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Sam Feirstein takes a broken heart to Alaska and finds surprising kindness in “enemy territory.” Also, producer Lea Thau takes a broken heart to India and has a “stranger” experience that inspires her to create this show.

Sam’s virgin voyage in a Kayak

Sam in Alaska

A happy man in the wilderness

Sam’s new best friends

Also, producer Lea Thau takes a broken heart to India and has a “stranger” experience that inspires her to create this show.

Producer Lea Thau and her son, Oliver, in India

Oliver with the son of Thau’s host family

Oliver and one of the many, many dogs in Dharamsala

Thau’s view of the mountains