S25 Ep25: WCN Presents: [Danny Cords] An Upstander Unto Yourself
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media
4.1 • 26K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
*Content warning: divorce, conversion therapy, reorientation therapy, cyberstalking, stalking, emotional and psychological abuse, death threats, and criminal threats.
Danny Cords is an organizational psychologist and victim advocate from Seattle. He began harnessing his voice and speaking out for others after leaving conversion therapy in his late teens. But his advocacy mission only intensified after being subjected to years of cyberstalking. He hopes to bring awareness and healing to victims all over the world, as well as legal change too. His related (and unrelated) work and efforts have been featured on the stage, television, radio, podcasts, and more. We are extremely grateful that Danny was willing to share all that came next in his personal, professional, legal, and media journeys.
*Resources:
- Danny Cords's website: https://www.dannycords.com/
- End Tech-Enabled Abuse: endtab.org
- Organization for Social Media Safety: https://www.socialmediasafety.org/
*Sources:
-Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-awareness-month
-Cybersecurity, RAND Corporation, www.rand.org/topics/cybersecurity.html
-Stalking Fact Sheet, The Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center, www.stalkingawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SPARC_StalkngFactSheet_2018_FINAL.pdf
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SWW S25 E24 BTS and Q & A Part 2
*Content Warning: friendship betrayal, infidelity, stalking, domestic violence, institutional betrayal, institutional trauma, and murder.
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Transcript
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| 0:30.1 | I was in a soft play centre on the hottest day of the year when my daughter asked me, |
| 0:35.2 | Mama, are we having fun now? |
| 0:38.1 | And honestly, I wasn't so sure. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm comedian Susie Ruffle, |
| 0:42.2 | and my book, Am I Having Fun Now, |
| 0:44.1 | is an honest, funny look at navigating life with anxiety. |
| 0:48.1 | It features bonus unfiltered chats |
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| 1:04.4 | What came next is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 1:09.2 | Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, |
| 1:11.8 | such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder. |
| 1:18.4 | I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor. |
| 1:21.8 | If you're in need of support, please visit Something Was Wrong.com |
| 1:25.4 | forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help. |
| 1:30.9 | Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media. |
| 1:39.6 | Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. |
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