What if you faced the monster in the mirror? [Rebroadcast #215]
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Growing up in the projects and a broken home, a man learns survive on the streets through dealing drugs and brutal violence, when a desperate moment leaves him with a choice that changes everything.
Today’s episode featured Kenneth Ginlack, Sr. Kenneth has been the Director of Outpatient Programs for Milwaukee County Behavior Health Division (BHD), an ad-hoc instructor at the University of Wisconsin Continuing Education extension program, president of the board of directors for Revive Youth and Family Services, and a board member for SALS Recovery Houses and Coaching. Kenneth is now Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serenity Inns. You can find out more about Kenneth by going to kgsctc.com
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Content/Trigger Warnings: explicit violence, gun violence, domestic abuse, drug use, drug addiction, suicide, murder, explicit language
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.2 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. Today we continue with the second episode of our annual six-week summer rebroadcast series. |
| 0:21.5 | We'll return with all new episodes starting September 10th. |
| 0:24.6 | Today's rebroadcast episode, What If You Faced The Monster in the Mirror? |
| 0:28.6 | Originally aired as episode 215 on December December 7, 2021. |
| 0:35.0 | Then I found myself angry at God. |
| 0:38.0 | I angry with myself, being angry with everybody, |
| 0:41.0 | or everything around me. It's like a walking dead and that's what I |
| 0:44.9 | always called it the walking dead. I was I was just a shell but I couldn't stop. |
| 0:50.3 | My soul was gone. From Wundery, I'm Witt Misledyne. You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 215. What if you faced the monster in the mirror? |
| 1:17.0 | What if you faced the monster in the mirror. |
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| 1:38.1 | Blink Lively stars as Lily Bloom, |
| 1:40.9 | a woman embarking on a new life in Boston after overcoming a traumatic childhood. |
| 1:46.6 | A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle sparks an intense connection. |
| 1:51.9 | But as they fall in love, Lily begins to see sight of |
| 1:55.2 | Ryle that reminder of her parents problematic relationship. When Lily's first |
| 2:00.2 | Love Atlas reenters her life and her relationship with Rile is upended, |
| 2:04.4 | Lily realizes she must rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future. |
| 2:10.7 | It ends with us, it's only in cinemas from August 9th. |
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