Eden Knight w/ Zoe

Pod Damn America

Comedy

4.3 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Eden Knight was a young trans woman who was recently trafficked back to her native Saudi Arabia, culminating in a series of events that lead to her death. Her friend Zoe aka @zoebroogs joins us to discuss the story and its larger implications regarding a mysterious cyber security firm, Saudi Arabia, religion, the internet, and more, as well as just to discuss and celebrate her life. RESOURCES Gofundme to help support Eden’s partner Parker: https://gofund.me/bb3c4d79 Draft Letter to send to your representative to amend trafficking law to include kidnapping for reasons of sexual orientation and gender identity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMyr-5Ua2t567Qr0qdcESNfy3_bMpHrG- ZQq66gPdIs/edit MENA/SWANA/Arab/Muslim queer and trans orgs to support: alQaws @alQaws www.alqaws.org (LGBTQ+ Palestinian org) Helem @HelemLebanon helem.net (LGBTQ+ org for SWANA region based out of Lebanon) TarabNYC @TarabNYCorg (LGBTQ+ org for MENA people in New York) https://tarabnyc.org/ Masjid al-Rabia @masjidalrabia (LGBTQ+ Muslim org in Chicago) https://masjidalrabia.org/ Queer Crescent @queercrescent ( LGBTQ+ Muslim liberation and abolitionist org based out of Oakland) https://www.queercrescent.org/ Imaan @ImaanLGBTQ (LGBTQ+ Muslim support org based in the UK) Hidayah @HidayahLGBTQI (LGBTQ+ org in the UK and US) https://hidayahlgbt.com/ Other resources/orgs: Trans Asylum Seekers Support Network @transasylum (support collective for trans people detained by ICE) Lambda Legal @LambdaLegal(LGBTQ+ legal organization) https://lambdalegal.org/ Transgender Law Center @TransLawCenter (Trans legal organization) https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ Trans Justice Funding Project @TransJusticeFP ( Trans Community led giving initiative) https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/ The Trevor Project @TrevorProject (Suicide Prevention and mental health org for LGBTQ youth) https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Trans Lifeline @TransLifeline (Trans peer support and crisis hotline) https://translifeline.org/ (links to several more resources and orgs for LGBTQ people) https://lgbtqfamilyacceptance.org/ MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

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0:00.0	Locked them into positions of hopelessness and helplessness.
0:10.0	The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law,
0:16.0	and then wants us to sing God bless America.
0:19.0	No, no, no, not God bless America.
0:21.6	God damn America that's in the Bible for killing innocent people.
0:26.6	God damn America for treating her citizens as less than human.
0:31.6	God damn America as long as she tries to act like she is tough and she is supreme.
0:43.3	Hello, welcome to Poddam America.
0:46.3	I am one of the hosts of this show, Jake Flores.
0:49.3	Hello, you know me.
0:51.3	Hi, if you are a regular listener and you are wondering why the show came out a little bit late this week, I apologize. It's been a long weekend. I've been a little under the weather. I work at a bar and this weekend was St. Patrick's Day, which is the dumbest day to work at a bar of the entire year.
1:16.2	So, a little worn out.
1:18.7	So I apologize, but this should come out tonight, Sunday night slash Monday morning.
1:27.3	I also am putting this out a little bit late because we're dealing with a very serious topic
1:33.8	today and I wanted to make it well organized and do this episode right.
1:41.2	So I took a little bit of extra time with it.
1:45.2	So you'll understand that as we get into what we're talking about today.
1:49.7	So I again, apologize.
1:51.8	Thanks for listening.
1:53.7	Yada, yada, yada.
1:56.5	Today we are talking about something rather serious.
2:01.2	I might as well just come out and lay it out there.
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