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Unlike other podcasts that explore the crime of exploitation and human trafficking, the VanderPointe podcast will focus on the why. Exposing how protective systems mirror tactics of traffickers and are responsible for strengthening the supply chain and perpetuating the crime. This podcast challenges listeners to understand how social, economic, and political systems nurture human trafficking in our communities. The podcast will engage in critical conversations about how systemic racism, oppr ...
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer conclude season one of The VanderPointe. Jessyca and Rachel reflect on why they chose today to conclude season one, what they have gained and learned through this process, and what they hope their impact is. Jessyca and Rachel are grateful for the support they have had throughout, and the opportunity to …
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After a brief break for self and community care, cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer return to the airways. Jessyca and Rachel engage in a conversation about healing, misconceptions about healing and justice, and issues with the way healing is often paraded in the helping fields. Pulling the thread all the way through, highlighting differe…
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer prepare to practice what they have been talking about: resting. In this episode, Jessyca and Rachel reflect on how they got to this point, marvel at the process of creating a podcast built on organic conversation, and modeling changed behavior in public. The conversation takes on a life of its own and Je…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they return for part two of the conversation about trauma responsiveness and the parallel processes that lead to exploitative mindsets and actions. In this episode, Jessyca and Rachel talk about exploitive processes and systems, raising up the next generation, and self-care. Jessyca and Rachel sp…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they dive into a two-part conversation about trauma responsiveness and the parallel processes that lead to exploitative mindsets and actions. In this episode, Jessyca and Rachel talk about rethinking success, modeling healing for the next generations, and redefining self-care. Jessyca and Rachel …
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer discuss how damaging it is to see people as only one thing, and muse about why it is so hard to see people who have experienced sexual violence as whole people. Jessyca and Rachel talk about parallel processes, what defines appropriate boundaries, funding issues, who drives the changes and how. There is …
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they talk about survivor leadership, survivor centered programs, and things that make them angry. Jessyca and Rachel pull the thread all the way through and highlight how exploitive common practices to include survivors can be, and talk about some things that can be shifted so that the answer to …
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Get another peak inside the process as cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer pause for a moment to prepare for where they are taking the podcast next.By VanderPointe Productions
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer begin to unravel what happens when intention doesn’t consider impact or listen to the folks that are “being served.” In true form, Jessyca and Rachel pull the thread back to the messages that are sent through actions and the way things are done. Their conversation also brings up transactional relationshi…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer for a few moments of reflection on their time with Aubrey, and what's coming up next in the podcast.By VanderPointe Productions
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer are joined by Aubrey Dinslage for an encore episode that you do not want to miss. Aubrey gets real about what needs to happen next, and reminds us that humanity has capacity for so much more than the mess we are in. Aubrey talks openly about the privileges they hold as a white trans person, reflects on i…
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer welcome back special guest Aubrey Dinslage for part two of a blunt conversation about white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, and what all of this has to do with anti-trafficking work. Aubrey shares their perspective on personal growth, relationships, showing up in their community differently, and what …
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer welcome special guest Aubrey Dinslage for part one of a blunt conversation about white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, and what all of this has to do with anti-trafficking work. Aubrey shares their perspective on how white supremacy and the patriarchy show up in the work they do with young adults who …
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer dive deeper into white saviorism and reflect on next steps. Speaking from their experiences as white women in helping professions, Jessyca and Rachel openly share their advice and perspective for those who are looking to begin or change their own journey in anti-trafficking. What resonated for you in thi…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they reflect on what defensiveness is all about, heroism in anti-trafficking work, and how saviorism offers a narrative that excuses from responsibility. Jessyca and Rachel reflect on how this all ties together and feeds a specific narrative, and how critical it is to engage in conversation as wh…
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer pause their conversation about white saviorism to take moment to chat about being measured on niceness and productivity in jobs. Episode 8 drops Thursday at noon, get ready!By VanderPointe Productions
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Listen in as cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer reflect on their journey of recognizing where they have sustained white saviorism and white supremacy in their careers. Jessyca and Rachel talk about how, too often, white supremacy creates a problem so a white savior can solve it, and challenge us to go upstream to interrupt the systems. Li…
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Cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer reflect more about their process, open the door for a conversation about white saviorism, and remind us about how our words and actions impact healing. Jessyca and Rachel remind us that discomfort is a breeding ground for change, and offer an invitation to come back and join in “the mess.” Have you subsc…
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In this episode cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer talk about legislation and the criminal justice system. Join Jessyca and Rachel as they share about how not listening and believing lead to furthering harm, not having the answers, and an organization that is doing healing work. If you would like more information about Black and Pink, ple…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they talk about words and phrases used to talk about human trafficking and exploitation, and the importance of noticing the connection between what images and words are used to talk about trafficking and how this impacts criminal justice intervention.…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they engage in an intense conversation about the words we use to talk about human trafficking, and why it’s so important change the words we use if we want to change the outcomes. Listening to The VanderPointe, learning, and lovin it? Don’t forget to share with your friends, subscribe, download, …
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Listen in as Jessyca and Rachel get nitty gritty about how only focusing on people who have been victimized by trafficking and exploitation can cause us to miss the bigger picture, and how that protects those who are causing harm. Episode 3 drops July 15th at noon! Listening to The VanderPointe, learning, and lovin it? Don’t forget to share with yo…
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they build on their introduction, and talk about exploitive parallel processes and lived experience.By VanderPointe Productions
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Join cohosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they have an earnest and reflective conversation about honesty and problematic parallel processes.By VanderPointe Productions
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Sound check! Join The VanderPointe hosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they share why the 4th of July is the day they chose to launch this podcast, and engage in conversation about who they are in this space. Jessyca and Rachel will also formally introduce themselves to you, and talk about who they are hoping will listen to this podcast.…
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Join hosts Jessyca Vandercoy and Rachel Pointer as they talk about their process of developing this podcast, and how it has all come together.By VanderPointe Productions
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