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Podcast: Other Voices
Episode: Hedi McKinley — Mental health notes from a centenarian
Description: Hedi McKinley grew up in Vienna, Austria, the only child of poor storekeepers; they lived over their grocery store. Her father, who fought in World War I, had been taken prisoner by the Russians and spent four years in Siberia and then another two years walking home to Austria. When Hedi was 18, she and her parents were turned out of their home by Nazis on Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938. Yet Hedi survived and prospered and has spent decades working to make the world a better place. She went first to England and then came to New York City where she worked as...