S20: WCN Presents: [John-Michael Lander] An Athlete’s Silence

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.1 • 24.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

*Content warning: childhood abuse, sexual abuse, homophobia, stalking, rape, physical violence, sex trafficking, suicidal ideation, and suicide

Resources:

Darkness to Light: End Child Sexual Abuse - http://d2l.org

The Army of Survivors - https://thearmyofsurvivors.org/

National Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation - https://endsexualexploitation.org/

End Violence Against Women International: https://evawintl.org/

Survivor Space: https://survivorspace.org/

Additional resources + non-profit organizations: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources

Sources:

Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). Human Trafficking. Retrieved July 8, 2024, from https://www.dhs.gov/hsi/investigate/human-trafficking
National Human Trafficking Hotline. (n.d.). National Statistics. https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en/statistics
Darkness 2 Light. (2023). Child Sexual Abuse Updates. https://www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Updates.pdf
Strauss Investigation. (n.d.). Ohio State University. https://straussinvestigation.osu.edu/
Burga, S. (2023, April 23). Congress Re-Introduces Bill to Protect Kids from Online Sexual Abuse. Here’s What To Know. Time Magazine. https://time.com/6273895/congress-re-introduces-bill-to-protect-kids-from-online-sexual-abuse/

John-Michael Lander:

An Athlete’s Silence: https://anathletessilence.com/

John-Michael’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnmichaellander

Surface Tension by John-Michael Lander: https://amzn.to/3q7K1pt

Cracked Surface by John-Michael Lander: https://amzn.to/42499uk

Transcript

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0:00.0	What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only.
0:04.3	Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering,
0:07.0	such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder.
0:13.6	I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor.
0:16.9	If you're in need of support, please visit Something Was Wrong.com
0:20.6	forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help.
0:26.1	Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media.
0:34.8	Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. Thank you so much for
0:40.2	listening. John Michael Lander is a former Olympic-bound diver, actor, author, speaker, and advocate.
1:11.6	His words and efforts have been seen everywhere from Ty Magazine to the TED Talk stage.
1:17.6	He is entitled his experiences of sexual abuse and trafficking and athletes' silence.
1:23.6	By sharing his story, his goal is to bring awareness to predatory practices in the athletic and educational worlds, as well as to change the way society receives sexual abuse victims.
1:36.5	I am so honored he joined me today to discuss how he's transformed all that came next for him into healing for athletes of all ages.
1:46.0	The Broken Cycle Media team is also extremely grateful for John Michael's continued advocacy
1:51.8	and time on what came next. He will be sharing some updates about his journey in episode
1:57.6	78 and even host swaps in episode 79 on the What Came Next feed. Be sure to head to
2:04.6	What Came Next on your preferred podcast platform and subscribe to hear more of John Michael's journey
2:10.7	and from many other powerful survivors. I'm John Michael Lander. My loved ones would say that I'm caring, empathetic,
2:24.1	easy to talk to. I think that's one of my superpowers. I care a lot about people. I want to hear
2:30.2	where they're coming from and what they're going through. I'm a former Olympic diving contender.
2:35.5	I was one of those energetic kids. I was happy. I look forward to the next day all the time
2:41.3	for the new experiences that I was going to see and live with. Everything was a new discovery for me
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