No Barriers No Barriers USA

Guest Shawn Satterfield s revolutionizing how we experience and connect through music through the Shine Music Festival. Erik Weihenmayer shares some of his own ideas and advice on growing the No Barriers movement.

Brad Snyder takes us on a journey through his extraordinary career in the Navy, his gripping encounters as an Explosive Ordinance Officer (EOD) and his unbelievable transition from a life-altering injury to becoming a Paralympic gold medalist.

Host Erik Weihenmayer delves deep into the extraordinary lives and cultures that shape our world with a riveting conversation with Ben Ayers. Ben’s journey and insights reveal the resilience and spirit of remote communities in Nepal, highlighted through his powerful documentary work.

Quinn Brett and Jason Stoffer share their adventurous spirits and experiences before and after their spinal cord injuries, including crossing the Grand Canyon, rim to rim, on hand trikes, and their work with Unite to Fight Paralysis; aiming to improve the lives of people with spinal cord injuries through advocacy, education, and fundraising for research towards better treatments and potential cures.

Two of the people behind the remarkable TetraSki, a partnership between the University of Utah Health’s — Global Adaptive Program, the TRAILS program, and Tetradapt. Program Manager, Tanja Kari and Ross Imburgia, Engineer.

Gabriel Rodreick is a multidisciplinary artist from Minneapolis. Music, dance, poetry, and visual art is his way of learning how to live in a body. At the age of 15, he injured his C5 vertebrae and has been living with quadriplegia and using a wheelchair since. His dark, dank, and dirty artistic voice tells stories of life blooming in the shadows and those lives taking shape in a myriad of bodies. His stage name is Freaque.