What do you learn from seeing the world collapse? Veteran CBC reporter David Gutnik risked his life to cover the aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 230,000 people. Even in the wake of catastrophe, David found moments of resilience and rebirth. In this report from our friends at the CBC podcast "Back Story," David looks back on his harrowing journey to Haiti...and how it affected him. 

Listen to more "Back Story" — and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/backstory" target="_blank">subscribe to their show</a>.

What do you learn from seeing the world collapse? Veteran CBC reporter David Gutnik risked his life to cover the aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 230,000 people. Even in the wake of catastrophe, David found moments of resilience and rebirth. In this report from our friends at the CBC podcast "Back Story," David looks back on his harrowing journey to Haiti...and how it affected him. Listen to more "Back Story" — and subscribe to their show.

What do you learn from seeing the world collapse?&nbsp;Veteran CBC reporter David Gutnik risked his life to cover the aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 230,000 people.&nbsp;Even in the wake of catastrophe, David found moments of resilience and rebirth.&nbsp;In this report from our friends at the CBC podcast "Back Story," David looks back on his harrowing journey to Haiti...and how it affected him.&nbsp;

Listen to more "Back Story" — and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/backstory" rel="noopener noreferrer">subscribe to their show</a>.

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At the height of the Vietnam War, a government insider named Daniel Ellsberg leaked 7,000 pages of classified documents to American newspapers. The Pentagon Papers revealed that Americans had been lied to for decades about the war. Fifty years later, Ellsberg reveals his evolution from Cold Warrior to Whistleblower in the GroundTruth Podcast series The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg. Based at GBH in Boston, the award-winning GroundTruth Podcast has covered global affairs from the War in Afghanistan to rising populist nationalism through shoe-leather, on-the-ground reporting.

At the height of the Vietnam War, a government insider named Daniel Ellsberg leaked 7,000 pages of classified documents to American newspapers. The Pentagon Papers revealed that Americans had been lied to for decades about the war. Fifty years later, Ellsberg reveals his evolution from Cold Warrior to Whistleblower in the GroundTruth Podcast series The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg.

Based at GBH in Boston, the award-winning GroundTruth Podcast has covered global affairs from the&nbsp;<a href="https://thegroundtruthproject.org/projects/foreverstan/" rel="noopener noreferrer">War in Afghanistan</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://thegroundtruthproject.org/democracy-undone-signs-of-authoritarianism/" rel="noopener noreferrer">rising populist nationalism</a>&nbsp;through shoe-leather,&nbsp;<a href="https://thegroundtruthproject.org/projects/on-the-ground/" rel="noopener noreferrer">on-the-ground</a>&nbsp;reporting.

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