275: What if the demons were too large to see?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
After divorcing her first husband and starting a new life, a woman meets The One, but when one night he doesn’t come home, she calls the police and her world is turned upside down.
Today's episode featured Amanda Quick. You can contact her on Instagram @amandaquickhealing. You can read more about the many layers of her story in her memoir "The Sex Trafficker's Wife: A Story of Truth, Faith, and Trust in Self" - Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. You can also find more links and reach out on her website at: thesextraffickerswife.com
Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason Blalock, Andrew Waits
Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual abuse of a minor, sex trafficking, sex trafficking of minors, explicit language
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Intro Music: ""Illabye" – Tipper
Music Bed: Ambient Themes by Nigel Coutinho
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| 0:08.3 | Hello, it is Matt and Alice from British Scandal here. |
| 0:12.5 | And we wanted to let you know that this season we are very excited to be covering the Cambridge |
| 0:18.2 | spies. |
| 0:19.2 | It's got everything you could possibly want from a series of British Scandal. |
| 0:22.8 | Treachery in the establishment, overconfident public schoolboys and strange meetings on |
| 0:27.6 | part benches. |
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| 0:58.6 | This is actually happening, features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 1:06.4 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for |
| 1:09.8 | more information about support services. |
| 1:12.0 | I don't even know how I'm supposed to respond. |
| 1:23.3 | I don't even know what I'm supposed to feel. |
| 1:25.5 | I don't even have an emotional reaction at this point. |
| 1:28.5 | I just sit in shock. |
| 1:30.9 | And as I did with every other time in my life, I go, I'm going to fix it. |
| 1:34.7 | I'm going to help. |
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