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#17 Your weekly recommendations roundup.

#17 Your weekly recommendations roundup.

A deeply moving new podcast, a one-episode TV show, and a chat about fear.

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Keryn Donnelly
Aug 18, 2023
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When Alana Chen died at 24, she left behind almost two dozen journals. The journals told the story of Alana’s life, and the secret she was forced to keep, which ultimately killed her.

When Simon Kent Fung heard about Alana’s story, he was compelled to understand the truth about what happened to her, and ultimately face what happened to him.

Dear Alana is a deeply moving podcast series about faith, family, tradition and how sometimes we truly don’t know what the people closest to us are going through.

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