11 episodes
The Trap Victorian Women's Trust
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- Society & Culture
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4.9 • 257 Ratings
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This is a series about love, abuse and power. Hosted by Jess Hill, this podcast looks deeply at abuse that happens in private, and in public, searching the world for answers to the questions that continue to confound us. Why does domestic abuse persist? Why do people become abusive? And what can we do to prevent it?
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10: Our Power As People, Part 2
Content warning: domestic abuse, violence, sexual harassment
What role might we play—in our workplaces, public institutions and political systems—to free ourselves, and those we love, from the trap?
Features: Christine Nixon, Marcia Neave, David Martin, Kathleen Foley, Phil Cleary, Josh Bornstein
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09: Our Power As People
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence
We know what domestic abuse is and where it lives—so what power do we all have to end the trap?
Features: Mary Crooks, Chanel Contos, Terry Real, Peter Robinson, Joplin Higgins, Kim O’Reilly, Carmel O’Brien
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08: Government, Policy & Power
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence
Domestic abuse relies on situations of power-over, rather than power-with—and that way of thinking permeates every aspect of our culture, from our homes to the halls of Parliament.
Features: Mary Crooks, Bob Pease, Russ Vickery, June Oscar and Dr Mary Graham.
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07: A Parallel Universe - Systems Abuse
Content warning: domestic abuse, violence and child sexual abuse
Domestic abuse isn’t only caused by individuals—it’s embedded in and sustained by our public systems too.
Features: Ruth Stearns Mandel, David Mandel, Susan Lackner, Grant Wyeth and a number of victim-survivors whose identities are protected.
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06: Above The Law - Police as Perpetrators
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence
When domestic abuse is perpetrated by the police themselves, how do we hold them to account?
Features: Mark Wynne, Paula Smith, Alex Roslin, Frank Caridi and a number of victim-survivors whose identities are protected.
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05: The Police
Content warning: domestic abuse and violence
What actually happens when victim-survivors report to the police? Do they receive the help and protection they need, or something else entirely?
Features: Karina Hogan, Frank Caridi, Chloe McCardel, Paula Smith, and a number of victim-survivors whose identities are protected.
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Customer Reviews
Essential listening
We need to be aware, to know more, to understand…
I’m absolutely gobsmacked that many people with power and influence (police and family court) can be so ignorant and so damaging to the lives of people who need protection.
Incredible podcast.
Thank you Jess
This is the most profoundly insightful podcast. I have read and listened to every word you speak and write. I have been a victim of monumental and ongoing abuse. … post separation. The coercive control was and remains out of control. My children are trapped in the vortex, although I have left; The legal system has abandoned them. Everyone needs to understand coercive control and the surreptitious nature of much of it.
Life Changing
I was recommended Jess Hill’s podcast and book (See What You Made Me Do) by my trauma counsellor to help me understand what I was going through was DV. Jess’s work has helped me come to terms with the trauma I’ve been surviving through for years. I’ve now left my abusive partner and I’m not just surviving anymore, I’m living!!!
Thank you Jess from the bottom of my heart