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Are We Solving the Wrong Problem in Child Welfare?
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are we solving the wrong problem in child welfare? When you think of federal child welfare policy, maybe you expect a discussion of foster care and ...
The Trauma They Carried, with Dr. Jordan Greenbaum
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, few Americans—even in the field of child abuse—knew or understood child sex trafficking. The media portrayed it as a problem “over th...
Shola Richards on the Heart of a Healthy Workplace
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve worked any time at all, then you’ve worked in some place that was unhealthy. Maybe it was full of gossip and backstabbing. Or perhaps th...
The ACEs Message and Its Unintended Consequences, with Dr. Jonathan Purtle
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study came out and proved the link between traumas such as child abuse and long-term negative health and ...
The Journey to Jenna's Law, with Jenna Quinn
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Quinn was one of the first survivors to translate their experience of abuse into child abuse prevention public policy. Jenna was abused by a clo...
A Pathway to Healing, with Patrick Anderson
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about Alaska, we think of Denali, pictures we’ve seen, movies we’ve watched, the wonderful wildlife, and people still living on the ...
Addressing the Doctor Deficit
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes we forget that the medical response to child abuse as a discipline developed over our lifetime, and what was nascent 30 years ago is now a b...
Engaging the Hope Within Us, an Interview with Deondra and Gregory Brown
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, “Engaging the Hope Within Us,” our guests are award-winning classical pianists and siblings Gregory and Deondra Brown of The...
Neglect and the Ecosystem of Abuse
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we talk with Paul DiLorenzo, who’s worked in every aspect of the child welfare system over the past 40 years—as a writer, as...
An Interview with Filmmaker Sasha Joseph Neulinger
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we talk with Sasha Neulinger, director and producer of the award-winning documentary, Rewind, a film about his survival of abuse...
Is Child Sexual Abuse Inevitable?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, Elizabeth Letourneau had a key insight: What if instead of focusing exclusively on victims and parents for child sexual abuse prevention, w...
Centering Survivors in the Law, Criminal Justice Crystal Ball, Part 3
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our season-ending episode, we look at the wave of statute of limitation (SOL) reform that has swept our country, giving survivors of child sexual a...
What's Past Is Prologue: Criminal Justice Crystal Ball Series, Part 2
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was after midnight one night in 1983 when young police detective Brad Russ heard the knock on his front door that would transform his career. A 16-...
The Future of Prosecution: Criminal Justice Crystal Ball Series, Part 1
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of a national debate about criminal justice reform, what’s the role of the prosecutor? And how do we transform the system while still c...
Is Abuse Contagious?
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In “Is Abuse Contagious?” we sit down for a conversation with a guest who does fascinating work—Dyann Daley of Predict Align Prevent. As a pedia...
Can a Pandemic Have a Silver Lining?
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In “Can a Pandemic Have a Silver Lining?”, we invite Dr. Danielle Roubinov of the University of California to discuss a “research manifesto” l...
The Meaning of Healing for Black Kids and Families
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from our Best of the Best series to talk with Dr. Isha Metzger, a clinical psychologist, a University of Georgia researcher, and head ...
Best of the Best: Greater Than the Sum—Multiple Adversities in Children’s Lives
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Greater Than the Sum—Multiple Adversities in Children’s Lives (originally "Mending the Tears of Violence") is the third in a three-part ...
Best of the Best: The Hidden Cost of Resilience
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a short summer break and re-airing several of our most popular episodes that are especially relevant in light of current events. Thi...
Best of the Best: The Bystander Effect
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re taking a short summer break and re-airing several of our most popular episodes that are especially relevant in light of current events. First ...
We’re Not All Having the Same Pandemic
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have two guests for you: one offering insights into research on the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on mental health, and the other ...
The Intersection of Technology and Forensic Interviewing
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19, professors at Central Michigan University and Montclair State University were examining whether forensic int...
Bonus Content: Universal Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a bit of bonus content for you. Adverse childhood experiences—also known as ACEs—can have lifelong effects. But does that mea...
Let's Talk About Spanking
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Research shows that about 75% of physical abuse starts as physical discipline gone terribly awry. We have years of data showing spanking is ineffectiv...
This Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Pacing Yourself Through the Pandemic
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Child protection professionals have tough jobs on any day. Add in a pandemic, and you’re piling stress on top of stress. We talked to Françoise Mat...
Bad News Is a Story; Good News Is a Statistic
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. David Finkelhor joined us to discuss a recent one-year uptick in rates of child sexual abuse in the U.S.—and the longer-term reduction in rate...
COVID-19 and Criminal Justice
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prosecutor Mat Heck is our guest today. Amid a pandemic, public health experts are urging us to stay home and stay away from each other to avoid sprea...
Predators in Our Pockets: The New Digital Hunting Grounds
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two guests join us to discuss the overwhelming number of images of child sexual abuse online. First, we spoke to Lieutenant Veto Mentzell with the Har...
Mending the Tears of Violence
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 204, “Mending the Tears of Violence.” Adversity and violence are common in kid's lives. The cumulative burden creates a lifelong vu...
The Child-Trafficking-to-Adult-Prostitution Pipeline
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 203, “The Child-Trafficking-to-Adult-Prostitution Pipeline.” Multiple states and jurisdictions are considering full decriminalization of...
The Hidden Cost of Resilience
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 202, “The Hidden Cost of Resilience.” The ability to bounce back from trauma is a good thing. But, increasingly, research is uncovering si...
Gender Bias and the Myth of Parental Alienation
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 201, “Gender Bias and the Myth of Parental Alienation.” Everyone’s heard of the vengeful ex-wife who accuses her ex-husband of child abu...
The Family-Focused Advocate
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1, Episode 12, “The Family-Focused Advocate.” One barrier to improved outcomes for children is getting families to participate in and compl...
Beyond ACEs
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 111: “Beyond ACEs.” In 1998, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study showed that traumatic events in childhood were common and coul...
Radically Vulnerable: Achieving Justice for Survivors
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 110: “Radically Vulnerable: Achieving Justice for Survivors.” The legal landscape has started to change for survivors of child sexual abus...
Housing Instability and Child Welfare
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 109: “Housing Instability and Child Welfare.” Housing instability has an out-size impact on family well-being. What we can do to help chil...
The Edge of Compassion
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 108: “The Edge of Compassion.” We know that compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and burnout can take a heavy toll on people in the field...
Prediction as Prevention
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 107: In “Prediction as Prevention” we ask the question: Can big data help us determine which children are most at risk of foster care plac...
Treating the Smoke and Not the Fire
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 106: “Treating the Smoke and Not the Fire” is a conversation about a new documentary, Cracked Up—an emotionally arresting, trauma-inform...
The Science of Storytelling
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 105: “The Science of Storytelling” features Nat Kendall-Taylor, CEO of the FrameWorks Institute, which works to change the conversation on...
The Failure That Leads to All Others
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 104: “The Failure That Leads to All Others,” features Mary Graw Leary, a former prosecutor and a professor at The Catholic University of A...
The Bystander Effect—Why People Don't Report Child Abuse
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 103: The Bystander Effect—Why People Don’t Report Child Abuse, Wendy Walsh, a research assistant professor of sociology at the Crimes A...
Faith, Trauma, and the Problem of Evil
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 102, “Faith, Trauma, and the Problem of Evil,” Teresa talks to renowned writer and trainer Victor Vieth from Zero Abuse Project about t...
Child Abuse as a Public Health Issue
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Research indicates that 15-20 percent of girls and 5-10 percent of boys in the United States are affected by child sexual abuse. Those are numbers tha...