Sites Unseen: What’s Revealed by Traveling With the Blind

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<p>Andy Isaacson is a writer and photographer. His work for The Times has taken him to every corner of the world, and he has transmitted what he’s experienced through his images.</p> <p>But recently, Isaacson took a trip unlike any he’d taken before. Not because of where he traveled, but because of how he traveled.</p> <p>Paired with a set of unlikely travel companions, he put down his camera and experienced the word through touch, smell and sound.</p> <p>On today’s episode of “The Sunday Daily,” Isaacson talks with Host Michael Barbaro about a trip that forever changed the way he travels.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>On today's episode:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/andy-isaacson" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Andy Isaacson</strong></a>, a contributing writer and photographer for The New York Times.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Background Reading</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/07/travel/blind-visually-impaired-travelers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Sites Unseen: What Travel Is Like for Those Who Can’t See</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Photo credit: </strong>Andy Isaacson</p> <p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>