What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only.

Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering,

such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder.

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Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media.

Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. Matthew Cohn is a business professional and musician from Los Angeles, California.

Our personal history begins in the early 2000s when we were connected through mutual friends. At the time, Matt shared very little

of his experiences of abuse in the troubled teen industry. In fact, it wasn't until he watched the

2020-4 Netflix, The Program,

cons, cults, and kidnapping, that he truly came to terms with all of the horrors he had seen

and faced.

Admittedly, it was a validating, eye-opening experience for him to watch.

The Broken Cycle Media team is extremely grateful for his candidness today,

as well as all of his efforts he's making to change the troubled teen industry.

Hi, I'm Matt Cohn.

I'm a 37-year-old stockbroker and bass guitarist living in Los Angeles.

I am also a survivor of the troubled teen industry, also known as the TTI, and institutional child abuse. I was adopted, grew up in a middle-class home,

a clever kid, always loved school, huge bookworm my entire life, really liked music. I used to

annoy the carpool because they wanted to listen to the top 40 hits and I wanted

to listen to the oldie station so that I could hear the Motown, kind of a odd duck, but harmless.

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