UNSEEN: The Trafficked Truth Podcast
by Victoria Roland
At Unseen: The Trafficked Truth podcast, we will uncover true sex trafficking crime stories. You will get a chance to hear from survivors themselves and other stories of commercially sexually exploited victims that never made it to headlines. We hope to raise awareness, uncover truths through voices unheard, and provide education to skeptics or nonbelievers of this growing epidemic.
Episodes
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S4 EP10 | Truths Shared w/Survivor, Leinani of Healing through Art 808
Happy 50th last episode and Human Trafficking Awareness Month 2023. After a long podcast posting pause, Host Victoria is joined by Kanaka Maoli, Leinani Yahiku, to share some truths about her story AND journey of surviving domestic violence and sex trafficking. Leinani and Victoria leave a…
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S4 EP9 | Teen still missing ,possibly murdered, after testifying against her traffickers in 2009
Happy June and 49th episode release with a special message. In this episode , Victoria will provide important updates and will cover the sad missing case of an Everett, Washington multiracial (Native American, Black, and White) young adult woman. For over 10 years, Sarah Collins has been…
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S4 EP8 | Giving Voice to Survivor Alexis "Kee"Martins truths w/ Millennial Therapist Podcast Hosts
Join Victoria and Mao and Nao from The Millennial Therapists Podcast discussing an important sex trafficking survivors story. Victoria hoped to one day have this guest on herself and share since being released almost 2 years ago. Since we couldnt, we are giving much needed coverage and awareness...
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S4 EP7 | Allyship, the Gift of Joy & Healing Together with Chickpea and Tam
Hey Listeners!!! Special shoutout to all those sharing space and respect for Aprils Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month! Join us for a more celebratory episode for April!!! In this episode, Jennifer Ottenberg (aka Chickpea) and Tam Hixson share how they will…
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S4 EP6 | Truth Telling & Facts Shared w/ Survivor Kristin, her parents, & her sister
Welcome to another amazing episode with Kristin Howard and her wonderful family. In season 3, episode 4 we heard facts and truths shared about Kristins life in and exiting the game while her family was there. It wasn't easy as they explained it but they realized she was being sex trafficked, not...
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S4 EP5 |MEN! Fight for me book w/ Co-Authors Jessica & Alan from SavingInnocence.org
Please join us as we talk truths with the co authors of the book, Men! Fight for me, The role of authentic masculinity in ending sexual exploitation and trafficking. Both Survivor Leader Jessica and ED Alan of Saving Innocence will grace the mic and discuss what led to writing this book and how...
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S4 EP4 | Truth Telling & Facts Shared w/ Survivor January of Soap2Hope.org
Happy New year of 2022 and welcome to Human Trafficking Awareness Month! Im so happy to have Soap2Hopes ED, January, a phenomenal poet and mother bringing us into both of these occasions. She opens up with her poem reading called, "Swallowed" and she is going to enlighten our minds with her…
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S4 EP3 | Truth Telling&Facts Shared w/Lived Experience Expert, Ashley of My Truth is Now
Join Victoria and Ashley Maha'a for an episode taped in Hawaii (excuse some of the audio - there were technical difficulties while recording). Ashley is the CEO and Founder of My Truth Is Now and member of CAXHI (Community Against exploitation-Hawaii), and will be starting her Glow Bow Drop...
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S4 EP2 | Truth Telling & Facts Shared w/ Survivor Jenna McKaye
Join Victoria and Survivor Jenna McKaye of the Jenna McKaye Foundation. She will share facts about the importance of awareness and advocacy in medical, mental health, and school settings. She'll share truths about her trafficker and her uncommon survivor story. Listen as she discusses equine...
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S4 EP1 | The 300 month sentence of trafficker Trevien Thomas aka Triggah
Join Victoria and a new guest , Estella, for the first episode of Season 4. Dive in hard as they cover the story of the brave escape by a 14 year old who was tricked by Trevien Thomas, aka Triggah, from Dallas to Houston in 2016. She managed to escape after being controlled, drugged, and raped…
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One Year POD Anniversary Mini Announcement
Aloha Unseen: TTT Pod friends, framily, family, listeners and community folx. Got a quick announcement here , sort of providing you an update and celebrating our 1 year!!! A huge thank you to you all as this entire year has been a joyus journey! While we prepare for Season 4 and support the Host,...
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S3 EP 13 | Facts & Truths: The Anti-Trafficking Movement Needs To Move! w/Armand
In this last episode for Season 3, we have Mr. Armand King of Paving Great Futures , From the Streets to the Suites, and Raised in Pimp City! Armand leads the organization Paving Great Futures, is the Co-Host and Co-Creator of From the Streets to the Suites currently on Facebook and soon to be...
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S3 EP 12 | Facts & Truths: Recovery doesnt have to be linear w/ Survivor Harper
Join us for another episode of survivor truths and understand that trafficking doesnt look like you think. Harper Lee is a survivor of child intrafamilial sex trafficking. She is 25 years old and was trafficked and exploited for 10 years by her parents. Harper discusses the realities that she...
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S3 EP 11 | Facts & Truths: My inner child knows the truth w/ Survivor Antares
Honored to support survivors during Mental health Awareness month. Unseen was able to provide a safe space for Antare's truths as it his first time speaking publicly of depression, suffering in silence, child sexual abuse and intrafamilial trafficking. He will share that speaking up and saying it...
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S3 EP 10 | Facts & Truths: Porn consumption increases the demand w/Paul
Porn is used for grooming victims especially by pedos and traffickers. Lets also be afraid that porn increase the demand!!!! Could is also be used to groom future "Johns/ Buyers"??? Listen to Paul speak with Victoria on this . He will share truths about his exposure to porn and his long history…
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S3 EP7 | Facts & Truths: It's Hard Fighting To Be Heard W/Jeremy
About 15 years after the sexual abuse as a child from a male babysitter, Jeremy Indika shares how his memories resurfaced and affected him. In his middle age, he realized that he wanted to tell people, but he wasn't sure how. Jeremy decided to take a pause on his Engineering career to tell his...
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S3 EP6 | Facts & Truths: BIPOC Voices Need More Safe Spaces w/Chisom & Victoria
Listen to " WHAT'S HAPPENING" Podcast by Journalist Chisom Uche-Onyilofor . We had the pleasure of featuring this episode of Chisom speaking with Victoria, the Host and Creator of Unseen: TTT Podcast. They dissect the incident where Victoria got away which is the first episode of Unseen: TTT...
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S3 EP5 | Facts & Truths : Re-humanize who we Dehumanized w/ Jaimee J.
Listeners, you have to listen in and join Victoria and Jaimee Johnson tell some hard, much needed truths! Victoria fan girls super hard as Jaimee was who Victoria first recognized as a powerhouse truth teller in the social media, podcast, and direct services space of supporting fellow lived...
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S3 EP4 | Facts & Truths: "My Mom & Dad Were There" w/ Kristin
Unseen is back with another uniquely created episode where the survivors' parents, sibling, and friend/coworker intently support her truth telling by joining the episode recording. Not only can you tell the energy, love, and passion was there the entire time but they offer very valuable insight…
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S3 EP3 | Facts & Truths: Sex Workers Have Voices Too by M. Dante
At Unseen: TTT we have episodes, seemingly, for everyone. Please join us and listen to M. Dante an experienced woman in the literature and research reporting realm. She highlights other pioneers and writings regarding sex work, past and present. She is a contributor to many especially the…
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S3 EP2 | Facts & Truths: Education Saved Me w/ Megan L. of the Avery Center
You do not want to miss this truth telling episode with Megan Lundstrom of the Avery Center in Colorado. Victoria has seen and heard of Megans work recently and explains why we can “fan girl” survivor leaders in the anti-trafficking movement. Not only does Megan speak facts but she shares her…
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S3 EP1 | Facts & Truths: Rescued by Sex Workers w/ Jes Richardson
Season 3 has arrived with Jes Richardson as our first survivor/warrior guest. In Season 3, Victoria will speak to Leaders; more Survivor Leaders, Ally Leaders, and those unnoticed in the anti-trafficking movement. We start with Jes as she opens the season with speaking facts and truths even…
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S2 EP15 | Truth Telling w/SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor Jessica J.
Join Victoria in hearing Jessica share her story of being sexually exploited by a family member, being a sex worker, struggling with homelessness, and how God unexpectedly redeemed her from her situation. #WomensHerstorymonth Check out our new website with all the resources you need and links to...
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S2 EP14 | Sex Trafficked Survivor Keiana Aldrich Granted Clemency
Victoria covers the story of Sex trafficking survivor Keiana Aldrich who is now free after 8 plus years of imprisonment. The story includes reports of Keiana seeking freedom as she was challenging hard truths of mental illness, sexual assault retaliation and alienation. Keiana is now free and…
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S2 EP13 | Donah Sandfords' Survivor Story of When a Police Officer is a Criminal Pimp
Disclaimer: Much like the previous episodes particularly in Season 2, this is a definite Trigger Warning! Listener discretion is advised, and material discussed is not intended for audiences under 18 years of age. Almost 11 years after the 2009 take down of an Upland Park Police Department,...
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S2 EP12 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Ansley PT 2
Part 2 is of Ansleys terrible trafficking ordeal involving a trip to India for the “Next Level Program” and her being trafficked. She endures sharing information about the dark world of businesses, organizations, universities, and people in your community who can exploit you, traffick you, and…
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S2 EP11 | Truth Telling w/SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Stacy
Disclaimer: Much like the previous episodes particularly in Season 2, this is a definite Trigger Warning! Listener discretion is advised, and material discussed is not intended for audiences under 18 years of age. You cant miss this last episode of Season 2 of raw and real truth telling!! Stacy...
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S2 EP10 | Truth Telling w/SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Katherine
Listen in as Kat talks about hard truths surrounding her story from beginning in Canada to her exit from Houston. Listeners will get to learn about the dark realities behind the manipulator/trafficker, so-called "pimp". In Kats case, he used the CEO Pimp manipulation after befriending her…
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S2 EP9 | Truth telling w/SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Ansley
Join us for a very uniquely talented artistic episode featuring Advocate, Rapper, Dancer, Ansley Jukeboxx Joye. We share the unfortunate story of her intrafamilial child sexual abuse and sex trafficking by household family members. She braves through the uncomfortable, not often discussed,...
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S2 EP8 | Truth Telling w/SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Isabella
Hear the unfortunate story of Isabella Grosso and the sad truth of intrafamilial trafficking. Isabella is in a good place of her journey to share not only through a documentary, and a book, but through this podcast of how her older cousin groomed her and trafficked her at 16. Isabellas unusual…
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S2 EP7 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Mary
Dr. Mary Kaye Holmes will speak on her experiences being sex trafficked and sexploited as a teenager in the inner city , UNSEEN. She will share truths of the "life" from drug trafficking to incarceration and struggling to get her education and getting out. Mary highlights her story of finding out...
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S2 EP6 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Quiroz will share her raw truth of the dark and troubling life of being victimized in her home by domestic family violence, as a teenager sex trafficked, and young adult involved in crimes from drug trafficking to robbery. Elizabeth will brave through exposing the realities many victims...
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S2 EP5 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited & Sex Trafficked Survivor, Chris
Chris Bates from their own newly founded grassroots organization, Overcome Exploitation, joins Unseen: TTT Pod to share some truths. Join in and listen as they uncover the disgusting truths of child/teen exploitation and how grown men prayed on very common vulnerabilities. Even during the...
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S2 MINI EPISODE | Trafficking Terms & BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
Tune into this helpful mini episode, where Victoria breaks down some of the basic terms used in the trafficking realm. Also hear a big announcement about what the UNSEEN team has coming up in the month of January 2021! Check out our new website with all the resources you need and links to our new...
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S2 EP4 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited & Sex Trafficked Survivor, Jose PT2
Jose Alfaro shares so many truths with being a sexploited and sex trafficked male gay teen and young adult. Jose discusses his entire story and his experience of contacting the human trafficking hotline, a little on survival sex, and the "square life" challenges. He also shares his experience...
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S2 EP4 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited & Sex Trafficked Survivor, Jose PT1
Jose Alfaro shares so many truths with being a sexploited and sex trafficked male gay teen and young adult. Jose discusses his entire story and his experience of contacting the human trafficking hotline. He also shares his experience finding out about his perps arrest, going through the legal...
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S2 EP3 | Truth Telling W/ SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor, Rayanne
Join Victoria and Rayanne Irving from her podcast, Focus Forward, as they share empowering truths, positive motivating statements, and honest testimonies that will raise awareness and help our survivors and allies understand more. Check out our new website with all the resources you need and…
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S2 EP2 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited as a Teen Survivor, Sabrina
Join Victoria and Sabrina Lopez of Girl Speak Up! as they discuss the other side of trafficking, being commercially sexually exploited as a Child. Sabrina braves through telling her story publicly after 15 years and shines light on being groomed, recruited, and exploited for many years starting…
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S2 EP1 | Hear HIS Trafficked Truth, Jerome E. Pt 2
Join Jerome Elam, the President and CEO of Trafficking in America Task Force talk about his victimization, survival, and thriving journey. Jerome personally shares truths that advocates, other survivors, and community members will understand and truly feel the importance of being aware…
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S2 EP1 | Hear HIS Trafficked Truth, Jerome E. Pt 1
Join Jerome Elam, the President and CEO of Trafficking in America Task Force talk about his victimization, survival, and thriving journey. Jerome personally shares truths that advocates, other survivors, and community members will understand and truly feel the importance of being aware…
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Season Two Trailer: Sex Trafficking Awareness Through Truth Telling Survivors
Season Two of Unseen is almost here!!! We have lots of survivor stories and new theme music! We are so excited to share this next season. Survivor truths will dominate the airways and we will have a surprise in honor of Januarys Human Trafficking Awareness Month! Be sure to tune in every Friday…
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EP 10 | Truth Telling w/SEXploited & Sex Trafficked Survivor, Chiquita Pt 2
Join us for Part 2 as Chiquita shares more insight on current issues that as a community we can work together in fixing, such as believing children and teens the first time! Link to Chiquita's Book:...
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EP 9 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited and Sex Trafficked Survivor ,Chiquita Pt 1
Join an empowered woman tell her truths, her journey after being rescued from traffickers and recruiters as a teen, and hear important issues needed to end sex trafficking. Chiquita will share insight on current issues that as a community we can work together in fixing, such as believing children...
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EP 8 | Truth Telling w/ SEXploited & Sex Trafficked Survivor , Heather
Join an empowered woman, Heather Heartflo as she tells her truths, her struggles, and hear her powerful poetic words of her reclaiming lost power. The recording was 4 days before her 50th Birthday and we were so blessed to have her be the first Survivor following the hosts story. She details her...
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EP 4 | "Lottos" Arrest & the documentary "TRICKED"
If you haven't listened to Episode 1, you should check it out! Especially before diving head first into this one. It seems that there's a possible connection to an alleged trafficker and the boxing realm in Philly. This brought us to an article which covered a trafficking attempt involving a…
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EP 3 | The Angel Speaks: Jake Shares What He Remembers
In this episode Victoria sits down with the savior from the night she survived. The conversation brings up lots of emotions and thoughts on the dynamic between men and women. If you are empowered to share your story, please reach out and be heard. Find us on Instagram @unseentttpodcast and...
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EP 2 | Sex Trafficked Survivor Chrystul Kizer and the Death of Randall Volar
In this episode, Victoria and Sherise uncover the story of Randall Volar and his involvement in the victimization of Chrystul Kizer and how it lead to his horrific death. Disclosure: Listener discretion is advised. The information shared represents the views and opinions of the host and co-host....
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EP 1 | Hear MY Trafficked Truth and How I got Away by Victoria R.
The host of, Unseen: The Trafficked Truth, tells her survivor story of how she got away. She’ll reveal other trafficking truths experienced through the years with the help of a guest. Listen to her as she unveils truths from that lived experience that equips her on her 15 year journey as a lived...
About this show
At Unseen: The Trafficked Truth podcast, we will uncover true sex trafficking crime stories. You will get a chance to hear from survivors themselves and other stories of commercially sexually exploited victims that never made it to headlines. We hope to raise awareness, uncover truths through voices unheard, and provide education to skeptics or nonbelievers of this growing epidemic.
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Victoria Roland
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