Our First Season Wrap Up: Looking back on PWAS 2020 (Episode 33) Domestic Violence Advocacy in a Time of Police Reform: An interview with author Leigh Goodmark, and the staff of a survivor agency who stood up for racial equity and got defunded for it. (Episode 32) “Acting in bad faith:” UK Centre for Women’s Justice files groundbreaking “super-complaint” against the police forces in England and Wales. (Episode 31) 4 Ways the Concept of Trauma Bonding Works Against Survivors (Episode 30) Family courts are failing the “best interests” of adult and child abuse survivors: An interview with Joan Meier (Episode 29) “I have something I want to talk to you about…”: A conversation about the experiences of OIDV survivors with pioneering researcher Dr. Leanor Boulin Johnson. (Episode 28) "How much crime are you willing to let your police commit?”: An interview with Lieutenant Detective Mark Wynn (Ret) and Police Chief Tom Tremblay (Ret) (Episode 27) Listening to the voices of survivors of officer-involved domestic violence: An interview with Nanette Chezum (Episode 26) When police officers commit domestic violence: Awarding winning journalist and author Alex Roslin on the global problem of officer-involved domestic violence (Episode 25) The healing power of survivor impact panels (Episode 24) Unraveling the gender paradox at the center of the Safe & Together Model (Episode 23) When culture, religion and domestic violence meet: How to partner with survivors when their communities or religious leaders have adopted coercive control and violence (Episode 22) Listening to the voices of children and young people harmed by fathers who choose violence: An interview with Professor Cathy Humphreys and Dr Katie Lamb (Episode 21) Partnering with survivors using restorative practices: An interview with Dr Eloise Sepeda (Episode 20) Ways to collude with a person who chooses violence (Episode 19) Survivors aren't broken! An intimate discussion about support and partnership in relationships impacted by trauma histories (Episode 18) Charlie Webster undiscussible on talk back radio: Recognizing spiritual and domestic violence (Special episode) 'Choose to change: Your behavior your choice': A new community-based men's behavior change toolkit (Episode 17) Family and friends guide: How to be an ally to a loved one who is being abused (Episode 16) Coercive control, entrapment and isolation: An interview with Luke and Ryan Hart (Episode 15) Caring for self while caring for others: An interview with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky (Episode 14) Mapping domestic violence perpetrator's use of COVID-19 pandemic to increase coercive control (Episode 13) COVID-19: Helping families impacted by domestic abuse in a time of crisis (Episode 12) Getting inside the minds of men who use violence (Episode 11) Lived experience episoded with Ryan Hart and the Y Change Team, Berry Street (Episode 10) "My daughter is being abused and I don't know what to say": The friends and family episode (Episode 9) Male parental development and how fathers' parenting choices matter (Episode 8) Torture tactics, how coercive control is similar in its methods and impacts on victims (Episode 7) Gender, power dynamics and abuse (Episode 6) Professional safety & trauma (Episode 5) Gender double standards (Episode 4) Language and professional terms which cover up realities of abuse (Episode 3) Victim blaming (Episode 2) Coercive control and consent (Episode 1).

This is series of over 20 podcasts produced by the founders of the Safe & Together Institute. "These podcasts are a reflection of Ruth & David’s on-going conversations which are both intimate and professional and touch on complex topics like how systems fail victims and children, how victims experience those systems, and how children are impacted by those failures. Their discussions delve into how society views masculinity and violence, and how intersectionalities such as cultural beliefs, religious beliefs and unique vulnerabilities impact how we respond to abuse and violence... (Read more on the website).

Episodes 12 & 13 discuss the impact of COVID-19.
Episode 21 is about listening to the voices of children and young people harmed by fathers who choose violence.
Episodes 25, 26, 27 & 28 discuss police officer-involved domestic violence (a series of podcasts on this topic). Other episodes cover topics such as coercive control, helping survivors and working with perpetrators, and more. Episode 33 concludes season 1 (2020). Season 2 follows. Go to the website for these and future episodes. Record #6839