This is Change: Recent Episodes
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In Season 1, Mary and Josh focused on telling individual stories of people who changed their community and the world. For Season 2, we’re navigating through the world of human trafficking to answer some important questions: What does human trafficking look like today, and why does it happen? How do we protect our children? How can we finally put an end to this problem? We interviewed human trafficking survivors, law enforcement officials, counselors, advocates, and top Ohio leaders to learn how the problem has evolved over time, and what we can today to stop it.
How do you tie a bow on an ongoing epidemic in local and global society? The short answer is, you don’t. Mary & Josh hear some tips on how to...
For this episode, we talk with our panel of guests on when it’s right to start talking with children about the reality of human trafficking, how to broach the subject...
It’s undeniable – human trafficking is happening right here, right under our noses. So what are we supposed to do about it? How do we finally stop it? In this...
So far, we’ve primarily been looking at what leads to human trafficking from the perspective of the victims who end up being trafficked. But how do the traffickers end up...
We’ve started to see just how big the reach of human trafficking is around the world, especially here in the United States. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions...
In order to understand more about what human trafficking really looks like, we talked to two survivors who are using their stories and experiences to help others. Subscribe now on...
In Season 1, Mary and Josh focused on individual stories of change. But in Season 2, we’re focusing on one story – human trafficking in Ohio and the U.S. How...
Kenny Sipes, founder of the Roosevelt Coffeehouse in Columbus, sits down with Mary and Josh to talk about the significance of clean water in a community, and how the Roosevelt...
Jane Grote Abell, author, speaker, and founding family member of Donatos Pizza, sits down with Mary and Josh to talk about her time on Undercover Boss and how she has...
Nicole Braddock Bromley, author, speaker, sexual abuse survivor, activist, and founder of OneVOICE, sits down with Mary and Josh to talk about how her story has given hope, healing, and...
Fitness and nutrition coach Natalie Betsko sits down with Mary and Josh to talk about her experience working with The Ohio State University Athletic Department, and how even small steps...
One dinner conversation changed his whole life – and now Judge Paul Herbert is changing countless lives of human trafficking survivors in central Ohio.
2018 Ohio Teacher of the Year Jonathan Juravich sits down with Mary and Josh to talk about how his new role with the Ohio Department of Education is helping him...