllLouise sits down with Reveca Torres, an artist, filmmaker, and the executive director of Backbones, a nonprofit connecting people with spinal cord injuries to their communities. Reveca shares the story of her injury at age thirteen during a family car accident in Mexico and the unexpected isolation she felt despite having a large, supportive family. She opens up about the pressure to mask her negative emotions

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71:59

#301 Crossing the Valley of Death in Medical Research...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/02/18

Crossing the Valley of Death in Medical Research through Sound at HEPIUS Innovation LabsLouise sits down with Dr. Amir Manbachi, an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the founder of HEPIUS Innovation Labs. Dr. Manbachi shares his unconventional path from a talented musician to a physicist and neurosurgery researcher, revealing how the physics of sound inspired a breakthrough in spinal cord visualization. He explains the development of the MUSIC device, a tiny implantable ultrasound

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58:33

#300 Surviving the Crash: A 17-Year-Old’s Journey...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/02/11

Surviving the Crash: A 17-Year-Old’s Lifelong Journey from Stud to SurvivorLouise talks with Rick Fucia and his nephew, Jag Jefferson, about the 1982 accident that altered the course of Rick's life forever. At seventeen, Rick was an athletic powerhouse whose identity was entirely wrapped up in his physical strength and studious caution. He recounts the eerie premonitions he felt on the day of his injury, from a lingering look at his mother to a strange reflection in a store window, before a stunt

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65:15

#299 Love, Prejudice, and the Search for Peace with...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/02/04

Love, Prejudice, and the Search for Peace with Cole and Charisma SidnorIn this episode, we are invited into the vibrant and vulnerable world of Cole and Charisma Sidnor, the couple behind the popular YouTube channel Roll with Cole and Charisma. Their story begins with a pivot that changed everything, as Cole navigates the shift from a sixteen-year-old athlete with dreams of college sports to a young man learning to live with quadriplegia. We explore how a chance meeting at a rehabilitation center

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70:55

#298 The Architecture of Neural Repair with Dr....

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/01/28

The Architecture of Neural Repair with Dr. Pengzhe LuFor decades, the diagnosis of a complete spinal cord injury came with a period at the end of the sentence: no regeneration possible. But Dr. Pengzhe Lu has spent his career challenging that finality. In this episode, we travel into the microscopic world of the Center for Neural Repair at UCSD, where Dr. Lu is engineering neural stem cell grafts to act as biological bridges across the lesion site. We explore the incredible complexity of

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55:47

#297 A Raw Look at Redefining Possibility

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/01/21

A Raw Look at Redefining Possibility How do you rewrite your life's story when the plot twists become unbearable? Louise joins author Rebecca Faye Smith Galli to navigate the intersection of profound grief and the sudden onset of Transverse Myelitis. Unlike acute traumatic injury, this rare inflammatory condition presents a unique medical puzzle, attacking the spinal cord from within. Becky shares how she processed the paralysis that followed, a diagnosis that arrived amidst the heartbreaking loss

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71:55

#296 Macrophages and the Battle for SCI Repair with...

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/01/14

Macrophages and the Battle for SCI Repair with Dr. John GenselWhat happens when the cells sent to heal the body after a bodily trauma decide to stick around, becoming a permanent roadblock to recovery, as they do in acute SCI? Is it possible to reprogram the immune system to stop standing guard over the damage and instead open the pathway for repair? Louise sits down with Dr. John Gensel, a neuroscientist and the Director of the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center at the University of

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67:23

#295 The Crash That Saved My Life with Jesi Stracham

Blink of an Eye ·

2026/01/07

The Crash That Saved My Life with Jesi StrachamCan a tragedy actually save your life? It is a paradoxical question, but for Jesi Stracham, the moment that broke her body was the catalyst that fixed her life. In 2015, a motorcycle accident resulted in a T4 complete spinal cord injury, stripping away her physical mobility but granting her a sudden, terrifying clarity. Jesi transitioned from a reckless lifestyle to facing the raw, unglamorous reality of paralysis, a shift that forced her to take

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74:58

#294 Inside Stem Cell Research for Spinal Cord Injury...

Blink of an Eye ·

2025/12/31

Inside Stem Cell Research for Spinal Cord Injury With Dr. Mark TuszynskiWhat can stem cells actually repair after a spinal cord injury, and where are the boundaries? What learnings might be drawn from ALS, MS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s for SCI research? How should patients and families interpret early clinical SCI trial results? And what does a therapy like NervGen mean for the broader research landscape? In this episode, Louise sits down with neurologist and researcher Dr. Mark Tuszynski of the

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46:36

#293 Revisiting Blink: A Holiday Special, He Talked...

Blink of an Eye ·

2025/12/17

#293 Revisiting Blink: A Holiday Special, He Talked with GodIn this holiday revisit, Blink of an Eye returns to He Talked With God, a moving episode from Season 1 that explores the intersection of catastrophic injury, faith, and human resilience. Spinal cord injuries often occur suddenly, frequently while people are away from home, often on vacation, and unprepared for how quickly life can change, leaving families to navigate life changing injuries and complex medical trauma in unfamiliar

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76:05

The Future of SCI Neural Repair With Dr. Andrew Stewart

Blink of an Eye ·

2025/12/10

The Future of SCI Neural Repair With Dr. Andrew StewartWhat does it mean to rethink spinal cord injury recovery when the world has told you that healing has a limit? How do you hold on to hope when science, for decades, insisted that the chronic stage of SCI was a closed door? And what happens when new research begins to challenge those long-held assumptions, inviting us into a different kind of possibility? In this episode, Louise talks with neuroscientist Andrew Stewart, whose work sits at the

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62:20

#291 Shot, Survived, and Still Rising: The Life of...

Blink of an Eye ·

2025/12/04

Shot, Survived, and Still Rising: The Life of Damon WalkerWhat happens when everything changes in a single moment—not just from SCI but from an unexpected kind act of a stranger? Damon Walker was living fast, avoiding reflection, and giving little thought to tomorrow—until the gunshot. The sudden spinal cord injury that followed didn’t just take away physical mobility; it demanded emotional honesty, a different kind of strength, and a complete rethinking of self. In this conversation, Damon opens

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10:08

#290 What Gratitude Really Feels Like

Blink of an Eye ·

2025/11/26

Today, Louise shares a personal, heartfelt reflection on gratitude—what it really feels like and why it mattersStay Connected: Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with anyone interested in advocacy for SCI funding! BLINK of an Eye® Podcast is sponsored by BLINK of an Eye® Non-Profit: A non-profit which is an essential national resource for Spinal Cord Injury, originating the first SCI Navigator Program in the country for newly injured SCI Families by SCI Families as an essential

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