Ruby Doris Smith died at age 25 of cancer. It was an unfair death, concluding a short, unfair life. For two and half decades on this earth – from 1942 to 1967 – she experienced the brutal day-to-day realities of Jim Crow segregation. Yet her tombstone laments none of this. Instead, it codifies into stone one of the most basic principles of the SNCC, the civi ... Show More
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BONUS | An Important Message About Grace & Forgiveness
<p>Happy Thanksgiving! In today’s bonus episode, you will hear a powerful excerpt from Ryan’s interview with author and journalist Julia Baird about the real-life power of grace, forgiveness, and why letting go can be one of the bravest things you do. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="h ... Show More
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Every Day Can Be A Thanksgiving | Ask Daily Stoic
<p>There's something wonderful about being together, family, traveling in from near and far good people enjoying good food, taking a break from the busyness of the world, reflecting on all the things you're grateful for, remembering and making new memories. That's what Thanksgivi ... Show More
13m 57s
Sep 2018
We Are Better than the Worst Things We’ve Done
Bryan Stevenson, the New York Times–bestselling author of Just Mercy, has been called America’s Nelson Mandela by Desmond Tutu and Nicholas Kristof. As a civil rights lawyer, he’s liberated more than 100 people from death row, proving their innocence in the process. And as the fo ... Show More
40m 13s
Sep 2021
Your Favorite Felon (ft. Heather Engel)
This week, Sgt. Sean “Sticks” Larkin and ICU Nurse Howard Doss are joined by a former inmate who was sentenced to 165 years in prison. Heather Engel talks about what landed her in prison, what her time behind bars was like, and her relationship with a prison guard. Grab a glass o ... Show More
44m 43s
Dec 2021
Stephen Millis Part 2: Motives
<p>Yesterday, we brought you Part 1 of Steve Millis’ story. We explored how his family realized that he had disappeared, Steve’s life, and what we know about the evening he was last seen alive. Today, we will take a look at several people who were suspected of being involved in S ... Show More
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