Fresh Take: Dannah Eve, STREET SMARTS

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Margaret and Amy talk with safety expert and digital creator Dannah Eve, author of the new book STREET SMARTS, about the steps women can take to be safer in our daily lives—and how to teach age-appropriate techniques to our children. Drawing on her background in criminology and her experience as a parent, Dannah shares practical strategies for trusting your instincts, recognizing red flags, and navigating both physical and digital spaces with confidence. The conversation explores why women are often taught to suppress their intuition, the science behind fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses, and how rehearsing “what if” scenarios can help families respond more effectively in real-life situations. Margaret, Amy, and Dannah also discuss how to talk to kids about tricky people without resorting to outdated “stranger danger” messaging, and how open communication is a powerful tool for parents to have. This episode is an empowering guide to raising confident kids and helping women feel safer, more aware, and more in control in today’s world. Here's where you can find Dannah: www.dannaheve.com @dannah_eve on IG, TikTok, and YouTube Buy STREET SMARTS: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780063438880 What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ What Fresh Hell podcast, mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, women’s safety, street smarts, dannah eve, parenting and safety, digital safety for kids, online grooming, sextortion, trusting your instincts, fight flight freeze fawn, intuition and safety, raising confident kids, parenting in the digital age, scams and fraud awareness, family safety tips, empowering women, tricky people vs stranger danger, situational awareness, personal safety strategies, safety education for families Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Hello everyone and welcome to Fresh Take from what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood this is margaret
0:38.7	and this is amy today we're talking to dana eve she is a trusted safety expert and digital creator
0:45.0	known for her sharp instincts real world expertise and engaging content that empowers women to
0:50.9	navigate life with confidence her new book street, Street Smarts, teaches women how to
0:56.5	stay safe in every aspect of our daily lives. Welcome, Dana. Thank you guys so much for having me.
1:01.9	Happy to be here. So, Dana, your new book and your social media presence both combine your
1:06.8	background and criminology with your lived experience as a parent of a young child. And your
1:12.3	very quick success in building your platform must mean that you were really getting something
1:17.4	across in your content to women and to parents that just wasn't being delivered elsewhere.
1:21.9	So tell us about that. You know, the world is a scary place. And social media can also be a very
1:27.0	dark place. And especially you go down
1:28.7	the rabbit hole you start scrolling and then the algorithm feeds you more of that content and I came on
1:33.9	with a mission to spread awareness not fear how do I protect myself how do I protect my kids how do I
1:41.0	prevent this from happening to my family how do I not have this be my reality?
1:46.0	And I walk that line very carefully where I, you know, my whole book is to empower you to feel safe
1:52.0	in the world that we live in. I want you to go out and live your life. I just want you to do it with
1:55.7	a street smart head on your shoulders. And I think that I was able to talk about some pretty
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