hi hello hey, guess who has the best job?? us, because we don’t have to drive!

We’re all well aware of the perks of driving—the privacy of your own car, the freedom to go anywhere at any time—but what about the perks of being a passenger princess (or prince)? Driving takes visual, mental, and physical energy that we simply don’t have to spend, which means more room to save money, relax, and stay relatively safe.

We also talk about the importance of finding ways to navigate semi-independently and encourage y’all to lean into it when possible—whether that’s public transportation, rideshares, or tapping into your broader community instead of relying on the same person every time. However you do it, we hope you flex those mental muscles and get creative if you’re feeling stuck.

We had so much fun recording this episode—something about it felt like classic Rare with Flair. Don’t worry though, we’ll be back to our usual shenanigans next episode as we recap the 2026 Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome conference!

For more episodes where we talk about driving (or not driving), check these out:

• 23. two blind girls take a driving test: why we choose not to bioptic drive (+ a quiz that proves how little we know about driving)
• 65. feeling like a burden: a vulnerable discussion on how not driving makes us feel
• 111. lifting the burden: how we pay it forward: how we give back to those who help us out

hi hello hey, you hungry? well… you’re about to be!

Before we get into this week’s ep, thank you for your patience while we took a little break. Between travel and being sick, we wanted to wait until we had the time and energy to bring you a quality episode—and now we’re back and, frankly, starving. Want some snacks??

It’s been a minute since we did a “flair” ep, and this one was actually a brilliant idea from our girl ChatGPT (hate if you will, but she’s helpful!). You loved when we ranked assistive technology, so we’re back with another tier list—this time featuring (mostly) salty snacks. Expect some agreements, some disagreements, and some seriously salty takes.

Have another tier list topic you want us to debate, or a favorite snack we missed? Email us at hello@rarewithflair.com!

hi hello hey, welcome to a normal day in our lives!

If you’ve heard even one episode of our show, you know we tend to save some of our best blind/disability moments for the pod to really bring our lovely listeners into our world. Whether it’s helpful perspective for listeners without disabilities or catharsis for listeners like us, we usually pull out the wildest ones.

What you may not know is that those big, shocking stories actually happen somewhat sparingly. The little moments? Those happen practically daily. They’re so normal to us that sometimes we don’t even think to share them with each other.

This episode is a collection of those moments — the quiet, low-key, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it (well… metaphorically) blindie experiences that make up our actual, everyday lives.

No dramatic plot twists. No public showdowns. Just the cozy, mildly chaotic reality of existing in the world as blind girls trying to find forks, navigate doctor’s offices, and keep it moving.

Because this is what disability looks like on a random Tuesday.

Ready for more story time, big or small? Check these episodes out:

• 31. too blind to be sighted; too sighted to be blind living in the “gray area” between sighted and blind.
• 40. this one’s tmi… some of our most unfiltered chronic illness stories.
• 52. our lives are just one long, awkward moment a series of uncomfy social situations caused by our low vision.
• 63. our uber funny rideshare stories some of our wildest (and weirdest) rideshare experiences.
• 79. our lives are one huge contradiction times we saw things we felt we shouldn’t… but couldn’t see things we should.
• 99. the unhappiest place on earth: discrimination at disneyland our humiliating attempt to get DAS at Disneyland in 2024.
• 104. did they really just say that?! a smattering of some of the most shocking things people have said to us
• 106. we’re delulu about what we look like in public why we can’t fake looking “normal” and the stories to prove it.
• 108. the wound that never heals: our discrimination stories the most deeply cutting discrimination we’ve experienced in our lives
• 112. a grocery delivery shopper yelled at cass?? chaos from the world of grocery delivery.
• 137. sorry, my brain was buffering stories of when our processing speed said “please hold.”