Show Notes
Five years ago, this week's caller lost his 15-year-old son. Today, he's raising his 15-year-old daughter and navigating what it means to live with grief while continuing to move forward. It's a conversation about loss, love, and the complicated ways joy and sorrow coexist.
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Smoking a cigar on a riverbank in Alaska, this caller tells Gethard about the therapist's offhand suggestion that sent him north, and the long, rambling road that led him there. From sleeping in a college library to living on Greyhound buses, with many stops in between, he and Gethard talk hardship, adventure, chosen family, and what might be next for this lifelong wanderer.