Hosted by Rick Bontkowski · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 82 episodes
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The AMP'D UP211 Podcast is proud to feature extraordinary individuals in the Limb Loss Community. Our Video Podcast episodes feature athletes, celebrities, public speakers, practitioners, and innovators in the world of prosthetics.
Rick Bontkowski hosts The AMP'D UP211 Podcast, a education show with 82 episodes published.
We all have a story that changes the course of our lives. For Dr. Jokima Hiller, that story wasn't simply about losing a limb, it was about discovering a new way to see herself, and ultimately, a new way to help others s
Five Paralymic gold medals. Four world championships. World records. ESPY recognition. Those are the things you'll find when you search Jeremy Campbell's name. But that's not the conversation I wanted to have. When I sat
Some stories change you while you’re listening to them. This is one of those episodes. In Episode 80 of AMP’D UP211, I sit down with author, amputee, and sepsis survivor Katy Grainger for an incredibly honest conversatio
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 abo
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 s
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 sometim
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 jou
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 Angelin
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. J
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 n
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, instruc
In this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast , I sit down with Gini Thomas , a creator, advocate, and unapologetically real voice in the amputee community. Gini is best known for her transparent, often humorous look into l
On this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast , host Rick Bontkowski; amputee, advocate, drummer, and storyteller, sits down with one of the most unexpectedly extraordinary people you’ll ever meet: Mark Watson . Mark isn’t
She didn’t just rewrite the rules, she built an entirely new playbook. Viktoria Modesta, the world’s first amputee pop star and one of the most iconic creative forces in modern culture, sits down with Rick Bontkowski for
What if a retired prosthetic could be more than a memory? What if it could become a knife that honors a veteran’s story… or fund a child’s new leg… or even help an amputee climb a 14,000-foot mountain? In this inspiring
On this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast, host Rick Bontkowski welcomes Katy Grainger, a sepsis survivor whose life changed forever in the span of just a few days. What began as a small cut on her thumb quickly escalat
What does it take to return to one of the most physically demanding jobs on earth, after losing your leg ? In this unforgettable episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast , host Rick Bontkowski sits down with Michael Laughlin ,
In this powerful episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast , host Rick Bontkowski sits down with Parker Byrd, a standout athlete, college baseball player, and the first NCAA Division I player to compete with a prosthetic leg. A
What does it take to stare down adversity and keep climbing, literally? In this episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast, host and creator Rick Bontkowski sits down with Tom Jalinski, a bilateral below-the-knee amputee who ref
What happens when determination outweighs despair? In this powerful episode of The AMP’D UP211 Podcast, host Rick Bontkowski sits down with Mark Ksobiech, an amputee who lost over 250 pounds and reclaimed his life in the
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