Hi, I'm Kate. And I'm Lori. We've always thought that the most compelling story

strikes the perfect balance between an honest look at the mess of life and the humor that can be found in the mess.

To be perfectly honest, we don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times. We can spin from hard, We don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times.

We can spin from hard and deep to humor and laughing on a dime.

The hard will be really hard and the truths we share are the ugliest of humanity.

We don't intend to make it seem like it's all fine or to pretty up the pain.

But we also know that the joy we found is all the more profound because of the pain. So we hope you can stick with us through the ugly

because there will also be joy and hope and humor. Welcome to the ugly truth about the girl

next door. Hi, welcome back to our podcast, the ugly truth about the girl next door. I'm Kate. I'm Lori.

And we are continuing on in our two-part episode. Last week, you heard us talk about family control

trafficking and what it looks like and how it's

different from other types of trafficking and, you know, kind of what's out in the world and what

people think of when they hear the word trafficking. And today we're going to kind of continue on

with more information about that. So we want to start today's episode by talking about what is out in the world and what

the professionals in the anti-trafficking efforts and the anti-trafficking movement

kind of know about and typically the services that are offered.

So Lori, go for it. Okay. So what we know is that there

are some pretty significant holes in the understanding and availability of services based on an

understanding of family controlled sex trafficking.

It is very, very important to understand that it's a,

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