Welcome back to the Speakeasy podcast where we have hard and honest conversations, which is exactly what we're going to do today. I have Susan Peters with me. She is the CEO of Unbound Now, which is an organization on the front lines of the fight against human and sex trafficking. And obviously, I want to be up front. This is a heavy topic.

But obviously, like, I believe that the uncomfortable conversations are the most important ones.

We were very intentional throughout our conversation to not be gratuitous or unnecessarily graphic.

But I do think that this conversation could change the way that you see your

neighborhood, your community, and your role in protecting the most vulnerable among us.

And I am so thankful to have Susan here on the show. I have an intimate connection to

Unbound now. I really love some of the people that are involved,

and we have personally been partners with this organization for two years now,

and it is such a gift to get to have her on and talk about something that really matters in general,

but has been something that I've

been passionate about since I was in college. And so I wanted to give you the heads up that,

yeah, we're talking about something heavy, but I hope that you listen. I hope that you learn

something and that you walk away with value for yourself and your family and also for your community around us.

So let's get into it.

Susan, welcome to the speak-easy.

Oh, thanks for having me.

This is actually such a delight because we got to meet in person briefly.

There was a lot of demand for your attention.

But we have an interesting connection in this work that my childhood best friends,

sister-in-law runs one of your organizations here local to me in Baton Rouge.

And I think that connection just makes it a little bit cooler.

I adore Holly.

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