How do we shift our political views on criminal justice, overcome racism, and recover from alcoholism? Reckonings features stories from the conscience. Guests include law enforcement officials, veterans, artists, and others who are wrestling with transformative change.
Episode #11 features Chris Ladd, who was raised as a fundamentalist Christian in East Texas, believing he possessed the secret to how everything in the universe worked. Well, that belief eventually cracked, shifting his views on women’s rights, homosexuality, race, and everything else in the delicate mobile we call a “worldview.” The cost of ideological transformation has been painfully high, but Chris concedes, it’s been worth it.
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