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Katie Koestner, who appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine at age 18 as the first to speak out nationally as the victim of date rape, talks with survivors of sexual assault, rape, and abuse about what they went through and how it impacted their life afterward. Katie is joined by her co-host Claire Kaplan, Ph.D., who is a victim advocate, educator, and activist, as they delve into backlash, legal systems, campus reactions, family and friends, mental health, PTSD, substance use, body image, and the journey from hurt to healing and thriving.
Episodes
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Actor Anthony Edwards joins Katie and Claire to discuss the sexual abuse he experienced starting at the age of 12 by a trusted adult mentor, and how that experience informs his acting, his career, and his personal life. Edwards is a four-time Emmy-nominated actor and winner of the Golden Globe Award in 1998 for his work on the network television series ER. He most recently performed as Mr. Franklin in the Broadway revival of Children of a Lesser God and as Mars Harper in Netflix's Designated Survivor. He has executive produced a number of award-winning television films and documentaries. Edwards is also a chairman and national spokesperson for the organization 1in6, which was founded by and for male survivors of sexual abuse.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Guest: Anthony Edwards
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Visit 1in6 at 1in6.org
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Gordon Braxton joins Katie and Claire to discuss how his work as an activist and educator has shaped his upcoming book, which focuses on violence prevention and specifically addresses black boys. Braxton talks about challenging stereotypes, changing narratives, and the hope he sees in the next generation.
Braxton is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was a peer educator in an all-male anti-violence group at the University of Virginia and won the Black Fraternal Council's Man of the Year Award. After graduating from UVA, he traveled alongside Katie Koestner as a presenter on the topic of sexual violence prevention.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Guest: Gordon Braxton
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Jasmine woke up with a hangover and an unfamiliar pain: the ghost of handprints around her neck, gripping her collarbone. She stumbled into the bathroom where she found a sticky note on the mirror: "Plan B," it read, in her ex-boyfriend's handwriting.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Tony Zaret
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Letter Voice Actor: Ziba Ates
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Courtney is a meticulous counter. She counts napkins as she presses them at work. She left a little dot in her journal each day she was assaulted by an abusive boyfriend in her teens - adding up to a total of 27 times. This episode, Katie and Claire speak with a survivor whose partner so crushed her spirit that she lost herself, and how she finally untangled herself from his lies.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Tony Zaret
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Letter Voice Over: Dustin Benke
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Barbara was eleven when the sexual abuse began. Her brother was five years older and the golden child. When she was twelve, he raped her. Barbara suffocated the memories, pushed people away, went M.I.A. in order to cope. Nobody knew, not even her husband, until the anxiety attacks became so debilitating that her strong façade shattered. Barb reminds us that we never know someone's story; we can never see who, beneath the surface, is barely holding on. Most of all, we find comfort in knowing we are not alone.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
On our first expert episode, Katie and Claire sit down with Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan to discuss their book Sexual Citizens: Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. Published in January 2020, Sexual Citizens analyzes why sexual assault is so prevalent on college campuses, and how space and power dynamics influence who has control.
Jennifer Hirsch is a professor of Socio-medical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Shamus Khan is a professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton University. You can learn more about their individual accolades, as well as their book Sexual Citizens, at sexualcitizens.com.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Guests: Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Severe abuse at a young age can leave a person fragmented, left with different selves to cope with varying emotions and stressors. In this episode, Carrie Ann unpacks her experience living with dissociative identity disorder, including her struggle to find a correct diagnosis. Now, with the help of mental health professionals and a close network of friends, she has found her way to healing.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Letter Voice Actor: Alison Soderquist
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
What was supposed to be a fun day of swimming at her boyfriend's home turned into an ambush and rape in his parents' basement. The assault changed this young teenage girl's life forever: her career aspirations, her dreams, her life trajectory.
It left such a mark on this artist and poet that 51 years later, she published a new volume of poetry that addressed her trauma, revealing her experience to friends and family for the first time.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Letter Voice Actor: Joel Murphy
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Blanca meets a guy at a house party. He's nice enough, but the more she drinks, the more charming he seems. Friends hear about – and see – their hookup, but nobody steps in. The next day, Gossip Central. Blanca is mortified and, worse, memoryless. What does she do now--with the friends who didn't step in when they knew how much she drank? With the secondhand stories?
How can we learn to make peace with our own narrative?
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Letter Voice Actor: Kaela Green
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
It's a crisp fall day and Angela's husband turns on the news. There it is: The Kavanaugh case. A voice on the tv says, "train rape." Angela runs to the television, points at the screen, and says, "that's what happened to me." 30 years later, her 17-year-old self screams for justice.
Hosts: Katie Koestner and Claire Kaplan
Producers: Kelsey Styles and Emily Wang
Editor: Kelsey Styles
Guest Coordinator: Emily Wang
Letter Reading Voice Actor: Michelle Sokol