Consider Before Consuming
by Fight the New Drug
Think about all of the things you consider every day to help keep yourself, your loved ones, and your community happy, healthy, and hopeful. Now consider this: There is an ever-growing body of research demonstrating significant negative impacts, for yourself and the ones you love, in the consumption of pornography. It can change the way you think, harm your ability to connect with other people, and can contribute to changing the world in negative ways. Join us every other week as we consider the harmful effects of pornography using science, facts, and personal accounts. Consider Before Consuming is brought to you by Fight the New Drug (FTND). FTND is a non-religious and non-legislative nonprofit that aims to raise awareness on the harmful effects of pornography and its links to sexual exploitation using only science, facts, and personal accounts.Fight the New Drug collaborates with a variety of qualified organizations and individuals with varying personal beliefs, affiliations,
Episodes
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Why This Therapist Says Connection Is Key to Quitting Porn
Licensed professional counselor Jarrod Hoffman works with children, teens, and families navigating addiction, trauma, and the challenges of growing up in a digital world. But his understanding of these struggles is also deeply personal. After first encountering pornography at age 11, Jarrod spent...
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What This Child Crimes Detective Wants Parents to Know About the Internet
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of child sexual exploitation, sextortion, suicide, and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised. Kellye Netz is a detective sergeant who has spent years investigating crimes against children and is a parent navigating many of the same...
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Crystal Harris on What Really Happened Inside the Playboy Mansion
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse, coercion, exploitation, child sexualization, and other potentially distressing experiences. Listener discretion is advised. Crystal Harris, author, advocate, and widow of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, spent nearly a decade inside...
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What the Cornell Case Says About College Sexual Culture
What does sexual assault prevention actually look like—and are we starting the conversation early enough? In this bonus episode of Consider Before Consuming, Elisabeth and Jordan discuss recent cases involving college students at Cornell University and the University of Florida, and the broader...
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Why Quitting Porn Took More Than Olympic-Level Discipline
Freddie Woodward is an Olympian and former Team Great Britain diver who began viewing pornography as a young teenager. Despite the extraordinary discipline it took to reach the 2016 Olympic Games, Freddie found himself unable to simply use that same discipline to quit porn. Can you be addicted to...
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What Happens When Pornography Use Keeps Escalating?
*This episode includes discussions of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Listener discretion is advised. Kellye Netz is a detective sergeant who has spent years investigating sexual offenses against children and interviewing individuals arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)....
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Teens Say Porn Is Teaching Them About Sex. What Are They Learning?
Dr. Michael Robb is a developmental psychologist and Head of Research at Common Sense Media. In this episode, he joins us to unpack findings from two major Common Sense Media studies: Teens and Pornography, which explores how teens are exposed to and engage with online pornography, and Teens in…
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I Joined OnlyFans at 18. Here’s Why I Left
Madyson is a former OnlyFans creator who spent three and a half years creating pornographic content before leaving the industry. After first being exposed to pornography at seven years old, Madyson says she began imagining a future in the porn industry by age 12 and started creating content…
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What Gen Z Really Thinks About Porn
What is it like to be the first generation to grow up with smartphones, social media, and internet pornography? In this bonus episode, we unpack new survey findings about Gen Z's experiences with pornography, relationships, and consent. They discuss how online pornography became many young…
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How to Stop Watching Porn
Joseph Alto is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and the Head of Growth at Relay Health, a recovery app designed to help individuals overcome compulsive pornography use through accountability, community, and evidence-informed support. How do you quit pornography? Why is it so difficult to...
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Bonus: 53 Men Sued Over AI Deepfake Porn Scheme
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses AI-generated explicit imagery, nonconsensual intimate images, sexual exploitation, and image-based abuse. Can someone create fake pornography using your Instagram photos? Are AI OnlyFans models replacing real creators? What happens if someone makes explicit...
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My Students Spread an AI Nude of Me Throughout the School
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexually explicit AI-generated images, sexual harassment, exploitation, suicidal thoughts, and image-based sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Angela Tipton spent more than 20 years teaching middle school before discovering that...
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What Human Trafficking Really Looks Like
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of human trafficking and exploitation. Listener discretion is advised. Preston Goff is the Vice President of Global Communications at The Exodus Road, a global nonprofit organization working to prevent human trafficking, support survivors, and...
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Inside the OnlyFans Mansion Trafficking Investigation
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of human trafficking, sexual exploitation, physical violence, coercion, and abuse. Listener discretion is advised. A recent trafficking investigation involving an OnlyFans content operation has sparked headlines across the country. Authorities...
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How Algorithms Are Shaping Sexual Expectations
This episode contains discussions of sexual violence and child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Clare McGlynn is a professor of law at Durham University and an expert on violence against women and girls. Clare has spent years researching the ways pornography, technology, and online...
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A School Principal's Story of Porn, Escalation, Arrest, and Recovery
Brian Schillingburg is a former school principal and recovery coach who spent 25 years working with students before his own struggle with pornography escalated into behavior that ultimately led to his arrest. Drawing from decades in schools, Brian shares what he's seen as pornography and…
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I Was Drugged and Assaulted By My Husband For Years
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised. What happens when the person you trust most is secretly violating that trust for years? In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, Zoe Watts shares her story of discovering that her...
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Our Real Reaction to the AI Deepfake Crisis in Schools
In this bonus episode of Consider Before Consuming, Elisabeth and Scott bring you into a conversation they’ve found themselves having often behind the scenes. As Fight the New Drug’s social media manager and presenter, Elisabeth is constantly immersed in current events, research, and the…
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How Porn Affects Connection in Relationships
In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, we’re joined by Dr. Nicholas Lawless, a clinical psychologist and couples therapist, to explore how pornography can impact connection in relationships. Does porn affect relationships? Can porn change how you see your partner? Is watching porn…
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We Read The Comments So You Don't Have To
In this bonus episode of Consider Before Consuming, Natale and Elisabeth take you behind the scenes of managing Fight the New Drug’s social media and the kinds of comments that come with it. From someone sharing, “I started viewing porn at 11 and didn’t even distinguish between adult and child...
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I Was Losing My Memory and Didn’t Know Why
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised. Amanda Stanhope was recently featured in reporting by CNN on drug-facilitated sexual abuse, where she shared her personal story—part of a broader conversation gaining attention after...
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I Lived A Double Life of Porn Addiction and Affairs
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual addiction, infidelity, and suicide attempts. Listener discretion is advised. Chris Bennett is a life coach who helps individuals and couples work through sexual addiction, shame, and compulsive behaviors. But long before he was helping...
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How Young People Are Learning About Sex (And What They're Getting Wrong)
This episode includes discussion of sexual violence, coercion, and experiences of assault among young people. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, we sit down with Chanel Contos, founder of Teach Us Consent, to talk about how one Instagram post led to...
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I Tried Everything To Quit Porn
Hunter Clark was first exposed to pornography as a child. What started as curiosity eventually became a habit he struggled for years to overcome. Like many people, he tried everything he could think of to quit—willpower, accountability partners, blockers, even extreme personal challenges—but...
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How Watching Porn Can Escalate Into More Extreme Behavior
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse in an educational and prevention-focused context. Listener discretion is advised. Dr. Alexandra Bailey is a forensic psychologist, Head of Psychology at the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, and a leading...
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Can a Marriage Survive Porn Addiction?
Matthew Raabsmith is a certified professional coach and relationship specialist, and Joanna Raabsmith is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in trauma and betrayal recovery. Together, they co-lead The Raabsmith Team and help couples rebuild connection after addiction and...
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How I Survived Girls Do Porn
Mariah is a policy advocate focused on trafficking and online exploitation, the founder of Undox, and a GirlsDoPorn trafficking survivor. In this episode, she shares her story and what survival looked like inside a situation shaped by deception, fear, and coercion. Mariah describes how she was...
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How Porn Thrived in Secrecy in Our Marriage
In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, Richard and Heather share how pornography quietly impacted their marriage and what it took to begin healing together. Richard reflects on his early exposure to porn, how his use escalated over time, and how things shifted when he began engaging with...
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Ore Oduba on Growing Up with Porn and Finding a Way Out
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of early exposure to sexualized content and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised. Ore Oduba is an actor, broadcaster, and podcaster based in the UK. In this episode, Ore shares his personal experience with pornography addiction, which...
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What Kids Are Learning About Sex From Porn
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual violence, exploitation, and child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Heidi Olson is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and the Founder and President of Paradigm Shift Training and Consulting. Drawing from years of frontline…
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The Truth About OnlyFans From a Former Creator
*This episode contains discussions about sexual exploitation and coercion. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, former OnlyFans creator Taylor shares what the platform was really like—from the money promises that drew her in to the pressure, contracts,...
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Everything You Need to Know About Porn Addiction
Porn addiction is often misunderstood, especially when it comes to how it actually develops in the brain and what real recovery looks like. In this episode, licensed clinical counselor and CSAT Chris Chandler breaks down the science behind compulsive porn use, why young brains are especially...
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When Porn Becomes a Coping Mechanism
Ryan Ridgway is a mental health educator and former addiction support specialist from the UK. In this episode, he talks about his 20-year struggle with pornography use, OCD, and substance abuse. He explains how porn became his main way to cope with stress and mental illness, how that habit slowly...
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Rebuilding Identity After Early Porn Exposure
Trigger Warning: This episode contains brief references to childhood sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised Toni Collier is a speaker, author, and founder of Broken Crayons Still Color, a global women’s organization helping people process brokenness and find hope. In this episode, Toni…
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Rebuilding Trust in the Wake of Porn Addiction and Betrayal Trauma
Kyle was first exposed to pornography at a young age, and it quickly became a coping mechanism that followed him into adulthood. In this episode, he and his wife, Maddie, share openly about how pornography impacted their marriage, shattering trust, creating betrayal trauma, and forcing them to...
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How OnlyFans Incentivizes Extreme Content
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual violence, trafficking, and child sexual abuse material. Listener discretion is advised. OnlyFans is often marketed as a quick path to money and empowerment, but the reality tells another story. While a small fraction of creators earn...
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Strangulation Porn & the Normalization of Violence
*This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, strangulation, deepfakes, and image-based exploitation. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode, we dive into the connection between pornography and sexual violence. From the prevalence of strangulation porn and its influence on...
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How Fetishization in Porn Reinforces Harmful Stereotypes
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault, nonconsensual image sharing, racism, and fetishization. Listener discretion is advised. Kaila Yu is the author of the new memoir, Fetishized. In this episode, Kaila opens up about her personal journey navigating fetishization,...
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From Catching Predators to Teaching Kids How to Stay Safe Online
Mike Lemon is the founder of Cyber Safe School and a former Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigator. After decades spent tracking down online predators, he now dedicates his work to helping parents, educators, and students prevent online exploitation, especially sextortion. In this...
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He Survived Trafficking as a Boy and Now Advocates for Survivors Worldwide
*This episode contains a detailed discussion of child abuse, sexual violence, human trafficking, and trauma. Listener discretion is advised. Dr. Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman is a behavioral neurologist, clinical psychologist, human trafficking survivor, and international human rights advocate. In this...
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I Was Just a Teen When Deepfake Photos of Me Led to Stalking and Harassment
Lorna was just 17 years old when a photoshopped, explicit image of her began circulating online, marking the beginning of a years-long nightmare involving deepfakes, stalking, and online blackmail. In this episode, Lorna shares how someone used her image to create fake profiles and explicit...
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My Porn Use Escalated Beyond What I Ever Expected
Jeremiah is a husband, an expecting father, and a self-described lifelong learner who found himself struggling with a compulsive porn habit that began in his teens and escalated in college, when he found himself viewing content he would never act out in real life. In this episode, Jeremiah…
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How Porn Changed the Way I Saw Sex
*Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Rachel was first exposed to pornography at seven years old and went on to develop an addiction to porn for the next thirteen years. Despite getting treatment for anxiety and depression as a young...
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What You Didn’t Know About OnlyFans Marketing, Recruitment, and Exploitation
Victoria Sinis is the founder of Creating Gems, an organization created to help young women break free from harmful narratives about themselves. Victoria used to work for an OnlyFans agency, recruiting creators, curating their social media presence, and managing marketing funnels designed to…
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How to Talk to Kids About Consent, Porn, and Online Safety
Rosalia Rivera is a consent educator and abuse prevention specialist who works to help parents break cycles of abuse through empowered, proactive conversations. In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, she shares her personal experiences with pornography, the dangers of leaving sex education...
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"They’re After Everybody’s Kid:" A Family’s Story of Loss to Sextortion
Trigger Warning This episode includes topics of child sextortion and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Episode Description In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, Shannon Heacock and John Burnett share the deeply personal and devastating story of their son, Elijah. Recently, at just…
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How We Can All Help End Human Trafficking
Louie Greek is a Training Specialist with Truckers Against Trafficking, who has spent more than a decade fighting human trafficking, using his expertise in law enforcement and military service to train people on how to recognize, respond to, and ultimately prevent exploitation. In this Consider...
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I Became the Porn Star I Thought I Wanted To Be—The Reality Was a Nightmare
*This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence and sex trafficking. Listener discretion is advised. Selena is the Associate Program Director of a sex trafficking survivor sanctuary. As a former porn performer and sex trafficking survivor, Selena knows firsthand what the women she is…
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How I Healed After Finding Out My Boyfriend Was Secretly Meeting Up With Porn Stars
Mandy is a women's empowerment and trauma-informed life coach who helps women who have experienced betrayal trauma. In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, Mandy shares her personal experience of discovering her partner’s secret struggle with porn addiction, his cheating with porn stars…
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How to Overcome Porn Addiction and Find Freedom
Timothy Reigle is a coach, author, podcaster, and the founder of Into The Wilderness Ministries. Tim has used his own experience in defeating addiction to help hundreds of men to overcome their addictions to porn and sex. In this Consider Before Consuming episode, Tim shares about the 15 years he...
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Think about all of the things you consider every day to help keep yourself, your loved ones, and your community happy, healthy, and hopeful. Now consider this: There is an ever-growing body of research demonstrating significant negative impacts, for yourself and the ones you love, in the consumption of pornography. It can change the way you think, harm your ability to connect with other people, and can contribute to changing the world in negative ways. Join us every other week as we consider the harmful effects of pornography using science, facts, and personal accounts. Consider Before Consuming is brought to you by Fight the New Drug (FTND). FTND is a non-religious and non-legislative nonprofit that aims to raise awareness on the harmful effects of pornography and its links to sexual exploitation using only science, facts, and personal accounts.Fight the New Drug collaborates with a variety of qualified organizations and individuals with varying personal beliefs, affiliations,
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