37. The unexpected friendship of an ex-skinhead and the victim he nearly killed

It's 2023 and it’s Pride Month! Today as a country we are divided, we are fractured and we are broken. We believe that many of us are looking and yearning for hope and possibility for our country‘s future. 
It seemed like the perfect time to go back and share one of our favorite stories on the show.
Change doesn’t happen by only engaging with people who think and act like you. It requires courage to sit with people who do not think like us, look like us, talk like us, share our faith, values or beliefs. 
It’s not about abandoning your belief system. It’s about reaching out to acknowledge our shared humanity. For a show that is about hope and possibility, we hope Tim and Matthew’s story provides you with both
*Rebroadcast* (originally aired 9/2/20)
It took three months of working together at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles before Matthew Boger and Tim Zaal realized they had met before, as teenagers in the 80's, when then Neo-Nazi skinhead Tim beat Matthew, a homeless, gay 14-year old, nearly to death. This moment of recognition began a process of healing and forgiveness that led the two men to speak together on stages across the country about their unlikely friendship. Today, Matthew and Tim share a vision that all things are possible, and provide hope to those who feel lost or otherwise unable to break free from the past.
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