Hidden Brain · 2025-03-31 · 50 min · 7,261 words

Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection

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This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta. Some years ago a homeless woman was being discharged at a Philadelphia hospital. On her way out, Nosis noticed.

The woman was wearing flip flops. It was January. And January's in Philadelphia can get very cold. Nursing director Julie Munger had an idea. Her daughter was a basketball player and

And had left a bunch of old sneakers in the trunk of Julie's car. Would one of those spares fit the homeless woman? They went out and took a look, but the shoes were all a size and a half too small for the woman's feet. That's when, Julie told a reporter from WTX F TV. Things took an unexpected turn.

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