Podcasts by Consider Before Consuming

How You Can Stay Accountable While Trying To Quit Porn from 2023-05-24T07:00

After being exposed to pornography for the first time during his freshman year of high school, Chandler began struggling with pornography and realized that he wasn't able to stop using willpower...

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What Happened When Nonconsensual Images of Me Were Leaked from 2023-05-10T07:00

Uldouz started her acting career and quickly began to grow a following from her modeling and acting work. As she was growing in popularity, she learned that intimate, nonconsensual images and vi...

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How Quitting Porn Can Improve Your Mental and Physical Health from 2023-04-26T07:00

As the owner of a personal training company, Look Like You Lift, Braydon helps people strength train and get mentally and physically healthy, which sometimes means helping them address their add...

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How the Rise of the Internet Has Affected Sex Trafficking and How to End It from 2023-04-12T16:35:50

Trigger Warning: This episode contains frank discussions of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Listener discretion is advised.

Taina Bien-Aimé is the Executive Director of ...

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Sharing Our Experience On Porn Recovery&Betrayal Trauma from 2023-03-29T07:00

We sat down with Alex and Candice, a couple whose marriage was brought to the brink due to Alex’s consumption of pornography. Over the course of five years, they struggled together as Alex tried...

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Elizabeth Smart on Empowering Victims and Educating Active Bystanders from 2023-03-15T07:00

The following podcast episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Listener discretion is advised.

The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was one of t...

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The Importance of Digital Literacy With Youth from 2023-02-15T07:00

Lisa Frost is the Co-Founder of Wired Human and author of The Glass Between Us. In this episode, Lisa discusses her work with kids and parents to discuss the harms of pornography, the correlatio...

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I Was Trafficked As A 22-Year-Old Massage Therapy Student, A Conversation with Teresa J. Helm, Jeffrey Epstein Trafficking Survivor And Advocate from 2023-01-18T07:00

Teresa was 22 years-old message therapy student when she was offered the opportunity to work for a high-profile client as a traveling massage therapist. Instead, she ended up being groomed, sexu...

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“When,” Not “If”: Live Presentations That Educate Youth On The Harms Of Porn from 2022-12-14T05:00

Wright, P. J., Paul, B., & Herbenick, D. (2021)

British Board of Film Classification. (2020)

Maas, M. K., Gal, T., Cary, K. M., & Greer, K. (2022) 

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives from 2022-11-30T07:00

Ironically, despite porn’s promise of improving consumers’ sex lives, there is growing evidence that porn consumption is linked to sexual dysfunction and less sexual satisfaction.

This epi...

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Is Porn Consumption Only a “Guy Issue?” A Conversation with Influencer and Recovered Porn Addict Myunique from 2022-11-23T07:00

Myunique is a content creator and influencer. Today she lives a life free from pornography but that hasn't always been the case. Myunique watched porn for the first time at ten years old, she wa...

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Is Sugar Dating Empowering, a Conversation with a Sociologist and Co-Founder of The Avery Center from 2022-10-26T06:00

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Listener discretion is advised.

This week’s conversation is with exploitation and trafficking...

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification from 2022-10-19T06:00

Research indicates that consuming porn can normalize sexual objectification, which can have profound consequences in the ways porn consumers view and treat others.

This episode is a part o...

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How to Deal With Unwanted Porn Consumption, a Conversation with a Mental Health Professional from 2022-10-12T06:00

Isabella was born and raised in Guatemala where she was exposed to porn at a young age. Later in life, she experienced how porn can disrupt a couple’s intimacy and relationship harmony with her ...

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"I was sex trafficked by GirlsDoPorn"A Conversation with a Trafficking Survivor Pt. 2 from 2022-09-28T06:00

Trigger Warning: This interview includes frank, explicit, discussions about rape, sex trafficking, and suicide ideation that may be triggering to some. Listener discretion is advised.

Jane...

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Distort Consumers’ Understanding of Healthy Sex from 2022-09-21T06:00

Most young people are getting at least some of their education about sex from porn, whether they mean to or not. This is especially concerning, considering how wildly unrealistic and toxic porn ...

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“How I Survived GirlsDoPorn”: A Conversation with a Trafficking Survivor from 2022-09-14T06:00

Trigger Warning: This interview includes frank, explicit, discussions about rape, sex trafficking, and suicide ideation that may be triggering to some. Listener discretion is advised.

Jane...

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How Porn Consumption Can Negatively Impact Men, a Conversation with Rus Funk from 2022-08-31T06:00

Trigger Warning: The following podcast episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised.

Did you know that pornography can actually deeply impact th...

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress from 2022-08-24T06:00

When a person is suffering from an addiction or compulsion, their stress response and their addiction can become intertwined in unhealthy ways, thus creating an unhealthy coping cycle.

Thi...

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Ryan Werner: Head of Partnerships at Pinwheel,&Co-Founder of Fight the New Drug from 2022-08-17T06:00

In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, we talk with Ryan Werner, a Co-Founder of Fight the New Drug and the Head of Partnerships at Pinwheel. Pinwheel is a tech company that exists to put...

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Get The Facts: Why Today’s Internet Porn is Unlike Anything the World Has Ever Seen from 2022-08-10T06:00

Porn is incomparably more accessible and more extreme than anything available before the internet. A couple of ratty old centerfold magazines found in the park are nothing compared to the hardco...

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Hurt A Consumer's Partner from 2022-07-27T13:25

For people whose partners consume porn, feelings of rejection, mistrust, anger, and shame are unfortunately common.

This episode is a part of our Get The Facts series, where we explore the...

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Chris Yadon: Managing Director of Saprea,&Anti-Child Sexual Abuse Advocate from 2022-07-20T06:00

In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, we talk with Chris Yadon, the Managing Director of Saprea. Saprea is an organization that exists to liberate individuals and society from child sexu...

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Become An Escalating Behavior from 2022-07-13T06:00

Research indicates that porn consumers can become desensitized to porn, often needing to consume more porn, more extreme forms of porn, or consume porn more often in order to get the same respon...

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking from 2022-06-30T00:00

Trigger Warning: This episode includes frank, explicit, discussions about sexual exploitation, rape, and sex trafficking. Listener discretion is advised.

Sex trafficking shares a variety o...

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Laura: Ex-Porn Performer,&Fighter from 2022-06-22T06:00

Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions about pornographic content, suicide ideation, and abuse that may be triggering to some. Listener discretion is advised.

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Get The Facts: How Porn Can Negatively Impact Love And Intimacy from 2022-06-15T06:00

Countless studies consistently show that porn consumers tend to struggle in their relationships. From poorer relationship quality to an increased likelihood of cheating, research suggests that p...

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Candice Diaz: Betrayal Trauma Coach, Wife,&Mom from 2022-05-25T06:00

Candice Diaz is a wife and mother, and now, she’s also an advocate for couples who have been impacted by porn. She and her husband have personally experienced how porn can disrupt couple intimac...

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Smith Alley: Teen Mental Health Advocate, Public Speaker,&Recovering Compulsive Porn Consumer from 2022-05-11T06:00

Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions about pornography consumption, and suicide ideation. Listener discretion is advised.

Like most adolescents today...

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Aaron Crowley: Ex-Porn Performer, Author,&Anti-porn Advocate from 2022-04-27T06:00

Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions about pornography, sexual exploitation, and rape. Listener discretion is advised.

Aaron Crowley was accidentally expo...

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James Lawrence: World Record Holder, Endurance Athlete,&Anti-trafficking Advocate from 2022-04-13T16:00

If you’re an endurance athlete, chances are you’ve heard of James Lawrence, the “Iron Cowboy.” He broke multiple Guinness World Records early in his triathlon career, but his feats didn’t stop t...

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Kristen Jenson: Organization Founder, CEO,&Author from 2022-03-30T06:00

In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, we talk with Kristen Jenson, the Founder and CEO of Defend Young Minds, an organization dedicated to empowering children to be resilient and screen ...

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Cassidy Brown: Student, Influencer,&Recovering Compulsive Porn Consumer from 2022-03-16T06:00

Cassidy Brown is a student and an influencer. At an early age, she was exposed to porn when a friend showed it to her unexpectedly. After that, she developed a natural curiosity about sex, and w...

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Dr. Debbie Akerman: Social Worker, Addiction Expert,&Activist from 2022-02-16T15:30

Dr. Debbie Akerman has been a social worker for over a decade; she specializes in addiction, recovery, trauma, and marriage and family work. As a social worker, she has helped many people find s...

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Dr. Stephany Powell: Director of Law Enforcement Training and Survivor Services at NCOSE from 2022-01-19T07:00

In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, we talk with Dr. Stephany Powell, the Director of Law Enforcement Training and Survivor Services at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. For ...

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2021: Consider Before Consuming’s Year In Review from 2021-12-22T07:00

Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions of abuse, drug use, suicide ideation, sex trafficking, and pornographic content that may be triggering to some. Listener...

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