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Dec 2023
25m 11s

Extra Credit: Your Stories (Katie Floren...

Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, Sophie Ansari
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In our final EXTRA CREDIT episode this season, we talk to Katie Florence, whose father and brother both died when she was young. We explore the process of navigating grief and using humor as a tool to heal and survive devastating losses.

 

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