Ending Sexploitation
The Ending Sexploitation podcast decodes sexual harms and provides you with active solutions. We address the full spectrum of sexual exploitation, from sex trafficking to sexual violence, to rape culture, to pornography, and more. And better yet, we give you the tools to make a difference!
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The Truth About Fathers - Patrick Erlandson
09/19/2025
The Truth About Fathers - Patrick Erlandson
Tim Nester (Vice President of Communications at NCOSE) is sitting in to host this week, and he sits down with Patrick Erlandson to discuss the Truth About Fathers and their role in the fight against sexual exploitation – specifically areas of pornography and sex trafficking. Patrick’s journey into the movement to end sexual exploitation began during his time working with the United Nations Refugee Agency, where he witnessed firsthand the horrors of trafficking and exploitation. In 2018, he founded Father-Con, which is an organization that counters the lies that lead men to believe that they aren’t critically important in the healthy development of children, and emphasizes their role in combating sexual abuse and exploitation in all its forms. Fathers set an example for their families through their actions, and Patrick and Tim chat about those realities and provide insights and tips for dads (and moms!) in changing the narrative around these issues in their home. *Visit the Father-Con website to learn more about Patrick’s work: *Conversation Starters for Parents & Kids: *“The Most Dangerous Playground” - a FREE resource about the dangers of the devices that are damaging America’s children: *Donate monthly to the work that NCOSE is doing and become a DEFENDER. Learn more:
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The Lure of Lies: Grooming and Recruitment in the Sex Trade - Victoria Sinis
09/12/2025
The Lure of Lies: Grooming and Recruitment in the Sex Trade - Victoria Sinis
Victoria Sinis is the founder of Creating Gems, an organization created to help young women break free from harmful narratives about themselves. In this presentation from the 2024 CESE Summit, Victoria digs into the deceptive tactics used to lure individuals into the commercial sex trade. As a former employee at a recruitment agency for OnlyFans, Victoria shares her journey of realization, her immediate departure from the industry, and her ongoing crusade to expose these harmful practices. Gain a deeper understanding of the grooming and recruitment methods employed on a large scale for online exploitation and learn how to recognize and combat these deceptive tactics. Victoria is a passionate advocate empowering individuals - especially young women - to challenge harmful narratives perpetuated by mainstream media. With a background in startups and marketing, her recent journey led her to a pivotal realization. Follow Victoria on Instagram: Learn more about Creating Gems: Learn more about the dangers of OnlyFans and take action:
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Epstein Survivor Speaks Out
09/04/2025
Epstein Survivor Speaks Out
Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer at NCOSE) sits down with Teresa J. Helm (Public Policy Outreach Manager and Survivor Services Coordinator at NCOSE) to talk about her experience as a survivor. This past week, survivors gathered on Capitol Hill to call on lawmakers to release the government files on the Epstein case. Teresa added her voice to that gathering, and in this episode, she talks about the details of the event. She speaks out about both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and she gives us insight into why the recent prison transfer for Maxwell is a concern. Read our Press Statement: DONATE to support our work in walking alongside survivors to end sexual exploitation:
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Roblox, Meta AI, and Spotify Causing Real World Harm?
08/28/2025
Roblox, Meta AI, and Spotify Causing Real World Harm?
Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Officer at NCOSE) and Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer at NCOSE) sit down to discuss 3 major corporations that are currently OR soon will be facilitating real world harms because of the nature of their platforms. The lack of real security and safety measures for kids is astonishing. Today’s conversation takes a closer look at why the new Spotify DM feature is so concerning, as well as the active harms happening to real kids and families on Roblox as well as Meta A.I. Contact Spotify: End Section 230: Pass KOSA:
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A Conversation with NCOSE President and CEO Marcel van der Watt
08/21/2025
A Conversation with NCOSE President and CEO Marcel van der Watt
Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) sits down with NCOSE President and CEO, Marcel van der Watt to chat about his background and motivations in this work to end sexual exploitation. Marcel brings incredible expertise to this leadership role including experience with law enforcement, research, training, writing, and speaking. He and Haley dive into what brought him to this point and what the future holds for NCOSE and the overall movement. Donate to NCOSE:
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Survivor Denied Justice in Nevada
08/14/2025
Survivor Denied Justice in Nevada
Dani Pinter and Haley McNamara talk about the latest developments in a case in Nevada involving sex trafficking and the 13th amendment. Dani explains how the 13th amendment’s language about slavery applies in this case as well as the realities of survivors being bullied and shamed when they are bold enough to speak up. Learn more about the Nevada lawsuit and the next steps of appealing the pseudonym ruling below. Get Help from the NCOSE Law Center: Learn more about the Nevada cases: Contact our Law Center team here:
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Twitter Lawsuit Update and is Grok Out of Control?
08/07/2025
Twitter Lawsuit Update and is Grok Out of Control?
Dani Pinter (Chief Legal Counsel at NCOSE) and Haley McNamara (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at NCOSE) talk about the latest ruling from the 9th Circuit Court in the ongoing Twitter (Now X) case. They talk about the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the lawsuit and what the ruling means for this case as well as broader implications for Section 230. They also discuss the latest news about Grok creating deepfake nude imagery of celebrities without even being prompted to do so. Is this part of the design and programming or is Grok out of control? Read our blog about the Twitter decision: Donate to the Law Center to support pro bono legal work for survivors: Urge Congress to Remove Section 230:
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The Lie of Legalizing Prostitution
07/31/2025
The Lie of Legalizing Prostitution
At the 2022 CESE Summit, Haley McNamara sits down with German abolitionist and writer Elly Arrow for a powerful conversation about the reality of legalized prostitution in Germany. Elly shares on-the-ground insights into how the legal system has expanded the sex trade, obscured trafficking, and failed those it claims to protect. Together, they unpack the violence and exploitation faced by women in the system, the role of sex buyers, and why Elly believes real justice starts with tackling male demand. As the voice behind The Invisible Men – Germany, Elly brings data, quotes, and unflinching analysis that reveal the truth behind the headlines. This is a must-listen for anyone seeking to understand what "legalization" really means for human dignity and safety. Read Elly’s blog: Learn more about Prostitution: DONATE to the movement to end sexual exploitation:
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Pornography's Influence on Desire
07/24/2025
Pornography's Influence on Desire
Haley McNamara (SVP at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (SVP and Director of the Law Center at NCOSE) take a closer look at the impact that pornography use has on our sexual arousal template. More specifically, they discuss some studies that have been done to demonstrate the rise in violent sexual behavior like choking or strangulation. These experiments were able to condition men to be aroused by shapes and inanimate objects, and it demonstrates that when a person is exposed to pornography, they can be conditioned to be aroused by the harmful behaviors that are depicted. Read the full NCOSE Blog on “Conditional Arousal” - Read the Guardian article on the rise and risks of choking during sex - View or download this free resource from NCOSE on the Public Health Harms of Pornography -
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The Danger of Grok’s New AI Companions
07/17/2025
The Danger of Grok’s New AI Companions
Dani Pinter (Senior Vice President at the NCOSE Law Center) and Haley McNamara (Senior Vice President at NCOSE) react to the latest update to Grok which include chatbot avatars that can act as your companion – even as a romantic connection. “Ani” is depicted as a very young anime girl who is programmed to be “crazy in love” with the user and can have progressively more sexually explicit interactions as the user advances through the conversation. This even includes getting the bot to describe itself as a young child or to play along with sexual fantasies with a child-like motif. All of this is available before activating “spicy mode.” This is obviously quite disturbing for a number of reasons, but even more upsetting is the access that kids have to this tool with no meaningful age verification in place to protect minors. Also, the Apple App Store has assigned this app as appropriate for ages 12 and up. TAKE ACTION Contact Apple: Sign the Petition for changes to Grok: FURTHER READINGRead our full blog about the Grok AI companion: Read Thorn’s article about hashing: Read The Guardian article about AI-Generated CSAM: Follow Dani Pinter on X: Follow Haley McNamara on X:
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Reactions to the Diddy Verdict and Epstein Memo
07/10/2025
Reactions to the Diddy Verdict and Epstein Memo
Our subject matter experts and hosts, Haley McNamara (SVP at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (SVP at the NCOSE Law Center), provide insights and reactions to the recent verdict results from the Diddy trial as well as the memo about the Epstein file that was release by the Department of Justice. Both of these outcomes leave us with a lot of frustration and very few answers. The lack of understanding of sex trafficking in our culture was reflected in the jury’s decision in the Diddy trial. Also, the efforts to hide the findings in the Epstein file are on full display as people on all sides of the political spectrum demand answers. Haley and Dani give us a detailed and insightful look into these developments. Learn more about Sex Trafficking: Read our press statement about the recent DOJ memo regarding the Epstein case:
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BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court UPHOLDS Age Verification Law
06/27/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court UPHOLDS Age Verification Law
Instead of waiting to publish this episode on July 3rd to keep with our normal episode schedule, we wanted to get this conversation to you as quickly as possible. We will be back to our normal release schedule with episode 67! Today the Supreme Court issued their opinion that the Texas Age Verification law is constitutional and paves the way for other states to pass similar legislation! It’s an incredible day in the movement to end sexual exploitation as the Supreme Court ruled that the age verification law in Texas is constitutional – pushing back on the arguments from the opposition that it violates the First Amendment. Haley and Dani chat about the details of this ruling and the ripple effect this will have across the country. It’s notable that the dissenting opinions were actually in agreement on the core issue at play here: pornography is harmful – especially for kids. Read our Blog: Read our Press Statement:
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Is The Proposed “A.I. Moratorium” Another CDA Section 230?
06/26/2025
Is The Proposed “A.I. Moratorium” Another CDA Section 230?
As congress considers whether or not to implement a proposed 10-year moratorium on A.I. state regulation, Haley and Dani talk about the potential devastating effects this could have. Some have even referred to this as “Section 230 on steroids” so this episode is essential for understanding what the moratorium is and what the impacts would be. Big Tech doesn’t need another layer of immunity or security to allow them to hide while they profit off the exploitation of human beings in the name of advancing technology. Listen and share this episode and use the links below to take action and learn more! Urge Congress to oppose this moratorium: Read more about this on our blog:
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Roblox, Meta, and Apple Aren’t Protecting Kids and They Know It
06/19/2025
Roblox, Meta, and Apple Aren’t Protecting Kids and They Know It
Nicki Petrossi (from Scrolling2Death) joins Haley to discuss big tech, social media, and protecting our kids online. They talk about the need for these companies to do MORE while also calling on parents to learn about the devices and apps their kids are using. Some of these apps look incredibly kid-friendly but have virtually no meaningful protections between young kids and predatory adults. Roblox is a great example of this, and Haley and Nicki dive into the details behind this popular game platform. They also highlight the importance of whistleblowers at companies like Meta to reveal the truth of what’s going on behind the scenes and how these corporations are prioritizing profit over people. Nicki Petrossi is a mom of three and former social media executive turned social media reform advocate. In late 2023, Nicki launched Scrolling 2 Death, a podcast for parents who are worried about social media. Since then, Nicki has published over 250 podcast episodes which include conversations with U.S. Senators and lawmakers, tech whistleblowers, doctors, attorneys, teachers and most importantly – parents and youth – to learn about their experiences online. Nicki travels the country, speaking to large audiences at schools, conferences and summits on topics related to online safety. She regularly appears on news segments like America’s Newsroom on Fox, NBC and Morning on Merit Street by Dr. Phil, in addition to appearing as a guest on dozens of parenting and health-related podcasts. Follow Nicki on social media and subscribe to the Scrolling2Death podcast: Instagram: YouTube: LinkedIn: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Read about the App Store Accountability Act and take action: Read about this group’s test of Instagram’s Teen Accounts:
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Expert Attorney Reveals Diddy Trial Misconceptions About Sex Trafficking
06/12/2025
Expert Attorney Reveals Diddy Trial Misconceptions About Sex Trafficking
Expert Attorney and Director of the NCOSE Law Center, Dani Pinter, Esq., joins Haley McNamara to take a closer look at the ongoing trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs. Dani provides a summary of the charges as well as giving us an explanation of the true definitions of sex trafficking and coercion in direct response to what is being claimed in court when using those terms. Learn more about Sex Trafficking: Learn more about the NCOSE Law Center: Our Commitment to Walking Alongside Survivors:
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Unveiling Sextortion's Impact on Youth
06/05/2025
Unveiling Sextortion's Impact on Youth
This week, we hear from Kathryn Rifenbark, the Director for CyberTipline, Public Reports, in the Exploited Children Division (ECD) at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). In this talk from the 2024 CESE Summit, she shares about the impact of Sextortion on today’s young people and talks about a powerful new service that can be used to help. Self-generated content is a normative behavior of today’s youth. But it can have a destructive impact when it’s non-consensually shared or when they have been blackmailed or coerced into producing it. Take It Down is a new, anonymous, and free service that can help prevent the spread of online sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos of those under the age of 18. This session will provide an overview of Take it Down, operated by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). Launched in December of 2022, participants will learn the amazing impact of this global program, how it works and how you can share this resource with children, victims, and families in your community. Kathryn has worked at NCMEC for over 14 years, and in her current position, Kathryn is responsible for enhancing NCMEC’s efforts to improve resources for survivors of child sexual abuse material by liaising with law enforcement, victim service providers, and child serving professionals as well as managing the team who processes public CyberTipline reports. She received a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. NCMEC’s Take It Down service: Learn more about NCMEC: Read the article “Sextortion: The Largest Blackmail Operation In Human History”
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Busting the Myths of Prostitution
05/29/2025
Busting the Myths of Prostitution
In this episode, we get to hear from Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls for the United Nations. We were honored to have her join us to speak at the 2024 CESE Global Summit, and this session is titled “Beyond Consent: Prostitution, Pornography, and Human Rights” in which she looks at prostitution as sexual exploitation and a violation of the human right to dignity. She also looks specifically at pornography and other forms of technology facilitated forms of prostitution as she busts 7 myths about prostitution. Reem Alsalem is an independent consultant on gender issues, the rights of refugees and migrants, transitional justice and humanitarian response. She has consulted extensively for United Nations departments, agencies and programmes such as UN-Women, OHCHR, UNICEF and IOM, as well as for non-governmental organizations, think tanks and academia. Previously, she worked as an international civil servant, serving with the UNHCR in thirteen countries. During her service, she has planned, implemented, and monitored programs that served to protect persons that were survivors of gender-based violence, particularly women and girls. Read our blog article about Reem’s report to the U.N. and get a full copy here: Learn more about the issue of Prostitution and how it is a major form of sexual exploitation:
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Porn Companies Sued Over Age Verification Law
05/22/2025
Porn Companies Sued Over Age Verification Law
Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter discuss the groundbreaking lawsuits against multiple pornography websites that were recently filed in Kansas. These cases are the first of their kind as the new Age Verification Law was allegedly violated when a minor was able to access sexually explicit content without any age verification efforts from multiple websites. Haley and Dani talk about the real people affected in this case as well as the larger effects of pornography on children. Read the blog: Read the New York Times article: Read about the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Age Verification: FREE Resource: The Most Dangerous Playground | View Resource: Get Help from the NCOSE Law Center:
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Not a Fantasy
05/15/2025
Not a Fantasy
Lisa Thompson joins Haley McNamara to discuss the recent launch of a groundbreaking new report, Not a Fantasy: How the Pornography Industry Exploits Image-based Sexual Abuse in Real Life, which exposes how the pornography industry facilitates, normalizes, and profits from image-based sexual abuse (IBSA). Lisa shares her journey into this work to end sexual exploitation and how she was able to bring this report to life. Haley and Lisa chat through some of the details of the report as well, including 9 ways the pornography industry fuels IBSA. Learn more and download the FREE report: Learn more about Image-Based Sexual Abuse:
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TAKE IT DOWN Act Passes Congress!
05/08/2025
TAKE IT DOWN Act Passes Congress!
The Take It Down Act has passed congress! As it heads to the president’s desk for signing, Haley McNamara sits down with Eleanor Gaetan (VP and Director of Public Policy at NCOSE) to discuss what this law does, why it’s needed, and what’s next on the horizon for protecting kids online. They also discuss the momentum we are seeing at the state level for the Safer Devices for Kids Act, which requires device manufacturers to have safety settings ON by default. Contact us here: Read more about the TAKE IT DOWN Act passing: Learn about the Safer Devices for Kids Act: Watch the video version of this podcast episode here:
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AngelQ - A Kid Safe Super Browser
05/01/2025
AngelQ - A Kid Safe Super Browser
Tim Estes joins Haley for this week’s episode to discuss the launch of an incredible new platform: AngelQ. Among his many other accomplishments, Tim is the CEO and Founder of Angel AI. He chats with Haley about how AngelQ got started and what parents can do with this tool. They also discuss the recent report of a disturbing conversation that journalists from the Wall Street Journal were able to generate from the Meta AI chat service. This just emphasizes the need for smart and safe AI tools like the one that Tim and the team at AngelQ have created. AngelQ is an AI-driven tool that creates safe and curated experiences for kids and gives parents peace of mind. It’s more than just a safety tool – AngelQ is designed to encourage and inspire kids as they use the internet to learn, have fun, and then hop offline to explore the world around them. Tim Estes is based in Nashville, TN, with his wife of 10 years, Jalayne Tradler, and their two boys. He is the Founder of Authentic Capital, and serves on the board for a number of organizations including Nashville Innovation Studio, Replica Cyber/Grey Market Labs, and Mission Link Next. Tim has also been involved with a number of legislative efforts including the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and he is a regular event speaker and podcast guest on issues around emerging technology, A.I., and protecting kids online. Get a discount on your AngelQ subscription by signing up for our newsletter: EndSexualExploitation.org/AngelQ-SignUp Visit the AngelQ website: www.AngelQ.ai
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The Campaign to Remove a R*pe Game from Steam
04/24/2025
The Campaign to Remove a R*pe Game from Steam
Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter sit down with Melinda Tankard Reist, Co-Founder and Movement Director of Collective Shout, for a discussion around the recent successful campaign to remove a sexually violent game called “No Mercy” from Steam. Melinda describes how the game allows players to sexually assault your family members and rewards you for doing so. In less than a week, this campaign garnered over 70,000 signatures and over 3,000 emails sent to the CEO of Valve to remove this game. Despite the backlash and threats, Melinda and the team at Collective Shout continue their work to protect women and children from objectification and sexualization. Melinda is an author, speaker, media commentator and campaigner. She is best known for her work addressing sexualization, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of seven books (no. 8 on boundary-setting for girls forthcoming 2025). She co-founded Collective Shout for a world free of sexploitation 15 years ago, and is Movement Director. Melinda is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney and named in the Who’s Who of Australian Women and the World Who’s Who of Women. In 2024 she was the recipient of the ‘Global Impact Award’ presented at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation [CESE] Global Summit in Washington DC.
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Deepfake Technology and A.I. in Sexual Exploitation
04/17/2025
Deepfake Technology and A.I. in Sexual Exploitation
“Children being the targets of this deepfake technology is our worst nightmare” Haley and Dani discuss the current state of artificial intelligence and deepfake technology in the realm of sexual exploitation. Overwhelmingly, these tools are used for pornographic material, and 10% of teenagers have reported being aware of deepfake pornography depicting someone they know. They also dig into how this leads to desensitization towards sexualizing children and overwhelming law enforcement. -- Urge your representatives to pass the TAKE IT DOWN Act: -- Urge Apple and Google to have better policies for A.I. apps: Watch the video version of this episode here:
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Are Pornography Algorithms Creating Abusers?
04/10/2025
Are Pornography Algorithms Creating Abusers?
Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter discuss The Guardian article: "‘I didn’t start out wanting to see kids’: are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one?" They talk about the chilling reality of how pornography platforms algorithms cause escalation for so many of their visitors. Read the full article on The Guardian here: Learn more about the harms of pornography:
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The Dirty Dozen List Presents: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
04/03/2025
The Dirty Dozen List Presents: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
Haley McNamara (NCOSE Senior VP of Programs and Initiatives) and Dani Pinter (Senior VP and Director at the NCOSE Law Center) talk about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) and why it's essential for it to end. They also discuss the history of the Dirty Dozen List and what led to this unique version of the list in 2025. Since its inception in 1996, Section 230 has effectively provided blanket immunity to big tech companies for harms facilitated on their platforms. It's time to call for a full repeal of CDA Section 230! Learn more and take action here: Watch the video version of this episode here:
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Protecting Children from the Harms of Pornography - Kristen Jenson
02/26/2025
Protecting Children from the Harms of Pornography - Kristen Jenson
In this special episode of the Ending Sexploitation Podcast, Lisa Thompson (Vice President of Research at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation) chats with Kristen Jenson. Kristen is the founder of Defend Young Minds and #1 best-selling author of Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids and Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds. She is the CEO of Glen Cove Press LLC and the executive producer of the Brain Defense: Digital Safety curriculum. Visit Defend Young Minds: For more information on the harms of pornography:
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Prostitution/"Sex Work" and LGBTQ+ Rights - Cristian Eduardo
02/12/2025
Prostitution/"Sex Work" and LGBTQ+ Rights - Cristian Eduardo
In this special episode of the Ending Sexploitation Podcast, Teresa J. Helm (Survivor Services Coordinator at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation) chats with Cristian Eduardo. Cristian champions anti-trafficking initiatives, particularly the Equality Model, and fervently advocates for immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights. He serves as a Survivor Leader in this movement engaged with various Survivor Advisory Boards and Councils. He is the is a co-founder of United Immigrants of New York and Mujeres en Resistencia, which are coalitions raising awareness around gender-based violence and providing accessible resources to the Spanish-speaking and Latino-immigrant communities. For more information on the dangers of prostitution: Watch the video version of this episode:
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The Health Harms of Pornography - Joshua Broome
11/20/2024
The Health Harms of Pornography - Joshua Broome
In this special episode of the Ending Sexploitation Podcast, Dani Pinter (Senior Vice President and Director of the NCOSE Law Center) chats with Joshua Broome about this important topic. Joshua is an author, speaker, and advocate for shining a light on the harms of pornography. Watch the video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/8bB4B-xebnM
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Trauma-Informed Care Through the Lens of Implicit Bias
09/01/2022
Trauma-Informed Care Through the Lens of Implicit Bias
Dr. Stephany Powell, Director of Law Enforcement Training and Survivor Services at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, joins the Ending Sexploitation podcast to discuss the concept of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) through the lens of implicit bias. Dr. Powell explains that Trauma-Informed Care entails a paradigm shift from wondering, “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”. She says, “Once we understand ‘What happened to you’, without bias, then that’s when we can really begin our journey alongside our clients to be able to help them become the person that they want to be.” Dr. Powell explains that the ability to understand people’s trauma and provide them with Trauma-Informed Care is often hindered by our own implicit biases. Implicit biases are the attitudes or stereotypes we unconsciously hold which affect the way we view and treat other people. They are different from explicit biases in that we do not know we have them and they can even be in opposition to our declared beliefs. Dr. Powell emphasizes that everyone has implicit biases. Fortunately, these biases can be gradually unlearned, but in order for this to happen we first have to recognize what our implicit biases are and how they are affecting our attitudes and behaviors.
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No Buyers = No Business. The Only Way to Ultimately End Sexual Exploitation.
06/24/2022
No Buyers = No Business. The Only Way to Ultimately End Sexual Exploitation.
Why focus on combatting the demand for prostitution (ie. Sex buying)? Is combatting demand an effective way to reduce sex trafficking? Is it affordable and accessible for law enforcement? What kind of tactics and strategies can be used to deter sex buyers? How does full decriminalization of prostitution affect demand reduction efforts? These are some of the questions explored by the experts on Demand who join the Ending Sexploitation podcast for this episode. These experts include Marian Hatcher of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, who has worked on countless law enforcement initiatives targeting demand; Jamey Caruthers, the Director of Demand Reduction and Policy at Street Grace; and Dr. Michael Shively, long-time researcher on Demand and Senior Advisor on Research & Data Analysis at NCOSE.
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