From tyrants to torchbearers: Confessions of reformed bullies

Audacious with Chion Wolf

If you've ever been bullied, you know how all-encompassing the terror of it is. But what if you could get inside the bully's head? And find out why they do it?

On this episode of Audacious, meet two people who were once bullies talking about how they turned their lives around and how they think bullies can learn to make different decisions.

For more information, visit StopBullying.gov.

GUESTS:

• Robbie Romu: Vancouver writer who published the essay, I Was A School Bully. Here's Why I Terrorized My Classmates
• Kristen Geez: CEO of Advising Generation Z, a non-profit mentoring program creating safe spaces for young people ages 10-27, and AdvisingGenz, an edtech company dedicated to making discipline digital for youth workers to address defiant behaviors. She is also a professor, and the author of "Like StreetLIGHTS"

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Chapters

1. From tyrants to torchbearers: Confessions of reformed bullies (00:00:00)

2. Marker 01 (00:13:30)

3. Marker 02 (00:31:30)