CW: This episode includes a conversation about sexual assault between 8:16 and 17:43.
Rachel and Walls talk about the importance of checking in with yourself amidst a summer full of worldwide strife. They dive into the shortcomings of the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment, and Rachel shares her observations from watching the RNC. Walls is musing on next steps for healing from a sexual assault in college and she plants a seed for a possible companion podcast...They've got a fun film to watch and a podcast episode with a history lesson you might have also missed in high school.
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Music by Royer Bockus
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