First off thanks for sharing the link. I listened to the whole thing.
I've only heard of L. Verzbicas on this site and when he decided to go to the '"Tri" world and after reading this thread and listening to the podcast...I only have respect and empathy for him. It's unfortunate this happened to him and I wish him the best recovery. Just listening to him answer some of the questions asked by ( the Competitor commentator ...who was annoying to me at times--not sure what it was..) but Lukas seemed to handle himself very well in answering the questions w/a positive outlook. How could you not root for him?