676: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Act Two
Grownups Know Things
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Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells the story of a woman who wants to know why she was taken away from her mom as a kid. A version of this story is in Eleanor's book Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds. (30 minutes)
Eleanor Gordon-Smith
"A Little Bit of Love" by Brenda Russell
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