Episode Synopsis "“If you don’t have a struggle, you haven’t really lived.”"

Sounds like a country song, right? Just maybe because when life gives you a second chance, you live it like Jessica Turri. Like most good Nashville ballads, hers tells an unforgettable tale, from childhood cancer to TV scripts and, yes, country songs.

Listen "“If you don’t have a struggle, you haven’t really lived.”"

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• "Cancer had become my life."
• "We all wore pink to her funeral."
• "It was a very big honor for me to be the one."
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