The Domestic Assault That Shocked The World - Denise Chong
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CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but sometimes, it illuminates the darkness within. In this episode, the fellas are joined by Denise Chong, the best selling author, to chat about her latest book, Out of Darkness. This gripping narrative follows the harrowing journey of Rumana Monzur, a Bangladeshi professor whose life was shattered by a brutal domestic assault. Chong discusses the global scourge of domestic violence, amplified during the pandemic, and the cultural clashes that often compound these issues. We explore Monzur’s incredible resilience and her defiance of societal expectations, and the systemic changes needed to combat domestic abuse. Join us for an eye-opening conversation on power, betrayal, and the strength to rebuild a life with purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | The Powering Politics Podcast is available six times a week, but you might not be. |
| 0:05.9 | If you want to catch up on what happened this week in politics, join me, Laura Dangelow and some of Canada's most tuned-in political strategists to break down the week that was. |
| 0:15.8 | Short on time, the weekly wrap has you covered with a new episode every Saturday. |
| 0:21.4 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:37.2 | All right, folks, this week, we are sitting down with an incredibly accomplished author by the name of Denise Chong. |
| 0:47.3 | She's an award-winning and best-selling author at that. |
| 0:50.4 | And her latest book, Out of Darkness, Ramonemanzzer's journey through betrayal, tyranny, and abuse is out now. |
| 0:59.1 | It's a gripping story of domestic assault that completely shocked the world. |
| 1:04.7 | It's a true story. |
| 1:06.1 | And Denise covers the events of this story and Ramana's life and how this this event sort of shaped |
| 1:14.2 | and shifted her entire life. I'll say this right up off the top. A little bit of a warning |
| 1:20.4 | going into it. There's some pretty graphic and heavy conversations surrounding domestic abuse. |
| 1:25.9 | So just just buckle up for that. |
| 1:28.7 | After our wonderful conversation with Denise, |
| 1:31.2 | we go into a wrap-up where we talk about, |
| 1:34.9 | well, we don't really talk about domestic abuse, |
| 1:37.4 | but we talk about, well, I'll just say we talk about Parkinson's |
| 1:41.7 | masked as domestic abuse through hallucination. |
| 1:46.0 | Whoa, that sounds wild. |
| 1:47.7 | So you should probably stick around to the end. |
| 1:50.3 | And I just want to say, thank you all so much for tuning to the podcast. |
| 1:53.7 | Thanks so much. |
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