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410: What if your mother tried to kill you?

After surviving a childhood where love meant saving his mother from the ravages of schizophrenia, a man spends decades trying to outrun the self he lost, until one final visit forces him to face what was never his to fix. Today’s episode featured Johnathan Koller. Johnathan has w ... Show more

. 1h 14min

409: What if your child’s death opened up your life’s purpose?

After building the loving family she always wanted, a woman loses her youngest son to an unsecured gun, and turns her grief into a fight to protect other children. Today’s episode featured Kristin Song. Kristin Miller Song is a writer and speaker whose work examines what it means ... Show more

. 1h 8min

408: What if your friend was lost in an underwater cave?

After a scuba diving trip in Croatia turns deadly, a successful Czech executive is falsely accused of murder and thrown into a foreign jail, where the total loss of control forces him to confront fear, grief, and the unexpected freedom of mastering his own mind. Today’s episode f ... Show more

. 55min 42sec

407: What if you found humanity in the depths of the criminal underworld?

After leaving Portugal to become a journalist, a woman is drawn into the world’s black markets, where dangerous encounters with criminals, extremists, and a military coup reveal the systems that shape people and the humanity that still connects them. Today’s episode featured Mari ... Show more

. 1h 12min

406: What if a terminal diagnosis set you free?

After a childhood shaped by violence and addiction leads him into years of self-destruction, a man begins to transform himself in prison, only to learn he has 90 days to live. Today’s episode featured Michael Mason. If you’d like to reach out to Michael, you can email him at mike ... Show more

. 1h 4min