Some lives can’t be understood through a single story.

On this episode of In the Naad, I sit down with Kodah Pipitone: detransitioner, advocate, honorary member of the Lakota people, and an elder in the Wiwáŋyaŋg Wačhípi (Sun Dance) ceremony.

The Wiwáŋyaŋg Wačhípi is one of the Lakota’s most sacred ceremonies, an initiation centered on prayer, fasting, dancing, and, for some participants, ceremonial body piercing as an act of sacrificial prayer and spiritual commitment.

Kodah is one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever interviewed. His life has crossed worlds that most of us can scarcely imagine, and our conversation explores identity, transformation, faith, suffering, resilience, and what it means to continually remake yourself.

This is one you won’t forget.

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