Conversation with actor Anthony Edwards and author Stephen Mills

The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we have a conversation with Stephen Mills, author of Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood and actor, producer and director Anthony Edwards who some will remember as Goose from the movie Top Gun or Dr. Greene from the television show ER.

We are grateful for the authenticity and courage of these men as they share their experiences of sexual abuse as boys.

Please join us as we discuss the long term impact of childhood sexual abuse, institutional coverups and the unwillingness of "bystanders" to take a stand.

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0:00.0	I'm Kate and I'm Lori. We've always thought that the most compelling story strikes the perfect
0:05.7	balance between an honest look at the mess of life and the humor that can sometimes be found
0:09.6	in the mess. To be perfectly honest, we don't really know how to live life without both the humor
0:14.4	and the authenticity. Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash. At times we can spend from hard
0:20.3	and deep to humor and laughing on a dime.
0:22.9	The hard will be really hard and the truths we share are the ugliest of humanity. We don't intend to
0:28.7	make it seem like it's all fine or to pretty up the pain. But we also know that the joy we found
0:33.7	is more profound because of the pain. So we hope you can stick with us through the ugly because there will also be joy and hope and humor.
0:42.4	Welcome to the ugly truth about the girl next door.
0:49.5	Hi, welcome back to our podcast, The Ugly Truth About the Girl Next Door.
0:53.0	I'm Kate. And I'm Lori.
0:54.4	And we're back.
0:55.6	Today we have two really incredible guests with us sharing their experience.
1:00.9	We actually had an opportunity to meet them.
1:02.5	If you're familiar with Miranda Pachiana, we interviewed her a while ago, probably a year ago.
1:09.2	And she runs the social media account, the second wound.
1:12.7	She's also a podcast host herself. And she introduced us to our guests today in Connecticut.
1:18.4	So I'll let Lori introduce them formally, but we're really excited to have them with us.
1:23.4	So we are joined today by Stephen Mills. Stephen is the author of the book Chosen, A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood, which won a 22
1:31.9	National Jewish Book Award.
1:33.4	That book chronicles his experience of sexual abuse within the Jewish community and his
1:39.2	ultimate journey through that experience.
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