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Rye Barcott: 'It Happened on the Way to War'

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In a special pre-recorded Memorial Day episode, we talk with Rye Barcott, former Marine and co-founder of the global health and development non-profit, Carolina for Kibera.

Barcott's eye-opening experience confronting poverty in Kenya started him along the tumultuous journey that led to his non-government organization and book, "It Happened on the Way to War."

Guests:

Rye Barcott, former Marine and founder of Carolina for Kibera, an NGO that works to alleviate poverty in the Kibera slum of Nairobi

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