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We have with us today Father Gregory Boyle.

He's a Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. He is the author of other things,

notable books, one tattoos on the heart and other barking to the choir, very successful

publications. His latest book is the whole language, the power of extravagant tenderness. That is our topic today. Welcome, Father Boyle.

Happy to be with you. First, background question. Let our audience know, what is Homeboy Industries?

Home Boy Industries is 34 years old.

It was founded in Boyle Heights in a very poor parish where we had eight gangs at war with each other.

And it is currently the largest gang intervention rehab and reentry program on the planet.

Really? That's, well, 35 years.

And, well, maybe I should ask, you know, if people want to go look at your work, look at Homeboy Industries,

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