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BenchStories Episode 4: This Place Saved My Life

By Salma Hasan Ali

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Nature Sacred's BenchStories podcast

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Episode 4 · Summer 2026

Someone found this place accidentally the day they almost didn’t survive it. Walking dogs through a cemetery, a headstone caught their attention—a gay veteran, proud. That moment, that place, saved their life.

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