Howdoyoufixawordthat’sbroken?Awordweneedwhenwebumpintosomeoneonthestreet,orbreaksomeone’sheart.Inourincreasinglydisconnectedsecularworld,“sorry”hasbeenstretchedandtwisted,andinsomecasesweaponized.Butit’salsooneoftheonlywayswehavetopiecetogetherasenseofsharedvaluesandbeliefs.Throughtoday'sseaofsorry-not-sorries,emptyapologies,andjuststraightupnon-apologies,wewonderinthisepisodefrom2018whatitlooksliketomakeamends.

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ReportedandProducedby-AnnieMcEwenwithhelpfrom-SimonAdler

CITATIONS:TheprogramatStanfordthatLeilaniwentthrough(andnowworksfor) (https://zpr.io/eYhfZnwznHfD) wasajointcreationbetweenStanfordandLeeTaft. 

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