Being in the Fight with Marc Straus
- Author
- Gary Scott Thomas
- Published
- Wed 23 Feb 2022
- Episode Link
- None
*Trigger Warning: domestic abuse*
This episode with highly accomplished oncologist Marc Straus is jam-packed with astonishing stories that take you by surprise and inspire you to stay in the fight.
Also in this story:
- Being published over 100 times
- Poetry
- Why Americans don't like poetry as much as other places
- Growing up with a father who wasn't allowed to go to school
- What immigrant families can do to set their kids up for success
- Going against the grain with his new book
- Childhood abuse
- Being a streetfighter
- Putting a stop to the abusive cycle
- Being able to drift out and not feel pain
- The Fisherman & The Sea and how he could relate
- Staying true to his childhood voice
- The unusual fact about his art collection
- Turning a bad situation into a way to help others
- Being married to his childhood sweetheart
- Being in a nearly fatal hit and run
- Growing up Jewish in the 70s
- Racism around the world
- How he came up with the name of his book One-Legged Mongoose
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