The Trap Podcast
1) 03: Why Do They Do It?
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence How does a boy go from being loving and compassionate, to cruel and controlling? And is it possible for abusers to change? This episode features real-ti...Show More
2) 10: Our Power As People, Part 2
Content warning: domestic abuse, violence, sexual harassment What role might we play—in our workplaces, public institutions and political systems—to free ourselves, and those we love, from the trap?...Show More
3) 09: Our Power As People
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence We know what domestic abuse is and where it lives—so what power do we all have to end the trap? Features: Mary Crooks, Chanel Contos, Terry Real, Peter R...Show More
4) 08: Government, Policy & Power
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence Domestic abuse relies on situations of power-over, rather than power-with—and that way of thinking permeates every aspect of our culture, from our homes t...Show More
5) 07: A Parallel Universe - Systems Abuse
Content warning: domestic abuse, violence and child sexual abuse Domestic abuse isn’t only caused by individuals—it’s embedded in and sustained by our public systems too. Features: Ruth Stearns Mand...Show More
6) 06: Above The Law - Police as Perpetrators
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence When domestic abuse is perpetrated by the police themselves, how do we hold them to account? Features: Mark Wynne, Paula Smith, Alex Roslin, Frank Caridi...Show More
7) 05: The Police
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence What actually happens when victim-survivors report to the police? Do they receive the help and protection they need, or something else entirely? Features...Show More
8) 04: Why Do They Stay?
Content warning: domestic abuse, violence and suicide. It’s one of the most misunderstood questions around domestic abuse—why don’t they just leave? The answer goes to the heart of the problem of the...Show More
9) 01: Setting The Trap
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence. Domestic abuse is not just something that happens to other people—it is the story of all of us. But before we can fix it, we need to see it for what it ...Show More
10) 02: Young Love
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence Nothing is quite as intoxicating as first love—and it’s in these early relationships where patterns of abuse often begin. Features: Chanel Contos, Maree ...Show More