Surviving Trafficking w/ Megan Lundstrom

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking Megan Lundstrom is the Co-Founder and Director of Research at The Avery Center, an organization that creates trauma-informed services backed by survivor-led sex trafficking research. Megan has consulted for the Department of Homeland Security and Polaris Project and has created and delivered training and educational presentations in the academic community as well as a variety of organizations including the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Institute at Villanova University Law School. Ms. Lundstrom’s research on cultic theory was internationally published through United Nations University and presented at the International Cultic Studies Association annual conference. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado. Megan shares with Rachel the intimate details of her story of survival, explaining how her upbringing in a legalistic Christian cult contributed to her vulnerability to sex trafficking. Throughout their emotional conversation, Rachel and Megan unpack the characteristics of high control groups pointing out the similarities in the playbook of sex traffickers. They explore her healing journey so far and the story of how she came to co-found the Avery Center and work towards restorative justice. Before You Go: Rachel points out how incapable law enforcement can be in their pursuit of sex trafficking perpetrators, and explains the importance of prioritizing survivors' needs while navigating the changes necessary in the policy and practice of law enforcement. More info on The Avery Center here: https://theaverycenter.org/ More on Megan's story here: https://www.elle.com/culture/a36898189/0086-0088-megan-s-account-august-2021/ Thanks to all of our newest Patreon supporters: Amrit K Khalsa, Natalie Zett, Maria Campbell, Mo Hellbender, Ruth Crossman, Ms.Kyle, Kerry Ose, and Amy Tiemann!! To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination You can help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control. I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.7	Hey, Inductorination fans, it's Meredith from the podcast, Meredith for Real, the curious introvert.
0:19.5	I talk with paradoxical people who share unlikely lessons,
0:23.8	like the teen rehab survivor on separating identity from trauma, episode 60.
0:29.1	If you like personal development and are ready to meet people outside the algorithm,
0:33.2	come visit me at Meredith for Real, The Curious Introvert, wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:38.5	You're listening to Indctrination. Here's your host, Master Listener, Rachel Bernstein.
0:47.7	Hi, everyone. Before I introduce the guest for today, I just want to say two things. One is that there is still so much
0:56.6	unrest all around the world. I mean, there are oftentimes of unrest in many places, but we are
1:03.1	thinking about the people who are in Ukraine, people who have needed to emigrate to other places
1:10.7	from Ukraine, people who are in flux,
1:14.5	who are feeling unmoored right now. Just know that we are all thinking about you. I also wanted to
1:22.0	make mention of something that I said to a client who said you might want to mention it on the
1:27.1	podcast. And it was that there are times when I am doing an interview and I'm on my computer and I am recording with someone and I need to lift the computer up a bit higher for whatever reason just because of the height of the chair.
1:41.4	And I try to take a book from my shelf that's thematically related to the theme of the show. It just feels connected to me in some way.
1:51.1	And I said about nine times out of ten, the book that I choose is George Orwell's 1984.
1:57.8	So very often, if I have interviewed you, 1984 is right there under the computer because
2:03.6	so much of what people deal with is this life where things have been so topsy-turvy and up is down
2:10.5	and down is up and right is wrong. And truth is fiction, fiction's truth.
2:24.1	So I wanted to introduce the guest for today.
2:29.7	This is going to be a very powerful discussion, and there's so much more for her to talk about, and I hope that she'll be able to come back on.
2:34.1	She's doing groundbreaking work and has been through so much.
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