Bandits and baby monkeys
Capuchin monkey watches from a tree in Costa Rica.
MPR Photo/Jeff Horwich
Sometimes taking a stand is not about politics or protest. It can be about those out-of-the-blue moments when life tests your mettle and morals.
In The Loop listener Jason Behuniak told us this colorful story about moving from powerless to empowered during a trip through Central America. It's an experience that left him -- if not an activist -- someone more likely to step up when it needs to be done.
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