#52 Sam Troth
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What personal experiences shaped Sam Troth's journey?
This is a tough one, Fano. One of the hardest conversations I've ever had, but it's an important one. Just sat down, had a powerful conversation with the man behind the road to healing Aotearoa, Sam. I mean, this guy has walked the length of our country. Then, you know, after having this conversation with him, I know exactly what's driving him.
I remember thinking fucking like with what I've been through and all the bullshit. And if you can go through that and you're still here now, then this is just literally a walk like just one foot in front of the other.
is to raise awareness around sexual abuse. This incident that happened to him from 9 to 13 from this coward, it derailed his life and sent him on this crazy journey. Interstate care as a kid, only to be abused some more, into prisons, meth addiction. And I'm just thinking, fuck.
Why did nobody ask? How did nobody know what was happening? And that broke me.
Look, it's a, it's a must watch.
The best thing I ever did, man, was reach out for help, was reach out for professional help, was, you know, to tell the people around me that I loved, that I was fucking struggling and I was overwhelmed with the support that I got.
For people going through something now, for people who have gone through it, for parents, we must watch this. We must share it far and wide because it's an important conversation that must be heard. Unfiltered is produced by the team at Fanaticals and we are part of the ACAST network. Sam, how's it going my brother? Good my bro, thanks for having me here brother. Man, it's been a while in the making this podcast. I had a look back at our Instagram messages and jeez, they go right back to 2022, like four years ago.
Yeah bro, yeah, yeah, I first reached out to you when I first did my first walk bro. And I remember you sharing some of my content and supporting and yeah, it's been a while to get to this point, but it's good to be here bro.
Yeah, you know, when you first mentioned that, you know, seeing what you're up to, do you want to tell everyone, you know, the road to healing Aotearoa?
Yeah, it's more than a social media platform, but we're on social media. The road to healing Aotearoa, the whole kaupapa is around raising awareness around sexual violence and supporting and standing with survivors of sexual violence. We've got some of the worst rates in the developed world. We're second only to Australia when it comes to sexual violence and... You know, one in five boys by the age of 18 and one in three girls by the age of 18 experiencing sexual violence in New Zealand. So it's a huge, huge problem. And I guess I've sort of taken it upon myself to do what I can as a survivor myself to try and push for some change.
Yeah, well, you know. When I first saw the story that you shared, you were walking the length, right, of New Zealand? Yeah. Aotearoa. And I was going, man, this is nuts. And I was sort of getting a bit more into your story. Then I said, okay, now I understand why this is, you know, your life pretty much, right?
How did Sam Troth turn his trauma into advocacy?
Yeah. Where did you grow up? Hamilton. Hamilton. Yeah. Yeah.
So it was a pretty good upbringing. We weren't a well-off family or anything, but we did all right. Pretty good upbringing up until my whole life just took a dark turn. So I guess starting at the start, bro, you know, I was sexually abused from the ages of 9 to 13 by a co-worker of my father's. this man saw that my father and my mum were having some marital issues and some issues and he come in as predators do, bro, and saw an opening and groomed my parents and then was able to sort of, you know, spend time with me and, you know, all the typical things, gifts, you know, used to take me motorbike riding, shooting, all of those things and just slowly over time, um things escalated and and and his uh his sort of his I guess his um his true intentions shown through and he started um doing things to me and yeah 9 to 13 yeah so how did you get through it I don't it's a good question like
Afterwards, drugs, violence, antisocial behaviour.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What personal experiences shaped Sam Troth's journey?
0:00–3:07
2
How did Sam Troth turn his trauma into advocacy?
3:07–7:38
3
What are the statistics on sexual violence in New Zealand?
7:38–11:23
4
What challenges did Sam face during his recovery process?
11:23–13:47
5
How does Sam's story highlight the need for reform in sexual violence laws?
13:47–17:25
6
What strategies did Sam use to overcome addiction?
17:25–21:10
7
How can parents effectively talk to children about body safety?
21:10–26:07
8
What is the ultimate goal of Sam's advocacy work?
26:07–57:35
Speakers
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