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Cold

Justice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 2

Cold

KSL Podcasts

True Crime, Ksl, Homicide, Cold, Susanpowell, Society & Culture, Westvalleycity, Joyce Yost, Utah, Found, Westvalley, Missing Persons, Murder, Police, Stevepowell, Disappearance, Investigation, Kidnapping, Coldcase, Joshpowell, Documentary

4.840.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Joyce Yost was followed home, threatened and raped by someone she didn't know, the rarest type of sexual assault. Despite being terrified, Joyce reluctantly reported to police. Hosts Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley speak with Sonya Martinez-Ortiz, Executive Director of the Rape Recovery Center about how trauma manifests differently for different people, victim blaming and how society can do better.

Talking Cold is honest and frank conversations about the issues brought forward in the latest episode of the Cold podcast. We begin with Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce. Three ladies, Amy Donaldson, Ann Dent and Sheryl Worsley will talk about weighty issues like sexual assault, the death penalty and failures of the criminal justice system. The goal is more conversation and more understanding.

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If you or someone close to you has experienced rape or any other form of sexual abuse, you can go to RAINN.org to connect with free resources anywhere in the United States.

Episode credits: 

  • Hosts: Amy Donaldson, Sheryl Worsley
  • Audio production: Nina Earnest
  • Audio mixing: Trent Sell
  • KSL executive producer: Sheryl Worsley
  • Workhouse Media executive producers: Paul Anderson, Nick Panella, Andrew Greenwood
  • Amazon Music team: Morgan Jones, Eliza Mills, Vanessa Rebbert, Shea Simpson

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

This podcast includes discussions of rape, sexual assault, and other violent crimes, including murder.

0:06.7

Listener discretion is advised. You should also know that help is available 24-7 if you or someone

0:12.9

close to you has experienced rape or any other form of sexual abuse. In the United States,

0:18.8

you can go to rain.org. That's the Rape Abuse Incest National Network website

0:24.1

at raii-n.org. You can also call 800-656-5-6-Hope to connect with free resources. No one needs

0:34.6

suffer in silence. You are not alone.

0:38.5

Hi, I'm Amy Donaldson. And I'm Cheryl Worsley, and this is Talking Cold.

0:45.6

This is the podcast that seeks to delve into the issues raised in the cold podcast. Today, we're going to discuss episode two, a case of rape. So we need to start again with a giant spoiler alert.

0:56.9

And if you have not listened to episode two of cold, you need to go to Amazon.com slash cold podcast.

1:04.0

Listen to that and then hurry back to us.

1:06.2

And just as a heads up, we're not going to have a big moment section for this episode

1:10.3

because we feel like the conversations that we're having going to have a big moment section for this episode because we feel like

1:11.3

the conversations that we're having are far more important. Today's discussion dives into

1:16.7

issues around sexual assault and you should take care about who you listen with. If you have

1:21.4

kids, you may not want to have them around and whether or not it's right for you.

1:29.0

Our first guest today is Sonia Martinez-Ortiz,

1:31.9

the executive director of the Rape Recovery Center here in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1:35.9

The center provides healing services to survivors of sexual assault,

1:39.9

including advocacy, case management, and therapy.

1:43.5

They also engage in education on prevention and the impacts of sexual violence.

1:48.4

Sonia, I'm really curious what drew you to this work.

1:51.9

Yeah, so I've been a social worker for over a decade and have worked in various community-based

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