The Grandmothers Who Defied a Dictatorship to Find Their Grandchildren with Haley Cohen Gilliland
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
What happens when a group of grandmothers challenges a brutal dictatorship—and wins? In this episode, Haley Cohen Gilliland, journalist and director of the Yale Journalism Initiative, recounts the extraordinary true story behind her book A Flower Traveled in My Blood. She reveals how Argentina’s “Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo” used courage, persistence, and groundbreaking DNA science to find grandchildren stolen during the country’s military dictatorship. We explore the moral courage behind their movement, the role of genetics in restoring identity, and the lasting impact of their fight for truth. It’s a powerful reminder that even those without traditional power can change history.
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| 1:18.1 | the grandmothers were this group of women that had just no traditional markers of power. They were |
| 1:24.9 | powerless by all definitions, but they recognized that by working |
| 1:29.9 | together and through relentless work, because they started this work in 1977, it is 2026. They are still |
| 1:39.0 | at it, that they could help to topple one of the most brutal dictatorships in world history, |
| 1:45.4 | and that they could outlast the evil ideology that was espoused during that period |
| 1:50.8 | in order to achieve their mission, which in this case was finding and reuniting with their |
| 1:56.5 | grandchildren. |
| 2:00.1 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 2:01.9 | It's Guy Kawasaki. |
| 2:03.3 | Welcome to another episode of the Remarkable People podcast. |
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