No Barriers
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 80 ratingsHosted by Erik Weihenmayer (the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest; among many other perhaps more impressive achievements) our audience tunes into hear stories of perseverance along with the outcomes on the other side. Individuals who've defied the odds (defying the odds) or flipped the script of their lives are frequent guests. - Podcast producer contact: [email protected]
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Beyond the North Pole with Dwayne Fields
January 27, 2022 14:20 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBhttps://www.dwayne-fields.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dwaynefields/ https://twitter.com/DwayneFields https://www.facebook.com/DwayneFieldsAdventurer/
500 mph with former Blue Angels pilot John Foley
January 12, 2022 15:27 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBJohn’s Social Links YouTube Twitter LinkedIn VIDEO: Ted talk on what separates the best from the best. BOOK - Fearless Success - The quest for perfection is not only possible--it's actually our natural state, says author and former Blue Angel pilot, John Foley. Imagine what the same preparation and mindset that allowed him to fly in formation mere inches apart from another jet can do for you, your teams, and any organization. In, Fearless Success, John Foley gives us the secrets that el...
Recap 2021
January 05, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBListen to the full episodes referenced in this episode. Episode 110: Determination and Faith with Chris Norton Episode 113: Embracing Vision with Kyle Coon Episode 119: Equity in Entertainment with Keely Cat-Wells Episode 132: Restoring Vision with Geoff Tabin Episode 133: Rebuilding Community & Purpose with Cpt. Dave Inbody, US Army, Ret.
Frontlines of the NICU with Benjamin Rattray
December 16, 2021 15:32 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBTo introduce our guest this week, read you a passage from a recent essay he wrote: “I gaze at her straight charcoal hair, serious blinking eyes and flawless skin. She is only a day old, but already her muscles are tight and when she cries it is high-pitched and she is difficult to console. Her urine is positive for benzodiazepines, amphetamines, cocaine, and opioid derivatives.” These are the words of Benjamin Rattray. He takes care of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. He walks the ...
Rebuilding Community & Purpose with Cpt. Dave Inbody, US Army, Ret
December 08, 2021 19:04 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBDavid Inbody is the father of three children, two sons and a daughter, and has been married to his wife Tiffany for nineteen years. David was medically retired from the U.S. Army in 2012, after eight years of service. He attained the rank of Captain. He enlisted in 2004 and attended officer candidate school and was commissioned in 2008. He was assigned to Bravo Co, 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regt as a scout platoon leader. He later served as a plans officer and supply officer for the squad...
Restoring Vision with Geoff Tabin
December 01, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBImagine life if you were unable to see. Could you find the toilet, or leave in an emergency? Now imagine you lived in a place where there are no paved roads, no clean water. In our world, 14 million people, more than the entire population of Canada, are blind, unable to perform the daily tasks of living. Ninety percent of the world's visually impaired live in low-income settings. Eighty-five percent of the blindness on our planet could be cured, or could have been prevented. 20 million peopl...
Harnessing Positivity with Jim Kwok
November 24, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBThis much is true... no one gets outta here alive. If you had the option of knowing the day you would die and how it would happen, would you want to know? This is Jim. Jim was very much alive when this episode was recorded. Jim was dead 2 months later.. Jim has a Stage 4, terminal cancer diagnosis and has ceased all treatment. Two weeks before this episode was recorded he was told he had roughly a month to live. Since his diagnosis, Jim has endured countless rounds of chemo, multiple s...
How to See with Joe Strechay
November 17, 2021 15:30 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBJoe Strechay is a Producer and Consultant for film, television, theatre, and literary works. He consults on accessibility, disability, and blindness to assure respectful and accessible work environments and portrayals. He has worked on AppleTV+’s SEE, Netflix’s The OA, and Marvel’s Daredevil. Joe has supervised services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; managed a web program; instructed in services for individuals who are blind or have low vision; advised states and countries on servic...
Concurring Limitations with Sarah Will
November 10, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBIn this episode get up close and personal as this Olympian shares her triumphs, challenges (physical & mental), blunders here and there, and where her life is headed now. Growing up in Vermont, Sarah Will was a natural on the slopes. She competed on the nationally-ranked ski team at Green Mountain College. Her skiing career took an unexpected turn in 1988, when a skiing accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. She did not give up. 4 years later she went to the 1992 Paralympic Winter ...
The Ability App with Alex Knoll
October 06, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB16-year-old Alex Knoll is a tech founder and international speaker with a passion for helping others. He has been featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, BBC, Irish Times, NBC Nightly News, Sky News & many more. Alex developed Ability App, a global crowd-sourced web app that helps people with cognitive, hearing, vision, and/or mobility disabilities and caregivers search for specific accessible and inclusive features at locations around the world. Ability App launched globally on May 1, 2020...
Accessible Design with Faith Malton
September 29, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBFaith Malton is a natural-born engineer. She was born missing her right arm and thus, grew up problem-solving and adapting to her environment through innovation. More importantly, she engineered her mental aptitude and psyche to be rooted in a growth mindset. A student ambassador, she found herself inquisitive on how other cultures worked and how culture determines the perception of disability. Her curiosity led her to places like Antarctica, India, and Tanzania. Every trip was an awakeni...
The Ultra Barrier Breaker: Amy Rusiecki
September 22, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBAmy Rusiecki is the owner of Beast Coast Trail Running and the Race Director for the Vermont 100 mile race, Seven Sisters Trail Race, Chesterfield Gorge Ultra Event, and Mount Tobey 50k, as well as a winning endurance athlete herself. Amy is a true barrier-breaker in the ultra community. She successfully petitioned for the Vermont 100 to be the first ultra race in the country to recognize AWDs (athletes with disabilities) in their own division and has taken the Vermont 100 partnership with...
Regaining Purpose with Mark Yearsley
September 08, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBMark served in the United States Air Force for ten years, starting out as an aircraft mechanic. He loved his job but was looking for more challenges, so he switched to air traffic control for the remainder of his time in service. During a deployment in Kuwait, he sustained injuries resulting in his right leg needing to be amputated above the knee. He went into a deep depression and lost all hope and was very inactive. Eventually, he found outdoor therapy programs like No Barriers and regai...
Humor as a Mirror with Josh Blue
September 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBComedian, Josh Blue, sat down with Erik and Jeff at our studio in Golden, CO to discuss his career as a comic who happens to have cerebral palsy. Following his groundbreaking win on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2006, Josh Blue has risen through the ranks to become a well-established headliner at venues throughout the world. His story has been featured on Fox, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, and CNN. He was the first comedian to perform stand-up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, was named Best Winning Realit...
Caregiver Advocate and Alchemist: Colleen Rose
August 25, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBColleen Rose is a military caregiver for her husband, John, an active duty Marine. While on his 2nd tour in Afghanistan, John was wounded by an IED blast sustaining vision loss and extensive injuries. Colleen acted as his caregiver, and then, in 2016, the roles were reversed when Colleen was diagnosed with breast cancer. Several years later, Colleen has helped her husband retain his active duty status, and Colleen is cancer-free and in remission, and they are proud parents to their baby, D...
Veteran Hiring with Sean Passmore
August 18, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBSean Passmore served 22 1/2 years in the Army before retiring in 2014. Today, he leads the Military Talent Strategic Outsourcing (MTSS) team and oversees enterprise military and veteran initiatives at Wells Fargo, supporting the military community with housing affordability, financial wellness, small business support, and career transition assistance programs. The MTSS team is 100% dedicated to attracting, recruiting, coaching, and advocating for veterans seeking career opportunities at ...
Whitewater Healing with Antoinette Lee Toscano
August 12, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBAntoinette, an 11-year United States Army Veteran, is an American Adult Cross-Cultural Kid (ACCK) and Third Culture Adult (TCA) with family ancestry in Nigeria, Ireland, China, and Jamaica. Antoinette is a former IT executive, a blogger at the New Normal Big Life blog, Producer of New Normal Big LifeTV for Culturs Global Multicultural TV, Contributing Writer at Paddling Magazine and Culturs, global, multicultural magazine. Antoinette is also a transformational public speaker and an advo...
Meet the StrokeHacker: Sean Entin
August 04, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBSean Entin was a successful entrepreneur who suddenly had a stroke at 39 years old. After many surgeries, doctors told him he would never walk, talk, drive or be independent again. It has been 10 years since he had his stroke and he has not only regained his independence — in his recovery process —Sean became the StrokeHacker; learning how the brain works and what it takes to make it better. His mantra “I can, I shall, I will” helped him through the most difficult times in his life. Tha...
Equity in Entertainment with Keely Cat-Wells
July 28, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBKeely Cat-Wells is an Entrepreneur and Disability Activist dedicated to making social, systematic, and economical change. Keely is the Founder/CEO of C Talent, Zetta Studios, and Zetta Finance. She founded her first company at a very early age while in the hospital, which eventually evolved into C Talent. C Talent represents Deaf and Disabled artists, athletes, and influencers globally to normalize disabled people being experts in subjects beyond disability. After noticing the lack of ac...
Leading with Vulnerability: Chris Prange-Morgan
July 21, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBChris Prange-Morgan has worked extensively in the field of mental health and is familiar with the topics of trauma and resilience, grief and loss, adoption, and adapting and overcoming obstacles. Today, Chris and her husband, Scott, host a podcast and website, Full Catastrophe Parenting, which is dedicated to helping parents and professionals in the trenches of working with challenging family/life circumstances. Over the past several years she has provided clinical pastoral care to hospita...
Meet Feminist Plumber: Judaline Cassidy
July 14, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBJudaline Cassidy hails from the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Having experienced, first-hand, the challenges and injustices women working in male-dominated fields face, Judaline has devoted her life and work to being a force of change. By day, she’s a history-making plumber in NYC, where she’s mastered her trade over the last two decades while fighting for equality in the construction industry. She dedicates every other waking second to her trademarked "Jobs Don’t Have Genders" acti...
The Roots of No Barriers with Mark Wellman
July 07, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBMark Wellman is a nationally acclaimed author, filmmaker, and motivational speaker. Despite being paralyzed in a mountain climbing accident, Mark has inspired millions to meet their problems head-on and reach for their full potential. A two-time Paralympian and former Yosemite Park Ranger, Mark's NO LIMITS philosophy encourages individuals to adventure into new horizons; to go beyond the seemingly unreachable. An accomplished wheelchair athlete, Mark is best known for the first historic p...
Radical Vision with Two Blind Brothers
June 30, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBWe are honored that Prudential is sponsoring today's podcast highlighting people who are alchemists. Bradford and Bryan Manning are two blind brothers on a mission to cure blindness. At a young age, they were diagnosed with an eye disease that causes blindness over time. To fight back, they left their former careers to start Two Blind Brothers, a small charitable clothing company that donates 100% of its profits to drive life-changing research for a cure for blindness. Their condition i...
A Champion Role Model: Reggie Showers
June 23, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBAt 14, Reggie had a tragic electrical accident that left him a double amputee. But, his “never-say-die” attitude has propelled him to also become an accomplished pilot, inspirational speaker, certified snowboard instructor, and marathoner. In 2017, he was part of ROMP, the Range Of Motion Project’s elite team of amputee & able-bodied climbers that climbed Cayambe, an 18000’ stratovolcano in Ecuador as part of a fundraising effort that benefitted amputees in third world countries. Reggie ...
Embracing Vision with Kyle Coon
June 16, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBKyle Coon lost his sight at the age of six after a battle with Retinoblastoma—cancer of the eye. However, not having sight has not stopped him from pursuing his vision. Since then he has become a competitive rock climber, downhill skier, runner, and triathlete. After summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 15, Kyle knew he needed to live a life filled with adventure. After getting his college degree and trying the working world for a bit, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming an endura...
Mt. Everest 20th Anniversary
June 09, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBMountaineers and others scoffed at the notion that Erik Weihenmayer, blind since 14, could climb Mt. Everest. They thought he would be a danger to himself and his team. But, on that day in 2001 Erik and his team, through preparation, personal sacrifice, and the belief that they would succeed, stood together on the top of the world. To celebrate this milestone Erik and members of their record-holding team reunited virtually and shared fond memories and recounted their struggles. Most import...
A KWEEN of Social Justice - Parker McMullen Bushman
June 02, 2021 15:20 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBParker (she/her) aka KWEEN WERK is an outspoken social media diva who focuses on environmental justice and social justice matters. Parker tackles these complex, interconnected issues by addressing them through head-on activism and education. She is the founder of a DEI Consulting Firm called Ecoinclusive, the creator of KWEEN WERK, and the co-founder of Inclusive Journeys. As a leader at the intersection of culture and justice, Parker believes in using social media as a tool for social cha...
Determination and Faith with Chris Norton
May 26, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBAs an 18-year-old freshman at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, Chris Norton suffered a devastating spinal cord injury during a college football game. Told by doctors that he had only a 3 percent chance of regaining movement below the neck, Chris has continually defied medical odds and, in 2015, successfully accomplished his goal of walking across his college graduation stage with the help of his then-fiancee, Emily. Video from the event went viral, inspiring millions worldwide. Most rece...
An Inclusive Circus with Lisa Lewis
May 19, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBLisa Lewis began her career with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She earned a master’s degree in Clown/Circus History from NYU. During the same period, she co-founded the Super Scientific Circus, a STEAM-based series of 6 shows which tour the country using Circus Skills to make science fun and accessible for all learning styles. Lisa received her certification from Marquis Studios as a teaching artist for District 75 specializing in Autism and at-risk youth in NYC where she taugh...
The Business of Elevating with Douglas Jackson
May 12, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBDr. Doug Jackson serves as the President and CEO of Project CURE. Since 1987, Project C.U.R.E. has delivered equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in over 135 countries and was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 charities in America. In addition to delivering approximately five semi-truck-sized containers of medical relief each week, teams of medical professionals travel abroad to provide hundreds of hours of hands-on medical care and training through the C.U.R.E. Clinics progr...
Purpose and Faith with Kristan Seaford
May 05, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBKristan Seaford was a 38-year-old stay-at-home mom with five young children when a catastrophic illness struck. What began as the flu and strep throat turned into pneumonia and a life-threatening condition called septic shock. After 100 days, a medically-induced coma, six hospitals, and a miracle, she survived. She lives as a triple amputee, with her remaining foot missing the toes and heel. Today, Kristan is as busy as ever working as a motivational and faith-building speaker, a personal co...
One Love with Anthony Ferraro
April 28, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBAnthony Ferraro was born blind. Today Anthony is 25 years old and refers to himself as a professional athlete, musician, and motivational speaker. Flashing back to his High School career, Anthony was the only blind wrestler on his team. With the goal of winning a New Jersey state championship his senior year, his older brother Oliver followed him around and collected hundreds of hours of live footage. His film, “A Shot in the Dark” is now available on Amazon Prime. When the United States P...
The Heroic Journey Mindset with Peter Bailey
April 21, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBAs President of The Prouty Project, Peter Bailey develops creative experience-based leadership development programs for companies and people to expand their life skills, belief systems, and communication processes. In his free time he roasts his own coffee beans, writes, sails, surfs, rock climbs, and enjoys time with his wife, kids, and two cats. Resources: Peter’s TEDx talk: “Developing The Heroic Journey Mindset” To learn more visit: www.proutyproject.com
The Unseen Bean with Gerry Leary
April 14, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBGerry Leary is the founder of the coffee shop, Unseen Bean in Boulder, CO. Gerry has been blind since he was born but his lack of vision does not stop him from roasting coffee. You don’t need sight to roast coffee, you need a heart, and Gerry has a huge one. Before coffee, Gerry was an auto mechanic for 40+ years. He loved working with his dad in their garage growing up and was told he couldn’t work on cars as a blind person - which only made him determined to do so. Gerry Leary's passion ...
Radical Innovation with Hadeel Ayoub
April 07, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIn 2017, Hadeel Ayoub founded BrightSign, a wearable technology start-up. BrightSign develops technology pieces that employ AI to facilitate communication for individuals who need it, such as people with hearing or speech disabilities or children with non-verbal autism. Hadeel’s BrightSign Glove innovation has gained international recognition and has won global awards in Innovation and Artificial Intelligence. A special thanks to Arrow Electronics for sponsoring this episode as part of ...
From Inspiration to Information with Nicole Kelly
March 31, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBNicole Kelly proudly identifies as a person living with a disability and spends much of her time advocating for it! Nicole stepped into the role of a public figure in 2013 when she won the title of Miss Iowa, making her one of very few to compete at Miss America with a physical disability. Nicole is the co-creator and co-host of the podcast, Disarming Disability, which aims to break down the stigma surrounding disability by engaging disability experts in conversation. Nicole has proudly s...
Relax to Recover with Dr. Subhasis Banerji
March 24, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBSubhasis has spent about 20 years developing cutting-edge technology, 5 years of practicing therapy, and 10 years in clinical research with varying degrees of success and failure. His diverse background led him to invent and commercialize the world’s first fully wearable, connected brain plasticity training tool that trains brain and body in one system. SynPhNe is the outcome of his Ph.D. (Biomechatronics) study which he completed after recovering from a brain injury himself. He is passion...
The Human Connection with Ann Curry
March 17, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBAnn Curry is an award-winning journalist and photojournalist. She is a former NBC News Network anchor and international correspondent and has reported on conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Darfur, Congo, the Central African Republic, Serbia, Lebanon, and Israel; on nuclear tensions from North Korea and Iran and on numerous humanitarian disasters, including the tsunamis in Southeast Asia and Japan, and the massive 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Her awards for journalism include 7 Emmy...
Storytelling with Michael Brown
March 10, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBMichael Brown has excelled as both an adventure athlete and as a filmmaker. He has been to the summit of Mount Everest five times, each time with cameras rolling. His work as a director and cinematographer spans all seven continents and has won many film festivals and industry awards, including three national Emmy Awards. Michael is also a recipient of the International Alliance For Mountain Film's 'Grand Prix' awards at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, the Explorers Festival’s Camera Extre...
Finding Flow with Sam Morris
March 03, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBSam Morris is the founder of Zen Warrior Training®, an enlightened leadership and embodied wisdom coaching program. In 1999, Sam endured a spinal cord injury, paralyzing him from the waist down. This incident catalyzed a deep dive into somatic healing arts, depth psychology, wisdom traditions, and the innate intelligence of the body. Sam trains his clients in how to master the inner workings of the mind, body, and spirit and live from an enlightened state of presence in their businesses ...
Loss and Light with Mike May
February 24, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBMichael May was blinded by a chemical explosion at the age of three, but regained partial vision, at the age of 46, after cornea transplants and a pioneering stem cell procedure. He has raised millions of dollars to develop four companies and has changed the landscape of how blind people get around independently. Mike’s start-up ventures have included developing the world’s first and only Laser Turntable, inventing a portable heating cushion for sports and medical applications, and startin...
Reclaiming Life Outdoors with Quinn Brett
February 17, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBHaving Minnesota roots, Quinn’s parents were committed to taking their children to national parks all over the country, gradually traveling further and further west. With her first look at El Capitan, Quinn knew that she’d climb it one day; ten years later, she did. Since that first climb, Quinn has amassed an impressive list of big wall ascents, speed records, and difficult free climbs, first in places like Yosemite and Zion and then in the larger mountains of Patagonia, Greenland, and Indi...
Exploring Within with Biohacker, Victor Mifsud
February 10, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBVictor Mifsud is a citizen scientist, biohacker, natural vision educator, psychedelic advocate, and filmmaker. He has recently completed a very personal feature-length documentary called “My Neuroplastic Adventure”. His journeys take him from the cutting edge of neuroscience to the most ancient forms of tribal healing. He has interviewed doctors and scientists who are using technology and wisdom in equal measure. He has worked with renowned National best-selling author & physician Dr. Gabo...
Coping with COVID with Dr. Kurt Papenfus
February 03, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBDr. Kurt Papenfus works in family practice and emergency medicine in the rural communities of Colorado. Kurt attended school at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine where he graduated in 1986 and began to complete his internship and residency at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, CO. Kurt has been involved in the Center for Disease Control, National Occupational Research Agenda, Oil and Gas Sector Council, and was an Occupational Safety and Health Administration Advisory Council member....
Keepin’ It Real with Heather Thomson
January 27, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBTo many, Heather Thomson is an adored reality star from the hit Bravo reality television series, The Real Housewives of New York City, but what many don’t know is that she also is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and recently launched beyond fresh organic nutrition brand and Heather Thomson superfood shows, developed to educate and support people making positive and sustainable changes impactful to their health and well-being. The real Heather wears many hats as a married mother of tw...
Vulnerability and Strength with Joanna Walters
January 20, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBWhen Joanna Sprtel Walters graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1994, she was among the first group of women out of the Academy to have selected warfare specialties. She served aboard the USS PAUL F FOSTER (DD964) and the USS LA MOURE COUNTY (LST 1194) and finished her career in the Navy at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes while getting her MBA from DePaul University. Since graduating with her MBA in 2001, she has enjoyed a very diverse career ranging from Procter & Gamble, Real Estat...
Action & Activism with Courthney Russell
January 13, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBCourthney Russell is a creator, activist, and social entrepreneur. At one time on a collision course with incarceration or death, Courthney turned his life around after high school when he applied and was accepted to a pre-med program. Though he found his calling in med school, he continued to struggle with homelessness until graduating in 2011. Courthney’s resolve to overcome his difficult life experiences propelled him to be the authentic, determined, and humble leader he is today. C...
Pushing Limits with Maureen Beck
January 06, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMaureen Beck was born without her left hand, but that didn’t stop her from picking up the sport of climbing at the age of 12. Now based in Colorado’s Front Range, Mo spends her nights training at the gym and her days climbing all over the American southwest. She works closely with the adaptive climbing community as an instructor with Paradox Sports and is the Chair of the USAC Paraclimbing Committee. As a competitive climber, she has won 6 national titles, a gold medal at the 2014 Paraclimb...
2020 Recap
December 23, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBListen to the full episodes referenced in this episode: Episode 57 - Cultivating Compassion with Physician, Dr. Rana Awdish Episode 78 - Serendipity with Jill Wheatley Episode 54 - Thinking Through Uncertainty: Neuroscientist, Beau Lotto Episode 53 - Examining Collective Grief with Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber Episode 64 - Exploring Vision with Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib Episode 41 - Harnessing Adversity with Dr. Paul Stoltz Episode 58 - Harnessing Positivity with Jim Kwok
Panel Discussion with Eduardo Garcia, Erik Weihenmayer, and Jeff Evans
December 16, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBEduardo Garcia is a professional Chef who owns retail food brand Montana Mex, a Mexican inspired line of Organic, NON-GMO condiment sauces, seasonings, and Avocado oil. He is known as the "bionic chef" because he cooks with a prosthetic left arm, the result of an accident while hunting in 2011. His story is the subject of the feature-length documentary Charged. Eduardo is an avid outdoorsman, fisherman, hunter, triathlete, and motivational speaker. After becoming the first blind climber t...