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Dear Katie: Survivor Stories

The Dear Katie Podcast features survivors of sexual assault, rape, and abuse; supporters; authors; celebrities; and agents of change about their survivorship and support. Learn how their journeys can help all survivors and their supporters. Delve into backlash, legal systems, campus reactions, family and friends, mental health, PTSD, substance use, body image, and the journey from hurt to healing and thriving. After Katie Koestner appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine at age 18 as the first person

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S8E8 Meet TransLatina Activist and Survivor Bamby

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/10/16

'I also understand and see that the experiences that I have survived are the same experiences that many members of our community continue to experience today, particularly young people.'Bamby Salcedo is a prominent and celebrated transgender Latina activist, known all over the world for her passionate and productive social, political, and economic influence. As the President and CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, Bamby steadily leads this nationally recognized organization that advocates for and

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S8E7 Revenge Porn vs Image Based Abuse

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2025/10/09

As a high school teacher, Sophie Maddocks first noticed her students engaging with technology in novel, dark ways. Determined to protect the young people around her, she went on to study how technology has shaped the landscape of sexual abuse. Today, Sophie is an expert on digital abuse with 12 years of experience working across schools, universities, and non-profits. She is passionate about collaborating with young people to navigate the challenges of growing up online.Hosts: Katie Koestner and

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S8E6 Take Back The Night Roundtable: Auburn, Bowling...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/10/03

Reuploaded for Spotify Making waves across the country, three activists discuss their experiences organizing Take Back the Night, sharing insights into safety, survivorship, and making a difference. Kori Koschalk-Newmister is a higher education professional focusing on eradicating interpersonal violence. Her 20+ years in prevention education have allowed her to educate, empower, and support thousands of individuals in her community. She is currently the Assistant Director of Interpersonal Relations

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Take Back The Night Organizers and Activists - Part I

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/10/02

Making waves across the country, three activists discuss their experiences organizing Take Back the Night, sharing insights into safety, survivorship, and making a difference. Kori Koschalk-Newmister is a higher education professional focusing on eradicating interpersonal violence. Her 20+ years in prevention education have allowed her to educate, empower, and support thousands of individuals in her community. She is currently the Assistant Director of Interpersonal Relations at Bowling Green State

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45:28

S8E5 Read Salinger's Franny and Zooey and Then Let's...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/09/25

'I remember Mark being a really good friend to me.'Coping with grief after the loss of her father, Jeannie finds support among a small gathering of friends. Feeling safe enough to drink, one of her closest high school friends assaults her when she is unconscious in his bed. Recalling her sense of betrayal, Jeannie shares her journey through denial and doubt to owning her story and healing. Pouring her truth into her writing, she is the author of multiple nonfiction works, including Things We Didn't

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Re:wind to Re:process Track S5E14 Deck of Cards for...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/09/18

In today's throwback episode, Zahabiyah Yamasaki, founder of “Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga”, gives us a glimpse of her work with trauma survivors. Due to her college stranger rape at the University of California - Irvine, Zahabiyah has dedicated herself to helping others who have also experienced trauma explore their mind body connection, feeling safe in their body, and healing. In her work, she emphasizes the importance of community through survivorship, where resilience and tenderness

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S8E4 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model Arrested...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/09/11

With over four decades of experience, Ann Simonton has dedicated herself to teaching media literacy, with a particular focus on exposing everyday sexism and promoting awareness of sexual abuse prevention. She has fearlessly engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience — resulting in 11 arrests — to highlight social hypocrisy, racism, corporate greed, and the perpetuation of misogyny under patriarchy and capitalism. Simonton has spoken globally on the various ways mainstream media encourages and invites

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S8E3 Horror Movie with Real Life Villain

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/09/04

'It doesn't go away.''It's there forever.' Sharing her experiences in an industry known for superficiality, actor Sarah Hodkinson navigates trust, violence, and betrayal throughout her personal journey. She brings to light the ways that denial and dismissal rob survivors of justice in the face of sexual violence, using her voice and her story to push for change. Host: Katie Koestner Editor: Evan Mader Producers: Catrina Aglubat and Emily Wang

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S8E2 Protectors and Cheerleaders as Healing Partners

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/08/28

'I had a decision point of: either I am going to live or I am going to die.'Speaking on the internal battles survivors face, the dynamic Jean Ibanez Payne shares hidden troubles with suicidal ideation and darkness while living the seemingly perfect life. Today, Jean stands as a powerful advocate for survivors of abuse, using her voice and her story to ignite hope in others. In 2014, she left her successful corporate career to start TI Verbatim Consulting (TIVC), with a mission to help people work

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Re:wind to Re:process Track S6E2 White House Sidewalk...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/08/21

Speak truth to power with the incredible Jon Vaugh and Josh Rubin in this 2024 episode of Dear Katie. This week we share the powerful voices of Jon Vaughn and Josh Rubin. Jon Vaughn made waves around the world as one of the few to publicly speak out against the abuse of University of Michigan doctor Robert Anderson in 2020, leading over 1000 survivors in a lawsuit against the university that settled in 2022. Today, he is a testament to the power of speaking out and advocating for what is right

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S8E1 Military Betrayal of Male Victims

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/08/14

Rashan Legard is an International Motivational Speaker, Veteran, Storyteller, Poet, and Credentialed Survivor Advocate who strongly desires to create change in individuals and organizations. Through his company, Rashan Legard Speaks LLC, Rashan shares his message to a broader audience by providing powerful presentations and coaching infused with his personal experience to organizations around the world. By focusing on Resiliency Programs, Emasculation, Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention,

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S7E25 Healing TREE Pathways Forward from Trauma: EDMR...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/08/07

Stephanie Mangan has been a Trauma Expert/Consultant for the past 16 years. Working with individuals who have experienced the highest levels of abuse and trauma, including but not limited to sexual violence, complex PTSD, sex trafficking, and substance abuse, Stephanie is passionate about helping individuals lead a life of healing and resiliency through a trauma-informed lens. More recently, she has also worked at the macro level through the non-profit Healing TREE, providing consulting services to

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S7E24 Meet NO MORE's CEO Pamela Zaballa

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/07/31

'When you look at it, in the bigger spectrum, we can talk about this [...] I mean, fifteen years ago, a high-schooler wouldn't be talking to you about consent.'Pamela Zaballa has dedicated over 20 years to advancing support systems for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Her career spans various roles in the US and UK, including frontline services, shelter development, advocacy, children's services, and setting up programs for human trafficking victims. Pamela’s work also encompasses policy

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Re:wind to Re:process Track S2E14 Sisterhood Synergy...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/07/24

Review this classic episode featuring Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet on making black survivors visible. Sisters can either be torn apart or drawn together due to sexual violence. Rutgers professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Salamishah Tillet and her sister, artist and curator Scheherazade Tillet, drew together after Salamishah shared her rape story. Together they co-founded "A Long Walk Home" to help Black women and girls share their own stories of shame, dysmorphia, injustice, recognizing

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S7E23 People Are Talking: Meet Author Amanda Eisenberg

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/07/17

Journalist Amanda Eisenberg shares her experiences reporting on sexual violence, informing us about her obligations as a journalist as well as her practices to ensure the safety of survivor interviewees. A Manhattan-based writer, her debut novel, People Are Talking, was released in April. She was inspired to write her book, which deals with sexual misconduct on a college campus, from her journalistic experience. Amanda hopes her novel will spark conversation among young adults around consent and how

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S7E22 Finding Shameless Sexuality

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/07/10

'If I feel awful and disgusting, then I'm going to put on a mask.'Exploring the psychological depths of sexual shame, Dr. Tina Sellers shares cutting-edge research on the cycles of guilt that inhibit our relationships. Bringing to light how our judgements can prevent us from living freely, she provides insight into how to heal from this shame and raise children who feel confident and assertive for their safety. Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a licensed sex and gender feminist psychotherapist,

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S7E21 Understanding Trauma from Prisons to Veterans

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2025/07/03

'Most people are good people... [they] most of the time have just been through horrific trauma.'Dr. Renee Rosiecki is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in trauma-informed care. She has worked in various settings, including non-profits, correctional facilities, outpatient behavioral health, a hospital system, and a medication-assisted treatment facility. Her work has focused on survivors, from responding to college crises as an RA to serving as a Confidential Sexual Violence Advocate

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Re:wind to Re:process Track S2E6 Centered Safety...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/06/26

Listen and learn from our fantastic special guest in this classic interview on the Dear Katie Podcast. In this week's episode, Claire and Katie sit down with Aishah Shahidah Simmons to discuss her survivorship, and the trauma and healing that would develop her artistic voice. Aishah’s lived experiences as a survivor of childhood and adult sexual violence, a Black feminist lesbian, and a long-term Buddhist practitioner inform the creation of her work. Aishah Shahidah Simmons (she/her) is the

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S7E20 Quantum Leap Healing

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/06/19

'The body just reignites the horrible experience. It's just like you're there.'Sanar Alixandyr is an Empowerment Coach whose mission is to uplift, support, and heal the planet by empowering those who are ready to step into their greatness and become their most powerful, authentic selves. Her passion is being of service to the greater vision of the transformation and evolution of women in the world and offers her own story, "Becoming Sanar" From Shadow to Light: A Journey of Self-Discovery, as an

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S7E19 On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect...

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories ·

2025/06/13

Dr. Nicole Bedera is a sociologist and author of the book On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence. Her research broadly focuses on how our social structures contribute to survivors’ trauma and make sexual violence more likely to occur in the future. Her scholarship has influenced sexual violence prevention programming across the country and her work has been featured in many popular outlets, including The New York Times, NPR, Time Magazine,

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