The AMP'D UP211 Podcast

What happens after survival? On this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast, I sit down once again with Josh Reed for a powerful in-studio conversation about what life really looks like after trauma. Last time, we talked about the accident, the amputation, and the fight to survive. This time, we go deep...

Some people tell stories. Others live them. And then there are people like Stuart St Paul… who have done both. From working in high-risk stunt environments… to directing award-winning films… to building a career around storytelling, Stuart has lived a life that most people only see on screen. But wh...

Not all recovery looks the way you think it should. Sometimes it is structured, disciplined, and built one step at a time. It is early mornings, hard conversations, and doing the work when no one is watching. And sometimes, it shows up in a completely unexpected way through laughter, connection, and...

In this episode, I sit down with Darren Richardson, a firefighter and paramedic, mindset and mental performance coach, and amputee whose story comes down to one thing, refusing to shrink when life hits hard. Darren’s journey starts at 13 years old when a hiking accident crushed his right foot and ch...

Some guests bring a great story. Others bring a perspective that challenges the way we think about the world around us. Angelina Martinson brings both. In this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast , I sit down with Angelina, the creator of Adaptive Amputees, a biomedical engineer, athlete, and one of ...

Twenty days. That’s how long Chef Zack Wannawong lay in a medically induced coma while surgeons fought a rare and aggressive infection that was tearing through his body. When he finally woke up, his right leg was gone. Just months earlier, Zack was a rising force in the culinary world, leading kitch...

What if the future amputees have imagined for decades is no longer theoretical? I'm sitting down with Dr. Chris Duncan, Chief Medical Officer at BIOS, Biologic Input Output Systems, a company working at the frontier of neural interface technology. What they are building sounds like science fiction, ...

What does it take to lose everything, and then earn it all back? In this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast, Rick Bontkowski sits down with Deputy Sheriff Matt Swartz, a military veteran, law enforcement veteran, instructor, and amputee who returned to full-duty police work after a catastrophic cras...