KASSONDRA LAMBERT: ETHAN AND THE MEDICAL MAZE

KASSONDRA LAMBERT: ETHAN AND THE MEDICAL MAZE

Author: Christian Ward May 6, 2022 Duration: 1:20:31
When Kassondra and Will Lambert’s son Ethan was about two he was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disorder referred to as KAND. The couple had noticed early in their son’s life that he wasn’t progressing physically as expected. Ethan was unable to hold a bottle himself and wasn’t starting to verbalize took them more than two years to finally get a diagnosis of this disease so rare only about 300 people worldwide are affected. Uncovering Ethan’s condition set the couple on a near...

Christian Ward hosts Interesting Humans, a series built on a simple, compelling idea: extraordinary stories are everywhere, woven into the fabric of ordinary life. While we might interact with hundreds of people, we rarely get beneath the surface. This podcast is an invitation to do exactly that. Each conversation is a deliberate exploration of the mindset and philosophy that drive people from all walks of life-artists, thinkers, community builders, those dedicated to physical and mental well-being. You’ll hear how creativity sparks in unexpected places, how personal challenges are reframed into fuel for achievement, and how quiet dedication in fields from culture to fitness shapes a meaningful existence. The focus is less on external accolades and more on the internal landscapes: the motivations, the setbacks navigated, and the unique perspectives that make someone's narrative resonate. It’s about listening for the depth in the everyday, discovering the remarkable threads in the stories of people who create, solve, move, teach, and love. Tune in for genuine, meandering talks that reveal what we often miss in passing, and find connection in the shared human experience of growth and understanding.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 36

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ALLIE LARKIN STAYS TRUE TO HER WORDS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:09
April Sawicki is a 19 year old woman from New York who lived during high school in a broken down motor home in a vacant lot at the edge of town her father won in a poker game. Her mother left her father when she was youn…
REESE MAYFIELD: SINGER SONGWRITER ASCENDING [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:40:22
I met singer-songwriter Reese Mayfield here in Raleigh last fall. Friends had invited me to what has become known as the Five Points Music Festival. It's a gathering of local musicians performing on an impromptu stage se…
Gordon Darr: How Sexual Trauma Became A Boulder Blocking My Life [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:41
What I know about trauma is that nearly all of us carry something in our psyches. Almost everyone you know has some part of their past that overwhelmed their emotional capacity to understand and process it and became tra…
Gordon Darr: How a Sexual Predator Transformed My Life (TRAILER) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34
Trailer for Gordon Darr, a victim of Dr. Robert Anderson, the doctor at the University of Michigan who allegedly sexually molested hundreds of students and student-athletes as head of the UM's University Health Services.…
ANDREW LAFFERTY: ON BEING FUNNY [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:00
Andrew Lafferty is a 20-year-old stand-up comedian learning the craft. He wants to become a comedy writer. After graduating from high school during the pandemic, he now the University of Pittsburgh, where he studies poli…
MARK WILLIS CHALLENGES YOU TO BANK ON YOURSELF [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:17
When I was a kid I would often accompany my parents on Saturdays to a store that was both a grocery and department store, a bit like Costco is today. Sometimes my father would give me some cash and I would hotfoot it to…
HAVEN TUNIN: PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG ARTIST [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:01
Pablo Picasso said, “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” I was thinking about Picasso’s words during my conversation with today’s guest, Haven Tunin, a young potter I met at…
CLINT ROE: What makes a good man today? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44:59
What, really, are the qualities of a good man today? Toughness? Grit? Courage? The reliability of the one who comes home after a long day at the office, even if that office down the hall or in the basement, and earns the…
DR. TANNER WALLACE: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND THE JOURNEY TO SELF [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:46
We’ve all heard about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, often referred to — and even minimized in today’s lexicon -- as PTSD. It is a psychiatric disorder that sometimes occurs in people who have experienced or witnessed a…
LISA HESSE: REDISCOVERING THE ATHLETE IN US [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:36
I've known Lisa Hesse for decades. When you live in a community like Ann Arbor for as long as I have and also are part of a smaller, tighter community--the running community--one is bound to bump into the same people fro…