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The Podcast With A Thousand FacesEP 18: George Mumford & Tyler LapkinIn this episode George Mumford sits down with Tyler Lapkin of the Joseph Campbell Foundation.George Mumford's deeply moving personal story is unforgettable. An aspiring basketball player at the University of Massachusetts (where he roomed with Dr. J, Julius Erving), injuries forced Mumford out of the game he loved. The medications that relieved the pain of his injuries also numbed him to the emptiness he felt without the game and eventually led him to heroin.After years of making meditation on and off the cushion the center of his life and getting clean, Mumford enrolled i...2023-12-071h 04