Inside ParaSport

Joe Delagrave - Paralympian, husband, dad to three, and national wheelchair rugby team co-captain with a thriving speaking business - takes time to catch up with us. We talk about his transition to training away from the rest of the team, embracing leadership, Tokyo qualification, and the importance of having an identity beyond Paralympic sport. He shares the key questions that helped build his speaking business, and also reveals the secret to getting fresh & squeaky Wisconsin cheese curds. Follow Joe: @JoeDelagrave (Twitter), @jdelagrave14 (Instagram) and www.joedelagrave.com

US Paralympian Rose Hollermann tells us about the path from being the youngest on the team to one of the veteran leaders. We talk about advocacy, The Rebound (movie on Netflix), heroes, classification, and her favorite Australian saying. Follow Rose & the US Women's Wheelchair Basketball National Team at the Para PanAm Games in Lima, Peru as they try to qualify for Tokyo 2020. @nwba on Twitter & Instagram, @nwba70 on Facebook @rholler54

Dr. Sara Mitchell, Sports Psychologist with the USOPC, discusses with us the resources available to support Olympic and Paralympic athletes. We get into how athletes can handle uncontrollables and the best way to reach out for help with the mental aspects of sport. This episode ends with a silly-question cliff hanger. Follow Sara on Twitter: @sara_heather To contact the USOPC about sport psychology resources: [email protected] If you are contemplating suicide call 1-800-273-TALK or 911.

30 episodes, what?! We celebrate a milestone by talking about our lessons learned as podcast producers and navigating the media space of Paralympics over the past 2 years.

Julie O'Neill Dussliere, Chief of Paralympic Sport at the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee talks about the USOC's recent name change and her vision for the Paralympics in 2028. Plus, she reveals a surprise announcement about the Tokyo 2020 Games! Follow Julie on Twitter: @JulieDussliere

Brad Snyder, a Navy Veteran, author, and Paralympic medalist, joins us shortly after his election to the USOC Board of Directors. We ask him what he thinks about being perceived as the US team's "Golden Boy." He talks frankly about post-Games depression, and the complexities of being a sponsored Paralympic athlete. Plus, we ask some basic questions about Para-triathlon guides and his dog Gizzy. Follow Brad on Twitter: @BradSnyderUSA

Patty Cisneros Prevo talks about the experience of being a pro wheelchair basketball player in Europe, her road to becoming a published author, and how classification impacts college recruiting for wheelchair basketball. She also shares what made the Athens Games a turning point for Team USA Wheelchair Basketball. Follow Patty's Unstoppable series on Instagram: @unstoppable_book_series

In the second half of our conversation with Greta Neimanas, she explains how she got into Paralympic cycling, and details the crash that ended her career.

Paralympic cyclist Greta Neimanas is an athlete representative to WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). In part one of our conversation, she talked with us about what's going on in anti-doping as it relates to Russia. Then, before we could publish the show, there were developments, so we asked for an update.

Giles Long, MBE, is 3x Paralymian, author, and the creator of LEXI-- the animated system that explains para-sport classification to broadcast audiences around the world. He talks with us about where LEXI (the system and the name) came from. "If you've got lots to say, you need a picture."