Episode 668: Rob Henderson on Troubled
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, discusses his life journey from being born to a drug-addicted mother and never knowing his father, to being shuffled between seven foster homes, and finally being adopted into a loving family. Despite the stability of his adoptive family, Henderson faced challenges such as divorce, poverty, and violence during his adolescence. At 17, he joined the U.S. Air Force and later pursued his undergraduate education at Yale and a PhD from Cambridge. Henderson argues that stability at home is more important than external accomplishments and highlights the social disparities that exist in society. He also discusses the importance of role models and the impact of cultural beliefs on the lower classes.
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| 0:15.6 | Find them, torture them, kill them, BTK. |
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| 1:34.3 | On this episode of New Twix world in his raw coming of age memoir, |
| 1:45.0 | Rob Henderson describes how he was born to a drug addicted mother and a father he never met. |
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