Christa Pike: What next after failed execution?
The episode delivers a harrowing account of Christa Pike’s botched execution in Tennessee, juxtaposed with stories of resilience—from survivors of campus sexual assault at Cornell to child amputees in Gaza finding freedom through swimming—and celebrates milestones like astronaut Jessica W
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