Anna Soens | The Unexpected Journey Episode Description Anna Soens was the first guest on The Unexpected Journey. In episode one she shared the story of her pioneering para-mountaineering ascents of Mount Hood and Mount Baker in the Pacific Northwest. If you haven’t listened yet, go check it out. In this conversation, the first in … Read more
Tim Brown | The Unexpected Journey Episode Description For this episode, we decided to switch things up. Louis Arevalo, Unexpected Journey editor and sound designer, gets behind the mic to interview Tim Brown, Unexpected Journey founder and host. We talk about Tim’s Journey, the origins of the The Unexpected Journey, what goes into creating the … Read more
Nate Bibaud | The Unexpected Journey Episode Description Nate Bibaud was born in 1984 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, where he grew up skateboarding and playing goalie in hockey. After studying architecture, he moved to St. Croix to work in print and graphic design. In 2010, a car accident left him paralyzed from the neck down, with … Read more
Joel Brown on Dance and Determination | The Unexpected Journey Episode Description Joel Brown is a paraplegic dancer, choreographer, and musician. He grew up in Salt Lake City in a large creative family and was paralyzed as a boy. Not one to slow down, he pursued many sports living an active life, and eventually found … Read more
Alex Cano Gonzalez on Forgiveness and Photography | The Unexpected Journey Alex Cano Gonzalez is a photographer, videographer, and artist living in Denver Colorado. He was paralyzed at a young age as a result of gun violence. He’s currently rebuilding his life with a commitment to physical rehab and exercise, exploring adaptive sports, and hustling … Read more
Neven Hart on Recovering Intimacy and Joy | The Unexpected Journey Neven Hart and his fiancé Amber Cogbill are rising stars on social media. They openly and vulnerably sharing their experience navigating life together following Neven’s recently acquired spinal cord injury. Neven is an athlete and is getting into adaptive sports, but most importantly, he … Read more
Jesi Stracham on Tough Mudders and Tenacity | The Unexpected Journey Jesi Stracham is an advocate, adaptive athlete, and founder of the Wheel With Me Foundation. She’s also co-owner of Adapt Fit and the Freedom LKN facility. I first read about Jesi in New Mobility magazine when she was competing in Tough Mudder races and … Read more
Erin Field and Jack Benziger | The Unexpected Journey I briefly met Erin Field and Jack Benziger several years ago at Journey Forward, a spinal cord injury exercise rehab center outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Erin had recently been paralyzed in the summer before her senior year of college, just a few months after they started … Read more
Roy Tuscany on Help, Healing and High Fives | The Unexpected Journey Roy Tuscany is the Founder and CEO of the High Fives Foundation. On April 26, 2016 Roy overshot a ski jump and was paralyzed with a spinal cord injury. Six years later, and a year and a half after I was paralyzed, Roy … Read more
The fifth season of The Unexpected Journey, a podcast dedicated to telling powerful stories from the adaptive and disabled communities, premieres Thursday, July 10. The season opens with an interview featuring Roy Tuscany, founder and CEO of High Fives Foundation, a national nonprofit that has supported nearly 1,000 adaptive athletes and veterans. Hosted by adaptive … Read more
