Madonna, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Lil Wayne, Becky G, Flo Rida. It seems impossible to go anywhere in the United States without hearing these giants of modern music. They’re on the radio, in every mall and every restaurant. And today we get to hear the story of the man who wrote hits for all of these stars.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore further the brothers' life, which involves grooming, manipulation, dehumanization and abuse at the hands of their father's new wife.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore a family with 3 boys who experience more in their lives than most ever do. Times of anxiety lead to hospitalization of their young mother, they find respite from unexpected people and a pivotal new person enters their lives.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore a family with 3 boys who experience more in their lives than most ever do. From classmates to high school sweethearts a young couple has times of anxiety that lead to hospitalization of the young mother.

On this episode of Qavah, Mary’s family is forced to practice a religion they don’t believe, her husband is arrested and she finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life for Dr. Ron Taylor from a small town in Texas to serving in the the army during the Viet Nam war and becoming an educator.

His grandmother's prayers sustained him "I’ve been praying all night about you and she said God told me this morning that you’re going to be OK"

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life for Dr. Ron Taylor from a small town in Texas to serving in the the army during the Viet Nam war.

Broken is not even the word it is so there is nothing and I have buried cousin father to uncles all the same year my dad and his brother all got killed in the same year my first husband friends I Buried a lot of people I’m a grandparents I buried a lot of people there is nothing like burying your child

Terri Hoover, ladies and gentlemen. She’s been through hell and back. In fact, the road is pretty familiar to her by now. She’s lost a dad and a husband. She’s been hurt by people who said they would help. She’s been in and out of rehab for every drug you can name.

We all experience pain in our lives, and we all deal with it in different ways. It can feel lonely at times, because it’s hard to find someone who will be honest about what they’ve been through. Sometimes, though, a rare soul will come along and share their experience - and how they dealt with it, whether good or bad.