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The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Episode 185 - Dr. William Cooke

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In 2015, the small rural town of Austin, Indiana became the epicenter of the worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak in US history. As the only doctor in Austin, Dr. William Cooke saw firsthand the extreme poverty and toxic conditions that exist in small pockets of America, out of sight and out of mind for the more fortunate. But in the middle of these horrific conditions, William was able to become the hands and feet of Jesus in a tangible way to those who needed it most. William sits down with Davey to share some of how he found purpose in walking with people through life’s toughest trials and working to repair the broken systems at the root of this pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast, where we believe that no matter what you've

0:09.6

gone through in life, God is inviting you to partner with him to take back your story.

0:15.1

On this podcast, we have inspiring conversations with people who are doing just that.

0:20.4

And now, your hosts, Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Samson.

0:25.4

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast. I'm Aubrey.

0:31.9

And I'm Davey, and we are your hosts. And today, we have a great conversation with Dr.

0:35.9

William Cook, who, by the way, he is a primary care physician in Austin, Indiana, which

0:41.2

is a small rural town here in Indiana, the author of the book Canary in the Colmine.

0:48.1

And I enjoyed this conversation, Aubrey, because he kind of merged two of my worlds together.

0:53.9

You know, Christi is a medical provider as well. And so we started kind of talking about

0:58.8

some of those topics. And I felt a little bit, I'll be honest with you, I felt a little

1:02.8

bit empowered in the conversation because I've learned so much from her. I'm being slightly

1:07.7

facetious. I did notice, no, no, you flex, you flex a little bit. I did. I was like, I

1:13.4

was like, well, you know, as I'm learning from Christi over here, right? And then also,

1:17.6

of course, the pastoral side of things. But I do love when those worlds collide, because

1:22.1

that is kind of the Blackburn family it feels like, you know, helping people from a holistic

1:25.7

standpoint. So I enjoyed this conversation so much. You're going to enjoy it a lot. And if you,

1:30.6

if you do, would you do us a favor and go and rate and review the podcast on Apple podcast,

1:36.0

tell us your story, tell us what, how it's impacted you. And it really encourages us. It also

1:41.6

helps more people to get exposure to this podcast so they can hear all of the great stories

1:46.9

that we're sharing on this podcast. We'd also love to invite you to stick around and listen

1:52.0

to Davey and I kind of unpack some of the themes in Dr. William Cook's conversation with you.

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