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Podcast: A Bit of Optimism
Episode: Moral Courage with Diane Foley, mother of executed journalist James Foley
Description: Seven years after ISIS killed her son, Diane Foley met with one of his killers. Somehow, she was able to find the humanity in her son's murderer. ISIS held journalist James Foley hostage for 2 years before publicly executing him in 2014, when they uploaded a YouTube video of James's beheading. After her son's murder, Diane Foley started The Foley Foundation, working to free American hostages held abroad, teach journalist safety, and inspire people to act with moral courage.I asked Diane how she found the moral courage to meet ISIS terrorist Alexanda Kotey and see him a...