Brian Can’t Stop Fact-Checking His Mother-in-Law
This episode of Proxy, hosted by Yowei Shaw, follows journalist Brian Reed as he grapples with the emotional toll of caring for his mother-in-law, who has Alzheimer’s. His instinct to fact-check her false statements reveals a deeper struggle with acceptance, grief, and caregiver burnout
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