One Thing: Anderson Cooper on Loss, Grief, and Covering War in Israel

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🗓️ 3 December 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In the last few years, Anderson Cooper has been going through boxes of things that belonged to belonged to his dad, who died when he was 10, his brother, who died when he was 21, and his mom, who died in 2019. He documented that journey in the first season of his podcast, “All There Is.” Now the podcast is back for a new season. In this episode, we hear from Anderson about what drove him to keep exploring grief and loss and how he brought what he learned with him to cover the Israel-Hamas war. Guest: Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor Listen to “All There Is” here. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 to connect with a trained counselor, or visit the 988 Lifeline website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A week of reunions in Israel really ran the gamut of emotion.
0:07.0	You had the primal scream of emotion.
0:12.0	You had the primal scream of a Palestinian mother brought together with her daughter
0:17.6	Malek who was released as part of the Hamas hostage deal after serving
0:22.0	almost eight years in an Israeli jail.
0:25.0	Thomas Hand was able to hug his nine-year-old daughter Emily again.
0:30.0	After initially being told she was killed during the Hamas terror attack, Emily was released from
0:35.1	captivity in Gaza, but not without emotional scars.
0:38.9	She cried until her face was red and blotchy.
0:44.0	She couldn't stop.
0:46.0	She didn't want any comfort.
0:48.0	I guess she's forgotten now to be comfort.
0:51.7	There was little comfort for family members waiting by the phone to see if their loved one was on the list to be freed.
0:58.0	Yardin Gona's sister was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival.
1:02.0	I don't know even if she's... was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival.
1:02.7	I don't know even if she has her hand or not.
1:07.8	If maybe she's cut off, maybe she's not alive.
1:12.3	And I can't stress how much the unknowing is painful, truly painful.
1:22.0	And then there are those whose loved ones were killed by Hamas.
1:28.0	Ruma Arrucci's son was killed on October 7th,
1:32.0	but her 13-year-old daughter was taken
1:34.7	hostage. She was eventually freed, but before that, Ruma told CNN that she
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