306: What if you lived someone else’s life?

306: What if you lived someone else’s life?

After learning to endure a toxic relationship with his father, a man crafts a ‘good life’ filled with the privileges of success, but only when he finds himself on the other side of death’s door does he find out what it really means to be alive.


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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz


Content/Trigger Warnings: death, cardiac arrest, medical trauma, explicit language

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Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper

Music Bed: “Re-Entry” – Lee Rosevere

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164: What if a shocking accusation devastated your family?

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163: What if you grew up in a violent gang?

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162: What if you grew up in a cult?

162: What if you grew up in a cult?

“I didn’t know what normal was, so everything looked so scary….Everything I was doing I was learning for the time it was like my birth into the world.”Producer: Whit MissildineEpisode Summary: A woman...

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161: What if you suffered a shocking loss?

161: What if you suffered a shocking loss?

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160: What if you were assaulted by a stranger in the dark?

160: What if you were assaulted by a stranger in the dark?

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