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September 21, 2011: Andrew Tilin

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September 21st, 2011

Abigail with Andrew Tilin

Andrew has written a memoir, The Doper Next Door, about his yearlong adventure with doping. As a journalist, he initially tried to interview everyday people who dope, but they wouldn’t speak to him. So, out of curiosity and to become his own subject, he tried the drugs himself.

Andrew Tilin

During that year, he experienced the improved performance and body that come with doping but also the hormonal changes and mood swings, as well as exposure to the seedy underbelly of doping subculture. Andrew’s work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Outside, and other publications.

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September 21, 2011: Andrew Tilin

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September 14, 2011: Jonathan Burnette

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September 14th, 2011

Abigail with Jonathan Burnette

Jonathan Burnette

In 2010, Jonathan drove a ’59 Renault Dauphine from Austin to Alaska and back. To help you understand the significance of this, Time magazine rated this car one of the worst 50 of all time. Yet, for Jonathan, an auto mechanic specializing in foreign vintage cars, this trip was simply an adventure and a challenge.

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September 14, 2011: Jonathan Burnette

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August 17, 2011: Evaline Apoko & Linda Freiheit—Global Youth Peace Summit

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August 17th, 2011

Evaline, Abigail and Linda

The Global Youth Peace Summit, put on by Amala Foundation, took place August 6–13. The summit brought together 70 refugee, immigrant, local and international youth from more than 25 countries for a conference devoted to peace, dialogue, cultural awareness, and the importance of service to others. Many of the youth who attend have experienced the atrocities of war, genocide, extreme poverty, religious persecution, child labor, gang violence, and neglect. Some of these children have literally run for their lives; many have been uprooted from their native cultures and struggle to integrate into an entirely foreign world.

Evaline Apoko

I interviewed Evaline Apoko, who was kidnapped by a rebel group in her homeland of Uganda and forced to live with them for 3 years. After a bomb dropped, blowing off half her face, Evaline escaped to freedom. She was one of the Peace Leaders at the Summit. Linda Freiheit, youth director for The Amala Foundation, also joined us in studio to tell us more about the work they do.

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August 17, 2011: Evaline Apoko & Linda Freiheit—Global Youth Peace Summit

August 10, 2011: Joseph Carman

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August 10th, 2011

Joseph Carman with Abigail

The 555 Collective is an arts organization that supports survivors of violent trauma. Joseph Carman, who founded it, understands violent trauma well, having grown up in an armageddonist cult until age 16. He worked as a psychologist with the Texas Youth Commission, where he witnessed numerous examples of suffering, and also worked as an investigator for judges specializing in sex cases. Joseph’s goal for the 555 Collective, as he puts it, is “to make sense of the world by creating something beautiful amidst all the pain and ugliness I’ve encountered.”

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August 10, 2011: Joseph Carman

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August 3, 2011: Giselle Koy

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August 3rd, 2011

Abigail with Giselle Koy

Giselle is the author of The Modern Muse, a book about learning that we are each our own gurus or muses, and don’t need to seek out gurus in order to find our own inner wisdom. Giselle came to this realization after a long journey to find herself, which included: becoming a yoga teacher, learning Buddhism, following a spiritual master for years (which turned out to be a cult that shut down in scandal), hunting for gold, and following a guru in Argentina.

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August 3, 2011: Giselle Koy

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