How a Survivor of CST is Sewing Seeds of Forgiveness
Release Date: 10/03/2023
Is Artificial Intelligence an Asset or Liability in Anti Trafficking Work?
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
With the rise of all things AI, what effect is this having on trafficking and exploitation? To share more about this we invited Nancy Irizarry, Social Services Director for the Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services and Co-Chair for the Wisconsin Anti-Trafficking Consortium. Nancy provides an insightful analysis on what she believes are positives to AI utilization when it comes to identification and prevention of trafficking but also shares some of the chief ways it aids recruitment using deception and coercion for traffickers and abusers. She also shares about how crucial it is to bring survivors...
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ICAC Investigator of the Year Speaks about Digital Exploitation Prevention for Youth
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
Digital abuse cases are alarmingly prevalent in Wisconsin. This is evidenced by the fact that the WI ICAC Task Force received 1,003 CyberTips from in March 2025 alone. Last year, Detective Chaz Walton with the ECPD (Eau Claire Police Department) Sensitive Crimes division, worked on over 40 internet crime cases and is currently investigating 18 new cases in the Eau Claire area. Chaz, who was also the recipient of this year's ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Investigator of the Year, shares with us about his work with cases of s*xtortion, child p*rnography and other forms of...
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Going Beneath the Surface: A Male Survivor of S*xual Assault Speaks Out in New Memoir
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
We know that approximately is sexually abused before age 16 and yet this crime goes under-reported, under-recognized, and untreated. In honor of S*xual Assault Awareness Month, we want to honor all survivors and shine light on a story of one man's struggle to reclaim his life after surviving childhood s*xual assault and a near death experience of drowning. Robert Goodland is an author, equine therapy instructor, trained peer support specialist. He shares about how his new memoir "Beneath the Surface" which details how life experiences culminated into a place of reckoning with the trauma...
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Sexual Brokenness to Healed Wholeness (Part III)
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
Today’s podcast is part III of a series of episodes of a real story of a couple who shares authentically about their journey of sexual brokenness, addiction, betrayal, and ultimately healing. To do justice work well, we have to wrestle together through the hard things. And if we want to fight s*x trafficking, we have to talk about the demand for it. Our stance is that porn is a huge precursor towards perpetuating trafficking and an addiction that is often brushed under the rug, leading to deep shame for those in addiction, or in other cases defensive minimization. We also believe in the...
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Sexual Brokenness to Healed Wholeness (Part II)
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
Today’s podcast is part II of a series of episodes of a real story of a couple who shares authentically about their journey of sexual brokenness, addiction, betrayal, and ultimately healing. To do justice work well, we have to wrestle together through the hard things. And if we want to fight s*x trafficking, we have to talk about the demand for it. Our stance is that porn is a huge precursor towards perpetuating trafficking and an addiction that is often brushed under the rug, leading to deep shame for those in addiction, or in other cases defensive minimization. We also believe in the...
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Sexual Brokenness to Healed Wholeness (Part I)
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
Today’s podcast is part I of a series of episodes of a real story of a couple who shares authentically about their journey of sexual brokenness, addiction, betrayal, and ultimately healing. To do justice work well, we have to wrestle together through the hard things. And if we want to fight s*x trafficking, we have to talk about the demand for it. Our stance is that porn is a huge precursor towards perpetuating trafficking and an addiction that is often brushed under the rug, leading to deep shame for those in addiction, or in other cases defensive minimization. We also believe in the worth,...
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Help for Compulsive S*xual Behaviors & Betrayal Trauma w/ Certified S*x Addiction Professional
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
Today's guest Ashley Jameson works as a Certified Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional and is passionate about partnering with churches to help individuals break free from addiction and shame, build healthy intimacy, and embrace the life God has for them through her work with Pure Desire Ministries. She shares with listeners about how her personal experiences with teen pregnancy, s*x and love addiction, and betrayal trauma have inspired her work now. Above all, she wants listeners to know that there is hope and healing with this kind of addiction is possible whoever you are and wherever you've...
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Walking Beside S*x Trafficking Survivors in Alaska Feat. Allison Mogensen, Executive Director for Priceless Alaska
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
Today's guest Allison Mogensen is a Wisconsin native who now serves as the Executive Director for Priceless Alaska, a faith-based nonprofit organization that walks with survivors of sex trafficking through mentorship and survivor directed case management (for which they recently received an award from the FBI) as well as through their "Engage" training, designed to equip, engage and mobilize faith communities. Allison shares with us about the unique challenges and trafficking trends she has witnessed specific to the region and ultimately what she hopes to see happen through this work. If...
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Founder of Protect Young Eyes - Chris McKenna: "Discovering Your Digital Superpower"
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
We're kicking 2025 off with podcast guest Chris McKenna, who left the accounting world to help families be safer online through his organization Protect Young Eyes. Chris shares his heart to transform the current digital landscape and about practical strategies for families to be more confident and resilient to the many risks and dangers youth face. He also touches on some macro level changes he'd like to see, but stresses the importance of a family centered cultural shift of community learning and collective responsibility towards harm reduction. If you'd like to support Chris's work or check...
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Finding Sexual Wholeness
The Fierce Freedom Podcast
How can we move from sexual destruction to sexual wholeness? Today's guest Justin Smith, Founder of Beyond the Line Ministries, is walking alongside men who have been caught up in sexual addiction, which is also feeding the exploitative and massively pervasive porn industry, and incidentally generates MORE than the NFL, NBA, and MLB combined Justin, who understands the pain and challenges of this journey, explains how he goes to the heart of these addictions by focusing on three areas in a mans healing. Repentance, The Brain, and The Wounds. Beyond The Line Ministries offers intimate small...
info_outlineTrigger Warning: This episode depicts a real story of trafficking which includes some details of child sex trafficking and abuse.
Today we hear from a brave survivor recounting her experience of trafficking as a young woman in California. Sarah shares about how some of her vulnerabilities enabled sexual abuse and ultimately sex trafficking during her teen years.
She frames for listeners what her healing path has involved and how she is learning to love and re-parent herself towards further restoration of her self.
Check out Sarah's show Que Sera Sera (8 years old this year) on Driftless Community Radio out of Viroqua, WI on WDRT or by visiting: www.wdrt.org