After college, Ekow was looking for an adventure so he joined the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. In this episode, he tells us about a time he hiked the highest peak in the Caribbean with his students—and one of them went missing. Ekow shares how this harrowing experience taught him the true meaning of community and human connection.

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We used and manipulated sounds from freesound.org user michael.tarrant and youtube.com user jose payano. The intro music was composed by Ryan Jackson.