Speaker for the Living

Speaker for the Living


Latest Episodes

Lindsey Lohan on Trafficking and Kanye West on Slavery
October 20, 2018

Lindsey Lohan and Kanye West have both been in the news recently. Lohan tried to help a family, accused them of trafficking children, and tried to take their kids. West has tried to make some points about slavery.

A Visit to Evergreen and Whitney Plantation
September 23, 2018

Seth discusses his recent visit to Evergreen Plantation and Whitney Plantation. Evergreen is the most intact plantation in the South, which includes 22 slave cabins in their original positions. The nearby Whitney Plantation opened as a slavery museum i...

An Anti-Trafficking Movie Without Trafficking?
September 16, 2018

Seth and JJ review A Child's Voice, a movie involving satanic ritual abuse that's supposed to be about human trafficking, but that fails to actually portray human trafficking, has an awful script, and has an affinity for bowl cuts.

Apple and Foxconn in China
September 09, 2018

Seth and JJ look into the labor and safety concerns at the factories of Apple's primary supplier, Foxconn, in China. After giving a high-level view of Apple and Foxconn, they dive into their problems with Excessive Overtime, Suicides, Low Wages,

Trafficking of Native Americans Today
September 02, 2018

JJ gives an overview of the trafficking of Native Americans today, and how marginalization and vulnerabilities factor in, with particular focus on sexual violence and sex trafficking. - Sources: Human Trafficking (Including Sex Trafficking) of Am...

Canada’s First Nations and Human Trafficking
August 25, 2018

In part two of our series on indigenous communities and human trafficking, JJ and Seth dive into the reality of historic slavery and current trafficking of First Nations people in Canada. We continue to discuss the eraser of First Nations victims,

Indigenous Australians and Human Trafficking
August 12, 2018

What is the experience of indigenous Australians (the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) with human trafficking? Seth and JJ give some historical context, then JJ gives an overview of the types of slavery experienced by indigenous Australia...

Frequently Asked Questions About Human Trafficking
July 15, 2018

Seth and JJ tackle frequently asked questions people have about human trafficking. - 1. How is human trafficking different from migrant smuggling? https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/fs/2017/272005.htm https://ctip.defense.

US Border Policy: What’s Different? What’s Legal?
July 09, 2018

Seth and JJ discuss the recent situation at the US-Mexico border. After discussing how asylum works, they go into the policy changes, which include prosecuting all crossers, separating all children, making asylees apply at a port of entry,

And Life Continues with Wendy Barnes
July 01, 2018

This week, Seth and JJ interview Wendy Barnes—a speaker, trainer, consultant, and author on human trafficking…who also happens to be a survivor of human trafficking. In this weeks interview, Seth and JJ discuss Wendy's amazing book And Life Continues: ...