Dr. Laurie Santos

Plus, if you're a first-time donor, your gift will be matched by giving multiplier, which means more money for those in need.

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Dr. Laurie Santos from the Happiness Lab here.

It's the season of giving, and this year my podcast, The Happiness Lab, is partnering with GiveDirectly, a nonprofit that provides people in extreme poverty with the cash they need as part of the Pods Fight Poverty campaign.

Our goal this year is to raise $1 million, which will bring over 700 families out of extreme poverty.

Your donation will put cash directly in the hands of these families in need.

And they'll get to decide how to use it, whether that's school transportation, purchasing livestock, or starting a business.

Plus, if you're a first-time donor, your gift will be matched by giving multiplier, which means more money for those in need.

Visit givedirectly.org slash happiness lab to learn more and to donate.

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From iHeart Podcasts and Rococo Punch, this is The Turning, River Road.

I knew I wanted to obey and submit, but I didn't fully grasp for the rest of my life what that meant.

In the woods of Minnesota, a cult leader married himself to 10 girls and forced them into a secret life of abuse.

Why did I think that way?

But in 2014, the youngest of the girls escaped and sparked an international manhunt.

For all those years, you know, he was the predator and I was the prey.

And then he became the prey.

Listen to The Turning River Road on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Out of all of our journey, that was the worst moment ever.