All right, I got a big question. How do you feel about aging? Maybe you've got a fear of death, fear of the unknown, fear of change.

Because certainly how we look starts to change. The actor Amanda Pete has given it a lot of thought over the years. She's been in the public eyes since the 90s.

She'll tell you why her new film, Fantasy Life has her thinking about validation, about vanity, and what she thinks about cosmetic surgery and

whether or not to get it.

You'll hear that conversation now.

Just search for Q with Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a CBC podcast.

So, Joss, tell us about your jizzy back rat.

Well, that is not how I've heard it described before, but it works.

The way I tend to describe it is sort of like a telephone line.

It's got a coating around the outside of it.

Part of that coating just doesn't seal properly.

And so part of your spine or just the spinal fluid will actually leak out. And it does form a sack on the back of the person that has it. In my case, there's a sack and there's fluid inside.

In more severe cases, spine is actually exposed. I know

people who have who have had to have large lesions closed because basically their entire spine is

visible. What's up everyone? Welcome back. Another episode of Sick Boy. And today we are hanging out with our friend Joshua. And as you're about to find out, this conversation goes places that we definitely didn't see coming. Joshua's been living with Spina Bifida. He's had this for 48 years of his life.

And he's an incredible para athlete.

We're talking javelin, discus.

He's a goalie in para ice hockey.

And he also shares with us a pretty interesting little test of his marriage involving a broken hotel bath bench and a very

unflattering position on the shower floor. Joshua is a lovely human. He's an account

manager, a husband, and he's also the co-host of his long running podcast, the Neutral Zone, who he co-hosts with our very good friend,

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