A Thin Line | Chapter 6

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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During booms, the Permian Basin sees a rise in prostitution charges. But misperceptions and stereotypes about sex work have led to policies that may actually harm the women involved. SimpliSafe: Get free shipping plus a 60-day money-back guarantee at SimpliSafe.com/boomtown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	a
0:10.0	top story tonight.
0:12.0	Shining a light on a topic that
0:15.0	typically stays in the dark.
0:17.0	Sex trafficking.
0:18.0	Human trafficking, a big problem in
0:19.0	West Texas.
0:20.0	Well, Homeland Security says the
0:21.0	population growth in West Texas
0:23.0	is fueling the problem of both human
0:25.0	and sex trafficking.
0:26.0	No, that's the police investigating
0:28.0	a massage parlor for prostitution and
0:30.0	potential human trafficking.
0:32.0	I'm Christian Wallace and this is
0:42.0	Boomtown, a podcast about the
0:44.0	old boom playing out right now in the
0:46.0	Permian Basin.
0:47.0	On our last episode, guest host
0:51.0	Susan Elizabeth Shepherd introduced
0:53.0	us to the women caching in on the
0:55.0	boom by slinging coffee, beer and
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