Episode 101: Modern Slavery

Episode 101: Modern Slavery

From They Stand Corrected by Josh Levs

March 25, 2026 · 33 min

About this episode

Josh Levs discusses modern slavery, media failures, and the rise of terrorism while celebrating the show's 100-episode milestone.

Get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com . Celebrate crossing the 100-episode mark and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member! Today, Josh starts off with a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote about “appalling silence.” That’s because the media’s failures aren’t just about stories it gets wrong; they’re also about stories it refuses to tell. Perhaps the biggest is modern slavery, which includes an estimated 50 million people — probably more. A new report finds conviction rates are critically low. Josh searched Big Media for coverage. Meanwhile, as debates rage about the Iran war, one of the most important things to understand is how Iran’s support of Islamist terror threatens the United States. Yet the media has not reported on the new Global Terrorism Index. It shows a massive 280% jump in people killed by terrorism in the West, and the highest number in the United States since 2019. 📈 The findings about children, especially, should be in headlines everywhere. Josh explains. Plus, amid the slew of attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in the West, something is not happening — and that’s a big, untold story.&#160…

People in this episode

Host: Josh Levs

Topics covered

  • modern slavery
  • media coverage
  • terrorism
  • Iran war
  • antisemitism
  • children's safety
  • public domain music

Keywords

  • modern slavery
  • media failures
  • terrorism
  • Iran
  • children
  • antisemitism
  • public domain music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Terrorism Index, Team Humanity, Team America

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