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Something Was Wrong

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

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media | Wondery

True Crime, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 43 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: 


  1. Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). Human Trafficking. Retrieved July 8, 2024, from https://www.dhs.gov/hsi/investigate/human-trafficking
  2. National Human Trafficking Hotline. (n.d.). National Statistics. https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en/statistics
  3. Darkness 2 Light. (2023). Child Sexual Abuse Updates. https://www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Updates.pdf
  4. ​​Strauss Investigation. (n.d.). Ohio State University. https://straussinvestigation.osu.edu/
  5. 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


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I'm Dan Tebursky. In In 2011 something strange began to happen at a high school in

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upstate New York a mystery illness bizarre symptoms and spreading fast. What's

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the answer and what do you do if they tell you it's all in your head?

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0:31.2

What came next is intended for mature audiences only.

0:35.2

Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering such as emotional, physical,

0:40.0

and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder. I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor.

0:48.0

If you're in need of support, please visit something was wrong.com,

0:52.0

forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations

0:56.1

that can help. Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily

1:02.1

represent the views of myself or Broken Cycle Media.

1:06.0

Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes.

1:10.0

Thank you so much for listening. The John Michael Lander is a former Olympic Bound diver, actor, author, speaker, and advocate.

1:43.0

His words and efforts have been seen everywhere from Ty magazine to the TED Talk stage.

1:49.0

He is entitled his experiences of sexual abuse and trafficking and athletes silence.

1:55.6

By sharing his story, his goal is to bring awareness to predatory practices in the athletic

2:01.1

and educational worlds, as well as to change the way society receives

2:05.6

sexual abuse victims.

2:07.8

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.

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