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The Exodus Cry Podcast

Summary: The Exodus Cry Podcast is a resource for anyone who wants to learn more about sex trafficking and how they can fight it. Join the Exodus Cry team as they discuss the most current updates on all aspects of the commercial sex industry, including sex trafficking, prostitution, pornography, and stripping. They'll dive into controversial and often hotly debated topics surrounding global sex industry policy, ideology, gender and sexuality, and even the spiritual aspects of injustice. In addition to hearing from the staff at Exodus Cry, you’ll hear from leading voices who specialize in the areas of abolition, prevention, restoration, and intervention—including survivors and game changers in the movement to end sexual exploitation.

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 Ep. 16: Prostitution as Commodification of the Human Body Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:53

Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait talk about how prostitution is the commodification of the human body. They also discuss the way that commodification is fundamental to the way that the prostitution industry operates.   Resources discussed in this episode: exoduscry.com nefariousdocumentary.com

 Ep. 15: Interview with Rebecca Bender | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:03:20

Benjamin and Laila were honored to interview Rebecca Bender in this week’s podcast episode. Rebecca is a nationally recognized and awarded expert on domestic sex trafficking. After escaping nearly six years of both labor and sex trafficking, she emerged as a Survivor Leader, providing consulting, training and speaking with some of the largest anti-trafficking groups and government agencies in the country, including FBI, Homeland Security and former president Jimmy Carter. After writing her first book, Roadmap to Redemption, she founded the Rebecca Bender Initiative (RBI), a non-profit that provides trainings and consulting to first responders and investigators across America. Under RBI, Rebecca also created Elevate Academy: the largest and only, online program for survivors of human trafficking seeking care outside of residential treatment. Rebecca is the recipient of multiple FBI and Congressional recognition awards, the 2015 Hero to our Generation Award, 2014 Female Overcomer Award, and the 2013 Unlikely Hero Award. She sits as on the Advisory Committee for the US Dept. of Health and Human services, is a member of the Oregon Cease Task Force and is co-chair of Oregon’s DOJ Human Trafficking Advisory Council, as well as serves on the board of Exodus Cry. She was chosen as one of the top 22 Survivor Leaders being featured in a PSA titled, “More Than a Survivor” and is a member of the Survivor Leader Institute and the National Survivor Network, and is co-founder of the Survivor Alliance. Her consulting services have assisted DA’s during trials as well as provided needed direction to the opening of seven “safe homes” around the world, including one in Iraq for Isis refugees. Rebecca is currently finishing her master’s at Bethel University and in her free time, you can find her with her husband and their four beautiful daughters, enjoying their home in the Pacific Northwest.   Resources discussed in this episode: rebeccabender.org

 Ep. 14: Interview with Dr. Melissa Farley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:46:55

Benjamin and Laila are privileged to interview Dr. Melissa Farley in this podcast episode. Dr. Farley has practiced as a clinical psychologist for 40 years. She brings that experience to her consultations with agencies, governments, and advocates for prostituted and trafficked women. She has articulated the harms of prostitution, pornography, and trafficking as an expert witness in forensic evaluations and has been categorized as a legal expert on the effects of sexual violence against women and children, posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, prostitution and trafficking. Among many other scholarly articles on prostitution, Dr. Farley also wrote Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections, 2007 following a 2 year research study in Nevada. In addition to describing the situations of 45 women who Farley interviewed in the legal brothels, the book connects legal and illegal prostitution, domestic and international trafficking, political corruption, and organized crime in Nevada.   Resources discussed in this episode: prostitutionresearch.com

 Ep. 13: Is Prostitution A Choice? Part 3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:34

The conversation surrounding the issue of choice in prostitution continues. Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait go even deeper to dispute some of society’s most commonly believed “exceptions” to the rule, that allow the alleviation of moral conflict. They also discuss the way in which our modern pornographic culture is also a coercive force pulling women and girls into prostitution.   Resources discussed in this episode: Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution book by Rachel Moran http://theprostitutionexperience.com Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Episode 12: Is Prostitution A Choice? Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:51

Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait continue to discuss the issue of choice within the context of the prostitution industry. This time they focus the conversation on the way that people are pushed into prostitution by a coercive landscape caused by a variety of vulnerabilities.   Resources discussed in this episode: Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution book by Rachel Moran http://theprostitutionexperience.com Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Episode 11: Is Prostitution A Choice? Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:05

Is prostitution a choice? That is the question that Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait unpack and seek to answer in the first of a three part podcast series on the topic. Specifically in this episode they focus on the seller/pimp/trafficker side of the “choice” equation.   Resources discussed in this episode: Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution book by Rachel Moran http://theprostitutionexperience.com Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 10: Understanding Prostitution as a Form of Sexual Abuse Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:11

The reality of the harmful experience of prostitution as told by survivors is further discussed by Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait. They highlight the abuse, trauma and resulting dissociation that go part and parcel with the sex trade and the way that it is the humanity of a person that is being bought in prostitution, which results in prostitution being a form of slavery. Show Notes Amnesty International’s Policy on Prostitution “Why is a pimp helping to shape Amnesty’s sex trade policy?” “How to manufacture consent in the sex trade debate”   Resources discussed in this episode: Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution book by Rachel Moran http://theprostitutionexperience.com Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 09: Understanding Prostitution as a Form of Sexual Abuse | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:08

Continuing the discussion from Episode 8, Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait go deeper into explaining how prostitution is experienced as sexual abuse. In doing so, they discuss the way in which dissociation is necessary for the person being prostituted and the implications that holds for understanding the nature of prostitution. Show Notes For more information on dissociation in prostitution see “Dissociation Among Women in Prostitution”, Colin A. Ross MD, Melissa Farley PhD, and Harvey L. Schwartz PhD, Journal Of Trauma Practice Vol. 2 , Iss. 3-4,2004 In the film Nefarious: Merchant of Souls Dr. Melissa Farley explains the phenomenon of dissociation in prostitution.   Resources discussed in this episode: “Prostitution, Violence, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Melissa Farley PhD and Howard Barkan DrPH Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution book by Rachel Moran http://theprostitutionexperience.com Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 08: Does Legalizing Prostitution Make it Safer? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:15

Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait discuss the false notion that legalization or decriminalization of prostitution mitigates the harm present within the sex industry. They also talk about the reality of “the prostitution experience” as told by countless survivors of the sex trade. Show Notes “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking” – Albert Einstein “Working in a New Zealand brothel was anything but a job like any other” by Rae Story Testimony of Sabrinna Valisce   Resources discussed in this episode: Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution book by Rachel Moran http://theprostitutionexperience.com Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 07: The Myth of the “Empowered & Liberated ‘Sex Worker’” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:29

Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait talk about the myth promoted by those that support prostitution of the independent, empowered, and liberated “sex worker” and how the reality of prostitution tells a much different story. Show Notes “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking” – Albert Einstein Field research that took place in nine countries (five of the nine were countries where prostitution is legal and regulated) surveyed 854 prostituted women and the study concluded that 60-75 % of women in prostitution were raped, 70-95% were physically assaulted, and 68% met the criteria for post traumatic stress disorder within the same range as treatment-seeking combat veterans and victims of state-organized torture. View the Research A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that the mortality rate of women in prostitution to be 200 times higher than the general population. View the Study In 2012, researchers Cho, Dreher, and Neumayer published a quantitative, empirical analysis of a cross-section of up to 150 countries that revealed, on average, countries with legalized prostitution experience a larger degree of human trafficking inflows. View the Research   Resources discussed in this episode: Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry “Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade” by Janice G Raymond, July 1, 2013

 Ep. 06: The Pro “Sex Work” Narrative and the Normalization of Prostitution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:12

Benjamin Nolot and Laila Mickelwait discuss how the global pro-prostitution movement has used the promotion of the term “sex work” as a way to legitimize and normalize the commercial sex industry. They talk about the way in which the term “sex work” is deeply embedded with meaning, and how it sets an entire framework for understanding prostitution and shaping legislation. Show Notes The pro-prostitution New York Times article discussed during the podcast is “Should Prostitution Be a Crime? A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue.” by Emily Bazelonmay, May 5, 2016 Read Article › For more info on the Amnesty International decision to promote prostitution see http://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/05/26/amnesty-no-longer-supports-womens-rights/   Resources discussed in this episode: Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry “Prostitution is Not Just Another Job” by Lauren Hersh March 29, 2016 “Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade” by Janice G Raymond, July 1, 2013

 Ep. 05: The Roots of Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: Demand and Commodification | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:37

Benjamin Nolot (CEO/Founder, Exodus Cry) and Laila Mickelwait (Director of Abolition, Exodus Cry) highlight some of the reasons that sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) exist in our world today. They hit on the phenomenon of supply and demand, and the role that men play in perpetuating CSE by creating the demand for commercial sex. They also discuss the concept of the commodification of the human body, and how that commodification allows CSE and sex trafficking to flourish. Resources discussed in this episode: Amazing Grace book by Eric Metaxas Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 04: Victor Hugo: A Prophet for Our Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:29

Benjamin Nolot (CEO/Founder, Exodus Cry) and Laila Mickelwait (Director of Abolition, Exodus Cry) discuss the way that William Wilberforce changed the popular narrative about slavery and how Victor Hugo identified an unfinished work regarding prostitution. They also talk about the connections between sex trafficking and the prostitution industry. Show Notes “We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.” – Victor Hugo Sex trafficking alone generates 99 billion dollars per year. Source There are 1.5 million sex purchases in Germany’s legal sex market every day. “Inside Germany’s Sex Supermarkets” See also Herz, A. (2003). Investigating and prosecuting trafficking in human beings – with special emphasis on the new German prostitution law. Freiburg, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law from www.iuscrim.de/ forsch/krim/herz.html   Resources discussed in this episode: Amazing Grace book by Eric Metaxas Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 03: Lessons From History | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:48

Benjamin Nolot (CEO/Founder, Exodus Cry) and Laila Mickelwait (Director of Abolition, Exodus Cry) continue to discuss William Wilberforce’s strategy to end historical slavery and how it applies to the modern abolition movement.   Resources discussed in this episode: Amazing Grace book by Eric Metaxas Proslavery, A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701-1840 by Larry E Tise Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

 Ep. 02: The Strategy of Abolition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:23

Benjamin Nolot (Founder/CEO, Exodus Cry) and Laila Mickelwait (Director of Abolition, Exodus Cry) go in depth discussing the abolition strategy of William Wilberforce. They unpack the concept of the winning story or “cover narrative” in influencing history. Show Notes Benjamin speaks about his journey of producing the documentary Nefarious: Merchant of Souls and how it changed his initial understanding sex trafficking to one where he realized that all forms of commercial sexual exploitation need to be addressed. Laila and Benjamin discuss the way that the prostitution industry and sex trafficking both must be addressed simultaneously if progress is to be made.   Resources discussed in this episode: Amazing Grace book by Eric Metaxas Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary Exodus Cry

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