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Also listen Podcast Spotify Youtube Soundcloud Matt Higgins spent most of his teenage years taking care of his single mother and scraping gum off of tables at Mcdonald’s. After he dropped out of high school at age 16, he graduated from Fordham Law School and became the youngest press secretary in New York City history…

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Also listen Podcast Spotify Youtube Soundcloud Matt Higgins’ childhood was plagued with extreme poverty. He lived in a tiny apartment with three other boys and a single mother who struggled to make ends meet. Ashamed of his family’s financial status and living conditions, Matt started juggling several side hustles, such as selling handbags at flea…

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Also listen Podcast Spotify Youtube Soundcloud At age 8, David Eagleman fell off the edge of a roof. While he was falling, he felt the world slow down, and he saw his life flash before his eyes. His fall made him want to study the neural basis of time perception in crisis situations, and years…

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Also listen Podcast Spotify Youtube Soundcloud When Elena Cardone was 13 years old, she watched her best friend die in a house fire across the street from her own home. Unable to face the house’s ruins day after day, Elena moved to Los Angeles at 17 years old to become a model and actor. After…