Let's Talk Memoir

Episode 44 ft. Reed Harkness

Brooke Warner

Reed Harkness joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about a mother who goes missing, intergenerational trauma, moving into discomfort in service of truth-telling, what’s ours to tell, masculinity and brotherhood, the hero’s journey as a template for story arc, and what he’s  learned about vulnerability from documenting 25 years of his family’s story in his new deeply personal film Sam Now.

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Episode 240 ft. Monica Macansantos

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Episode 239 ft. Jacque Gorelick

Episode 239 ft. Jacque Gorelick

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