This episode explores the harrowing 462-day captivity of journalist Nigel Brennan and Amanda Lindhout in Somalia, focusing on the psychological toll of prolonged hostage situations and the mental strategies—particularly radical acceptance—that enabled Brennan to survive. It reveals how re
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