101 - 🎥 Live Interview with Forrest Lang

101 - 🎥 Live Interview with Forrest Lang

From Healing for Male Survivors with Mike Chapman by Mike Chapman

May 6, 2026 · 1h 10m

About this episode

Forrest Lang shares his experiences as a survivor of family-controlled sex trafficking and discusses his work as an advocate for child safety.

Forrest Lang is a tattoo artist, best-selling author, combat veteran, international speaker, and child safety advocate. He is also a survivor of family-controlled sex trafficking in childhood. He lives in La Jolla, California with his family. If you want to see the VIDEO 🎥 version of this podcast, you can watch from either Spotify or Youtube . Suicide is talked about in this episode. If you are experiencing feelings of suicide or you know someone who is, don't hesitate to get in touch with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the US available 24/7 to provide free, confidential emotional support to people in suicidal or emotional distress. Their number in the US is 988 or 1-800-273-8255 or at https://988lifeline.org/ – in other countries, reach out to your local suicide prevention hotline which you can find at https://findahelpline.com/ . Forrest’s Links: Book Website: angelbluebook.com Amazon: Angel Blue: A Song of Redemption Instagram: @forrestlangofficial Facebook: @angelbluebook Facebook Reels: @angelbluebook TikTok: @forrestlang Links Mentioned: Wikipedia: Paisley Abbey United States Military Entrance Processing Command (description and list of all MEPS, including LA…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Chapman

Guest: Forrest Lang

Topics covered

  • child safety
  • survivorship
  • mental health
  • trafficking
  • advocacy

Keywords

  • tattoo artist
  • best-selling author
  • combat veteran
  • suicide prevention
  • child safety advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, The SOAP Project, National Children’s Alliance

Books & works: Angel Blue: A Song of Redemption

Places: La Jolla, California

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