Latest Adaptiveathlete Podcast Episodes

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Robbie Ripoll Reclaims His Life And Goes Back to Body Piercing Suspension - Inked Mag

Living Adaptive - March 18, 2021 21:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Robbie Ripoll (Inked Mag and Ink Master) is back and this is an amazing story of reclaiming your life after a traumatic accident! Robbie recently did something amazingly brave by going back to body piercing suspension. The same body piercing suspension activity that led to a very traumatic accid...

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Talented Comedian Joe Underwood has Gone Viral

Living Adaptive - January 08, 2021 17:40 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Comedian Joe Underwood has gone viral! You're about to hear how, why, and more. Joe Underwood is no doubt a rising star. He's got big plans to create more content and continue making us laugh. Joe Underwood is the next generation of rising stars.   More about Joe Underwood. He is a comedian,...

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Succeeding In Tough Times

Living Adaptive - December 24, 2020 00:10 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
What works for those that find huge success during significantly difficult times? We discuss this and more as we close out 2020 with the last episode of the year. We realize success is relative and the idea of what is successful is very different for each individual.   Cohost for this episod...

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Comedian and Writer "Mack" Steve Mackelprang

Living Adaptive - December 05, 2020 00:39 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
You're about to be entertained by comedian, writer, and adventurer Steve Mackelprang aka Mack. Mack is really funny, smart, and creative. This is an episode is for everyone except younger ears. It's especially for those struggling and need a lift up and want to hear a really good story.   Mo...

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Inclusion in the Outdoors - Kami York-Feirn of Osprey Packs

Living Adaptive - November 16, 2020 16:47 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Don't miss this episode! We talk inclusion in the outdoors, a healthier approach towards growing your own social media platforms, Osprey Packs work towards supporting the disability community, and more with Kami York-Feirn.   Kami York-Feirn is a Social Media Manager in the outdoors industr...

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Life as Caregiver - The Foutz Family

Living Adaptive - October 29, 2020 22:04 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
On August 5, 2012, Robin and Nate learned that their son Elisha was hit by a car riding his bike. Their lives would forever be changed. Today, hear the perspectives of these caregivers and learn about how they’re changing the world, for the better, with the use of social media. Many people hav...

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20 minutes with a Lifestyle Vlogger and Disability Advocate - Cristie Grey

Living Adaptive - October 16, 2020 19:25 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Hear from an individual that is finding rapid success vlogging/creating content based on disability awareness and lifestyle. Cristie Grey is an amputee, wife, mother, and disability advocate.    In Cristie Grey’s words, I am a hand amputeeOG who is a survivor of a traumatic boating incident ...

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Almost Impossible - Climber Kimber Cross

Living Adaptive - October 02, 2020 17:26 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Kimber Cross is an elite climber born with a missing hand. For every climb, Kimber Cross is conquering what is deemed ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.    Kimber Cross will take you on a journey to the Northwest mountains and provides you with glimpses into how she adapts and makes the almost impossible…ve...

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30 Minutes with Zappos

Living Adaptive - September 17, 2020 23:55 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
I got 30 minutes with the Zappos Adaptive A Team! We heard your questions and Zappos answers them NOW. Hit the link below, subscribe and share. So you want to be a Zappos model? Why did Zappos invest into the adaptive community? Do you have any idea the work involved for Zappos to start this a...

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Taking the Fight to Capitol Hill - Nicole Ver Kuilen

Living Adaptive - August 19, 2020 16:07 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Will YOU change the world even when the odds are against you? Will you lead the fight against big insurance companies and a powerful lobby on Capitol Hill? Welcome to the next generation of those fighting for the underserved. Nicole Ver Kuilen, the founder of Forrest Stump​, is doing exactly tha...

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We Still Climb (Range of Motion Project)

Living Adaptive - July 21, 2020 10:23 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
This Range of Motion Project (ROMP) team is changing the world.  They’re scrappy and they’re bringing health care equality, specifically mobility to patients in the Americas (based in Ecuador and Colorado).  At the same time, this team summits extreme altitudes with adaptive athletes. This is ...

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Comedian Ryan Niemiller of America's Got Talent

Living Adaptive - July 09, 2020 22:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Comedian Ryan Niemiller jumps on and brings his energy and comedy to show #clubnubb.  Ryan Niemiller is a comic, he's the best in the game, The Cripple Threat of Comedy, constantly booked, and he’s really well know for crushing it on America's Got Talent (3rd place of Season 14).    More abo...

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Amputee Athlete and Survivor TV Contestant Dr. Kelly Bruno

Living Adaptive - June 30, 2020 23:41 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Amputee on reality TV (survivor)? How does one handle this spotlight? What does it take to succeed in the spotlight, set records running extreme races on a prosthetic leg, and at the same time become a medical doctor? Find out now as Kelly Bruno checks in.   Kelly Bruno is the peak of the ad...

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Unity in the Disability Community

Living Adaptive - June 18, 2020 22:25 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
https://youtu.be/4JLKuQBUsA0   Today’s show is adaptive athlete Steven Walker’s story and the topic for this week is inclusivity and unity within the disability community.    Steven and I are friends and I messaged Steven after he made a profound post about unity and asked if he wanted t...

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Katherine Beattie is a TV Writer (NCIS: NOLA) with a Disability

Living Adaptive - June 09, 2020 18:11 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
https://youtu.be/3FAGrjt0Xe0   Katherine Beattie is a TV Writer (NCIS: NOLA) with a Disability Today’s show is about a person with a disability that made a place for herself in Entertainment despite road blocks. Yes, Katherine Beattie has a disability, Cerebral Palsy, and she explains that...

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Leverage Your Disability

Living Adaptive - May 22, 2020 00:52 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Watch this and learn how we leverage our disabilities to work for us.  We hit three specific areas: (1) Reframe, (2) Leverage, and (3) Rewards of Leveraging.  Don’t miss this especially if you view your disability as a negative phenomenon that sometimes holds you back.     Cohost for this ep...

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Opportunity in Any Obstacle We Face - Joe Delagrave

Living Adaptive - May 15, 2020 16:53 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
How do we unite the adaptive community? Are you breaking down due to obstacles or finding opportunities in these obstacles? Do you let circumstances such as injuries, Covid forced isolation, etc. define who we are?  When things go bad, how do we pick ourselves up and leverage the bad to build go...

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Build a Business People Care About

Living Adaptive - May 08, 2020 18:03 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
For-profit business on Living Adaptive? Yep! This is a rare episode for the Living Adaptive because we bring on a for-profit business owner focused on creating products for the adaptive world. Living Adaptive doesn’t receive any financial gain from Access Trax. We picked Kelly Twichel an Occ...

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Kind of a Quadriplegic - Karah Behrend

Living Adaptive - May 01, 2020 17:19 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Karah Behrend is a professional Rally Driver, content creator, inventor of adaptive equipment, keynote speaker, WC Rugby and Warrior Games athlete, and retired USAF Senior Airman.  As a professional Rally Driver Karah Behrend recently placed 2nd in the Rebellerally which is the first women's off...

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"Not all Blind People are Prophets” - Blind Comedian and Pro Athlete Joshua Loya

Living Adaptive - April 23, 2020 00:55 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Hanging with blind comic, surfing champion, professional adventurer, and martial artist Joshua Loya. Hear what it’s like to be a blind champion surfer, comedian, bjj practitioner, and adventurer. Joshua Loya brings interesting perspectives regarding ways to enjoy and hit them goals. He’s a sup...

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Live Your Best Life, Despite the Adversity, Lessons from an Osteosarcoma Survivor

Living Adaptive - April 15, 2020 21:36 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Right now we have so many uncertainties, a climate of isolation, fears of illness, and similar unsettling phenomena.  Jill Englund brings us a really import message of making the best of any difficult situations you encounter.  Jill Englund runs her platform BEST OF CANCER  She's an osteosarcoma...

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Amputee is donating his kidney to another amputee - Jeff Soelberg

Living Adaptive - April 02, 2020 18:07 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Adaptive helping the adaptive!  Would you donate your organ?  What’s stopping you from donating a piece of your body to another person?  This is an amazing story that deserves more attention.  Jeff Soelberg (amputee and founder of Jeff Giving a Hand) talks about preparing to donate his kidney to...

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Losing Leg From Body Piercing Suspension Accident Doesn’t Stop Robbie Ripoll from Empowering Others

Living Adaptive - March 29, 2020 05:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Robbie Ripoll (Ink Master) recently suffered an injury causing him to become an amputee.  We talk Robbie being famous, rich, poor, and getting into tattooing at 12 years old.  We also discuss the high school blackmarket, his injury that went viral, surgeries, starting an empowerment movement, an...

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From Embracing Competition and Nude Photo Shoots to Minimalism and Being the Light, We Jump Into Jeremy Ogle’s World

Living Adaptive - March 17, 2020 06:35 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Jeremy Ogle joins us today and we throw a bunch of listener questions his way and we also discuss his nude photo shoot, the impacts of cancelled events, media outlets missing some major parts of his story, impacts of discussing severe depression, improving the adaptive community, if he’ll ever s...

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Ben Huntzinger Wanted to Go Off-Road so he Invented the Spartan Wheel Chariot Wheelchair

Living Adaptive - March 11, 2020 01:53 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Ben Huntzinger is an inventor, athlete, and straight forward personality.  Ben was paralyzed in an automobile accident in 2009 and broke his back (T-4 level).  Ben wasn’t satisfied with the options that currently existed in terms of wheelchairs and attitudes and so he decided to jump out of the ...

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Wounded Green Beret to Adaptive Thriver - Randy Nantz Part 2

Living Adaptive - March 03, 2020 04:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Randy Nantz is a Green Beret (retired) that was wounded in combat. He’s an elite athlete receiving notice with his involvement in adventure sports, OCRs, etc. and is one of the more well known ATF grads.   Randy Nantz has managed and supports various veteran and adaptive organizations since inju...

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Wounded Green Beret to Adaptive Thriver - Randy Nantz Part 1

Living Adaptive - March 03, 2020 03:05 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Randy Nantz is a Green Beret (retired) that was wounded in combat. He’s an elite athlete receiving notice with his involvement in adventure sports, OCRs, etc. and is one of the more well known ATF grads.   Randy Nantz has managed and supports various veteran and adaptive organizations since inju...

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Surgeries, Long Hospital Stays, and other Setbacks and NOW Paralympic Hopeful - Ryen Reed

Living Adaptive - February 19, 2020 21:35 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Ryen Reed is a full-time athlete competing for a spot on the United States paralympic team.  Ryen Reed competes in hand cycling (paralympics) and other sports.  Ryen Reed has an impressive adaptive story and shares what it’s like to go through more than 15 significant surgeries, push through ext...

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Gratitude for Life with IED Survivor (U.S. Army), Cannabis Activist, Speaker, and Surfer - Jose Martinez and also Surfer and Life Coach Jacob Pacheco

Living Adaptive - January 23, 2020 05:44 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Gratitude for Life with IED Survivor (U.S. Army), Cannabis Activist, Speaker, and Surfer - Jose Martinez and also Surfer and Life Coach Jacob Pacheco    Alright, so we got Jose Martinez and Jacob Pacheco joining us from Oceanside, CA.  Jose Martinez shares his story, his insight, and how he ...

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Tough Mudder (TM) with Kyle McLaughlin - Talking TM Mission, Partnerships, Competitions, and Para.

Living Adaptive - January 11, 2020 04:38 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
You’ll hear from the latest and now former Tough Mudder (TM) CEO Kyle McLaughlin.  This is perhaps Kyle’s last interview prior to departing TM.  I don’t have details to share as to why Kyle left Tough Mudder, but I suggest following our friends over at Obstacle Racing Media (links below) for up-...

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