Podcasts by Sold In America

Sold In America

Sold in America is an eight-episode journey into the world of selling sex in the United States. Hosted by journalist and activist Noor Tagouri, this deeply personal, deeply reported series takes listeners across the country to meet the human faces of this billion-dollar trade – and uncovers its surprising misconceptions.

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Sold In America
Introducing Toxic: The Britney Spears Story from 2021-07-07T04:00

Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray, who you might know from Lady to Lady or the now legendary Britney’s Gram podcast, are here to bring you a brand new investigative series about Britney Spears' c...

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Witness Docs Presents: The Atlas Obscura Podcast from 2021-03-25T04:00

Atlas Obscura's mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. Atlas Obscura co-founder and host Dylan Thuras is here to guide you on an audio journey to discov...

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Presented by Witness Docs: Seizing Freedom from 2021-02-25T06:44

You might have learned that the Emancipation Proclamation and Union victories ended slavery in America. But so much more went into abolishing slavery than battles and declarations, and freedom mean...

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​Introducing Unfinished: Deep South from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Unfinished: Deep South is a new historical true crime podcast produced by Witness Docs that races to resolve the unfinished business of a small Arkansas town by starting with one question: who lync...

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​Introducing Unfinished: Short Creek from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A divided community in the desert. A prophet with total power. A battle over family, home, and the limits of religious freedom. Unfinished: Short Creek, is the latest investigative true crime podca...

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Introducing Verified: Dust Up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Verified: Dust Up is a new investigative documentary podcast produced by Witness Docs that poses the question: Could a product so many of us have in our medicine cabinets be putting us at risk? In...

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9. Sharing Your Stories from 2018-12-14T18:40

In this bonus episode, Noor passes the mic to listeners to share their stories of how the issues explored in this season affected them personally. You can hear ad-free episodes of Sold in Ameri...

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BONUS: Unladylike: How To Get a Rape Kit from 2018-12-12T08:00

The team here at Stitcher has another show they’d highly recommend you checking out. Unladylike, hosted by Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin, is all about the surprising and complicated and sometim...

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8. Talk with Noor from 2018-11-28T05:00

Throughout the series, Noor asked her audience for stories and questions from listeners. In this episode, Noor will share some of these stories and answer questions. You can hear ad-free episod...

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7. Finale - The Breeding Ground from 2018-11-21T05:00

Noor wraps up her journey focusing on the one area all sides of the sex trade debate can agree on -- kids. She meets Ashley Cacho, who was moved from one foster care home to another and started bei...

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6. Shutting Down the Online Marketplace from 2018-11-14T05:00

A huge portion of the sex trade takes place online. Huge websites like Backpage and Craigslist used to offer a place where sex workers posted ads for their services. But these websites were also se...

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5. Survival Sex from 2018-11-07T05:00

Noor meets Laya, a trans woman of color who became a sex worker after she was shut out from her family and job. It’s called survival sex -- sex work done purely to survive. What makes sex work dang...

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4. Bunnies at Work from 2018-10-31T04:00

Nevada is the land of legalized prostitution. At the Bunny Ranch brothel, Noor explores a model of sex entirely as a business – just like any other. She meets a highly paid prostitute who plans to ...

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3. The Buyers Club from 2018-10-24T04:00

Every day and every hour in this country, people are buying and selling sex. It’s on the street, it’s online, and it’s worth billions. And the people buying are mostly men. In most parts of the cou...

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2. Trafficked in Plain Sight from 2018-10-17T04:00

The sex trade in America may appear unseen, but it is not hidden. In Kentucky, where the opioid crisis is making people vulnerable to exploitation, Noor meets doctors and police officers who are tr...

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1. Sold In America from 2018-10-10T04:00

Our series begins where Noor’s journey into world of sexual exploitation and violence began, as a 12 year old girl in a hotel in Saudi Arabia. But when she sits down with a survivor of the sex trad...

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Coming Soon: Sold In America from 2018-09-24T16:00

Journalist and activist Noor Tagouri grew up thinking she knew everying about sex trafficking in the U.S. But when she embarks on a deeply personal, deeply reported journey, taking listeners into t...

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