Lauren of MeTooManyVoices and I discuss all kinds of things re: healing. Join us for a chat about our thoughts on forgiveness, righteous anger, and a phrase that personally makes me want to vomit: 'Hurt people hurt people'. Like, unless you're

Follow Up: Zahada, Krithi, Peace Corps & More

Jun 1st, 2021 53m 37s

Zahada and Krithi joined me to discuss their powerful perspectives on sexual assault in the Peace Corps, experiences of BIPOC with Peace Corps and generally in society, and more. Follow them on social media: Zahada is on Instagram at Onediasp

Follow Up: Taelor

May 16th, 2021 1h 21m

Imagine being raped, the rapist agreeing to a plea deal and getting convicted, and then a judge "misfiling" some paperwork so that all that trauma only led to a rapist going free without a trace. Taelor tells the story of how this exact scenari

Follow Up: Abigail & SAAPM

Apr 19th, 2021 47m 49s

Abigail from NC shares her activism as a secondary survivor and gives us all hope for the future. Learn about BLOOM365 and other amazing local and national organizations from a youth leader! Celebrate Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month

Follow Up: Aarefah and Sayedah 2

Mar 15th, 2021 1h 6m

Let's do a rape trial without using or defining the word "rape"! Sounds fair, right? Aarefah and her sister, Sayedah, are back for episode 2 of Aarefah's reporting and legal system experience. Clearly, it was amazing! Nothing sets up a fair and

Follow Up: Aarefah and Sayedah

Mar 11th, 2021 34m 31s

Part 1 of 2: Aarefah and her sister Sayedah share their experiences with sexual harassment, discrimination based on race and religion, and Aarefah's sexual assault. Their stories exemplify how survivors are failed every step of the way while re

Follow Up: Kyle Richard

Feb 17th, 2021 57m 5s

Kyle Richard stopped a sexual assault in progress and got shot two times for confronting the perpetrator. Now the former SUNY Cortland football player is dedicating his life to ending sexual violence and speaking out about gun violence. He has

Follow Up: I May Destroy You & Address Confidentiality Programs

Feb 7th, 2021 1h 6m

Vasha joins me today to talk about 'I May Destroy You', the series that wins all of the Golden Globes in our hearts. Michaela Coel's incredible series depicting the aftermath of surviving a drug-facilitated sexual assault in groundbreaking and

Follow Up: Restorative Justice

Feb 1st, 2021 37m

Welcome to Season 3: Follow Up! This first episode gives a basic overview of what restorative justice is within the context of sexual violence. I'll go over the basics, some common misconceptions, and some questions asked by listeners about who

Prevention Mini-Series: #5, M. Colleen McDaniel

Jan 26th, 2021 37m 53s

M. Colleen McDaniel discusses her research on perpetrators of sexual violence, because you can't really stop rape without addressing the root cause: rapists. Learn about the Social Norms Approach, causal factors to perpetration, and a ton of in

Prevention Mini-Series: #4, Mike Domitrz

Jan 18th, 2021 55m 45s

Mike Domitrz discusses his sexual violence prevention work that details consent, respect, awareness and education. We talk about being a secondary survivor and the impact that sexual violence has on families and communities of survivors. He als

Prevention Mini-Series: #3, Kip Ioane/Teams of Men

Jan 11th, 2021 40m 56s

Basketball coach Kip Ioane of Willamette University joins this week to talk about Teams of Men, his business with curriculum for athletes. Teams of Men is a curriculum made for male athletes to challenge long-held stereotypes and beliefs that u

Prevention Mini-Series: #2, Brenda Tracy

Jan 3rd, 2021 58m 42s

Brenda Tracy, RN, activist, speaker, and survivor joins for a talk about a lot of things! Hear her story, hear about her national Set The Expectation Campaign, why the Tracy Rule should be implemented everywhere, thoughts of restorative justice

Prevention Mini-Series: Introduction

Dec 21st, 2020 25m 15s

Welcome to Season 2! This season is different in tone and topic, focusing on sexual violence prevention, education, and awareness. The introductory episode will talk about future guests and will give an overview of what the current research is

18: "Willful Negligence of So Many People Across So Many Sectors Has Allowed This Issue to Thrive": Total Systemic Failure.

Apr 2nd, 2020 1h

Hear from multiple experts on how willful negligence from police to prosecutors and beyond has allowed sexual violence to persist. This is an issue of complete systemic failure. This episode is a recap on systemic failures and the people who fu

17: A Mini Check-In for Survivors in the Pandemic- Your Feelings Are All Valid

Mar 22nd, 2020 24m 56s

*Not a normal episode.* This is an uncertain time for everyone, but for survivors of sexual violence in the middle of their cases or in the middle of their healing, the world coming to a halt and being self-isolated can bring up all kinds of fe

16: "What You've Been Through Becomes Part of Your Experience But Does Not Define Who You Are" - Healing & Post-Traumatic Growth

Feb 10th, 2020 58m 51s

Amy Morgan, MSC talks about trauma, healing, and post-traumatic growth with a great deal of wisdom. If you have questions about what healing truly is and what concrete steps you can take to start to heal, even with ongoing trauma, she has some

15: "This One Incident Literally Haunts the Rest of Your Life"- Long-term Impact and Harm of Reporting Rape

Feb 2nd, 2020 55m 6s

What are the long-term impacts/harm of both experiencing and reporting sexual assault? Dr. Rebecca Campbell walks us through the academic side, while Charlotte and Venus from the #girlslikeus podcast humanize what those impacts look like in eve

14: "We Have to Build Community Capacity in Innovative Ways." - Advocates, Coalitions, and Rape Crisis Centers

Jan 12th, 2020 56m 22s

Learn about advocates and the different kinds- crisis advocates, community-based advocates, system-based advocates, as well as state sexual violence coalitions and rape crisis centers. Joined by Tasha Menaker, PhD, co-CEO of ACESDV to explain a

13: "The Inadequacy of the Investigation is the Reason Why It Fails." - Campus Sexual Assault, Part 2

Dec 22nd, 2019 1h 23m

How are campus sexual assault investigations deficient? Is there enough time in a day to answer that question? Learn about extended investigations designed to wear students down, the many ways that investigators fail to properly investigate, th

12: "The Title IX Process is Not Interested in Justice" - Campus Sexual Assault, Part 1

Dec 16th, 2019 54m 13s

Sexual assault on college campuses is a pervasive problem. In part 1 of this 2-parter, learn about Title IX, the Clery Act, and how the reporting process is supposed to work. We cover student-student assault, faculty-student assault, and other

11: The “Backlog”: A Rant

Dec 9th, 2019 49m 23s

The backlog is a decades-long police failure that they are now unjustly taking credit for fixing. DNA only counts when it is tied to other DNA found in CODIS after years of not arresting rapists, apparently. Victims voices are never enough unle

10- "We Respect Their Autonomy & Want Them to Be in Control": The Sexual Assault Examination Kit

Nov 25th, 2019 49m 11s

What happens during a Sexual Assault Examination to collect and preserve evidence? How much control does a victim have over what happens- from contacting the police to giving blood samples? According to published best practices: all of it. Dr.

9- "Normal Responses to an Abnormal Situation": The Impact of Trauma

Nov 18th, 2019 53m 37s

We already talked about trauma and survival instincts in the moment of the assault, but what happens to the brain in the days and weeks after the assault, and long-term? In what ways might it change a person short- and long-term? How does being

8-"You Are Free to Rape, Because We Think It's Pretty Hard to Prove These Cases": Prosecutorial Decision-Making

Nov 12th, 2019 42m 49s

What factors go into the decisions that prosecutors make about whether or not to try sexual assault cases? Less than 1% of sexual assaults are tried nationally each year. Hear all of the excuses about why that is.Support the show