Nancy and Sarah dig in to the ever-so-complicated Savior Complex, a new HBO docu-series about a young white missionary in Uganda who may or may not have been responsible for the deaths of young children in her care. Is Renee Bach a murderer, as the activist group No White Saviors insists, or a do-gooder who got in over her head? This is a cautionary tale about missionary zeal on both sides. Also discussed:
An activist stabbed in random street violence, and some people … celebrate?
Baseball player Trevor Bauer gets dragged for two years following accusations of violence and sexual assault, but apparently, that was not the whole story
Why even the mention of false accusations makes the media queasy
The discomfort of withholding judgment in the outrage media cycle
When the kids at Sarah’s school went on mission trips and milked her for money
The particular wrath of former evangelicals turned activists
America’s mayor on the skids: Rudy Guiliani’s drinking problem
Plus: The sensuous pleasures of an old-fashioned newspaper and, a true-crime bonanza!
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