NPR's series "Throw It Back" explores how the objects we love as kids shape how we see and live in the world as adults. It continues with the story of the Rev. Gregory Holston and his stuffed monkey.

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Sometimes a kid's best friend isn't actually a person. GREGORY HOLSTON: He had brown hair. He had a yellow chest, almost like a "Curious George" cartoon character. RASCOE: Reverend Gregory Holston ...

NPR's series "Throw It Back" explores how the objects we love as kids shape how we see and live in the world as adults. It continues with the story of the Rev. Gregory Holston and his stuffed monkey.

It's also from a first-time director named India Donaldson, and it's about a teenage girl who goes on a camping trip with her father and his best friend. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOOD ONE") DANNY ...

It's also from a first-time director named India Donaldson, and it's about a teenage girl who goes on a camping trip with her father and his best friend. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOOD ONE") DANNY MCCARTHY ...