When do we choose to suppress the past not just as a coping mechanism but to protect our loved ones? Can refusing to dwell on the past and fixing our sites on the future be understood as a conscious and deliberate choice to reject the label of the victim and to adopt an optimistic outlook on life? A conversation with Joel Waldman about his book, Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist and My Podcast-Cast Co-Hostand his hit true crime podcast, Surviving the Survivor: Best Guests in True Crime. Next on the October 7th episode of Realm of Memory.
