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<p>In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers bite off a bit more than they can chew. </p><p><strong>Part 1:</strong> Fresh out of college and in what seems like her dream job, drug and alcohol coach Rhana Hashemi quickly realizes she has no idea how to connect with the high school students she’s supposed to help. </p><p><strong>Part 2: </strong>When Paul Davis and his wife struggle to get pregnant, they decide to foster a pregnant dog—and things escalate quickly.</p><p><em>Rhana Hashemi is a Bay Area–based drug educator, national expert in youth overdose prevention, and Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology at Stanford University. Her research adapts </em><a href="https://impact.stanford.edu/investment/lifting-bar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Lifting the Bar</em></a><em> for youth who use substances. This intervention, called More Than That, elevates youth voices to show educators that a student is "more than" their substance use. By reducing stigma and strengt...