

Episode 3: Carrots
Paint the Sun: A Boy's Journey by Chris Kursel
S1 · E3
Mar 4, 2025
20:30
Episode notes
In this episode, we unravel a deeply personal and unsettling moment--one that begins with a plate of uneaten carrots. In late 1998, Joel's health takes a sudden turn. As a teenager, Chris struggles to make sense of his father’s apparent decline. Was it stress? A lingering ulcer? Or something far worse? Through medical records, faxes, frantic notes and fading memories, Chris follows the slow unraveling of a man who tried to outrun time.
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