Best Dr. Bill Peel Podcasts (2025)

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Geraldine Hunt 33:26

16h ago33:26

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Today’s guest is Geraldine Hunt, whose story offers a deeply personal and layered look into the experience of being adopted. Born in Melbourne in 1974, Geraldine spent her early weeks in foster care before being adopted at around eight weeks old. Her journey has since led her to reconnect with both her biological mother and father, as well as with …

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Encore: Guy Fieri and the Flying Mustard Jar 44:36

2d ago44:36

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In our debut episode, Food & Wine's executive features editor Kat Kinsman spoke with the one and only chef Guy Fieri. He's become a household name as a restaurateur, cookbook author, host of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Guy's Grocery Games, Tournament of Champions and more smash-hit shows — and in recent years, as a mega-philanthropist who has rai…

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The Future of Prosthetics Through Data and Design with Dhruv Agrawal 45:49

7d ago45:49

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Send us a text Dhruv Agrawal, founder of Aether Biomedical, shares how a birthday gift 3D printer led him from medical school to developing the Zeus hand, the strongest bionic prosthetic hand on the market with revolutionary cloud-based tracking capabilities. • Journey from medical student to prosthetics innovator began with a 3D printer birthday g…

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Karen Akunowicz and the Compliment That Changed Her Life 52:22

9d ago52:22

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25 years ago, James Beard Award-winning chef and Top Chef alum Karen Akunowicz received a compliment from a Food & Wine Best New Chef that changed her entire career path. On this episode, she opened up about her journey from musical theater kid and hardworking diner waitress to acclaimed restaurateur, the power of embracing her queer identity, the …

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Melanie Dunstan - DNA 101 17:45

15d ago17:45

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Today we're joined by Melanie Dunstan, founder of The DNA Connection. Melanie is a trained Genetic Genealogist, Private Investigator, and Skip Tracer, with an extensive background in Nursing—who has five university degrees including a Master of Nurse Practitioner. She is passionate about using DNA to help solve mysteries, rebuild connections, and b…

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CPO/Inventor Beyond Borders with Jochen Weigel 47:02

15d ago47:02

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Send us a text Jochen Weigel from Stuttgart, Germany joins us to discuss his innovative contributions to prosthetics, including post-processing for Niagara feet and the development of the AirFit casting system. • Jochen's journey from clinical specialist to R&D manager to starting his own business 13 years ago • The AirFit system uses air pressure …

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Dr. Jessica B. Harris and the Hardcore Virginia Ham 51:27

16d ago51:27

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Dr. Jessica B. Harris is a scholar of the African food diaspora, an award-winning and prolific writer, a gifted storyteller and speaker, a teacher, and an icon to many. But what gets lost sometimes is that she's a person, first and foremost — one whose bookishness as a kid made it hard for her to connect with other kids. One raised by two artists w…

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Nadia Levett - Part One 46:27

23d ago46:27

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In this episode, we're joined by someone whose story weaves through early foster care, complex family connections, and the enduring search for belonging and identity. Nadia Levett was born in 1982 and adopted at the age of five after spending her early years moving between foster homes and biological family members. Her story is unique, layered, an…

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Nadia Levett - Part Two 58:22

23d ago58:22

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In Part Two, Nadia Levett continues her story. Nadia's experience weaves through early foster care, complex family connections, and the enduring search for belonging and identity. She was born in 1982 and adopted at the age of five after spending her early years moving between foster homes and biological family members. Her story is unique, layered…

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Matthew Lillard and the Glorious Dorito Salad 43:18

23d ago43:18

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You have a favorite Matthew Lillard film or TV performance. It might be SLC Punk, the Scream franchise, Scooby Doo, Hackers, She's All That, Twin Peaks: The Return, or the new Stephen King and Mike Flanagan movie The Life of Chuck. He's been working in Hollywood for over 30 years, and has a reputation for being kind to fans. But connecting with peo…

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Hanger Clinic's Bold Move: How Agile Orthopedics Acquisition Reshapes Patient Care with Joris and Brent 36:32

26d ago36:32

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Send us a text The mobile prosthetic clinic model is gaining traction as Hanger acquires Colorado-based Agile Orthopedics, potentially changing how prosthetic care is delivered nationwide. Raise3D's new RMS-220 SLS printer enters the market with open material capabilities, challenging the economics of small-scale prosthetic production. • Mobile cli…

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Encore: Will Poulter, Dave Beran, and The Bear 52:22

1M ago52:22

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Season 3 of the smash hit FX/Hulu show “The Bear” roared to life just days ago, but Will Poulter (the actor who plays fan-favorite Luca) and 2014 F&W Best New Chef Dave Beran had been prepping for weeks. Poulter — like his co-star Jeremy Allen White — staged with Beran at his Santa Monica restaurant Pasjoli to learn how to accurately portray a prof…

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Ground Zero: Powder Bed Fusion for Prosthetics with David Pierick 55:16

1M ago55:16

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Send us a text David Pierick, a retired Applications Engineer, shares the journey of bringing powder bed fusion technology to prosthetics and orthotics, revolutionizing patient comfort and outcomes through advanced materials. • The initial challenge: proving 3D printed prosthetic components were as good or better than traditional methods • Testing …

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Curtis Stone and the Clandestine Charcuterie Closet 49:54

1M ago49:54

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The first food memory Curtis Stone has is getting in trouble for eating too much butter. Then again, the Australian chef and TV host has never been one for restraint. Once he realized he wasn't going to be a professional athlete, he went to work for Marco Pierre White — notoriously one of the most hard-driving chefs of all time, then hosted 140 epi…

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The Doctor is In: Telemedicine for O & P with Dr. Nate Crider 54:11

1M ago54:11

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Send us a text Dr. Nate Crider joins us to discuss his approach to prosthetic care through telemedicine, where he bridges the gap between prosthetists, patients, and insurance requirements. As a PM&R specialist, he has expanded to 14 states in just three years, improving outcomes by bringing medical expertise directly to prosthetic clinics. • Telem…

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Hawa Hassan and the Hot Dog Habit 48:16

1M ago48:16

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When Hawa Hassan was five years old, she was living in a refugee camp in Kenya. By seven, she was resettled in Seattle with a few other refugees from Somalia, and waiting for her family to join her. Then the political climate changed, and she came to realize that they were never coming; she was on her own. The thing to know about Hawa Hassan is tha…

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Across Oceans, Through Time: Lisa Preston's Reunion Revisited 46:51

1M ago46:51

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Lisa Preston returns to Adopt Perspective with the next chapter of her extraordinary adoption journey — including her recent solo trip to the UK to spend time with her father, Richard. You can also catch Lisa on SBS Insight tonight (13 May 2025 at 8.30pm) in the episode 'DNA Doesn’t Lie', or watch on replay via SBS On Demand. Born in England in 197…

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Engineering Hope: Lasting Global Solutions with Bill Wright 48:21

2M ago48:21

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Send us a text Bill Wright shares his global healthcare and engineering journey spanning 36 countries over 50 years. His uniques experiences reveal how important it is to create lasting impact through sustainable solutions with good engineering. •On one of his jourey's Bill was introduced to prosthetics in Bangladesh where he encountered the Jaipur…

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Romy Gill and the Slow Burn Book 46:51

2M ago46:51

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Romy Gill puts in the work — always. Growing up in India, the chef, TV host, and author dreamed of being a cricket player and directed all her effort into that — and into lightly fibbing her way into her neighbors' homes to try different dishes than the ones she ate in her Punjabi household. It's this hunger and curiosity about other people and the…

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Bill Esman 23:31

2M ago23:31

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One of the voices we hear from least often on Adopt Perspective is that of fathers who lost children to adoption. It’s a perspective that is vital but often left untold, and so we are deeply grateful whenever a father feels ready to step forward and share his experience. In this episode, we are joined by Bill Esman, who is the father of Tracy Shand…

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Vikas Khanna and the Beautiful Lie That Saved His Childhood 49:15

2M ago49:15

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When Vikas Khanna was growing up in a small town in India, the world was stacked against him. He was bullied by other children for wearing braces on his legs and not being able to play like them. But his grandmother and sister saw him for who he truly was: a lion. They brought him into the kitchen, and he roared to life. An extraordinary life at th…

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Temperature Control for Prosthetic Sockets with Bryan Costello 49:36

2M ago49:36

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Send us a text Bryan Costello shares his incredible journey from nuclear power plant worker to prosthetic innovator after losing his leg an accident. Drawing on his mechanical expertise, he developed heating and cooling systems for prosthetic sockets that address temperature regulation problems that have plagued amputees for decades. • Developing h…

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Laurie Woolever and the Cone of Silence 57:43

2M ago57:43

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Laurie Woolever has worked for chefs you've definitely heard of, most notably Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. Those two men are notorious for their outsized appetites, but in her new memoir, "Care and Feeding," Woolever gets raw and real about her own insatiable need for drugs, alcohol, and extramarital affairs while navigating the grossness and…

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Roy Choi and the Out-of-Body Emeril Experience 1:03:41

2M ago1:03:41

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Growing up as an immigrant latchkey kid, Roy Choi spent a lot of time wandering the streets of Los Angeles alone, thinking he'd never fit in anywhere. He had a scar on his face from cleft palate surgery, and he thought of himself as an alley cat, slipping through the world unnoticed and he took in every detail of the way people interacted, especial…

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Valves, Sockets, and Creating Consistency in Prosthetic Care With Matthew Doering 59:58

3M ago59:58

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Send us a text Matt Doering shares how Cypress Adaptive came to fruition. • Entering the prosthetic industry through an unexpected path from Coast Guard service to selling cars • Building Cypress Adaptive with a focus on superior valve technology using spring and diaphragm systems that work even with debris present • Designing components with repla…

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Tracy Shand - Sequel 36:33

3M ago36:33

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You’ll often hear us at Jigsaw Queensland speaking about the lifelong issues of adoption. How we feel about our experience or where we find ourselves in our lives can vary greatly over the passage of time. Today’s guest, Tracy Shand, is an adopted person who has undergone many transitions in her adoption story and her life since we last spoke to he…

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Byron Gomez and the American Dream 1:01:30

3M ago1:01:30

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Byron Gomez and his family arrived in the United States from Costa Rica when he was eight years old, and he was in for the shock of his young life. He spoke Spanish at home, he'd never seen snow or even a winter coat, and he had to find his place in a world that didn't always want him there. But at age 15, he found restaurants. He put in the very h…

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Print, Heal, Repeat: 3D Printed Casts with Diana Hall 40:18

3M ago40:18

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Send us a text Diana Hall shares her journey from chemical engineer to founder of ActivArmor, a company revolutionizing fracture care through 3D printed waterproof and breathable casts that allow patients to maintain normal hygiene and activities while healing. • Started after seeing children with wet, dirty casts who couldn't practice basic hygien…

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Tinfoil Swans Is Serving Up Season 3: April 8, 2025 2:29

3M ago2:29

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The award-winning Tinfoil Swans podcast from Food & Wine is back on April 8. We're bringing you even more intimate, informative, surprising, and uplifting interviews with the biggest names in the culinary industry and beyond, sharing never-before-heard stories about the successes, struggles, and fork-in-the-road moments that made them who they are …

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Are we seeing a "pattern"? Breakdown of the Hanger acquisition of Coapt w/ surprise guest Blair Lock 1:16:35

3M ago1:16:35

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Send us a text The prosthetics and orthotics industry is witnessing significant consolidation and technological advancement, with Hanger's recent acquisition of Coapt being a prime example of this evolution. • Coapt's pattern recognition technology transforms how upper extremity amputees control prosthetic devices • Traditional myoelectric systems …

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Encore: Kevin Gillespie and the Restaurant of a Lifetime 54:37

3M ago54:37

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There's a good chance you know chef and author Kevin Gillespie from his fan-favorite stint on Season 6 of Top Chef or his return on the All Stars Season 20, but the Georgia native's talent can't be reduced to the small screen. His new Atlanta restaurant, Nàdair, is a full-throated love letter to his Scottish heritage — something Gillespie's family …

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12th Anniversary of the National Apology - Online Training 43:50

3M ago43:50

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On March 21, 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a formal apology on behalf of the Australian Government to people affected by forced adoption. At the 10th anniversary commemoration in Canberra in 2023, The Hon. Amanda Rishworth, Minister for Social Services, announced $700,000 in funding to strengthen support services for those impacted b…

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Encore: Kylie Kwong and the Five Glass Ghosts 56:26

3M ago56:26

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When chef Kylie Kwong announced that she was going to be shuttering her destination dining spot Lucky Kwong to take on a new role at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, working at the intersection of food, community, and education to honor the people and foods that have made Australian cuisine so distinctive and precious — it made sense. Kwong has alw…

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Dorothy (Dot) Peel 28:54

4M ago28:54

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Dorothy Peel or Dot as she likes to be known, was just 18 years old when she lost her daughter to adoption in Perth in 1973. At the time, she was sent from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia to an unmarried mother’s home in Perth, just six weeks before giving birth. Since then, Dot has struggled with memory gaps regarding her experience, particularly su…

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How FDM Material Innovation is Transforming Prosthetics with Ruud Rouleaux 53:01

4M ago53:01

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Send us a text Ruud Rouleaux, founder of ColorFabb, shares the evolution of 3D printing materials from early PLA filaments to revolutionary foaming technology that's changing prosthetic and orthotic care. His journey from plastics engineer to materials innovator reveals how focusing on functional materials rather than competing on price has positio…

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Lightweight All-In-One Printed Prosthesis with Joshua Pelz 43:18

4M ago43:18

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Send us a text Discover the transformative world of prosthetics and 3D printing alongside Josh Pelz, co-founder of Limber Prosthetics. We delve into the intricacies of designing lightweight, integrated prosthetic devices, exploring how simplification leads to enhanced user experiences. • Introduction to additive manufacturing in prosthetics • The c…

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Big Deal: AMS, Breakdown of Proteor Aquiring Filament Innovations, and More with Joris and Brent 42:57

4M ago42:57

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Send us a text This episode explores the transformative shifts in additive manufacturing within prosthetics and orthotics, highlighting key insights from the AMS conference. A focus on open manufacturing options and investor relationships underscores the challenges and opportunities for enhancing patient care in this evolving landscape. • Discussio…

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Sharlene Vonhoff 59:37

4M ago59:37

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Sharlene Vonhoff was born and adopted in Brisbane in 1977. She was the first of two girls adopted into a farming family in regional Queensland. Today, she continues to farm with her husband, a third-generation farmer on the Darling Downs, where they have raised four children. Growing up adopted in a close-knit farming community has shaped Sharlene’…

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Overcoming Negative Self-Talk and Learning Self-Compassion 20:21

4M ago20:21

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At Jigsaw Queensland, we have some really exciting plans for this year, and we’re kicking things off with something especially designed for people impacted by forced adoption. We’ve teamed up with Axis Clinic to offer an 8-week program called Overcoming Negative Self-Talk and Learning Self-Compassion. To tell us all about it and how you can get inv…

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Visionary Hardware for Enhanced Patient Outcomes with Ravi Shah 50:00

5M ago50:00

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Send us a text This episode reveals how Structure Sensors are reshaping healthcare technology, emphasizing their role in improving patient care through accurate 3D scanning. Ravi Shah shares insights into the importance of collaboration and data sharing in the medical field, discussing the intricacies of their hardware, software, and the journey to…

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Crafting Hands-Free, Adjustable Prostheses with Sydney Robinson 47:32

5M ago47:32

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Send us a text Innovative adjustable sockets stand to revolutionize prosthetics, promoting comfort and user satisfaction for amputees. Sydney Robinson shares her journey in creating Vessl Prosthetics, emphasizing design iterations, user feedback, and strategic positioning within the market that enable transformative solutions in limb care. • Introd…

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Beyond the Data Sheet in Material Science with Luke Rodgers 39:33

5M ago39:33

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Send us a text Luke Rodgers dives into an innovative material that offers superior resilience, affordability, and functionality compared to traditional materials. This episode highlights its unique properties, applications, and the excitement surrounding its potential impact on the industry. • Discussion of the material • Comparison with traditiona…

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Dr. Alison Ingram 50:04

5M ago50:04

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Dr. Alison Ingram is an actor, theatre director, aresearcher of adult adoptees’ lived experience and an adopted person. She recently completed her doctorate in theatre and performance at Monash University in Melbourne, focusing her research on a group of adult adoptees working as a performing ensemble—that is, actors telling their own stories. In 2…

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Marketing, Crafting Stories, and What is Next with Elizabeth Mansfield 1:11:18

5M ago1:11:18

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Send us a text In this episode with Elizabeth Mansfield, we explore the evolution of prosthetics and orthotics, emphasizing the influence of education, technology, and personal stories on patient care. She shares her experience and perspective, addressing current challenges and discussing the importance of engaging the next generation of profession…

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Digital Workflow and 3D Printing with Christiaan du Toit 50:33

6M ago50:33

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Send us a text In this episode, we explore the transformative impact of 3D printing and CAD software in orthotics and prosthetics through the insights of guest Christiaan du Toit. Chris discusses his journey, the challenges faced in South Africa, and how effective collaboration between clinicians and designers leads to better patient outcomes. • Th…

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Exploring Global Health with Dr. Janell Wright 1:10:16

6M ago1:10:16

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Send us a text Dr. Janell Wright discusses her extensive journey in public health, highlighting the impact of community engagement and the importance of addressing social determinants of health. She reflects on her international experiences, the stigma surrounding diseases like HIV, and the need for a more supportive healthcare system. • Janell sha…

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Prosthetic Socket Rectification at Scale with Josh Steer 48:56

6M ago48:56

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Send us a text Can rapid prototyping truly save the day in critical situations? Discover how a simple 3D-printed component prevented a costly machine breakdown, and learn why this story exemplifies the incredible potential of additive manufacturing. We also welcome Josh Steer from Radiide Devices, who shares his insights on the challenges of adopti…

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3D Innovation, Business Evolution with Eleftherios Samiotis 46:28

6M ago46:28

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Send us a text Discover the transformative power of 3D printing in the world of prosthetics and orthotics as we sit down with Eleftherios Samiotis, an innovator from Greece, whose passion for the field was sparked during high school summers. From his educational journey at the University of Salford to launching OrthoLife, Eleftherios reveals the ch…

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Layer by Layer: Intentional Design with Adam Hecht 42:50

7M ago42:50

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Send us a text In this episode, we dive into the world of 3D printing and industrial design with Adam Hecht of Dive Design. Adam shares his inspiring journey from a college project sparked by a TED Talk to revolutionizing prosthetics for both humans and animals. Starting with a humble desktop printer, Adam scaled his ambitions to incorporate advanc…

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Helen Angela Taylor - CEO Jigsaw Qld 49:14

7M ago49:14

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In the final episode of Season 5, 2024, we have the pleasure of introducing Jigsaw Qld's CEO, Helen Angela Taylor. Helen has been in the CEO seat since July and has been an absolute gift. She is an adoptee who discovered Jigsaw in 1991 following a move to Brisbane from Sydney. A few years later, she reunited with her mother and father and attended …

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