Human Trafficking in Houston
Jennifer is a physician assistant who lives in Houston, TX and is active in working against sex trafficking there. We discuss the prostitution and trafficking situation there as well as how she integrates her health profession and her counter-trafficking work. This is...
Sleep and Trauma
This episode is all about the connection between sleep and trauma. What are the sleep disturbances that people with PTSD or chronic trauma suffer and what kind of things can one do to sleep better? This is NOT medical advice, is not a substitute for visiting your...
Working with Transgender Women in Prostitution
In this video I interview Taina, who works with an NGO to do street outreach and aftercare assistance to transgender women in prostitution in a European city. They offer relief and assistance to anyone who wants it, and if someone wishes to exit the sex trade they...
Conspiracy Theories and Human Trafficking
I tackle conspiracy theories and human trafficking because the size and scope and potential for harm is too great to let the recent QAnon shenanigans go by without addressing them. In this talk I discuss what is QAnon and what does it have to do with human...
Online Outreach in the Covid Era
Guest Cristhina discusses her organization's development of an online outreach program to sexually exploited women. She offers some practical wisdom for how to get started and how to stay healthy in this challenging milieu. The blog version of this talk is on my...
Prostitution & COVID in Germany
Here I interview Rhonda who heads up an organization that helps women exit prostitution in Germany. We cover a variety of topics and I'm sure that everyone will learn something about prostitution in Germany, the COVID situation here, and how one excellent organization...
Loverboys and Sex Trafficking Prevention
In this interview with Shannon, the Executive Director and co-Founder of Netzwerk gegen Menschenhandel (Network against Human Trafficking) and the project Liebe ohne Zwang, we discuss her organization's innovative efforts to prevent sex trafficking of young people...
Trauma Informed Clinical Care
Dr. Judy Norman joins me again for a conversation about trauma informed care in a clinical setting and how not to retraumatize your patients. This webinar will be directed towards health professionals, but I'm sure that non-medical types will learn something as well!...
Networking is Counter-Trafficking Work
We are thinking outside the box of anti-trafficking work with Erika Tello and her unique journey to establishing a nationwide anti-trafficking network in Italy. She saw a particular gap in the fight against human trafficking and rose to the challenge of bridging it....