Best Australian Survivor History Podcasts (2024)

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Season 5 Episode 8: The Myth of the Domestic Violence Incident 35:46

15d ago35:46

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, David & Ruth speak about the Myth of the Domestic Violence Incident chapter David's recently published book: "Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to Transform The Way We Keep Children Safe From Domestic Violence." They discuss how an isolated incident lens: Focuses systems interventions & professi…

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Season 5 Episode 7: Childhood Domestic Violence Exposure is “Pivotal”: An interview with Professor Higgins, an Australian Childhood Maltreatment Study (ACMS) chief investigator 1:14:22

21d ago1:14:22

1:14:22

Send us a Text Message. The recently published groundbreaking, population-based study of child maltreatment in Australia found exposure to domestic violence is the most common form of maltreatment (39.6%). In this interview with Professor Daryl Higgins, one of the studies’ chief investigators, David and Ruth discuss the domestic violence specific r…

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Season 5 Episode 6: This Work is Sacred: An interview with Beth Ann Morhardt 1:02:38

2M ago1:02:38

1:02:38

Send us a Text Message. Partnering with survivors is a sacred act. Listening to survivors, hearing their stories, and working with them as equals is uplifting for practitioners and their clients. In this episode of Partnered With a Survivor, David and Ruth speak with Beth Ann Morhardt, one of the first domestic violence consultants trained in the S…

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Season 5 Episode 5: A Trauma History is Not An Excuse for Acting Abusively 37:03

3M ago37:03

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of Partnered with A Survivor, David & Ruth have an intimate discussion about how we can be emotionally & behaviorally responsible even when we have been trained into fear & reactivity through violence & abuse. David and Ruth discuss: How we need to drop binary definitions in order to prevent abusers from usin…

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Season 5 Episode 4: Unveiling the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: Beyond the Myth of the Child Witness 50:15

4M ago50:15

50:15

Send us a Text Message. Discover the hard truths about the impact of domestic violence on children, as we, David and Ruth Reymundo Mandel, discuss the "Myth of the Child Witness" chapter from David's book "Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to transform the way we keep children safe from domestic violence." We promise you'll come away w…

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Season 5 Episode 3: An Introduction to the David Mandel's Book "Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to transform the way we keep children safe from domestic violence" 46:07

4M ago46:07

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Ruth and David start with a round up of their March 2024 Safe & Together trip to Australia and New Zealand with highlights from the 7th annual Safe & Together Asia Pacific conference with it's focus on work with First Nation peoples, feedback from podcast listeners, and an update on how the Model is transfor…

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Season 5 Episode 2: Women’s Use of Force in Intimate Relationships: An Interview with Lisa Young Larance 59:43

6M ago59:43

59:43

Send us a Text Message. Both men and women can be violent and controlling. In this episode of Partnered with a Survivor, Ruth and David speak with international expert Lisa Young Larance about her research and clinical practice related to women’s use of force in intimate relationships. In the conversation, Lisa highlights the importance of context …

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Season 5 Episode 1: Sexual and Domestic Violence In the Military: An Interview with Never Alone Advocacy 56:59

7M ago56:59

56:59

Send us a Text Message. Sexual and domestic violence in the military challenges recruitment, retention, team cohesion, operational readiness, security and organizational health. Yet, most militaries around the world are still struggling to effectively address these problems. Gaps in the response harm military families, and allow the destruction of …

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Season 4 Episode 12: Research That Puts Survivors at the Center 49:25

9M ago49:25

49:25

Send us a Text Message. Historically research hasn’t always involved or benefited the population being studied. Dr. Elizabeth Dalgarno, the Director, and Founder of the SHERA Research Group is staunch advocate of research that is undertaken by and with the people it concerns rather than “on” them. In this far-ranging interview, Ruth, David, and Dr …

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Season 4 Episode 11: Human Resources Policy & Domestic Violence: Creating A Domestic Violence-Informed Organization 53:22

9M ago53:22

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Send us a Text Message. Domestic violence represent 27% of workplace violent events 1 in 5 victims take time off from work due to abuse 20% of victims of domestic abuse had taken off month or more in prior year 56% arrived late at least 5x/month 53% missed at least 3 days of work/month 65% of companies do not have domestic violence policy (SHRM) Th…

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Season 4 Episode 10: Ensuring the Voice of the Child is Heard, and Child’s Best Interests are Considered in Domestic Abuse Cases: How the Safe & Together Model Helps Promote the Rights of Children 52:29

9M ago52:29

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Send us a Text Message. Are children domestic violence victims in their own right? Are they co-victims with the adult survivor? What is the relationship between the child and the adult survivors’ experiences How do we hold domestic violence perpetrators accountable in their role as parents? How do we consider the child’s relationship to the perpetr…

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Season 4 Episode 9: The Last Drop Film: A revolutionary new tool for professionals working with young people around Coercive Control 35:22

10M ago35:22

35:22

Send us a Text Message. The problem of dating violence and coercive control among young people has been sorely overlooked, and educational resources are hard to find...until now! In order make coercive control visible to youth & to fill a gap in professional education materials & intervention strategies for young people, we have partnered with the …

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Season 4 Episode 8: “Heart Healing”: An interview with Mibbinbah’s Lisa and Jack Bulman 59:22

10M ago59:22

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Ruth & David speak with Lisa & Jack Bulman of Mibbinbah Spirit Healing about their work in community to facilitate healing from intergenerational trauma, support healthy relationship connections and strengthen the wellbeing of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander men and families. Mibbinbah uses a “whole of c…

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Season 4 Episode 7: Survivors Are Better Parents Than Most People Think (even survivors themselves) 53:59

1y ago53:59

53:59

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, David & Ruth talk about why the Safe & Together Institute focuses on survivor protective capacities and some of the research behind this approach. While assessments of harm and risk, and trauma frameworks are important, these approaches highlight danger and pathologies. But these approaches, while necessary,…

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Season 4 Episode 6: “The Professional Part of Me is Not Separated from the Personal:” An interview with Nneka MacGregor 1:16:21

1y ago1:16:21

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Send us a Text Message. Survivors, who are professionals, can live in fear that if they share their experience in the workplace, they will be dismissed and disregarded. In this episode, Ruth & David speak with Nneka Mcgregor, founder & Executive Director of WomenattheentrE, about the need to transform our systems so that professionals who are survi…

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Season 4 Episode 5: An interview with Caring Dads co-creator Dr. Katreena Scott 1:07:07

1y ago1:07:07

1:07:07

Send us a Text Message. There are few intervention programs for fathers who use violence as part of their parenting. In this episode, David & Ruth take a deep dive into the work that needs to happen with violent fathers with Dr. Katreena Scott, the co-creator of the Caring Dads program. In this interview, David Ruth and Katreena speak about The imp…

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Season 4 Episode 4: Being abused by a partner while advocating for others: An interview with Leah Vejzovic, the Safe & Together Institute North American Regional Manager 1:00:34

1+ y ago1:00:34

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Send us a Text Message. Professionals working in domestic violence and related fields are not immune from being abused by their partner. In fact, their role as a domestic violence or related professional can create some unique vulnerabilities that perpetrators are willing and able to exploit as part of their efforts at control. In another episode i…

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Season 4 Episode 3: The silent effects of non-fatal strangulation: A conversation with international & lived experience expert, Nneka MacGregor 1:05:31

1+ y ago1:05:31

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Send us a Text Message. Strangulation attempts are a common element of domestic violence perpetrators’ patterns of behaviors. Non-fatal strangulation has long been identified as a risk factor for domestic violence homicide. Less attention has been paid to the short, medium and long term effects of non-fatal strangulation on survivor functioning and…

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Season 4 Episode 2: Coming “Out” As A Survivor in a Professional Setting: A Practitioner’s Journey 1:04:00

1+ y ago1:04:00

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Send us a Text Message. Listening to the voice of lived experience experts, AKA survivors of all forms of abuse and neglect, is becoming more and more a part of the domestic violence-informed professional landscape. At the same time, self-disclosure, in professional spaces, of being an abuse survivor can be a fraught for some practitioners. It can …

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Season 4 Episode 1: Using the Concept of Partnering with Survivors to Promote Worker Health and Well-Being 49:05

1+ y ago49:05

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Send us a Text Message. Working with domestic violence means professionals come into contact daily with complex & challenging trauma. Beyond the complexity involved with working toward the safety of the family, working with domestic violence survivors often confronts professionals with their own prior experiences of abuse and trauma. Partnering wit…

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Episode 65 - The Best Of Australian Survivor Archives Part 4 3:21:31

1+ y ago3:21:31

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A quiet year is set to get a bit louder as we close out 2022 in style with another CLIP SHOW as we bring you all those bits of our non-interview episodes of our coverage of Season 2 of Australian Survivor! You'll hear all the bits of our recaps, all the bits of our hilarity and all the bits of us bagging out Ben Wynn just a bit more in true ASA sty…

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Episode 64 - The Best Of Australian Survivor Archives Part 3 3:19:09

1+ y ago3:19:09

3:19:09

As we get ready to close out a very quiet year on ASA, we're back for another exciting CLIP SHOW as we bring you the best bits from all our interviews covering Season 2 of Australian Survivor! That's right, it's time to bring all those exciting moments from our exciting guests during our coverage of Channel 7's Celebrity Survivor that we know you l…

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Season 3 Episode 13: What Domestic Violence Perpetrators Steal From Survivors 37:55

1+ y ago37:55

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Send us a Text Message. When we think about domestic violence only in terms of what is added - violence and danger - instead of what is taken away (safety, self determination, quality of life), we fail at naming some of the most profound effects of domestic violence perpetrators’ behaviors on survivors. In this episode, David & Ruth talk about what…

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Season 3 Episode 12 Weaponize & Fabricate: How Domestic Violence Perpetrators’ Behaviors Intersect with Survivors’ Mental Health and Substance Misuse Issues 1:01:22

2y ago1:01:22

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Send us a Text Message. Toxic Trio. Triple Play. Trifecta. All over the globe, professionals working with families have shorthand jargon that reflects the prevalence of the complex mixture of issues that many families experience. Unfortunately these phrases do not usually enhance the ability to partner with survivors or intervene with perpetrators.…

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Season 3 Episode 11: Pivoting to The Perpetrator: An essential tool for interrupting victim blaming 1:12:23

2y ago1:12:23

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Send us a Text Message. Conversations about domestic violence often start from a victim blaming perspective: “Why doesn’t she leave?” or “Why does she keep choosing him over children?” or “I can’t trust her to understand the impact on children. She has a trauma history.” These victim blaming statements interfere with partnering with survivors and h…

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Episode 63 - Season 1 21 Year Reunion Special 47:35

2y ago47:35

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A very very special episode coming down your speakers today as we bring you all the action from our EXCLUSIVE 21 year reunion for Season 1 of Australian Survivor hosted direct from the original filming location of Whalers Way! Join Ben & Matt from the ground and for the first time ever in person together as they chat with reunion attendees from Sea…

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Episode 62 - The Best Of Australian Survivor Archives Part 2 5:02:15

2y ago5:02:15

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After our return last week with an EPIC clip show bringing you the best bits of our Season 1 interviews, we're back once again for another CLIP SHOW as we now bring you all the best bits from our non-interview episodes from Season 1. That's right, you'll hear all the bits you laughed and cried on from our episode recaps and other episodes covering …

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Episode 61 - The Best Of Australian Survivor Archives Part 1 5:56:47

2y ago5:56:47

5:56:47

WE'RE BACK! Hello! Remember us?! Well we still exist! And what a way to come back to your speakers today as for the very first time we're here to bring you an epic CLIP SHOW featuring all the best bits of our interviews from our Season 1 coverage of Australian Survivor! Buckle yourself up for one epic trip down memory lane as we bring you clips fro…

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Season 3 Episode 10: “Slow Motion Murder:” Widening the understanding of the link between domestic violence and child deaths 1:07:58

2y ago1:07:58

1:07:58

Send us a Text Message. With upsetting frequency, the news will report a story of a child murdered by their mother’s partner. Sometimes this murder happens in the context of separation. Other times it is part of perpetrators' overall pattern of violence toward multiple family members. Unfortunately, dramatic homicides only tell part of the story. T…

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Season 3 Episode 9: Coercive Control in Children's and Mother's Lives: An interview with author and academic Dr. Emma Katz 1:32:14

2y ago1:32:14

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, David & Ruth discuss with Dr. Emma Katz in her new book, “Coercive Control in Children’s and Mother’s Lives.” Dr. Katz shares the story behind the development of this groundbreaking book, where she shares her learnings from interviews with 15 groups of mothers and their children. In this far ranging conversa…

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Season 3 Episode 8: Understanding Reproductive Coercion: An Interview with Dr. Heather McCauley 1:06:33

2y ago1:06:33

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, David & Ruth continue their series on reproductive coercion as part of the cycle of intimate partner violence with an interview with Dr. Heather McCauley from the Michigan Consortium on Gender Based Violence MSU. Dr. McCauley discusses the newest research on reproductive coercion, the correlations to intimat…

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Season 3 Episode 7: Understanding and Validating Survivors' Acts of Resistance 49:50

2y ago49:50

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Send us a Text Message. Too often conversations about domestic violence define survivors as passive trauma survivors with the emphasis on the negative mental health and addiction consequences of the perpetrators' patterns of behavior. And while these impacts are real they only tell part of the story. On a daily basis, survivors engage in small and …

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Season 3 Episode 6: 7 Myths about the Safe & Together Model 56:32

2y ago56:32

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode David & Ruth go 'myth busting!" Like any effort to promote change, there can be misconceptions of what the Safe & Together Model does or is about. The Safe & Together Model is not immune to this mischaracterizations. In their conversations, David & Ruth tackle the following 7 mistaken perceptions of the Safe …

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Season 3 Special Minisode: Interview with Celine Donovan, a New Zealand Safe & Together Model Certified Trainer 6:58

2y ago6:58

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Send us a Text Message. In this short, special bonus episode, Ruth interviews Celine Donovan, a Safe & Together Model Certified Trainer, working for Tatauko Mai, the only Safe & Together Institute Partner Agency in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Ruth caught up with Celine in coffee shop in Christchurch. They spoke about about how the Model has changed her…

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Season 3 Episode 5 Minisode on Worker Safety & Well Being: Managing Your Own Fears About the Safety of the Family 21:46

2+ y ago21:46

21:46

Send us a Text Message. In this final installment of the minisode series on worker safety and well-being, Ruth and David discuss the importance best practice around the question of practitioners own fears about the safety of the family. Anyone who has worked with domestic violence cases has felt fear and worry for the safety of the adult and child …

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Season 3 Episode 4: Reproductive Coercion 53:30

2+ y ago53:30

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Send us a Text Message. Reproductive coercion is part of a perpetrator's pattern of coercive control and is a common and powerful tool that is used to entrap & control victims using pregnancy & children. Forcing women to become pregnant & maintain a pregnancy has long term implications for women & children's lives. Not only do adult survivors suffe…

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Season 3 Episode 3: Minisode on Worker Safety & Well Being: When Workers Have Their Own Histories of Abuse 21:31

2+ y ago21:31

21:31

Send us a Text Message. In this fifth installment of the minisode series on worker safety and well-being, Ruth and David discuss the prevalence of histories of abuse amongst professionals and how agencies can proactively shape their human resources, training and supervision to this reality. One of the main takeaways from this episode is that having…

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Season 3 Episode 2: Perpetrators' Weaponization of Mental Health and Addiction Against Survivors 1:02:22

2+ y ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Send us a Text Message. Have you ever seen survivors’ mental health or substance use issues turned against them by a domestic violence perpetrator? Have you been concerned about a domestic violence survivor’s treatment being sabotaged by an abusive partner? In this podcast, David Mandel, Executive Director and Founder of the Safe & Together Institu…

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Season 3 Episode 1: "This is a collective male problem:" An interview with international journalist Grant Wyeth 50:07

2+ y ago50:07

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Send us a Text Message. (Apologies the sound quality of this episode is slightly less than we'd like.) In their opening episode of Season 3, Partnered with a Survivor co-hosts , David Mandel & Ruth Stearns Mandel, interview international journalist Grant Wyeth. Grant Wyeth is a researcher at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and a column…

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Season 2 Episode 24: From Police Inspector to “Moral Rebel”: An interview with Graham Goulden 1:01:43

2+ y ago1:01:43

1:01:43

Send us a Text Message. Ask Graham Goulden about the Bystander Approach to violence prevention, he’ll talk to you about being a “moral rebel.” “Moral rebels” intervene to stop violence when others standby. “Moral rebels” act when others walk away. Graham, a former Scottish police officer and Chief Investigator specializing in criminal investigation…

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Episode 60 - Saying Goodbye To Season 2 3:22:10

2+ y ago3:22:10

3:22:10

Well, it's been an incredible ride we've taken you on throughout the second ever season of Australian Survivor and today we draw the epic Celebrity Survivor season to a close with a bang. For the first time Ben actually flies solo today but is joined by the one and only David Oldfield to help close out the season with their final thoughts on everyt…

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Episode 59 - Season 2 Reunion 2:12:40

2+ y ago2:12:40

2:12:40

After an incredible season of amazing episodes and interviews around the second season of Australian Survivor, it's time to help draw our coverage of the season to a close by bringing you an EXCLUSIVE reunion episode of Australian Celebrity Survivor! That's right, for the first time EVER, we bring together a group of contestants and EP himself in D…

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Episode 58 - Guy Leech Interview 2:16:32

2+ y ago2:16:32

2:16:32

You've heard from six other players from Australian Survivor Season 2 but now it's time to hear from the one man who ruled them all in the winner of Celebrity Survivor from 2006, the one and only Guy Leech! Yes, that's right, it's time to speak to our first ever winner on the show as we sit down with Guy to find out anything and everything from his…

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Episode 57 - Justin Melvey Interview 3:33:32

2+ y ago3:33:32

3:33:32

Are you prepared for maybe the most honest and revealing interview you've heard here on ASA? An interview that will not only answer all your burning questions from Season 2 of Australian Survivor but leave you incredibly entertained at the same time? Well if you're not, get yourself ready as we chat to the legendary runner-up of Australian Survivor…

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Season 2 Episode 23: Minisode on Worker Safety & Well Being: When Workers Are Survivors Themselves 22:47

3y ago22:47

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Send us a Text Message. In this fourth installment of the multi-part minisode series on worker safety and well-being, Ruth and David explore when workers are being targeted by their own perpetrator, and the implications for the workplace. In a just over 20 minutes , David & Ruth discuss: David's history with worker personal disclosures about their …

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Season 2 Episode 22: Minisode on Worker Safety & Well Being: The Connection Between Worker Safety and Victim Blaming 15:48

2+ y ago15:48

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Send us a Text Message. In this third installment of the multi-part minisode series on worker safety and well-being, Ruth and David explore the connection between worker safety and victim blaming. In a just over 15 minutes , David & Ruth discuss: How a lack of knowledge of how fathers' choices impact families and engagement skills with men hamper w…

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Episode 56 - Free Guy 1:52:59

3y ago1:52:59

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It's been an epic season of epic episodes and epic recaps so are you ready to go over one more epic episode of Season 2 of Australian Survivor? Well, you better be because it's time to go over the finale and get to the bottom of everything from sweary and angry Guy right through to happy and celebratory Guy. We also have to get through a certain Qu…

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Season 2 Episode 21: Minisode Series on Worker Safety & Well-Being: When workers are targeted by the perpetrator 13:53

3y ago13:53

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Send us a Text Message. In this second installment of the multi-part minisode series on worker safety and well-being, Ruth and David explore the important topic of workers being targeted by domestic violence perpetrators. In a few minutes , David & Ruth discuss different ways workers are targeted including: Manipulation, intimidation and bullying T…

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Season 2 Episode 20: Minisode Series on Worker Safety & Well-Being: Intro to the series 14:36

3y ago14:36

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Send us a Text Message. In the kickoff of their first ever minisode series, David & Ruth will introduce the theme of worker safety and well-being in the context of working on issues related to domestic violence. The goal of the series is to address the critical issues of worker safety and well-being as a critical aspect of domestic violence informe…

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Season 2 Episode 19: Using the concepts of collaborative co-parenting to hold perpetrators more accountable in family court 1:06:48

3y ago1:06:48

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Send us a Text Message. Many professionals mistakenly believe that concerns related to domestic violence evaporate once a relationship is over. Survivors know differently. Their experiences help us understand the ways that domestic violence perpetrators’ patterns of behaviors extend beyond the relationship. In this episode, Ruth and David explore t…

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