Monday, November 30, 2015

Episode II : Finem Puer Abusum

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today, especially if your family is religious.  Specifically if your family is Catholic and poor.  In this episode we take a look at the abuse of children by degenerate priests, bishops, cardinals...basically white males in positions of power within the Catholic church.  From the 2002 stories published by the Boston Globe Spotlight team to the wonderful work that survivors of abuse are doing to help each other try and heal, the Internet has played a very significant role in exposing the centuries long cover-up by this powerful, worldwide religious organization. [Click to Listen]

Monday, November 16, 2015

Episode I : The Lost Children of Hamelin

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today.  Over 2 million of them will go thru the well oiled machine that is the international sex slave market.  On this episode we look at how a human trafficking bust in New Jersey was a catalyst for Peter Landesman, a journalist, to travel the world and expose the system that keeps this market thriving (Click for Article).  And the humans sold in this market are getting younger and younger.  [Click to Listen]