The Geometry of Grief

The problem with reality is its stubborn insistence on existing -- even when we've already decided what we need it to mean.

On a Wednesday morning in Minnesota, a 37-year-old woman named Renee Good did something that was simultaneously the most ordinary and most extraordinary thing a person can do: she saw something wrong happening in her neighborhood and she said "not here." In this episode, I examine why Renee Good earned the right to live an ordinary, messy life -- and why we identified with her.