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Sexual Assault Survivor Stories Podcast - SASS

Mar 3, 2026

Let me introduce you to this week’s guest, Dr. Asher. I wanted her here on the show because she is someone whose work sits at the intersection of lived experience, rigorous research, and embodied understanding of trauma.

Dr. Asher is a survivor, a scholar, and a systems-level educator who has spent more than two...


Feb 24, 2026

This week I sit down with Norma Peterson, Executive Director of Document the Abuse, to talk about the lasting impact of the Stacy Peterson case and the broader importance of documenting abuse when systems fail survivors. Our conversation explores how power, media narratives, and institutional silence can obscure...


Feb 17, 2026

In this episode of Sexual Assault Survivor Stories, I sit down with Daniel—a listener who became a storyteller. Like many of the voices you hear on this podcast, Daniel didn’t come to the microphone because he was certain or fully healed. He came because something in these conversations resonated deeply enough that...


Feb 11, 2026

In this episode of Sexual Assault Survivor Stories, I sit down with Pamela France, author of the memoir Life Soup. Pamela shares her lived experience of childhood sexual abuse and the lifelong impact of trauma, alongside a deeply personal account of healing grounded in her Christian faith. Life Soup is not written to...


Feb 3, 2026

There are some episodes of this show that don’t revolve around a single survivor story, but they still land just as hard—because they force us to look at ourselves. This is one of those conversations. It’s not about recounting trauma; it’s about what allows harm to keep happening in everyday spaces, and what...