ICYMI - The TikTokkers Taking Down the Troubled Teen Industry
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The “troubled teen” industry, which refers to a network of private wilderness youth programs, therapeutic boarding schools, and residential treatment centers has recently come under scrutiny thanks to TikTok. Survivors of this industry have taken to the app to post stories of their traumatic experiences. On today’s show, Madison and Rachelle talk to Kendee and Daniel, two TikTokkers who’ve become voices of the “troubled teen” industry survivor movement. They take us through what they refer to as “legal kidnapping”, the harsh conditions and manual labor they were subjected to, what life’s been like since they got out, and how TikTok has helped them heal.
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| 0:00.0 | Please, like, I can't go back to these places. |
| 0:03.4 | You've no idea. |
| 0:04.4 | There was no convincing them, no matter what I said. |
| 0:06.9 | So I just didn't trust them. |
| 0:08.5 | It made me not trust anyone, not even my own family. |
| 0:13.1 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. |
| 0:14.6 | And I'm Madison Malone Kircher. |
| 0:16.4 | You're listening to I-C-Y-M-I. |
| 0:18.4 | In case you missed this. |
| 0:19.6 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:21.7 | And today we're giving a eulogy. |
| 0:23.6 | Time to play a dirge. |
| 0:25.3 | And you know where you can play it? |
| 0:27.2 | Not on the iPod. |
| 0:28.4 | Because it's dead. |
| 0:30.8 | Our iPod. |
| 0:32.0 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:35.3 | On Tuesday, Apple announced that it would officially, after so many years, discontinue the iPod Touch, |
| 0:42.3 | which is the final iPod model to be sold, meaning officially, other than resales, iPod is officially dead. |
| 0:55.5 | For the Lolo price of $199 while supplies last, you can purchase that one final iPod. |
| 1:02.0 | Honestly, I still remember, and I feel like I'm dating myself, I still remember around like |
| 1:08.1 | the year that iPods got external speakers for the first time |
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