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The Elementary Kool-Aid Acid Test
April 11, 2017

In the early 1960’s, a psychologist named Gary Fisher carried out a radical experiment on severely emotionally disturbed children at a residential hospital in Southern California. Fisher believed these children’s behavioral problems could be traced bac...

S2 Episode 4: The Elementary Kool-Aid Acid Test
April 11, 2017

In the early 1960’s, a psychologist named Gary Fisher carried out a radical experiment on severely emotionally disturbed children at a residential hospital in Southern California. Fisher believed these children’s behavioral problems could be traced bac...

S2 Episode 3: Mirror Mirror
March 28, 2017

Jill Sutherlin has been numbing her feelings of emptiness with food, drugs and alcohol since she was a child growing up in California’s Central Valley. Several years ago she did something she’s always wanted to do,

Mirror Mirror
March 28, 2017

Jill Sutherlin has been numbing her feelings of emptiness with food, drugs and alcohol since she was a child growing up in Californias Central Valley. Several years ago she did something she's always

The Big Pitch
March 14, 2017

San Francisco International High School is the city’s only high school exclusively for recently arrived immigrants. But you can also think of it as a factory. What comes in are immigrant teenagers speaking 18 different languages, including Arabic,

S2 Episode 2: The Big Pitch
March 14, 2017

San Francisco International High School is the city’s only high school exclusively for recently arrived immigrants. But you can also think of it as a factory. What comes in are immigrant teenagers speaking 18 different languages, including Arabic,

Out of the Pond
February 28, 2017

Tesilya Hanauer grew up on a commune deep in a Northern California forest. When she was five, her mother joined a nomadic group of people whose philosophy involved breaking the bond between mother and child. They were called the Shivalila,

S2 Episode 1: Out of the Pond
February 28, 2017

Tesilya Hanauer grew up on a commune deep in a Northern California forest. When she was five, her mother joined a nomadic group of people whose philosophy involved breaking the bond between mother and child. They were called the Shivalila,

My Name Is Shawn and I Prefer He
December 16, 2015

Lately we’ve heard a lot of stories about people who, after years in the closet, found the courage to come out as transgender. But for Shawn, courage was never the problem.

S1 Episode 6: My Name Is Shawn and I Prefer He
December 16, 2015

Lately we’ve heard a lot of stories about people who, after years in the closet, found the courage to come out as transgender. But for Shawn, courage was never the problem.