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*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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