Nephi Craig

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419 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 25 Jul

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Fresh Air · Apache Chef Nephi Craig says cooking saved his life · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

So I never told anyone about the sexual assault I encountered when I was 10 years old.

I was just a little kid.

And my worldview was that it happened to me and it was my fault.

My worldview was that no one's going to believe me.

So I just kept it in.

And when I kept it in, it festered and grew into this rage and anger and shame.

And so when I talk about sexual abuse in my story, it's not to point the finger at it.

But I had to really take a long time to come to terms that I was a victim of that.

And it doesn't determine who I am.

Yeah, I think the psychiatrist at Hopkins asked me, what are you so afraid of?

In a real firm tone, this guy was like an old school orator.

And I would begin to talk and tell stories.

That I was afraid I was going to drink myself to death.

That I was insane for thinking I could create a whole new cuisine that's ancient.

That I was insane because I couldn't take care of my family.

And that I was just going to lose it all.

Maybe I was predisposed, like the fire water myth says.

And so it just snowballed into that dimension of saying, yeah, I was sexually abused when I was a kid.

I told my father.

When I had the opportunity to talk with my father, I told him.

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