335: What if you were left for dead?
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
After rising as a teenage drug dealer in Oklahoma, a man joins a larger operation after meeting his soulmate and shadowy chemist, but as his power grows, he becomes a guinea pig in an underworld much darker than he bargained for.
Today’s episode featured Brandon Andres Green. If you’d like to reach out to him, you can email him at brandonAndresGreen@gmail.com, or you can find him on Facebook or on Instagram at BrandonAndresGreen.
Brandon's story came to us by way of Amy Chesler. Amy is a storyteller featured as our guest in Episode 303. You can find her book Working for Justice on Amazon. Amy also has her own podcast, What Came Next, which chronicles in greater depth her experiences with the criminal justice system and the media, as well as other firsthand accounts from survivors and advocates throughout history. You can also find her on Instagram @amybchesler, and on her website amybchesler.com. A special thanks to Amy for referring today's guest.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood sexual curiosity/touching, teen drug use, religious guilt, guns, grievous bodily assault and injury, explicit bodily injury, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening by joining |
| 0:05.7 | Wundry Plus in the Wundry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.7 | This is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:14.0 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information |
| 0:18.1 | about support services. I wake up, up, I don't know who I am or what I am. |
| 0:25.0 | All I know is that I am a mangled mass of excruciating pain. |
| 0:53.2 | From Wundry, I'm Witt Misledyne. You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 1:18.0 | Episode 335. What if you were left for dead? If you or someone you care about has cancer, Macmillan Cancer Support's online community is here to help from day one. |
| 1:22.0 | Macmillan's free online forum provides a safe space to get support from both experts and others who've been there. |
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| 1:34.6 | with side effects such as hair loss and fatigue, to money worries and managing work or talking |
| 1:40.1 | with children about a diagnosis. |
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| 1:48.0 | Find support 24-7 from people who get what it's like to have cancer. |
| 1:53.0 | To join, search Macmillan online community. |
| 1:56.0 | This episode is brought to you by Disney Plus. |
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