The Doctor Is IN! Discussions about Health & Human Trafficking

In this episode I explore Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. I discuss how this goal sounds much better than it really is! The SDGs are unsustainable and anti-development. Find out how this is in this episode. I also discuss the WHO and the IHR and pandemic treaty proposals and why this is not good at all.  #SDG #SDG3 #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #antihumantrafficking #modernslavery #greatreset  Relentless website: Relentless | Serving at the intersection of health care and human trafficking (gorelentless.org) Previous podcasts on this topic: https://gorelentless.podbean.com/e/sdg-16-the-key-to-unlocking-the-remaining-sdgs/  https://gorelentless.podbean.com/e/sustainable-development-goals-and-human-trafficking-an-overview/  https://gorelentless.podbean.com/e/slavery-climate-change-the-sdgs/  Links mentioned:  THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development (un.org) Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  Goal 3 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs Taking action for universal health coverage - UHC2030 UHC2030: The United Nations' Global Public-Private Partnership For Healthcare Door to Freedom, founded by Meryl Nass

In this episode I explore Sustainable Development Goal 16. It is the mother of all trojan horses and the key to unlocking the potential of all the other SDGs. I explain why this is and what it has to do with human trafficking.  #SDG #SDG16 #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #antihumantrafficking #modernslavery #greatreset  Relentless website: Relentless | Serving at the intersection of health care and human trafficking (gorelentless.org) Previous podcasts on this topic: https://admin5.podbean.com/gorelentless/episodes/form/nmlnYnF8wTwV  https://admin5.podbean.com/gorelentless/episodes/form/vNWellfKjf6G  Links mentioned:  THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development (un.org) Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org) https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/16-peace-justice-and-strong-institutions/ SDG16: Part 1 — Building the Global Police State (unlimitedhangout.com) https://id2020.org/manifesto https://mountkenyatimes.co.ke/bill-gates-urges-president-ruto-to-implement-new-digital-id-system-for-newborns-in-kenya/ Kenyan reporter not at all excited about the digital ID scheme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCOlQJm0y4c&t=45s SMU creating human trafficking data 'warehouse' (newswise.com) UN Digital ID - A Building Block for UN Digital Cooperation - UNICC In Ethiopia, WFP’s new digital system tracks and delivers to people facing severe hunger | World Food Programme https://unlimitedhangout.com/2020/07/reports/charity-accused-of-sex-abuse-coordinating-id2020s-pilot-program-for-refugee-newborns/#_blank https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/major-aid-charities-knew-of-sex-for-food-scandal-years-ago-says-times.html Manufacturing Consent: The Border Fiasco and the "Smart Wall" (unlimitedhangout.com) https://freedomcollaborative.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e323dbc8f8994ddfa89b52298&id=a185383dff&e=6f413f16b1 UN Secretary General discussing suppression of unpopular takes: https://youtu.be/pYpvPOkslgQ  

In this episode I review each of the Sustainable Development Goals with a little explainer about what the language they use really means and how it intersects with the human trafficking situation. In future episodes I'll be covering these Goals separately with a focus on what it means for anti-human trafficking work.  #SDG #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #antihumantrafficking #modernslavery #greatreset  Relentless website: Relentless | Serving at the intersection of health care and human trafficking (gorelentless.org) A previous podcast on this topic: https://admin5.podbean.com/gorelentless/episodes/form/vNWellfKjf6G  LINKS THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development (un.org) Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org) Sustainable Debt Slavery (unlimitedhangout.com) https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf    

An update about what's going on, upcoming events, the transgender phenomenon, and the feast day of Peter Claver. Links mentioned: Gender Transformation Docudrama: https://www.gendertransformation.com/ Livestream Q&A: https://momsforamerica.us/gender-confusion/ Summit on Food, Family, and Medical Freedom: https://www.johnlittellmd.com/event-details/florida-summit-2023 Please get in touch with me at https://gorelentless.org/contact/ Please also join my community at Locals: https://www.locals.com  

Erika joins me for another discussion of what we can learn from Sound of Freedom and how we can evaluate organizations in the counter-trafficking sector. We spend less time discussing the film and more about what we can look for in a good NGO. Let us know what you think!  Links mentioned: Letter from organizations in Asia: https://medium.com/@lmpinkston/sound-of-freedom-a-joint-statement-from-anti-trafficking-organizations-3ff84f558334   My previous podcast on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVK_bHQZJgs   You may contact me or Erika here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ 

I have a conversation with Erika Tello about our thoughts, qualms, and suggestions for those of you who will watch this movie. Let me know what you thought about the movie! What questions do you have?  Video version of this can be found here: Sound of Freedom - A Critical Review of the Movie - RELENTLESS Community (locals.com) Many links:  In which Jim Caviezel is inspired by the movie Taken (17:00); Tim Ballard states his wife said, "I will not let you jeopardize my salvation by not doing this". (25:40); in which Peterson does not push back on anything they said.  https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/the-fight-against-worldwide-child-slavery-the-sex-trade-jim-caviezel-and-tim-ballard-ep-372/  Controversy (there is a lot more):  https://gritdaily.com/operation-underground-railroad-tim-ballard/ https://americancrimejournal.com/operation-underground-railroad-earns-47-million-in-2020/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/sex-trafficking-raid-operation-underground-railroad.html CNN talking about QAnon https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2023/07/08/cnn-movie-sex-trafficking-moral-panic-meant-appease-qanon

In this episode I go a bit deeper into the link between modern slavery, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals, continuing from my previous podcast on the topic: Climate Change and Modern Slavery | The Doctor Is IN! Discussions about Health & Human Trafficking (podbean.com) Relentless website: Relentless | Serving at the intersection of health care and human trafficking (gorelentless.org) LINKS Bjorn Lomborg: False Alarm by Bjorn Lomborg | Basic Books Welfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies - ScienceDirect (1) Bjorn Lomborg on Twitter: "In a new oped I show how going vegetarian won’t cut your greenhouse emissions much: not the often-promised 50% but more likely ~2% https://t.co/w8Qy7HUuFz" / Twitter Alex Epstein:  (1) Alex Epstein on Twitter: "The irrefutable case for a Fossil Future If we want a world in which all 8 billion of us have the opportunity to flourish—to live long, healthy, prosperous, fulfilling lives—we need to use *more*, not less, fossil fuel going forward. A summary of my book Fossil Future. 🧵👇 https://t.co/ejQplXwPjH" / Twitter Michael Shellenberger: Michael Shellenberger,  Apocalypse Never – HarperCollins,  The Climate Change and Slavery video that won't allow me to post my comment: What does modern slavery have to do with climate change? - YouTube Paul Ehrlich: Population Bomb: The Overpopulation Theory That Fell Flat | Retro Report Kevin Bales Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, Climate Change - Kevin Bales How Hunger for Shrimp and Slavery Destroy Mangroves [Excerpt] - Scientific American Home | Sustainable Development (un.org) Unlimited Hangout: Sustainable Debt Slavery (unlimitedhangout.com) SDG7: The Impossible Energy Transformation (unlimitedhangout.com)  

I discuss the connection between climate change and modern slavery. Is the former causing the latter? What should we be considering when thinking about these two huge issues? The links to people, books, and reports I mentioned, as well as a lot more that are on several sides of this issue so you can form your own conclusions. Michael Shellenberger https://shellenberger.org/  Bjorn Lomborg https://www.lomborg.com/  https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/mecc_infosheet_climate_change_nexus.pdf https://www.iied.org/climate-change  https://ourworldindata.org/breaking-the-malthusian-trap  https://quillette.com/2019/10/05/channelling-the-malthusian-roots-of-climate-extremism/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/09/climate-alarmism-is-the-real-threat-to-public-health/ 

A riff about the human trafficking sector and totalitarianism. I'm wondering what you think about this? Do you follow? Do you agree? What questions do you have?  Please visit my website: www.gorelentless.org or find me on Locals: RELENTLESS (locals.com) To get in touch with me or one of my guests please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/   Relevant links:  Queer Theory and Counter-Human Trafficking Work (podbean.com) Prostitution & COVID in Germany (podbean.com) Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5415  

In this episode I review the recently published annual Trafficking in Persons Report published by the USA State Department. To get in touch with me please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ USA TIP Report: https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-trafficking-in-persons-report/ New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-lived-experience/

In this episode I briefly describe the health aspects of transgender people in the sex trade and the unique challenges they face. To get in touch with me please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/     Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine www.segm.org (PDF) The DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Gender Dysphoria (researchgate.net) Kozlowska K, Chudleigh C, McClure G, Maguire AM and Ambler GR (2021) Attachment Patterns in Children and Adolescents With Gender Dysphoria. Front. Psychol. 11:582688. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.582688 Sam Winter BSci, PGDE, MEd, PhD & Serge Doussantousse MPH (2009) Transpeople, Hormones, and Health Risks in Southeast Asia: A Lao Study, International Journal of Sexual Health, 21:1, 35-48, DOI: 10.1080/19317610802554141

In this episode Dr. Trevor Stammers and I discuss Human Trafficking for Organ Removal (HTOR), why it is such an unrecognized problem in the counter-trafficking sector, what transplant tourism has to do with it, and why allowing people to legally sell their organs doesn't solve the problem. The link to the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/b_iKEokAfI0  All relevant links are below.  Dr. Stammers is currently Editor in Chief of The New Bioethics https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ynbi20/current and recently was an Associate Professor in Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University, Twickenham in the UK. He practiced family medicine for 27 years before entering academia. He is currently writing a book on the ethics of organ acquisition and contributing a chapter on organ trafficking to new book on human trafficking from Policy Press.  His latest book (co-edited with Dr Calum MacKellar) is The Ethics of Generating Posthuman Persons, due out from Bloomsbury Academic in Feb 2022. To get in touch with me or one of my guests please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/  https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Toolkit-files/08-58296_tool_9-19.pdf  http://cofs.org/home/  https://endtransplantabuse.org/  https://chinatribunal.com/  VITA Network – Advancing the Health Response to Modern Slavery (vita-network.com) Courses | Vita Training - Safeguarding Victims of Modern Slavery (vita-training.com) Organ Trafficking: The Unseen Form of Human Trafficking - ACAMS Today Stop forced organ harvesting - FreedomUnited.org https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780198796558.001.0001/oso-9780198796558-chapter-17  

This conversation about patient advocacy with two brilliant people doing fantastic work helping women exit prostitution in Germany. We discuss the challenges and barriers these women face in accessing health care and how they meet the needs of the individuals. We talk about slowing down and humanizing the "process" of health care. You will be inspired and informed!  To get in touch with me or one of my guests please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/    

In this episode I discuss state-sponsored slavery, particularly the forms that are being perpetrated in China and North Korea. I also discuss other other questionable practices that can be found in other countries.  To get in touch with me please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/    UN High Commission on Human Rights definition of slavery:  https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/slaveryconvention.aspx International Labor Organization: What is forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking (Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking) (ilo.org) China:  USA TIP Report: https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-trafficking-in-persons-report/china/  https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/29/china-muslims-uighurs-abortion-sterilization-women-minorities/ https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/finally-the-biden-administration https://enduyghurforcedlabour.org/ https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/30/uighur-slave-labor-companies-brands-china/ https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale https://beslaveryfree.com/uyghur North Korea:  https://humantraffickingsearch.org/north-korean-slave-labor/ https://www.reuters.com/article/northkorea-eu-slavery/north-korea-sends-state-sponsored-slaves-to-europe-rights-group-idUSL8N19N43L https://apnews.com/article/global-trade-nuclear-weapons-north-korea-slavery-china-8b493b7df6e147e98d19f3abb5ca090a Tyranny, Slavery and Columbia U | Yeonmi Park | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4: E26 - YouTube Other:  Systemic forced labour and child labour has come to an end in Uzbek cotton - Modern Diplomacy https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjNl-bjhvnwAhWNPewKHTN7ACUQFjAXegQIHhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilo.org%2Fwcmsp5%2Fgroups%2Fpublic%2F---arabstates%2F---ro-beirut%2Fdocuments%2Fpublication%2Fwcms_552697.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2AbtvXJsXXJBh80TgVzfnl          

This webinar travels to Paris where we meet Joni and discuss her work with transwomen in prostitution in Paris. We will discuss the sex trafficking and prostitution situation there as well as the uniqueness of working with transwomen who are in that sector. Joni has lived in several different countries working in several different sectors. She has a wealth of experience and you are guaranteed to learn something in this webinar.  To reach me or to get in touch with Joni please leave a comment here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ 

This podcast is a discussion of a journal article that applies Queer Theory to counter-human trafficking work and a subsequent webinar featuring the article and one of the authors. Queer Theory is a branch of Critical Social Justice and I explain some of the basic tenets of it and how it is applied in this article. The goal is to help people recognize and understand Queer Theory in the context of counter-trafficking work, at least through the lens of this paper.  Schwarz C, Britton H. Queering the Support for Trafficked Persons: LGBTQ Communities and Human Trafficking in the Heartland. Social Inclusion (ISSN: 2183-2803) 2015, Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 63-75 Doi: 10.17645/si.v3i1.172.  Webinar: HEAL Research Webinar: Queering the Support for Trafficked Persons - LGBTQ Communities and Human Trafficking in the Heartland | HEAL Trafficking: Health, Education, Advocacy, Linkage  Pluckrose H, Lindsay J. Cynical Theories, How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity. Pitchstone Publishing, Durham, NC. 2020.  New Discourses www.newdiscourses.com  

Jennifer is a physician assistant who lives in Houston, TX and is active in working against sex trafficking there. We discuss the prostitution and trafficking situation there as well as how she integrates her health profession and her counter-trafficking work. This is a fascinating look into the illegal yet very open prostitution scene there - particularly among Chinese women - and she shares some stories you will not want to miss!  If you would like to get in touch me me or Jennifer, please reach out to me here: Contact | Relentless (gorelentless.org)  Please subscribe to this channel and if you want to know more about what Relentless is doing against human trafficking please sign up for the newsletter: Newsletter Signup | Relentless (gorelentless.org)

This episode is all about the connection between sleep and trauma. What are the sleep disturbances that people with PTSD or chronic trauma suffer and what kind of things can one do to sleep better? This is NOT medical advice, is not a substitute for visiting your physician and is not entirely comprehensive. I wanted to give an overview about sleep, how trauma and PTSD disrupts sleep, and some suggestions for how to sleep better.  If you have questions or comments or would like to know more please be in touch with comment below.    Resources:  Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (nih.gov) Kovachy B; O’Hara R; Hawkins N; Gershon A; Primeau MM; Madej J; Carrion V. Sleep disturbance in pediatric PTSD: current findings and future directions. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(5):501-510. Dream sleep takes sting out of painful memories | Berkeley News How Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Affects Sleep | Sleep Foundation

In this video I interview Taina, who works with an NGO to do street outreach and aftercare assistance to transgender women in prostitution in a European city. They offer relief and assistance to anyone who wants it, and if someone wishes to exit the sex trade they help facilitate that process. I'm sure you will learn a lot and be inspired to get involved through this brief interview. A good discussion took place after the recording stopped. If you have further questions or would like to get in touch with Taina, please reach me through my website link or leave a comment below.  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/  For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/ 

I tackle conspiracy theories and human trafficking because the size and scope and potential for harm is too great to let the recent QAnon shenanigans go by without addressing them. In this talk I discuss what is QAnon and what does it have to do with human trafficking? Why do such conspiracies take such hold in society? What harm has the #savethechildren conspiracy done to the human trafficking movement? What can we do to recognize such fallacies and prevent them in the future?  The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/conspiracy-theories-sensationalism-and-human-trafficking/  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/  For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/ 

Guest Cristhina discusses her organization's development of an online outreach program to sexually exploited women. She offers some practical wisdom for how to get started and how to stay healthy in this challenging milieu.  The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/online-outreach-in-the-era-of-covid/  To receive a copy of the Online Outreach 101 and Tech Tipps handouts please contact me here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/  For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/ 

Here I interview Rhonda who heads up an organization that helps women exit prostitution in Germany. We cover a variety of topics and I'm sure that everyone will learn something about prostitution in Germany, the COVID situation here, and how one excellent organization does their best to help women exit sexual exploitation.  Interested in reaching Rhonda or me with a question? Please post a comment below.  The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/prostitution-and-covid-in-germany/  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/  For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/ 

In this interview with Shannon, the Executive Director and co-Founder of Netzwerk gegen Menschenhandel (Network against Human Trafficking) and the project Liebe ohne Zwang, we discuss her organization's innovative efforts to prevent sex trafficking of young people through leading workshops in schools. We also discuss the Loverboy method and the insidious coercive ways they manipulate young women. I'm sure you will learn a lot!  Netzwerk gegen Menschenhandel https://netzwerkgm.de/  Liebe ohne Zwang https://liebe-ohne-zwang.de/  Interested in reaching Shannon or me with a question? Please send me an email.  The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/loverboys-and-sex-trafficking-prevention/

Dr. Judy Norman joins me again for a conversation about trauma informed care in a clinical setting and how not to retraumatize your patients. This webinar will be directed towards health professionals, but I'm sure that non-medical types will learn something as well!    Richie-Zavaleta, A.C.; Villanueva, A.M.; Homicile, L.M.; Urada, L.A. Compassionate Care—Going the Extra Mile: Sex Trafficking Survivors’ Recommendations for Healthcare Best Practices. Sexes 2021, 2, 26–49. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes2010003    Macias-Konstantopoulos WL. Caring for the Trafficked Patient: Ethical Challenges and Recommendations for Health Care Professionals. AMA Journal of Ethics January 2017, Volume 19, Number 1: 80-90.

We are thinking outside the box of anti-trafficking work with Erika Tello and her unique journey to establishing a nationwide anti-trafficking network in Italy. She saw a particular gap in the fight against human trafficking and rose to the challenge of bridging it. We discuss not only the importance of networks, their challenges, and how to get started. If you have further questions or would like to get in touch with Erika, please reach me through my website link or leave a comment below. To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

My interview with Dr. Judy Norman (OB/GYN) about her work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where she teaches Gynecology and Women's Health. Dr. Norman is doing some remarkable out-of-the-box interventions to improve the health and wellness of women in places like garment factories and those selling sex in the red-light district. She is breaking down cultural barriers and leading her staff and community towards real change for women in Cambodia. We also discussed some practical medical interventions for those working directly with women in prostitution. A couple of main take-aways are that we should remain life-long learners and to train up others and multiply yourself where you are qualified. She also emphasized networking and collaboration with NGOs so that strengths are synergized for maximum benefit and impact. I'm sure you will be energized and inspired by this dynamo physician! You can see our interview here. To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

In this podcast I address the issues surrounding three counter-trafficking organizations which have taken wrong and deplorable turns. I also take this opportunity discuss due diligence and how institutions and individuals can evaluate an organization they are considering supporting.  To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live webinar please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

This is part 3 in a mini-series about self-care. This isn't another piece about why self-care is important or what to do. It is about how you can decide what is right for you and how to implement it.  For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

This is a follow up on Part 1 about the essential principles of self-care. This isn't another piece about why self-care is important or what to do. It is about how you can decide what is right for you and how to implement it.  For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

Here I turn my health and wellness focus on the caregiver. This isn't another piece about why self-care is important or what to do. It is about how you can decide what is right for you and how to implement it. The written blog version is here: https://gorelentless.org/essential-principles-of-self-care/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/