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The QuadCast
My name is John McAleavey, and on August 19, 1992 I suffered a Central Cord Syndrome injury to my cervical spine at the C-3/4 level following a fall down my basement steps. I was told early on that no two SCI’s are the same, and while that may be true, many of the struggles we're left with are. So let's talk about them. The QuadCast Podcast is mainly aimed at the disabled community, but is really for ANYONE looking to be inspired. You'll hear from fellow SCI'ers, to highlight their personal…
Episodes
The QuadCastS7 E14 - My Conversation With The VOQuadfather...
At long last, I finally had the pleasure of recording an episode of the QuadCast with my new friend, Doug Bartling Jr., A.k.a., The VOQuadfather! I must first…
The QuadCastS7 E13 - Supporting Community Transitions For People With SCI & Their Families
On this 2nd installment of my two-part series with the Kessler Foundation, the focus is research and initiatives led by Dr. Denise Fyffe and Dr. Jeanne Zanca…
The QuadCastFasten Your Seatbelts - The State Of Airline Travel & The Disabled Community
Ladies and gentlemen, turn off and stow all portable electronic devices. Please be seated, our flight is ready for departure... The 4 Men & A SCI "state of air…
The QuadCastS7 E12 Inner Strength, Featuring Angela Smith and Maryann Hobbie
Welcome to the first installment of a two-episode joint podcast series I'm recording with the Kessler Foundation. This edition highlights *Inner Strength*, a…
The QuadCastS7 E12 Inner Strength, Featuring Angela Smith and Maryann Hobbie
Welcome to the first installment of a two-episode joint podcast series I'm recording with the Kessler Foundation. This edition highlights Inner Strength, a…
The QuadCastS7 E11 - How To Fall Up... With My Friend, Hashim Garrett
On the latest episode of the QP, I am joined by Hashim Garrett. We met a few years ago at Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation, and I have always been…
The QuadCastS7 E10 - Job Well Done My Friend!
Maureen Pfeiffer has worked at Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation for 42 years... that's 2,191 weeks. Monday, July 20, she'll begin her 2,192 and final one…
The QuadCastThe HEAT IS ON!!
In this latest episode of the 4 Men and a SCI podcast, the boys cover the challenges and impact of the summer's heat on individuals with spinal cord injury. It…
The QuadCastS7 E9 - My Conversation With Longtime QP Listener, Richie Redsicker
This episode is a first for me here at The QuadCast. It features an "actual long time listener" of this podcast, one who understands exactly what living with a…
The QuadCastS7 E8 - Rise Through Resilience With Jen and Matt Hellstern
Matt and Jen Hellstern are my guests this week on the QP. Find out how a seemingly innocuous fender bender one day on the way to work changed their entire…
The QuadCastS7 E7 - "Between Who I Am and What They Said I Was", Featuring Cristina Cortez
Cristina Cortez Author, Poet, Independent Researcher, Advocate & Speaker Cristina Cortez is a first-generation Latin-American BIPOC author, poet, memoirist…
The QuadCastS7 E6 - Catching Up With My New Buddy, Steve Zutty
Summary In this heartfelt interview my guest, Steve Zutty shares his inspiring journey through spinal injuries, rehabilitation, and the importance of…
The QuadCast3 Men & A SCI Featuring Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson
The boys are back! John McAleavey, Barry Munro, and Sasha Rabchevsky, (3 Men & A SCI), are thrilled to have Dr. Trevor Dyson Hudson, Director of The Center For…
The QuadCastS7 E5 - Attitude Is Everything, Featuring Ian Mackay
Ian Mackay is my guest on the latest edition of The QuadCast. He chronicles his journey from growing up in beautiful San Diego county to how he endured his…
The QuadCastThe Status And Momentum of SCI Research Funding, With Matthew Rodreick, Executive Director of U2FP
The latest episode of The 3 Men & A SCI Podcast has dropped. In this edition, John McAleavey, Barry Munro, and Sasha Rabchevsky, had the pleasure of speaking…
The QuadCastS7 E4 - Here And Now, With Kenny Salvini
Kenny Salvini is my guest on the latest edition of the QP. Following his spinal cord injury, the result of a skiing accident, he took six years to process his…
The QuadCastS7 E3 - "I Don't Get Better To Live Life, I Live Life To Get Better"!
The latest episode of the QP features an amazing young man, Owen Weiss. He is a wheelchair athlete, educator, and storyteller, whose life changed after a rare…
The QuadCastS7 E2 Thank You For Your Service
Terry McGhee's life has been defined by service; service to his family, his fellow soldiers/officers, and his country. He was kind enough to chronicle all of…
The QuadCastS7 E1 Vanessa's Voice Speaks Volumes
Vanessa Osman is a voice-over artist, actress, model, writer, peer-mentor, quadriplegic, and my guest ,on the very first episode of 2026. She is a dynamo, I…
The QuadCast3 MEN & A SCI - S1 E2 - The Bladder Diaries
The boys are back! Barry Munro, John McAleavey, and Sasha Rabchevsky, three men with over 100 years of lived experience with spinal cord injury, have teamed up…
The QuadCast3 MEN & A SCI - A Day In The Life...
Welcome to 3 Men & A SCI — where lived experience challenges convention, and science meets reality. We’re Barry Munro, John McAleavey, and Sasha Rabchevsky —…
The QuadCastS6 E10 - Look Ma No Feet! The Torsten Gross Story
So, how many of you out there are the subject of an Amazon Prime Docuseries? Me neither. My guest today, Torsten Gross is, and on today's episode of the…
The QuadCastS6 E9 - Maggie Goldberg - President and CEO of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
I had the wonderful opportunity of speaking with Maggie Goldberg, President and CEO of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, for this week's episode of The…
The QuadCastS6 E8 - A Whole New Era...
Erawadi Singh grew up sleeping on a sofa in the living room of her family's one-bedroom apartment in one of New Jersey's most difficult neighborhoods…
The QuadCastS6 E7 - It's A Small World, With Stacey Frigerio Mahdavian
Stacey Frigerio Mahdavian graduated from UMass Amherst in 1989. She planned to work as a camp counselor that summer and then travel a bit. Unfortunately, life…
The QuadCastS6 E6 - Me and Ian Ruder of New Mobility
Ian Ruder, editor-in-chief of New Mobility, is a writer, editor, connector, who prides himself on bringing a well-rounded, people-first approach to all of his…
The QuadCastS6 E5 - Laura Taylor's Story
Imagine being on vacation in a foreign country, having an amazing time sightseeing, trying new foods, and immersing yourself in the culture. Then in a split…
The QuadCastS6 E4 - Jenny Smith Rolls On and On...
When Jenny Smith was 16 years old, she sustained a C6-7 spinal cord injury, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. After completing her master’s degree in…
The QuadCastS6 E3 - Meant For More, With Karen Olson
Karen Olson is the founder and CEO emeritus of Family Promise, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless and low-income families. Her…
The QuadCastS6 E2 - Paradise Found...
M.B. Paradise has always been a fan of stories, Santa, and the beach… so combining the three made perfect sense. A chance encounter on the beach with her…
The QuadCastS6 E1 -The 3 Men And A SCI Pod...
Have I got big news for you on the first episode of 2025... The QuadCast has officially spawned another exciting and informative podcast! Yes, and on today's…
The QuadCastS5 E15 - Taylor Made
On July 8, 2004 at the age of 18, weeks away from beginning his freshman year at Georgetown University, Taylor Price was involved in a catastrophic accident…
The QuadCastS5 E14 - The Freaque Show
Gabriel Rodreick, whose stage name is Freaque, is a multidisciplinary artist from Minneapolis, MN. He injured his C5 vertebrae in a diving accident at the age…
The QuadCastS5 E13 - The True Grit Spinal Cord Injury Program
The True Grit Spinal Cord Injury (TG SCI) program is a post-acute, community-based, rehabilitation program that aims to provide hope, healing, and inspiration…
The QuadCastS5 E12 - Matthew Rodreick & Jason Stoffer Of The CureCast
Have I got a show for you this week! Matthew Rodreick & Jason Stoffer, co-hosts of the CureCast Podcast, are my guests. You'll hear about how spinal cord…
The QuadCastS5 E11 - My Q&A With The WAGS of SCI...
WAGS of SCI was founded by Elena Pauly and Brooke Pagé in Vancouver BC Canada. Both Elena and Brooke's partners had sustained recent Spinal Cord Injuries and…
The QuadCastS5 E10 - I'll Get By With A Little Help From My Friend Denise Diessner...
32 and counting! I upload today‘s edition of the podcast on August 19, 2024, exactly 32 years to the day that my life changed forever. To commemorate the…
The QuadCastS5 E9 - My Conversation With Louise Phipps Senft From Blink Of An Eye Nonprofit
Louise Phipps Senft is a force of nature! She has excelled at the highest levels as an attorney, an author, a professor, fellow podcaster, and following her…
The QuadCastS5 E8 - Let's Talk About Sex, Dating, Relationships And Disability With Dr. Danielle Sheypuk
This week's edition of The QuadCast tackles the very important topics of dating, relationships, sexuality and disability, or three things I know next to…
The QuadCastS5 E7 - Making An Indelible Marc - The Marc Buoniconti Interview
Good things do come to those who wait! When I launched The QuadCast 4 years ago, I had a list of dream guests. High profile folks who didn't know this little…
The QuadCastS5 E6 Every Breath You Take - Featuring Synapse Biomedical's NeuRx DPS & Karen Mills
Breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out... You are doing so right now without even thinking about it. Unfortunately, for some individuals with cervical…
The QuadCastS5 E5 - One Man's Floor Is Another Man's Ceiling - My Conversation With Ryan Baker
The date was June 20, 1991, Ryan Baker and his family set out on a long drive from Temecula, California, to their new home/life in Steamboat Springs, Colorado…
The QuadCastS5 E4 - Two Podcast Worlds Collide, My Conversation With Live To Walk Again's Jerimie Dixon
As someone recording a podcast aimed at, and for the benefit of the spinal cord injured community, I wasn't sure if I was alone in this lane. Well, it turns…
The QuadCastS5 E3 - Jesi Stracham Is Helping Individuals Find Opportunities In Their Obstacles
In January 2015, Jesi Stracham was the passenger on a motorcycle when it collided with a car. She woke up a week later in an intensive care unit without the…
The QuadCastS5 E2 - From A Great Fall To The Highest Of Heights - My Conversation With Nick LiBassi
Nick LiBassi had a great childhood growing up in Bergen County, New Jersey. He enjoyed playing many different sports and being outside with his family and…
The QuadCastS5 E1 - A 1 On 1 Session With Adaptfit's Nikki Walsh
Since 2014, Nikki Walsh has been helping others become the best version of themselves! In 2018, a car crash left her paralyzed, but in no way has it stopped…
The QuadCastS4 E10 - AVT The MVP!
Touchdown Aaron! In my capacity as the Peer Mentoring Coordinator at Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation, I have had the opportunity to meet many people. Over…
The QuadCastS4 E9 - 31-derful...
August 19, 2023 marks exactly 31 years for us on the SCI magical mystery tour. In honor of that, I thought I'd channel my inner Casey Kasem and spin some…
The QuadCastS4 E8 - Tracey Iraca "The New Me"...
My fellow SCI survivor and thriver, Tracey Iraca, is back! Yes, she's here to tell us how she's making out these days. As you'll recall, on her last day as an…
The QuadCastS4 E7 - And Isn't It Ironic, Featuring Amanda Parezo
Amanda Parezo is currently an assistant professor and academic fieldwork coordinator for the Occupational Therapy department at Thomas Jefferson University…
The QuadCastS4 E6 - Paying It Forward With Jen French
Jen French is a very busy woman! She is an author/publisher, paralympian, public speaker, sailor, super advocate, founder of the North American Spinal Cord…
The QuadCastS4 E5 - The Story With Dan Rose
It is with great pride that I post this week's episode of The QuadCast. My guest is Dan Rose, a veteran who was paralyzed from the waist down when an IED…
The QuadCastS4 E4 - Making His Mark!
Mark Fuglevand founded Abilitease a few years ago with the vision of developing product solutions for individuals with disabilities. He makes products that not…
The QuadCastS4 E3 Move Me - Starring Kelsey Peterson
At 27, Kelsey Peterson dove into Lake Superior, off the shores of Wisconsin, and emerged paralyzed. Suddenly living a new life, the former dancer struggled to…
The QuadCastS4 E2 Jerod And Hanna Nieder - The Dynamic Duo!
I had the absolute pleasure speaking with Jerod and Hanna Nieder for this week's episode of the QuadCast, and I think after our hour-long conversation you will…
The QuadCastS4 E1 - Rosemarie Speaks
Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. is a powerful, internationally recognized expert, speaker, author, consultant, CEO and Founder of Rossetti Enterprises LLC, a…
The QuadCastS3 E9 - Here She Is… Miss Ali Ingersoll
Ali Ingersoll has packed a lot into her 38 years! As a child her family moved every 2 years, so she lived in many different places (Germany, France, Miami, Los…
The QuadCastS3 E8 - Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place Like Home - Part 1
While the weather outside is frightful, today's episode of the podcast will be insightful, and it will certainly warm your heart. That is because my friend…
The QuadCastS3 E7 - Game, Set, Match With Jason Keatseangsilp
Jason Keatseangsilp grew up playing tennis in the sweltering heat of Arizona. He enjoyed the game so much that he was looking to play it collegiately…
The QuadCastS3 E6 - My Conversation With Kevin Hoagland
Kevin Hoagland suffered a spinal cord injury in 1978, one year after graduating from St. Peter's High School. However, the C 4/5 quadriplegic has not it hold…