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CURATED ON PURPOSE Where intention meets authenticity Curated On Purpose is the podcast where real life is explored with intention and authenticity. I’m Candace, and this space was created for honest conversations about faith, relationships, purpose, growth, and the many seasons we walk through. Life doesn’t just happen to us — we choose how we show up, what we hold onto, and what we release. Here, we talk things out, sort them through, and make room for what truly matters. These conversations are thoughtful but real, intentional yet unfiltered — because growth doesn’t require ...

In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes.

In the early 2000s, Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania were known as no-nonsense judges. Juveniles who showed up in their courtrooms faced harsh words and even harsher sentencing. In the post-Columbine era, many people believed that was just what the county needed to ensure its children and teens stayed on the straight and narrow path. But as more and more children faced shocking sentences for seemingly benign crimes, and a newly built for-profit detention center filled up further and further, a sinister pattern of abuses and bribery emerged.