What's the Truth About Human Trafficking? (With Raleigh Sadler)

About this episode

Raleigh Sadler discusses misconceptions about human trafficking and the challenges in addressing the issue.

Everyone agrees that human trafficking is bad. But what wrong ideas about it do we have that make it harder to solve? Raleigh Sadler, founder and executive director of Let My People Go, author of Vulnerable: Rethinking Human Trafficking, and the host of MercyCast, explains. References and resources Trafficking - awareness and consensus: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250311402868/en/REPORT-Americans-Think-Human-Trafficking-Is-a-Major-Global-Problem-But-Overlook-Urgent-Realities?utm_source=chatgpt.comBipartisan nature of consensus: https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2018/09/17/the-politics-of-fighting-child-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/Myths perpetuated by media: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/sound-of-freedom-starts-streaming-survivors-speak-out-against-film-1234912709/WebsitesThe Overthinkers: theoverthinkersjournal.worldNathan Clarkson: nathanclarkson.meJoseph Holmes: linktr.ee/JosephHolmesRaleigh Sadler: raleighsadler.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathan Clarkson, Joseph Holmes

Guest: Raleigh Sadler

Topics covered

• human trafficking
• misconceptions
• awareness
• media myths
• solutions

Keywords

• human trafficking
• Raleigh Sadler
• Let My People Go
• Vulnerable
• media myths

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Let My People Go

Books & works: Vulnerable: Rethinking Human Trafficking

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