The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E19: Lejla Fights for the Invisible
3/23/202640 min
Christmas Day, 1992. Sarajevo, Bosnia. War is ranging - Serb forces surround the city. For nearly four years, its people have endured daily shelling and sniper attacks, cut off from the rest of the world in the longest siege of a capital city in modern warfare. More than 11,000 people were killed. 1600 of them were children.
And in the main hospital, a baby is born: Lejla Damon. Her mother didn’t want anything to do with her - if she held her, she said, she would strangle her.
Lejla was born of sexual violence used as a wea...
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First 90 secondsAnna Sinfield· Host0:00
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Michael Easter0:04
2%. That's the number of people who take the stairs when there is also an escalator available. I'm Michael Easter, and on my podcast, 2%, I break down the science of mental toughness, fitness, and building resilience in our strange modern world.
Speaker 20:19
Put yourself through some hardships, and you will come out on the other side a happier, more fulfilled, healthier person.
Michael Easter0:27
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Sam Jay0:36
[upbeat music] On the Look Back At It podcast.
Lejla Damon· Guest0:40
1979, that was a big moment for me. '84 was big to me.
Sam Jay0:43
I'm Sam Jay.
Alex English0:45
And I'm Alex English.
Sam Jay0:46
Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it, with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors, like Marc Lamont Hill on the '80s.
Lejla Damon· Guest0:56
'84 was a wild, I mean, it was a wild year. It was a wild year. Yeah, I don't think there's a more important year for Black people.
Alex English1:02
Listen to Look Back At It on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 61:09
[gentle music] Hey, what's good, y'all? You're listening to Learn the Hard Way with your favorite therapist and host, Keir Gaines. This space is about Black men's experiences, having honest conversations that's really not safe to have anywhere, but you're having them with a licensed professional who knows what he's doing. How many men carry a suit of armor? It signals to the world that you not to be played with, and just because