Aug 12, 2019
It’s back to school month and we’re kicking it off with a special interview with guest co-host and habit coach, Ella Sofia. After suffering a hemorrhagic stroke at the age of 14, Ella has dedicated her life to learning how to retrain the brain post-brain injury as well as being an advocate for other stroke and brain injury survivors. She talks with our host Joe about being a teenager dealing with school, fitting in and all the other challenges of being an adolescent while going through stroke recovery and rehab. If you’re an adolescent brain injury survivor or the parent of one, what are some challenges you’re facing as you get ready to go back to school? Let us know on our socials. The NeuroNerds are here to help!
Aug 5, 2019
It’s our host Joe’s 3-year stroke-iversary August 4th! And he’s celebrating in this episode along with co-host Lauren. They talk about setting new goals, rebirth after a brain injury, plans to connect even deeper with the stroke and brain injury survivor community and just overall showing Joe some love for all the work he does for our community! Please send Joe some stroke-iversary love on our socials! Tag #JoeStrokeiversary
Jul 29, 2019
In this very special episode, our host Joe interviews motivational speaker, activist and spiritual healer Tobias Tubbs on-location at Words Uncaged HQ. Tobias helped train Joe’s service dog Stella in the Paws for Life program at Lancaster prison. During this powerful and moving conversation, these two survivors and thrivers talk about service animals and the emotional connection they have with their human counterparts as well as brain injury and rehabilitation on both a spiritual and physical level.
Jul 22, 2019
San Diego Comic Con 2019 is over and The NeuroNerds have lots of feelings and reactions to share on all the nerdy news and announcements from the show! Co-hosts Joe and Lauren talk about everything from Marvel, Star Trek, Cosplay, Star Wars, Game of Thrones and more. Plus there is on-site interviews at Comic Con with our NeuroNerd correspondent, Ash Hopson including her interview with friend of the show, actor, Malcolm Barrett where he talks about his role on the new show “The Boys” and his plans to turn his play “Brain Problems” into a TV show! We’re nerding out plus talking about the overstimulation brain injury survivors experience at conferences like Comic Con. Yup, this episode is jam packed! What’s your favorite nerdy announcement from Comic Con? Let us know on our socials!
Jul 15, 2019
We’re counting down to San Diego Comic Con 2019 and co-hosts Joe and Lauren are talking in depth about all of the panels and nerdom they’d like to hear about from our NeuroNerd correspondent Ash who will be on-location. (Stay tuned for our next episode will include live interviews with Ash at the show!) Joe and Lauren talk Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Disney, Marvel plus their Amazon Prime picks for Prime Day as well as Lauren’s new obsession with the Amazon Prime show ‘Good Omens’. What are you most excited to see at Comic Con and what will you be getting on Amazon Prime Day? Share with us in the comments on our socials!