🏞️ Sign up for free and exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ Oksana Masters, the most decorated winter Paralympian of all time, talks about how she lost her legs, how she won her first gold medal, and what it was like in a Ukrainian orphanage. WELCOME TO CAMP. Produced & Edited by @WillSchwartzz Additional Editing by Ace Taylor 00:00 Welcome to Camp 01:05 Birth Defects from CHERNOBYL 07:38 Growing Up in a Ukrainian Orphanage 16:15 Learning to Act Out as a Kid 21:12 Why You NEED a Dark Sense of Humor 24:10 Finally Getting a Mom 31:45 Being a Sneaker-Head with No Legs 33:11 Communicating Through Charades 39:35 Higher Capacity for Pain? 47:11 How Oksana Handles Alcohol 54:12 How Did You Fall In Love With Sports? 57:51 Her Leg Amputation WENT WRONG 1:04:20 People Born With Legs vs Without 1:05:11 Who Takes Up More of the Bed? 1:06:47 Phantom Limb Syndrome? 1:08:04 Love Is a Better Motivator Than Anger 1:11:50 Almost Losing Everything 1:18:46 Winning Her First Gold Medal 1:20:34 How Do the Paralympics Equalize Sports? 1:28:27 Are People Overly Cautious With You? 1:31:47 The Hard Parts - OUT NOW Sup people I'm Mark Gagnon. I'm a podcaster and comedian who cohosts FLAGRANT alongside Andrew Schulz, Akaash Singh, and the rest of the Flagrant crew. If you wanna see more of me and the people I pod with, subscribe to keep it coming. Thanks for watching.