Live to Walk Again

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we are celebrating 250 episodes with friends of the podcast, disability advocates, one spinal cord injury warrior and her partner Kacia Julius and Falak Fahim live in studio!! We discussed the car accident that left Kacia paralyzed, being the earliest participant in a research study at the University of Washington, and the difficulties maneuvering the sy...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the opportunity to visit with Sam Schmidt who is a Former IndyCar Driver, Spinal Cord Injury Warrior, Founder of Driven Neuro Rehabilitation, and the author of the brand-new book "No Finish Line". We spoke to Sam about the practice run crash that left him paralyzed from the neck down, turning tragedy to triumph by not only founding Driven Neuro Re...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we were lucky enough to visit with Artist, Advocate, and Spinal Cord Injury Warrior; Amanda Barnes. We spoke with Amanda about the hit and run accident that left her paralyzed, how her community in Auburn, CA helped her and her family after the injury, and her advocacy work, including running in person and online art classes to help others battling injur...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with our returning champion Erin Herb who is a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, Entrepreneur, and a REAL Mother of three young children. We talked to Erin about the four year anniversary of her SCI, the difficulty of coparenting after a spinal cord injury, and what Mother's Day means to her now. We also discussed the growth of...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Bella Mohn ( @bellawillwalkagain ) who is a Disability Advocate, Content Creator, and Student. We talked about the medical emergency she had on a flight that resulted in her waking up paralyzed, the insane story about being placed in a troubled youth camp prior to her injury, and not letting her paralysis slow her dow...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we were lucky enough to catch up with former Nisqually Tribal Chairman and day one supporter of LTWA William Frank III. We discussed what Willie has been up to since transitioning out of political office, including becoming the Director of Education at the Wa He Lut Indian School on the Nisqually Land, overseeing the statue of Billy Frank Jr that will be...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with friend of the show, Disability Advocate, and Actor; Anton Clifford. We talked with Anton about an incredible short film he starred in called "Will You Carry Me?" that is part of the 2026 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. We also discussed the upcoming feature film he appears in "Takeover" starring Quavo from The...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of visiting with Gina Schuh who is a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, Disability Advocate, and Juris Doctor among many other things. We talked about how she suffered a spinal cord injury by diving into a pool and only 18 years old, the multiple surgeries she had to go to after to stabilize her spine, and finding an amazing outpatient reha...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of welcoming back Erin Herb to the podcast. Erin is a Mother, Entrepreneur, and Spinal Cord Injury Survivor. She joined us to give an update on where things have been since her first appearance on the show now and we talk about some serious issues impacting anyone dealing with an SCI including finding care especially in rural areas, t...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Emily Abraham who is an Occupational Therapist, Spinal Cord Injury Advocate, and the partner of Kyle McKittrick. Emily joined us on the show after the tragic passing of Kyle in December after checking himself into the hospital with an unknown issue causing extreme autonomic dysreflexia (AD) that eventually caused an i...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Eddie and Chris Canales who are the father/son team that founded Gridiron Heroes to help support kids and their families who suffer spinal cord injuries playing high school football. We talked about Chris's injury as a senior in high school, the game they attended a year later were another student-athlete suffered a s...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the honor of speaking with Rick Futia who is a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor and Disability Advocate and his nephew and author of the book Rickicello: The Rockstar Life of a Paraplegic Paisan; Jag Jefferson. We spoke about the Mountain Dew commercial that essentially led to Rick becoming paralyzed, getting nearly 9 months in rehabilitation after the...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Adventurer, Podcast Host, and Spinal Cord Injury Survivor; Bridger, Frederick. We chatted about the automobile accident that left him paralyzed, the multiple premonitions he had prior to his injury, and rebuilding his life after an SCI. We also talked about some of the incredible experiences he had before getting hurt...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the chance to catch up with two members of the E sports gaming team The Quad Gods; Richard Jacobs and Prentice Cox. We talked to the guys about starting the team and the ramifications it had on their lives from rehabilitation to competition and everything in between. We talked about the HBO documentary about their team, their friend Chris Scott wh...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of catching up with friend of the podcast, Richard Garcia. Richard told us about the whole scope of his year-long experience getting stem cell procedures done at BioXcellerator in Columbia. He told us about the benefits he's received from the stem cell procedures, the cost of traveling to and getting care in Columbia, and about life i...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Disability Advocate, Blogger (The Able Diary), and founder of Disability Matters; Sophie Hagy. We talked with Sophie about the shooting that resulted in the death of her friend Alex and her winding up with a spinal cord injury, the awful medical treatment she was provided early on in her injury, and being able to reen...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Erica Predum who is a Disability Advocate, Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, and in the Cofounder of Next Step Fort Wayne. We talked with Erica about the car accident that left her paralyzed, the massive challenges she went through during her rehab from the injury, and the tragic loss of her mother less than a year after h...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the opportunity to speak with Jeff Lefkowitz who is an author, inventor of the MAS neurological rehabilitation system, and the founder of Abilities Recovery Center (ARC). We spoke with Jeff about his early career as a chiropractor and working with professional athletes before a patient with a Spinal Cord Injury came into his practice and launched...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we are lucky enough to visit with Emily Powell who is a Disability Advocate, Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor. We spoke with Emily about the tragic car accident two days after her 16th birthday that left her paralyzed, the grit and determination it took for her to earn a Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counselin...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Nicole Snellbaker, better known as Nicki Whitechoc who is an Entrepreneur, Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, Disability Advocate, and Founder of Nicki Strong. We spoke with Nicki about the car accident that left her paralyzed in 2003, laughing at the doctors when they told her she would never walk again, and turning daily...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Derek Demun who is an Adventurer, Disability Advocate, and Spinal Cord Injury Survivor. We spoke about the work accident that left Derek paralyzed at the T8 level, transitioning from snowboarding around the world to hunting/fishing all over the country, and how important his family support was and still is after his i...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Carlton Brown who is a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, Motivational Speaker, Husband, Father, and host of the Wheelchair Chronicles show on YouTube and Instagram. We talked about the unfortunate car accident that left him paralyzed, dealing with being a husband and father of four while dealing with this injury, and what ...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Trish Brookes who is a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor and Disability Advocate. We chatted about the sequence of events that led to her spinal cord injury, Trish's work fundraising for the Spinal Injuries Association, and the impact the SIA has on the spinal cord injury community in the UK. We also talked about some of th...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we were lucky enough to visit with Disability Advocate, Racecar Driver, and Spinal Cord Injury Survivor; Torsten Gross. I spoke to Torsten about the diving accident in The Bahamas that left him paralyzed more than 30 years ago, how he became the world's first paralyzed rescue diver, and the unique story of how he became a racecar driver and the fire that...

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with Michelle Keshk who is a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, Disability Advocate, Artist, and Ambassador Coordinator at the Triumph Foundation. We talked to Michelle about the freak accident that left her paralyzed, documenting her journey through this injury on social media, and how she doesn't let the injury get in the way...