Therapy Ghostbusters

What does it take to address the collective trauma of a genocide? This week, we're shining a light on the ghosts haunting a community of Cambodian immigrants living in San Jose, California. When author and reporter Stephanie Foo was researching for her memoir, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, she went back home after fifteen years to find a community still struggling to break pervasive cycles of trauma and abuse. In the process, she found a route towards understanding how to heal wounds spanning generations.

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Special thanks to the following musicians:

Connor Lafitte

Magnus Moone

Ramtin Arablouei

Peals

Theme music by Infinity Knives

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