Gooned

Emma Lehman
Gooned

Gooned is a deep dive into an industry with blood on its hands. The Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) is a network of profit-incentivized behavior modification facilities for youth, ranging from wilderness programs to therapeutic boarding schools. The decades-old industry uses predatory tactics to capitalize on families in crisis and victimize hundreds of thousands of children and teens every year.  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

  1. 2: The Hard Way

    2023/12/06

    2: The Hard Way

    Episode 2: The Hard Way With just a few clicks and a phone call, anyone can hire “goons,” or legal kidnappers, to take their child away in the middle of the night. Emma goes undercover as Nancy, a fictional mother looking to transport her daughter to a wilderness therapy program, and discovers just how easy it is for the average parent to hire a pair of goons to abduct their child under the cover of darkness. Find Gooned at goonedpodcast.com and on TikTok @goonedpodcast. To see the transport estimates and forms in full, listen to the entire call, and read the email communications with transport agencies, head to Patreon.com/goonedpodcast. Credits Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show. The research of Jamie Mater, who was interviewed in this episode, can be found at https://www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/spring-2022/troubled-teen-industry-and-its-effects-oral-history.    Sources and Further Reading The Troubled Teen Industry and Its Effects: An Oral History   A Closer Look at Involuntary Treatment and the Use of Transport Service in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (Wilderness Therapy)   OAR 309-033-0432: Standards for the Approval of a Secure Transport Provider to Transport a Person in Custody or On Diversion to an Approved Holding Hospital or Nonhospital Facility   AMATS website   Utah S.B. 239 Congregate Care Program Amendments Transcripts available at goonedpodcast.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    33 分钟
  2. 1: The EdCon

    2023/12/06

    1: The EdCon

    Episode 1: The EdCon Educational consultants, or EdCons, are a first step in the pipeline into the Troubled Teen Industry. Meet Nancy, Emma’s 57-year-old alter-ego, and Sharon, the mother of a child currently in a wilderness program, to learn how consultants use parents’ desperation to funnel kids into the TTI. Find Gooned at goonedpodcast.com and on TikTok @goonedpodcast. To see the parent handbooks and other documents referenced in this episode, along with exclusive content and early access to episodes, head to patreon.com/goonedpodcast.  Credits Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show. Special thanks to Martin Gottesfeld and Nora Ashleigh Barrie, whose reporting contributed to researching this episode.   Sources and Further Reading Jump and Don’t Look Back   Sex Offender, Teen Suicides and $10K Fine Plague Utah Autism Program   Forty-nine States Slowly Realize Utah Is Not Safe Place for Children   Teen's death helps close "Troubled Teen" Center Diamond Ranch Academy    Victims of the Troubled Teen Industry in the United States   Residential Programs: Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketing   Facility Deaths   Transcripts available at goonedpodcast.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    31 分钟
  3. 5: Straight, Inc.

    2023/12/27

    5: Straight, Inc.

    Episode 5: Straight, Inc. Straight, Incorporated was one of the earliest troubled teen industry programs to take hold in the United States, garnering support from the media and the likes of Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana. Hear from a survivor of Straight, Inc. about the program that became a blueprint for the industry’s current practices. Find Gooned at goonedpodcast.com and on TikTok @goonedpodcast. For more information about Straight, Incorporated, to listen to testimonies, and to read some of the reports and news articles, head to Patreon.com/goonedpodcast. Credits Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show.  Sources and Further Reading 1978 Task Force Investigation of Straight Inc.   1983 Report on Class Action Suit Against Straight, Inc.   Weaver v. Straight, Inc.   Straight, Inc. Letters written to Nancy Reagan   1978 Project Straight Inc. Investigation   Florida Department of Administration 1978 Fiscal Monitoring Abstract Straight Inc.   Research for the Florida Department of Administration’s 1978 Fiscal Monitoring Abstract Straight Inc.   Research for the Florida Department of Administration 1978 Fiscal Monitoring Abstract Straight Inc., part 2   An Examination of Straight Incorporated, by Andrew & Barbara Malcolm   Straight, Inc. Brimmer Inquiry   Letter to CBS President Regarding “60 Minutes” reporting on Straight   Transcripts available at goonedpodcast.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    35 分钟
  4. 6: Money Talks

    2024/01/03

    6: Money Talks

    Episode 6: Money Talks The TTI is a multi-billion-dollar industry whose funding is nearly untraceable by design. Tracking where this money comes from and whose pockets it lines is crucial to understand how an industry built around victimizing the vulnerable has continued to thrive for so long. Find Gooned at goonedpodcast.com and on TikTok @goonedpodcast. For exclusive bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and further reading, head to Patreon.com/goonedpodcast. Remember to rate, review, and follow Gooned wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out goonedpodcast.com for more information. Credits Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show.  Sources and Further Reading A Profitable 'Death Trap' - Sequel youth facilities raked in millions while accused of abusing children - NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/profitable-death-trap-sequel-youth-facilities-raked-millions-while-accused-n1251319 Social Security Act §1905  https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title19/1905.htm 2022 GAO Report https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-104670 Trapped in Treatment S1E4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0PhYwQXafHNEUbCN4mNCnq?si=XyJuInWwRLeJrDPSQVE_JQ Youth were abused here - APM Reports https://www.apmreports.org/story/2020/09/28/for-profit-sequel-facilities-children-abused Five Facts About the Troubled Teen Industry - American Bar https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/committees/childrens-rights/practice/2021/5-facts-about-the-troubled-teen-industry/#:~:text=Descriptions%20of%20experiences%20in%20the,needs%20like%20food%20and%20water. Transcripts available at goonedpodcast.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    32 分钟
  5. 7: NATSAP

    2024/01/10

    7: NATSAP

    Episode 7: NATSAP Emma goes undercover at a conference for members of NATSAP, the preeminent trade organization for troubled teen industry programs and directors, to discover the culture of those at the head of the machine. Find Gooned at goonedpodcast.com and on TikTok @goonedpodcast.To see the notes and materials from the NATSAP conference and read the study that was presented, head to Patreon.com/goonedpodcast. Remember to rate, review, and follow Gooned wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out goonedpodcast.com for more information. Credits Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show.  Sources and Further Reading The Troubled Teen Industry and Its Effects - An Oral History, Jamie Mater Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketing, Statement of Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director Forensic Audits and Special Investigations Cases Of Child Neglect And Abuse At Private Residential Treatment Facilities, 2007 Salem couple sues school over son's suicide “Jump and don’t look back”—three-story suicide is latest in Utah’s troubled teen industry Leaked Audio Brings More Attention To Utah’s ’Troubled Teen Industry' NATSAP and the TTI - Unsilenced Transcripts available at goonedpodcast.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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Gooned is a deep dive into an industry with blood on its hands. The Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) is a network of profit-incentivized behavior modification facilities for youth, ranging from wilderness programs to therapeutic boarding schools. The decades-old industry uses predatory tactics to capitalize on families in crisis and victimize hundreds of thousands of children and teens every year.  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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