# 398: What if you witnessed the best and the worst of humanity? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/398-what-if-you-witnessed-the-best-and-the-worst-of-humanity Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/398-what-if-you-witnessed-the-best-and-the-worst-of-humanity.md Podcast: [This Is Actually Happening](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652) Published: 2026-03-17T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/96bac182-5836-4799-a7b4-1198a574d77d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/96bac182-5836-4799-a7b4-1198a574d77d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-actually-happening-314652/episodes/398-what-if-you-witnessed-the-best-and-the-worst-of-humanity Duration seconds: 3631 ## Resource After years working as a humanitarian aid worker in war zones and disaster areas around the world, a man is forced to confront the psychological toll of witnessing a broken world he could never fix.     Today’s episode featured Gray Doyle.  If you’d like to email Gray, you can reach him at graydoyle@meetmeinzanzibar.com .  You can purchase Gray’s book on his website, https://meetmeinzanzibar.com/ .    Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock   Content/Trigger Warnings: War and armed conflict, Genocide, Mass casualties, Sexual violence / rape, Child soldiers, Violence against children, Severe physical injury and medical trauma, Death and dying, Bombings and explosions, Kidnapping and torture, Humanitarian disaster / extreme suffering, PTSD and psychological trauma, Emotional distress and rage, explicit language   Social Media: Instagram: @actuallyhappening Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group   Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com To subscribe, find Beyond the Story on Substack by going to whitmissildine.substack.com .   Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.com Website for Jason Blalock: jasonblalock.com   Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or visit Audible.com .  Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop.     Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactual… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-actually-happening-314652/episodes/398-what-if-you-witnessed-the-best-and-the-worst-of-humanity/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/398-what-if-you-witnessed-the-best-and-the-worst-of-humanity.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.