Ep. 111 - David Zach ”Human Trafficking pt. 1”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio:This week I welcome David Zach. David Zach is the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Remedy Drive as well as an advocate in the fight against human trafficking. The band has recorded two concept albums to shine a light on slavery and to celebrate the modern day abolition. The band's community and fan base has contributed around $350,000 in donations and in-kind donations to the counter trafficking organization The Exodus Road. When the band is not on tour David volunteers with The Exodus Road as an undercover operative. He spends time in brothels and in the red-light districts where underage girls and boys are sold by the hour. His role while undercover is to identify instances of minors being sold, and to capture actionable evidence of their trafficking using covert gear, some of which is funded by the Remedy Drive community and fan base. Upon returning from deployment overseas David uses the band and his platform to advocate for the victims of human trafficking, to shine a light on slavery and to speak about his time overseas with the goal of recruiting and funding the fight which is the modern underground railroad. He has spoken at many of the major festivals during talkback sessions, main stages and seminar tents. He also speaks at colleges, conferences, high school campuses and churches. David's message centers upon a core belief of both Remedy Drive and The Exodus Road - "Justice is in the hands of the ordinary". To hear about raids/rescues and everything going on the front lines text “remedy” to 51555. Guest/Music Links:www.remedydrive.com Twitter: @remedydrive Instagram: @remedydrive Facebook: @remedydrivehttps://pages.theexodusroad.com Twitter: @theexodusroad Instagram: @theexodusroad Facebook: @theexodusroad Enjoy the music?Songs heard on this episode were: “Sunlight on Her Face” from the album, The North Star. “Commodity, Under the Starlight, and Take Cover” from the album, Commodity. You can find Remedy Drive’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music is sold!This episode of the Deconstructionists Podcast was edited by John Williamson and mixed and produced by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information: www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, or follow us on social mediaJoin our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionists Website by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen PfluigT-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Dismantling these criminal networks is a crucial part to bring injustice.
0:05.0	Like it has to be happening for there to be any real systemic change in a region.
0:11.0	Because what it does, it says somebody's watching.
0:14.0	And now suddenly it's a little more dangerous for you to traffic a kid.
0:18.0	And it's a little more dangerous for you to go and have sex with a 15-0 girl. Because no longer can you just do it in the back one of these clubs I go in, they might have to, they might have to feel in a little more dodgy situations. It might be in a back alley. It might be in a part of town you don't want to go into. And that's what we're part of. We're driving it into the shadows. We're making it more dangerous.
0:37.9	We're making it more expensive.
0:39.5	And we're just a constant thorn in the side of these criminal networks.
0:42.8	Some of them international criminal networks.
0:44.5	Of a farmer's bright, so much to fear and so much to hide.
0:51.1	She hides.
0:53.2	She's resigned and seems an exhausted too
0:56.7	She's got memories of a dream that got lost in room
1:00.4	But her eyes don't bleed from across the room
1:03.5	I write a love song for the...
1:05.6	Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast.
1:07.4	I'm your host John Williamson
1:08.6	And we are going to start a new series this week,
1:12.6	and this is the first of two episodes covering the topic of human trafficking or sex trafficking.
1:19.7	And so this is a topic that I've wanted to cover for a while, but didn't necessarily know where to go
1:24.7	to get good resources on it and to, uh, to educate myself,
1:29.0	because I'll be honest. And as I admit, uh, in this episode and the other episode, um, I,
1:34.6	I knew actually very little about it. I just kind of assumed, uh, incorrectly that this is something
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