What if you grew up in a violent gang? [Rebroadcast #163]

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414: What if you could never be the ice princess they wanted?

After becoming a teenage figure skating champion and Olympic athlete, a woman is broken open by grief, fame, addiction, and shame, but through motherhood, reinvention, and a return to the ice, she begins to stitch together the person and performer she was never allowed to fully b ...  Show more

413: What if your hope was hanging by a thread?

"After a decade of devastating loss, and medical trauma nearly destroys his will to live, a man reaches the edge of giving up before the fragile birth of his son brings him a new hope. Today’s episode featured Nathan Wieser. If you’d like to email Nathan, you can reach him at nat ...  Show more

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