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Brooke and Jeffrey

Laser Stories (12/8/25)

08 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: What charitable initiative is highlighted in the episode?

0.031 - 21.056 Dr. Laurie Santos

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.

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21.596 - 43.268 Dr. Laurie Santos

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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43.689 - 47.014 Dr. Laurie Santos

That's givedirectly.org slash happiness lab.

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47.18 - 61.937 Radhida Vlukia

Hi, I'm Radhida Vlukia, and I am the host of A Really Good Cry podcast. This week, I am joined by Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, a creator, teacher, and guide helping people heal from the lasting emotional wounds of unsafe or chaotic childhoods.

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62.238 - 72.169 Unknown

Talking about trauma isn't always great for people. It's not always the best thing. About a third of people who are traumatized as kids feel worse when they talk about it, get very dysregulated.

72.49 - 77.035 Radhida Vlukia

Listen to A Really Good Cry on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

77.015 - 78.719 Dr. Priyanka Wally

Hi, I'm Dr. Priyanka Wally.

78.84 - 79.862 Hari Kundabolu

And I'm Hari Kundabolu.

80.023 - 84.154 Dr. Priyanka Wally

On our new podcast, Health Stuff, we demystify your burning health questions.

Chapter 2: Who is the guest and what expertise do they bring?

236.857 - 258.227 Dr. Priyanka Wally

Was it conscious? It was alive, yes. Oh. That's how you can carry him? Just wrap him in your... I hope it's asleep. It wasn't doing well. He was trying to help. Okay, all right. It's unclear if Tuck was just a huge animal lover or if the raccoon just looks super cute. Probably. Cuddly. But either way, it was wild and apparently did not want to be driven around. Uh-oh.

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258.247 - 281.1 Dr. Priyanka Wally

Yeah, they don't understand cars. Here we go. Because shortly after the ride began, the raccoon bit Tuck on his face and his hands. Okay, it's very much active. I was hoping for a non-active raccoon in his coat. Tuck decided to give it some space and managed to wrap it in a blanket with duct tape and then continued driving. Oh, we don't just let it out now, Tuck?

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282.321 - 302.668 Dr. Priyanka Wally

You are going to this nature center whether you want to or not, little man. Dude, we need more renegade animal lovers like this. So once he arrived to the nature center, the staff put the raccoon in a kennel and then sent it to a vet. Uh-oh. Mission successful, I guess. They say nothing was wrong with it. Except for Tuck's bleeding from his face, you guys. I don't know where you missed this part.

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302.688 - 328.855 Dr. Priyanka Wally

He needs the doctor. He was bleeding profusely in several different places. So the staff forcefully insisted he go to the hospital, and he finally agreed. Turns out the raccoon had rabies. Oh, no. Oh, no. He has rabies. Yeah. He's like, who? So it was immediately euthanized. Wait, Tuck or the... The raccoon was.

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328.875 - 343.153 Dr. Priyanka Wally

Meanwhile, Tuck went through all that trouble for nothing and got a few shots to boot. Yeah, he better have. The nature center said that while Tuck's heart was in the right place, no one should ever do this because he put everybody he came into contact with at risk.

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That's right.

344.134 - 350.642 Dr. Priyanka Wally

Just a good reminder, we should all be kind to animals, but you shouldn't handle potentially rabid wildlife yourself. Yes.

351.424 - 353.128 Dr. Laurie Santos

I love that that's a sentence we have to say.

353.489 - 356.737 Unknown

Hey, raccoons are all over the news lately. No, they really are.

Chapter 3: What unusual news story involves a raccoon and a good Samaritan?

700.923 - 717.154 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. Visit givedirectly.org slash happiness lab to learn more and to donate. That's givedirectly.org slash happiness lab. Hi, I'm Dr. Priyanka Wally.

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717.275 - 718.279 Hari Kundabolu

And I'm Hari Kundabolu.

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718.46 - 722.597 Dr. Laurie Santos

On our new podcast, Health Stuff, we demystify your burning health questions.

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722.859 - 725.811 Hari Kundabolu

You'll hear us being completely honest about our own health.

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725.875 - 736.586 Dr. Priyanka Wally

My residency colon was like a cry for help, honestly. And you'll hear candid advice and personal stories from experts who want to make healthcare more human.

737.007 - 740.55 Dr. Laurie Santos

I feel like I never felt like I truly belonged in medicine.

741.051 - 744.474 Hari Kundabolu

We want to make health less confusing and maybe even a little fun.

744.695 - 750.921 Dr. Priyanka Wally

Find Health Stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

750.901 - 765.923 Radhida Vlukia

Hi, I'm Radhi Devlukia and I am the host of A Really Good Cry podcast. This week, I am joined by Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, a creator, teacher and guide helping people heal from the lasting emotional wounds of unsafe or chaotic childhoods.

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