240: What if nine bullets shattered your dreams?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
“These are open ended wounds that you have to patch up, but how do you patch them up? How do you make it okay.”
Today’s episode featured Diamond Garrett. Diamond is currenting starting a small business to provide products, services, and resources for disabled individuals to make their lives easier as wheelchair users. If you’d like to donate to support her vision and her small business, go to gofund.me/444f5605. You can also find out more about Diamond by following her on Instagram @diamondsg_ and on TikTok @princessdimo. You can find all of her links on linktr.ee/diamondgarrett
This episode is the last new episode of season 11. Over the next six weeks, we’ll be rebroadcasting episodes from the back catalog, and resuming with new episodes, starting August 9th.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason Blalock
Episode Summary: Growing up with a single mother and a father in jail, a dancer’s life is forever changed when one night, while doing a favor for a friend, two unknown shooters open fire.
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Content/Trigger Warnings: domestic violence, mention of sexual assault, drug use, gun violence, car crash, graphic bodily injury, suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, explicit language
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Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper
Music Bed: Ambient Themes by Nigel Coutinho
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.2 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:07.6 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:15.6 | Today will be the last new episode of Season 11. |
| 0:19.0 | Over the next six weeks, we'll be rebroadcasting episodes from the back catalog, |
| 0:23.0 | some of which we'll be pulling from behind the paywall. |
| 0:25.6 | We will resume with all new episodes for Season 12 starting August 9th. |
| 0:30.6 | I can't thank you all enough for your continued support for this show. |
| 0:34.6 | It continues to be such an honor to connect with storytellers who have experienced |
| 0:38.6 | the darkest corners of the human experience, and have come back with the vulnerability, |
| 0:42.6 | wisdom, and bravery to share it with us. |
| 0:45.6 | And it's equally humbling to see you all show up every week to listen deeply and engage with them, |
| 0:50.6 | and with each other. |
| 0:51.6 | As a reminder, you can participate in our community on the this is actually happening discussion group on Facebook, |
| 0:57.6 | on the show's Instagram page at actually happening. |
| 1:00.6 | And as always, you can support the show by donating on Patreon at patreon.com slash happening. |
| 1:07.6 | Thank you all again. |
| 1:08.6 | And now the final episode of Season 11 featuring the unbelievable story of Diamond Garrett. |
| 1:17.6 | I got shot. |
| 1:18.6 | Well, why did you get shot? I don't know. |
| 1:21.6 | Well, who shot you? I don't know. |
| 1:24.6 | These are unanswered questions. These are open-ended wounds. |
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