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Beyond Fear

Beyond Fear

26 Episodes • By Alexa Sardina & Alissa Ackerman-Acklin • beyondfearpodcast.com
Welcome to the Beyond Fear Podcast. We are your hosts, Alexa Sardina and Alissa Ackerman. This podcast is a labor of love, created by two friends and criminologists who have spent their entire careers studying everything about sex crimes. The twist? We are also both survivors of sexual violence and ...more
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Episode 26: Q&A
As we close out the season, we invite our listeners ... more
Sep 21 2022 1m
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Episode 25: Sexual Harm in Religious Spaces
This episode of Beyond Fear is truly groundbreaking.... more
Sep 7 2022 1h 45m
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Episode 24: Catching Up with Your Co-Hosts
Welcome to Episode 10 Beyond Fear listeners! We real... more
Aug 24 2022 1h 6m
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Episode 23: Broken Trust: When Institutions Fail Survivors
Throughout this podcast, we have discussed the ways ... more
Aug 10 2022 57m
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Episode 22: Invisible Victims: Black Survivors of Sexual Harm
In our last episode, Who is the Ideal Victim? we spo... more
Jul 13 2022 1h 10m
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Episode 21: Who is the 'Ideal Victim'?
Throughout season 1, we have discussed how society, ... more
Jun 29 2022 56m
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Episode 20: Child Sexual Abuse Material: One Click Away
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), previously known... more
Jun 15 2022 1h 8m
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Episode 19: Surviving Trafficking
Episode 5 is the last part of our series of episodes... more
Jun 1 2022 1h 19m
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Episode 18: Understanding Trafficking: Part 2
Human trafficking is an incredibly complex issue tha... more
May 18 2022 1h 1m
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Episode 17 - Understanding Trafficking: Part I
Human trafficking has moved into the public consciou... more
May 4 2022 1h 1m
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Episode 15: Understanding Sex Work
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Apr 20 2022 49m
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Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond Fear of Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes Podcast
Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes P... more
Apr 6 2022 51m
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Bonus Episode: The Things Left Unsaid
Throughout the first season of Beyond Fear: The Sex ... more
Dec 2 2020 55m
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Episode 13: Get Curious
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Nov 11 2020 1h
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Episode 12: Building a Better Life
In Episode 12 of Beyond Fear, we interview David Pre... more
Oct 21 2020 49m
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Episode 11: "Do Women Do Those Things?!"
The image that comes to mind when we think about a p... more
Oct 7 2020 47m
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Episode 10: Once You See, You Can't Unsee
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Sep 23 2020 56m
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Episode 9: Why Should I Care?!
In Episode 9, “Why Should I Care?!”, Alexa interview... more
Sep 9 2020 48m
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Episode 8: The Deliberate Shift
Research shows that, like people who commit other cr... more
Aug 26 2020 35m
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Episode 7: The Second Rape
The Beyond Fear Podcast is one continuous story, whe... more
Aug 12 2020 45m
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Episode 6: How Hasn't it Affected Me?
In “How Hasn’t It Affected Me?” Alexa and Alissa hav... more
Jul 29 2020 1h 10m
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Episode 5: The Weaponization of Sexual Violence
In Episode 5 of Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes Podcast,... more
Jul 15 2020 40m
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Episode 4: The Many Reasons Why
In Episode 4: The Many Reasons Why, Alexa and Alissa... more
Jul 1 2020 37m
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Episode 3: Understanding Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
In Episode 3, Alexa and Alissa interview Dr. Karen T... more
Jun 17 2020 35m
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Episode 2: Into the Weeds: Measuring Silence
“It depends…” This is the language that research oft... more
Jun 8 2020 42m
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