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Speaker 1: Pushkin, Hey, Slight Changers, maya here. It's great to be back.

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Speaker 1: I'm thrilled to share that Apple chose A Slight Change

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Speaker 1: of Plans as the best show of the year for

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, and we've got a fresh batch of

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Speaker 1: episodes coming your way on Monday, February twenty eighth. Each week,

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Speaker 1: you'll hear a new conversation with guests like Christine ha

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Speaker 1: who permanently lost her vision by age twenty four and

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Speaker 1: then went on to become a world renowned chef and

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Speaker 1: winner of the reality TV show Master Chef. I have

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Speaker 1: the choice of either feeling sorry for myself or figuring

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Speaker 1: out how can I pick myself up and plug myself

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Speaker 1: back into the society. And Scott, who we first heard

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Speaker 1: from in a Slight Change episode called The Life Changing Diagnosis.

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Speaker 1: At the time, Scott was in the middle of treatment

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Speaker 1: for stage four bone cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Speaker 1: in Texas. Today, he's successfully completed treatment and is adjusting

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Speaker 1: to life back at home. It was clear that a

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Speaker 1: full life is something you want, and so I'm very

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Speaker 1: willing to fight for that. And now that I'm in that,

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Speaker 1: the question is Okay, well, wait, what is a full life.

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Speaker 1: We'll hear from Richard Harris, the Australian doctor who was

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Speaker 1: asked to perform a risky medical procedure in an effort

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Speaker 1: to rescue the boy's soccer team that was trapped deep

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Speaker 1: in a cave in Thailand. I remember feeling very very anxious, thinking,

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Speaker 1: this is it. This is the moment of truth, when

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Speaker 1: this whole fanciful idea will actually become reality. And I'm

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Speaker 1: about to mate these children, and I'm going to have

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Speaker 1: to make a decision. And as always, we'll hear from

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Speaker 1: change experts like grief therapist Julia Samuel, author Michael Pollen,

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Speaker 1: and psychiatrist Dixon Chibanda, whose scientific insights will help us

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Speaker 1: think differently about change and live happier, more fulfilling lives.

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Speaker 1: I'm Maya Shunker, and this is a Slight Change of Plans,

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Speaker 1: a show about who we are and who we become

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Speaker 1: in the face of a big change. Subscribe to Pushkin

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Speaker 1: episodes a week early. You can find Pushkin Plus on

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Speaker 1: the Slight Change of Plans show page in Apple Podcasts,

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Speaker 1: or at pushkin dot Fm.