Whistleblower of the Week Jane Turner

This week, WOW Host Jane Turner speaks with Ted Blickwedel. Blickwedel is a Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel and combat veteran who became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker after retiring. He blew the whistle on the VA’s productivity policies that put pressure on counselors who treat combat veterans. Blickwedel asserted the VA’s policies were harmful to counselors and compromised the quality of care for veterans. He describes his whistleblower journey and a blueprint for fellow whistleblowers to use from his lessons learned, which is featured in his book Broken Promises: Marine Combat Veteran Turns Whistleblower Exposing Compromised Mental Health Care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).



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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane
Turner continues her conversation with Ashley Gjøvik. A former senior
engineering program manager at Apple, Gjøvik was fired from the tech giant after
raising a series of concerns including environmental concerns, violations of
employee privacy, harassment, and retaliation.

In this second part of a two-part podcast, Gjøvik and Turner discuss the ideals of
whistleblowing as well as a deeply researched piece on whistleblowing she wrote
for Covert Action Magazine.

If you missed it, check out part 1 of this conversation!
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In this special episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane Turner records from Washington D.C., where she is in town to celebrate National Whistleblower Day on Capitol Hill.

Turner is joined by Whistleblower of the Week producer Victoria Thompson to discuss the Revolutionary War origins of National Whistleblower Day, the past decade of Senate National Whistleblower Day resolutions, and inspiring whistleblower stories.
“National Whistleblower Day is a time that allows whistleblowers and advocates to get together and share their journeys and experiences, learn new facts, and set the agenda for the future,” Jane explains.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane
Turner talks with Ashley Gjøvik. A former senior engineering program manager at
Apple, Gjøvik was fired from the tech giant after raising a series of concerns
including environmental concerns, violations of employee privacy, harassment,
and retaliation.
In this first part of two-part podcast, Gjøvik recounts the story of how she blew
the whistle on Apple’s mishandling of an office complex built on a Superfund
site. Gjøvik discusses how her initial whistleblowing led to a long series of
retaliation and harassment.
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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane
Turner talks with Allison Herren Lee, former Commissioner of the SEC who now
serves as Of Counsel for the whistleblower defense law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto. Turner and Lee discuss Lee’s experience working with whistleblowers at the SEC and how she saw their bravery firsthand. Lee also explains why after leaving the Commission she felt compelled to join a whistleblower defense firm.

“I saw firsthand what it meant in a case to have a whistleblower who was willing
to help, who was willing to come forward, who was willing to point out corruption,
legal violations, any number of issues,” Lee states. “And I also saw the price they
paid. So my view was quite firmly: these are partners in law enforcement and we
should do everything we can to protect them.”


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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane
Turner talks with the leading whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn about the
release of his book, Rules for Whistleblowers. In this episode, we learn how whistleblowers have saved lives, stopped frauds, protected their jobs, and earned million-dollar rewards for doing the right thing.
Rules for Whistleblowers is Kohn’s seventh book on whistleblowing and is a fully
updated and expanded revision of The Whistleblower’s Handbook, the first-ever
comprehensive consumer guide to exposing workplace wrongdoing.
In the book, Kohn lays out thirty-five rules which highlight the “traps” facing
whistleblowers today and address how to file anonymous cases and qualify for
multi-million-dollar rewards. Kohn carefully explains complex rules governing
laws including the Dodd-Frank, IRS, and False Claims Acts, as well as detailed
strategies for fighting retaliation. He also covers controversial issues such as
taping, removing documents, and ignoring nondisclosure agreements.
More information on Kohn’s book Rules for Whistleblowers, including how to
order, is available here.
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