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Aspire: The I Have The Right To Podcast

I Have the Right To

Join the I Have the Right to team and thought leaders as we Aspire to eradicate sexual assault. Inspired by Co-Founder Chessy Prout’s courageous voice and memoir, I Have The Right To- A High School Survivor’s Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope, co-authored by investigative journalist Jenn Abelson, our mission is to create an ecosystem of respect, education, and support for all students!Aspire is meant to be a beacon of hope and opportunity for growth -- by offering a forum for dialogue -

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Aspire to Build Safe Waters (ft. Julian Bell) - Real...

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2026/04/11

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aspire, Steve Peacock and Gabriel Viscogliosi welcome Chief Warrant Officer Julian Bell, a Coast Guard veteran, survivor, advocate, and creator of Sailors Disgrace, for an honest conversation about military sexual assault, masculinity, healing, and the power of speaking out. Julian shares the long path from silence to disclosure, how a single safe conversation helped him begin telling the truth, and how his healing journey ultimately shaped the advocacy wor...

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E60: Aspire to Find Help (ft. Jim Maley) - Real Men,...

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2026/04/06

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aspire, Steve Peacock and Hugh Eastman welcome Jim Maley, founder of The Maley Way, for an insightful conversation on masculinity, mental health, leadership, and the power of vulnerability. Jim shares his own story of struggling silently with depression in college, the role his mother played in helping him seek support, and how his experience shaped the work he now does with young men and students. The conversation explores how boys are often taught to hide...

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E59: Community as Justice | Lauren Weingarten on...

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2026/03/30

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the I Have the Right to Aspire podcast, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout welcome guest co-hosts Maria and Kylie alongside Lauren Weingarten, founder of MTMV Community Support Network, one of the first social media-based support spaces for survivors of trauma, abuse, and sexual violence, plus their supporters. Lauren shares how she launched MTMV anonymously in 2019 amid her own healing journey, driven by isolation after assault and a stubborn belief that o...

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E58: Aspire to Care (ft. Cody Ragonese) - Real Men,...

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2026/03/21

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aspire - Real Men, Real Conversations, hosts Alex Prout and Gabriel Viscogliosi sit down with Cody Ragonese, Associate Director of Programs at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice. Cody shares how his journey from academic work in public health and international development to Peace Corps service in Eswatini led him into engaging men and boys in gender equality, HIV prevention, and violence reduction, and eventually into global masculinity...

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2026/03/14

Send a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, host Chessy Prout is joined by co-hosts Maria and Steve Peacock for a powerful conversation with attorney, survivor, and advocate Hilary Simon. Hilary shares how, at 14, she arrived at Miss Hall’s School hoping for safety and support, only to be slowly groomed and sexually abused by a beloved teacher and coach. She describes how early patterns of putting others first and making herself small evolved into a survival response she later learned to ca...

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E56: Antiguan Justice | Derrick Hurley on Fighting...

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2026/03/07

Send a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Alex Prout and Gabriel Viscogliosi are joined by special guest Derrick Hurley, a father of three, retired retail technology executive, and author of Antiguan Justice: A Father’s Fight. Derrick shares the story of his eldest daughter, who while studying in Antigua, was drugged and raped by an off-duty UK police officer. Derrick talks about the moment he and his wife first learned what had happened, and how he moved from a rush of rage and a ...

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E55: Maya’s Magic Word | Ashley-Lauren Elrod on Using...

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2026/02/28

Send a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by guest co-host Maria and special guest Ashley-Lauren Elrod, a multi-assault survivor, Emmy-nominated producer, and nationally recognized leader in survivor advocacy and child safety education. Ashley-Lauren is the founder of Visionary Woman Productions and the creator of Maya’s Magic Word, a new children’s book and prevention platform designed to teach body autonomy and consent to kids in a non-fear-...

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E54: Strong, Smart, and Brave | Dr. Charlotte Markey...

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2026/02/21

Send a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by student intern Kalaya Hudziec-Leiva and special guest Dr. Charlotte Markey, a renowned psychology professor and leading expert on body image. Dr. Markey discusses the updated edition of The Body Image Book for Girls and explores the critical intersection of body appreciation, mental health, and personal safety. The conversation delves into how caregivers can move past the “cringe factor” to have hon...

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E53: Beyond Shame and Blame | Leora Tanenbaum on...

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2026/02/14

Send a text Today on Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by communications director Maria Villegas and student intern Jonas Wahl, along with this week’s guest, author and advocate Leora Tanenbaum. Leora is a pioneering writer on slut shaming, sexual agency, and young women’s rights whose latest book, Sexy Selfie Nation, explores how young people are navigating an increasingly toxic, sexist, and hyper-digital culture. Leora shares how reading a 1993 report on sexual harassme...

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E52: I Have the Right to Fight Back | Laura Dunn on...

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2026/02/07

Send us a text Today on Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by student interns Jonas Wahl and Kyleigh LeBoutillier, along with this week’s guest, Laura Dunn. Laura is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, survivor advocate, Congressional candidate, and the attorney who represented Chessy in her sexual assault case. Laura shares how her own experience of campus sexual violence led her away from prosecution and toward representing survivors directly, challenging insti...

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E51: All We Want Is Everything | Soraya Chemaly on...

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2026/01/31

Send us a text This week’s episode of Aspire is a grounded conversation about dismantling male supremacy, reclaiming women’s anger, and building a consent-based culture amid political backlash and digital threats. Hosts Chessy Prout and Susan Prout are joined by intern Co-host Meghan Boudreau and award-winning author and activist Soraya Chemaly, whose new book All We Want Is Everything examines how patriarchy shapes our daily lives and the high cost of supremacist systems to everyone. Togeth...

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E50: The Future of Health Class | Stacey Balducci,...

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2026/01/24

Send us a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, co-hosts Karen Udall and Chessy Prout are joined by Stacey Balducci, a longtime health educator at Syosset High School, along with her Adelphi University students, Gabriela Cataldo and Anthony Capozucca. Together, they explore how practical, experience-based health education can shape future generations and foster environments rooted in respect and consent. Professor Balducci shares her nontraditional approach to teaching, one that moves beyon...

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E49: Living Bravely | Dr. Adrienne Baldwin-White on...

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2026/01/17

Send us a text This episode of Aspire explores what effective, inclusive sexual assault prevention can look like when it is shaped by research, technology, and deep empathy for survivors. Hosts Katie Shipp and Ray Epstein are joined by Dr. Adrienne Baldwin-White, a social worker, researcher, and professor whose work focuses on preventing gender-based violence and transforming the systems survivors encounter. Dr. Baldwin-White shares how her work as a rape crisis advocate led her to focus on p...

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E48: The ABCs of Sexual Health | Dena Moes on Agency,...

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2026/01/10

Send us a text This week’s episode of Aspire offers a grounded conversation about empowered sexual health, consent, and agency in a world where young people are often navigating confusing or harmful messages about sex and relationships. Hosts Katie M. Shipp and host Chessy Prout, along with student co-host Maria Halter, welcome registered nurse, certified midwife, and author Dena Moes, whose book It’s Your Body provides a judgment-free, inclusive guide to puberty, birth control, STIs, pregnan...

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E47: Trouble for Good | Bari Harlam & Meredith Curran...

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2025/12/20

Send us a text This week's episode of Aspire is a warm, conversation about making “good trouble” for gender equity, and how friendship, courage, and voice drive lasting change. Co-founders Susan and Chessy Prout, are joined by Georgetown student and intern co-host Maria Halter. They welcome guests Bari Harlam and Meredith Curran, the duo behind Trouble and proud “troublemakers for good.” Bari and Meredith reflect on years in male-dominated spaces and how being “the only woman in the room” sh...

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E46: One in Ten is One Too Many | Dr. Elizabeth...

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2025/12/13

Send us a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, Hosts Katie M. Shipp and Chessy Prout, joined by student Co-host Maria Halter, speak with Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic, who discusses the new blueprint “Understanding and Preventing Sexual Misconduct and Abuse by K-12 School Employees”. She explains the continuum from low-level misconduct to criminal abuse, the visual, verbal, and physical forms these behaviors take, and why grooming appears in every case. The conversation dispels myths about “stranger...

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E45: I Cannot Not Do This (ft. Dave Roncolato) - Real...

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2025/12/07

Send us a text This week’s episode of Aspire features a deeply reflective conversation with retired Allegheny College professor and longtime Bonner Program mentor Dr. Dave Roncolato. He joins host Alex Prout and student host Gabriel Viscogliosi to explore what it truly means to grow into a whole, authentic man in a culture that often narrows masculinity to roles like “warrior,” “athlete,” or “breadwinner.” Drawing on his upbringing, campus ministry, and decades of work with Bonner service sch...

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E44: The Power of Connection | Tracy DeTomasi on...

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2025/11/30

Send us a text In this episode of Aspire, co-hosts Chessy Prout and Katie Shipp, joined by student co-host Maria, sit down with Tracy DeTomasi, CEO of Callisto and a longtime leader in the movement to end gender-based violence. Tracy traces her journey from supporting youth and survivors to creating Callisto’s encrypted platform, which discreetly connects people harmed by the same perpetrator so they can explore legal and healing options together, on their own terms. The conversation explores...

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E43: Aspire to be Unapologetically Yourself (ft. Ben...

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2025/11/23

Send us a text In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Hugh Eastman and Gabriel Viscogliosi talk with multifaceted artist, composer, rapper, and producer, Benjamin Maffa. Known in the music industry as Maffa, he talks about his journey from nationally-ranked student athlete to creative storyteller in the studio and on stage. Ben shares how his early passion for tennis gave way to making music, blending classical roots, hip hop, and honest emotion into a style all his own. Ben discusses the c...

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E42: No, You Can’t Touch My Hair | Erica Thompson on...

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2025/11/15

Send us a text In this episode of Aspire, Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout welcome Erica Thompson, Assistant Head of School for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School, and her seventh-grade student Annalise. Erica shares how she uses hair, a public, personal, and changeable part of identity, as an approachable way to teach young students about boundaries, respect, and consent. Through stories, literature, and real-life examples, Erica’s workshops help students conne...

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