The 2 Best Gooned Podcast Episodes
1) Trailer: Gooned
Gooned is a deep dive into an industry with blood on its hands. The Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) is a network of profit-incentivized behavior modification facilities for youth, ranging from wildernes...Show More
2) 1: The EdCon
Episode 1: The EdCon Educational consultants, or EdCons, are a first step in the pipeline into the Troubled Teen Industry. Meet Nancy, Emma’s 57-year-old alter-ego, and Sharon, the mother of a child ...Show More
3) 12: The Big Question
Episode 12: The Big QuestionIf not the Troubled Teen Industry, then what else? Where can families, caregivers, schools, the justice system, and the courts look for effective support for struggling tee...Show More
4) 11: Lipstick on a Pig
Episode 11: Lipstick on a PigIt all started with Paris Hilton: since 2020, legislation passed to regulate and oversee the Troubled Teen Industry has outpaced the previous 50 years combined. Hear abou...Show More
5) 10: Afterwards
Episode 10: AfterwardsMany survivors can remember their very first day out – often, it’s their 18th birthday, a much-anticipated day when, suddenly, they are free. But where do you go from there? Hear...Show More
6) 9: Pray the Gay Away
Episode 9: Pray the Gay Away Conversion therapy has been disavowed by nearly every major medical organization in the United States, but survivors and staff say it is still a prevalent practice in the ...Show More
7) 8: The System Gone Mad
Episode 8: The System Gone Mad Parents aren’t the only ones who can send kids away. Learn about the government’s role in putting juvenile offenders, foster youth, and other wards of the state into th...Show More
8) 7: NATSAP
Episode 7: NATSAP Emma goes undercover at a conference for members of NATSAP, the preeminent trade organization for troubled teen industry programs and directors, to discover the culture of those at ...Show More
9) 6: Money Talks
Episode 6: Money Talks The TTI is a multi-billion-dollar industry whose funding is nearly untraceable by design. Tracking where this money comes from and whose pockets it lines is crucial to understa...Show More
10) 5: Straight, Inc.
Episode 5: Straight, Inc. Straight, Incorporated was one of the earliest troubled teen industry programs to take hold in the United States, garnering support from the media and the likes of Nancy Rea...Show More