Mini-Pod: When Violence Strikes a Small Town
Mini-Pod: When Violence Strikes a Small Town
A prescription for community resilience.
When violence hits a town the size of Traverse City, it feels personal. You know the streets. You recognize the faces. You walk through that Walmart or past that parking deck more times than you can count.
So when eleven people were stabbed at Walmart in July (AP News, 2025), and when city employee Larry Boyd IV was killed in the Hardy Parking Deck in November (9&10 News, 2025), the shock spreads far beyond the official crime scenes. It settles into conversations, morning routines, and the way your body tenses when something feels even a little off.
Mini-Pod: Finding Resilience When Your Brain Betrays You
Mini-Pod: Finding Resilience When Your Brain Betrays You
The Science of Adapting to Sudden Loss
Stellan Skarsgård can no longer memorize his lines.
The Swedish actor suffered a stroke in 2022. Now he stumbles over names, loses his train of thought, and can’t make an argument that spans several sentences. For a Golden Globe and BAFTA award winner, known for inhabiting dozens of complex characters on film, this is devastating.
“I’m not afraid of dying, but I am afraid of not being capable of living,” he told The Guardian (Rose, 2025).