Podcasts

With the narrative that the best athletes have something different that no one else possesses, it can be easy to hold on to the belief that “you’re different, abuse can’t happen to you”.

I whole-heartedly believed that and I have never been more wrong in my life.

Abuse can and does happen to fantastic athletes. Your talent won’t protect you.

Listening to other peoples’ experiences can be an extremely powerful tool in recognizing situations where abuse might be present.

Individual Episodes

NPR’s Believed Podcast Series

“How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. It's a story of survivors finding their power in a cultural moment when people are coming to understand how important that is. It's also an unnerving exploration of how even well-meaning adults can fail to believe.”