Friends With Deficits

Holly Lorka doesn't have a dick, and that for her is a deficit. Holly used to have a "nice pair of breasts", which she also considered a burden. What happened, and why is it awesome? Holly is a contributor to a monthly lifestyle magazine in Oxford, England. She's also a reverend available for weddings. She is the author of the upcoming book, "The Captain of Some Ridiculous Ship".   www.hollylorka....

Shelby Hadden is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her current animated film, Tightly Wound, explores her challenges living with vaginismus. In this episode, Shelby opens up about this painful pelvic floor condition: what it is, when it occurred, and how she's dealt with it over the years. We also discuss behaviors and attitudes around sexuality, sexual health, and sex education.   Friends With...

From spanker to spanked…What happens when a person suffers a traumatic brain injury in a life-threatening freak accident? And how is his lifelong fetish affected? Our anonymous guest will discuss the details of his journey from being a fixture in the world of kink to the predicament of how to stay alive and relatively the same as before when the odds are stacked against you.     In addition, D&S,...

It's not easy being Spectra. Along with Hyperhidrosis (as you may recall from Part One), Spectra Stewart has to deal with being overly stimulated by taste, sound, and touch. In this episode, we'll discuss Sensory integration The pleasure of buffets Uncomfortable furniture Spanking Wearing socks to bed And more! Be sure to listen for the ever-popular Friends With Deficits After-Hours segment, and o...

Spectra Stewart is a badass Texan who gives a new twist to an old saying: It's not the heat, it's the SWEAT. That is, when you're dealing with hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). She talks about the trials of slippery living, including the embarrassment, annoyance, and occasional benefit. But wait, there's more! Turns out the conversation uncovered a couple more of Spectra's interesting qualities,...

John McCane is a multi-instrumentalist with a multi-faceted auto-immune disease known as Wegener's Granulomatosis , a form of vasculitis (did I lose you yet?). In this episode of Friends With Deficits, John describes the fascinating, frightening, and sometimes just gross details of his symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, along with an intriguing possible cause. He also performs some rad, old-schoo...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. No fun. However, Diane Hardin is fun, and manages to cover the topic of her MS with humor and wisdom, without spilling her martini.  We cover a wide range of material, from the causes and symptoms of MS, to Roseanne Cash, "blood patches," and Air Force training films. In other words, we jump around Diane's br...

Leila Henley is a badass vocalist, saxophonist, and flute player. She really stands out in a crowd. Leila could've been an even taller presence if she hadn't had that pesky pituitary gland tumor removed.  We chat about her bout with gigantism , and traverse some of her life story from Alabama to New Orleans, into the heart of Texas (where everything is bigger, after all). EXTRA!--This episode has...

Stargardt macular degeneration is a genetic eye disease that affects about 1 in 8 to 10 thousand people. Jeff Hoskins is a sound engineer, drummer, and a decreasingly avid cyclist who has Stargardt's.  We chat about his condition; its origins, symptoms, and challenges. We also try to make a fancy cocktail called the Eye Opener from an old mixology manual that Jeff gave me. He helps me record this...

Welcome to Friends With Deficits - a podcast about health, humor, and the challenges of being a human. We're all gonna die —would you like that with a twist? Join host Adam Sultan as he chats with friends old and new who have been served up rare, unusual, and sometimes just crazy predicaments. MS, Huntington's Disease, traumatic brain injury, gigantism, excessive sweat--the list goes on, but so do...