Kathryn Boren and Ian Landis
Recorded
September 17, 2022
51:51 minutes
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ddv002050
Description
One Small Step partners Kathryn Boren (36) and Ian Landis (27) share their experiences with opioid addiction, suicide, and recovery. They also discuss their political beliefs.Subject Log / Time Code
Ian (I) talks about his experience with addiction and suicide, and shares his recovery process. Kathryn (K) shares her own experience with opioid addiction and detoxing.
I talks about his sober bar business and the changes he hopes to see through it, particularly with demonstrating the city-wide need for fentanyl testing.
I and K discuss their relationships to empathy.
I considers an international cigar maker who mentors him on his business to be his biggest influence.
I talks about how a friend of his died from alcoholism.
K remembers her grandfather as her biggest influence, and recalls the impact of his suicide.
K describes the photo of her grandfather that she has hanging on her wall. They discuss how hope and willpower are two things that unite sober people.
I describes himself as a centrist libertarian and shares his belief in culture’s impact on legislation.
K considers herself left of center, but is fiscally conservative. She talks about cancel culture and Gen-Z’s level of advocacy and activism.
K reflects on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, LGBTQ+ rights issues, and shares how transphobia has affected her family.
Participants
- Kathryn Boren
- Ian Landis