-Is Simon Klebanor a Jew? He certainly prefers to be -Simon's niche: helping young people wake up from sleep walking through life -Ted Kennedy let Natalie Wood asphyxiate in a car under water after driving off a bridge -Catastrophic car accident led him to change course in life -In waking up out of his coma he realizes what distinguishes between people and animals is the ability to operate by choice -Stages of physical recovery -Getting addicted to pot at the age of 50, getting clean 15 years later -Brooks gives Izzy full credit -Quaden Bayles: a young dwarf whom Brooks Gibbs helped out of victimhood -Landmark education: a technology -The difference between choosing a major when you're fresh out high school and when you're faced with supporting yourself -The Israel-Hamas war- almost impossible for Israel to win -Brooks helps Izzy get the message out -Jolie: watched Nad doctor deliver a baby and drown it right after; she still lived a good life -Miles Briggs Personality Inventory