Season one is in the books! In this episode, I share highlights of all of the episodes that have been produced . What’s next? You! Reach out to be on the podcast.
Here are the links to previous episodes:
Episode 1 with guest Nicole Kelly: https://youtu.be/Z3Fuq5jT7QI
Episode 2 with guest Jeff Soelberg: https://youtu.be/83eYQPvGO3M
Episode 3 with guest Christine Caron: https://youtu.be/0VkISaPTKAU
Episode 4 with Dan Moses and Jennifer (JJ) Johnson: https://youtu.be/2ZlJAVLo1e4
Episode 5 with guest Gary Weiland: https://youtu.be/1tiVe0AW7Zo
Episode 6 with guest Angie Coe: https://youtu.be/s83rfCPMkNg
Episode 7 with Guest John Higbee: https://youtu.be/XGjfVpJWEWw
Episode 8 with Laduan Smedley, Jr. and the Limb Care Foundation Executive Board: https://youtu.be/7o275k_MUF0
For more information on the topics discussed in this recap including links, please refer to the episode on which the guest appeared.
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What does it take to turn a life challenge into a lifelong passion for sports and coaching? On this episode of We're Not Stumped, host Mike Bolland talks with Marc Burkom, a double below-knee amputee born with fibular hemimelia who has built a life around athletics, coaching, and helping others reach their potential. Marc shares how his parents made the difficult decision to amputate his feet when he was just two months old — a choice that allowed him to grow up active in sports like soccer, baseball, and basketball. Today, Marc works in coaching education and advocates for expanding opportunities for adaptive and amputee athletes. In this conversation, Marc and Mike discuss growing up with prosthetics, the role sports played in building confidence, coaching amputee soccer, adaptive sports like amputee basketball, and how prosthetic technology has evolved over the years.
In this deeply moving episode of We’re Not Stumped, host Mike Bolland welcomes Scott Martin, a bilateral hand amputee, soccer coach, and author of the upcoming memoir Play From Your Heart. Scott opens up about the life-altering infection in 1993 that led to the loss of both hands and parts of his feet, and the emotional aftermath that followed. He speaks honestly about denial, detachment, and the five-year struggle with depression that tested his identity, confidence, and purpose.
What happens when lived experience meets entrepreneurship? In this episode of We’re Not Stumped, Mike Bolland sits down with Owen Kent, an entrepreneur living with muscular dystrophy who is reshaping the future of assistive technology. After facing limited access to effective rehabilitation tools, Owen co-founded a company to develop a simple, home-based exoskeleton designed to make recovery more accessible. From customer discovery and design thinking to universal design principles, Owen shares how building technology for underserved communities requires more than innovation — it requires empathy.
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