A traumedy about the trials and tribulations of people in their journeys of “escape”. Escape what, you ask? ALL the things! From trauma, crime, and unhealthy family cycles, to traffic and good deeds not going unpunished. Like we said—all the things! (Just tune in…you’ll understand.) Co-hosted by Julie Oberlander and Charity Doyle--the journalist and the rehabbed trainwreck--The Escape Pod aims to connect, educate, entertain, and humanize through the lens of lived experience.
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5 days ago
5 days ago
A female runner stops for a bathroom break and gets attacked from behind. Little did the predator know that he did not choose easy prey. Kelly Herron said, “Not today, mother f@#!er!” and she meant it, fighting back successfully in that moment and then starting a whole movement around her now-famous line. Join the co-hosts in The Escape Pod this week for an episode featuring true crime, a truly incredible escape artist, and tips from self-defense experts who want to give you a fighting chance, too.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 :49 Co-host escapes a stinky situation.
Topic #2 8:57 Intro to Kelly’s story of escape.
Topic #3 23:31 Tips Kelly learned in self-defense class that saved her.
Topic #4 40:26 Advocate for following one’s intuition offers tactics to stay safe.
Topic #5 51:41 Escapism, co-host-style!
Resources & Links
https://www.girlswhofight.co/post/the-survival-signals-that-indicate-danger-the-gift-of-fear-by-gavin-de-becker
Jan 6, 2020. Caitlyn Pilkington. https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/assault-survivor-kelly-herron-story/
April 14, 2019. Maggie Ryan. https://hellogiggles.com/self-defense-moves-escape-attacker/
https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/kelly-herron-sexual-assault-story-45966885
https://www.crime-safety-security.com/Self-Defense.html
https://www.girlswhofight.co/post/ten-self-defense-strategies-women-need-to-know To sign up for Girls Who Fight Back Newsletter
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Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
A woman is brutally attacked and murdered in her Ohio home in 1998. The only witness? Her 6-year-old granddaughter, whose eye-witness account helps to convict her “Uncle Clarence.” But Clarence’s wife is certain he didn’t commit the crime, and she makes it her mission to prove it.
Join co-hosts Julie and Charity in the Escape Pod this week, where a wife’s amateur sleuth skills help an innocent man escape a life sentence.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 :35 Escaping bad backs, bladders, and bedtime habits.
Topic #2 9:19 Escaping prison – but not in the way you think!
Topic #3 24:47 The mind playing tricks with memories.
Topic #4 30:19 Our OneHeart “Woohoo of the Week!”
Resources & Links
https://video.hipstr.tv/feature/conviction-true-story-clarence-elkins
https://innocenceproject.org/cases/clarence-elkins/#:~:text=On%20December%2015%2C%202005%2C%20a,crime%20he%20did%20not%20commit
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/02/wrongfully-convicted-man-challenges-ohio/23718232007/
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3202#:~:text=Early%20on%20the%20morning%20of,raped%20and%20left%20for%20dead
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3202
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Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Good kid, model student, high achiever – just a few of the descriptors bestowed on Sidney Powell during her high school years in Ohio. But college proved much more challenging, and some theorize that – rather than face her academic failures – Sidney turned on one of the people who loved her most. Is she a stone-cold murderer, or a young woman who suffered a mental break? On this episode of the Escape Pod, the co-hosts dive into a deep discussion about the desire to be perfect, and how that very mindset can be perfectly dangerous.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 2:00 Trying to escape our own negative thoughts
Topic #2 14:46 Introduction to Sidney Powell
Topic #3 26:45 A blood-curdling phone call
Topic #4 32:28 A father speaks out
Topic #5 42:45 Escapism, co-host-style!
Resources & Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3spm-V-8Q Law & Crime Network “Killer Daughter Beat, Stabbed Mom to Death to Cover Up College Failures”
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-who-beat-her-mom-with-skillet-stabbed-her-in-neck-nearly-30-times-to-conceal-suspension-from-college-is-sentenced-for-murder/
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2023/10/19/sydney-powell-convicted-stabbing-death-mother-brenda-powell-akron-ohio-insanity-plea/71238220007/
https://people.com/sydney-powell-ohio-college-student-killed-mom-7972815
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goreXfyTaqY Crime Salad “The Murder of Brenda Powell”
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Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Hop in for a Halloween-inspired edition of the Escape Pod! This week, we turn up the volume on unexplained (and very eerie) encounters with people or things seemingly from “the beyond.” A deep-breathing, bodiless man? A spirit hell-bent on having clean hands? A ghost cat? Who knows?! But if you’re up for a (mostly) mild scare with a good dose of traumedy, then this episode is for you!
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 1:13 Co-host goes on ghost tour.
Topic #2 13:27 Meditating ghost gets caught on tape.
Topic #3 17:36 Strange encounter following fatal crash has lasting impact.
Topic #4 34:27 Child gets the last laugh.
Topic #5 39:50 Ghost cat haunts a coffee shop? Maybe!
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Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Open the “Can’t Make It Up” file, please! The Escape Pod takes a turn toward the lighthearted this week, as special guest (and Charity’s husband) Lt. Tim returns to the pod to share tales of true crime that will “crack” you up – in more ways than one!
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 2:27 Escaping the responsibilities of parenthood and computer pop-ups.
Topic #2 9:52 Man tries to pull himself up by the beltloops.
Topic #3 26:14 Water “rescues”? Not exactly.
Topic #4 36:47 Meet the Parents: Police Edition.
Topic #5 51:35 Common misconceptions about law enforcement’s use of force.
Topic #6 1:02:27 Foot pursuit ends with a fall, then another fall, and another ...
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Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
One definition of historical trauma is “the cumulative and collective psychological and emotional injury that a group of people experiences over generations.” But it’s more than just a trendy phrase used to explain away some of the world’s biggest problems; science has shown it impacts descendants’ DNA, and in the case of Indigenous peoples in the United States, there are many hard truths behind the historical trauma they experience.
The co-hosts welcome a very special guest (by phone) into The Escape Pod this week. Jim Warne is a former professional football player, academic, filmmaker and Lakota “elder-in-training.” He also happens to be the son of one of the cohosts’ all-time favorite people: the late Bev Warne. Jim shares stories and wisdom from his mom, who rose above the heartache and hardships she and many Lakota faced – and continue to face – to become a respected elder, educator, nurse, and escape artist in her own right who spent her life helping, healing, and advocating for her people and the culture they nearly lost.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 6:47 An introduction and explanation of historical trauma
Topic #2 19:09 Bev’s story
Topic #3 33:02 Lessons American students typically don’t learn
Topic #4 50:55 Raising awareness through modern media
Topic #5 1:05:34 Jim’s interesting journey through the ‘90s
Resources & Links
https://www.gen7films.com
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/voting-rights-for-native-americans/
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/native-americans-and-freedom-religion/
https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/bia/termination
https://nativenewsonline.net/health/cdc-native-americans-see-highest-increase-of-suicide-deaths
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics/native-americans
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25985068/
https://www.se.edu/native-american/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2019/09/A-NAS-2017-Proceedings-Smith.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/event/Wounded-Knee-Massacre
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Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
The county’s top prosecutor returns to the Escape Pod this week with true tales from the courtroom that rival anything you’d see on a TV drama! Plus, the co-hosts ask for insight on a case out of Wisconsin, where a woman is behind bars for killing the man she said trafficked her for years.
WARNING: This episode includes content involving physical and sexual violence.
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 4:48 Woman fighting traffic violation gets feisty with the judge.
Topic #2 10:22 Courtroom couture? Not exactly.
Topic #3 22:18 WI: Trafficking survivor kills her alleged abuser.
Topic #4 41:44 Co-host is left truly speechless.
Resources & Links
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y87kpg8rpo
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chrystul-kizer-sentenced-11-years-prison-killing-man-said-sexually-tra-rcna167226
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2024/08/19/woman-charged-with-killing-her-suspected-sex-trafficker-receives-11-years-in-prison/74861586007/
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Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
A California couple begins a whirlwind romance in 2014. When it ends, the woman sends a bizarre and threatening email to her ex. After he moves on and marries another woman a short time later, his new wife starts receiving threatening messages in her inbox as well. But the bad behavior doesn’t stop with threats. At one point, the wife reports being attacked in her own home, and law enforcement believes she’s the victim of a “rape fantasy” ad posted online.
We take the Escape Pod off-road this week for a tale of true crime that has truly “crazy exes” and more sharp turns than the co-hosts can count!
Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:
Topic #1 0:41 Escaping high stress, bad intentions, and teen lingo
Topic #2 10:03 California, 2014: Michelle and Ian begin a whirlwind romance
Topic #3 19:15 Suspect's lawyer and family begin their own investigation
Topic #4 25:52 Fast-forward 6 years for update on Ian
Topic #5 36:20 Escapism, co-host-style!
Resources & Links
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4257684/Michelle-Hadley-speaks-framed-jailed.html 2/24/2017
https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/diabolical-scheme-woman-jailed-craigslist-rape-fantasy-plot-against-ex-n724881 2/24/2017
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pocharaponneammanee/ian-angela-diaz-guilty-frame-sexual-assault 3/26/2023
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-hadley-da-says-rape-fantasy-attack-was-hoax-woman-arrested-was-framed/ 01/10/2017
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ontario-woman-jailed-for-posing-as-exs-wife-to-post-rape-fantasy-ads-online-was-framed-orange-county-da/ 01/10/2017
https://news.yahoo.com/woman-framed-rape-fantasy-plot-120041983.html 03/27/2023
https://www.courthousenews.com/anaheim-settles-lawsuit-by-woman-framed-in-rape-fantasy-case/ 03/30/2021
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/woman-sentenced-to-5-years-after-framing-husbands-ex-fiancee-for-stalking-attempted-rape-in-o-c/ 10/17/2017
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ian-diaz-michelle-hadley-former-us-marshal-convicted-in-twisted-rape-fantasy-plot/ 03/24/2023
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-deputy-us-marshal-sentenced-cyberstalking-perjury-and-obstruction 06/30/2023
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