152: What if you were a human shield?

“This fake face I was putting on for everybody was my only sense of normality when my whole life is already changed. I didn’t want to admit that stuff was wrong, and I did it in such a convincing way that the majority of people believed me.”


Producer: Whit Missildine


Episode Summary: A man becomes a hero during a horrific act of war only to face the worst of it after he survives.


Today's episode featured Will Hoover. To find out more about Will, he’s on Twitter and Instagram @WillHooverTV, or you can check his own recently launched podcast about film and technology called Uncovered Cinema.


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Content/Trigger Warnings: war, severe injury, gun violence, PTSD, explicit language


Intro Music: ""Illabye" – Tipper

Music Bed: Ambient themes by Nigel Coutinho

Outro Music: "The Moon is Down" - El Diablo & Adam Schraft (Rojo y Negro) @eldiablosf @rojo-y-negro www.eldiablobass.com/

 

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