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‘Senseless’ explores shared trauma and the bond that can form in the process to overcome

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24min 46sec
Photo shows a woman with long blonde hair wearing a long sleeve white shirt and black pants sitting on a cement floor with a purple wall angled behind here. There are dark and light blue short diagonal stripes on the wall.
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Erika Mahoney is a journalist and the creator of the podcast, “Senseless with Erika Mahoney” which explores the collective process of overcoming trauma.

When Erika Mahoney's father, Kevin, was killed outside a Boulder King Soopers grocery store in March of 2021, it forever changed her. Her new podcast, "Senseless with Erika Mahoney," explores the experience of overcoming trauma by sharing the stories of others touched by tragedy and showing how it can create a community of resiliency, support, and love.