Bar Fights

Molested by her biological father at the age of 12, Kristin Walker has built a life dedicated to guiding people from chaos to peace on their paths to personal healing. What started as her own podcast in 2009 has blossomed into the Mental Health News Radio Network, which houses 75 shows focused on talking openly about all types of mental health. On episode 25, Sarah and Kristen reflect on their sim...

On the first day of his senior year of high school, Marty Tankleff woke up to discover the bodies of his murdered parents. He was immediately declared the suspect, coerced into a false, unsigned confession, and spent 6,338 days behind bars before being exonerated in 2007. Marty details his deeply compelling story on this episode of Bar Fights and explains how he has turned his painful experience i...

The latest episode of Bar Fights navigates the complex and challenging aspects of endometriosis and the brave women who fight it. From laparoscopic procedures and excision surgeries to the mysteries that lead to botched and delayed diagnoses, Sarah and Lj Johnson, founder of Endowarrior Academy, discuss everything you need to know about this stigmatized disease. Don't succumb to those 2 AM Google...

Episode 21 of Bar Fights is a sweet departure from the norm as Sarah welcomes her daughter for a cute conversation about her life as a 6 year old. It was the perfect way for Sarah to take a break from her hectic schedule. So sit back, relax and prepare to smile.

We are healing. Growing. Loving. Falling down. Getting back up again. We are a force that can change the world." There could not be a better time to welcome HeatherAsh Amara to Bar Fights. In many ways, this planet is currently in turmoil, and the author of the Warrior Goddess series has some encouraging and inspirational insight for the human psyche — you got this. So obstacles, beware. HeatherAs...

"I will no longer be known as a number; I will be known as Dr. Danielle Moore." The last time Sarah Klein saw this week's guest, she was presenting her victim impact statement at the 2018 sentencing of Larry Nassar and those were Danielle's final words at the podium. On this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah welcomes her sister survivor, now a doctor of clinical and forensic psychology, to discuss thei...

"You can think of the brain as being an overprotective mother." But sometimes, your body just wants to be independent and experience new things. Dr. Dravon James is a motivational speaker, a radio host, a life coach, and the author of Freedom is Your Birthright, and she brings buckets of sunshine and pearls of wisdom to the latest episode of Bar Fights. It's not too late to refocus your resolution...

"If you've survived something, isn't it kinda your duty to talk about it? What was the point of going through it just to keep it to yourself?" From the moment a stranger laid his towel on a Nantucket beach next to his, Hoyt Richards, at the ripe age of sixteen, found himself living a glitzy New York City lifestyle and being groomed by a mastermind cult leader. On Sarah's first episode of 2022, she...

Just another Tuesday afternoon talking about sex! On this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah welcomes Rachel Maine, a sex therapist turned sex coach and the host of the popular podcast Owning Your Sexual Self. Rachel and Sarah chat about Rachel's early days as an intern on a crisis hotline and a survivors advocate, to her work with Pure Romance, a woman-owned, international company. The conversation als...

"There are few things in this world more dangerous than an angry and frightened mother." When the system failed Polly Franks, she took matters into her own hands and went after the man who sexually assaulted her two young daughters. This serial predator, who was dubbed the San Antonio Ski Mask Rapist, eluded conviction in Texas and then rebranded as the Bandana Bandit in Richmond, Virginia — right...

There aren't many stories as compelling and inspirational as the one of Aspen Matis. On her second night of college, she was raped by another freshman in her dorm and the college did nothing to protect her. Her perpetrator was found innocent and she was expected to go about her education with him living on the floor directly above her. Then, in an act of personal salvation, Aspen hiked the Pacific...

"More often than not, the [victims'] rights are violated rather than afforded." Sarah Klein returns after a 2-week break for an informative conversation with Meg Garvin, a Law Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and the Executive Director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute, a non-profit organization that promotes balance and fairness in the justice system through victim-centered advocacy...

"You can't expect somebody to build a house if you don't have the tools in the toolbox." Rhett Hackett was sexually abused as a teenager by his neighbor and has paid his experience forward by dedicating his life to restoring the human race with values and compassion through education. He is the president/co-founder of the Humanity Preservation Foundation in Philadelphia and hosts Hands Off on RVN...

Darkness to Light, based in Charleston, SC, is the nation's leading advocate for the prevention of child sexual abuse and has trained 2 million people on how to recognize and react responsibly to this national pandemic. Katelyn Brewer is the organization's president and CEO...and an everyday superhero. On this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah and Katelyn discuss the difficult conversations parents mus...

On this emotional episode of Bar Fights, Sarah takes a breather in the corner of the ring after her exhausting round on Capitol Hill with sister survivors Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman. The demanding schedule, the extensive traveling, the restless nights and the countless interviews that press to hear her story AGAIN and AGAIN have all taken their toll and reminded Sarah to focus o...

Healed people heal people. Rabbi Avremi Zippel watched the Larry Nassar testimonies play out in 2017 and was so moved and emboldened that he came forward with his own reports of sexual abuse. While growing up in Salt Lake City, the family caregiver started molesting him just after his 8th birthday and the abuse continued for a decade. On this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah and Avremi examine his hea...

What started as an alluring self-help group turned into a secret sorority of forced labor and sex trafficking. On episode 07 of Bar Fights, Sarah Klein welcomes the author of Still Learning: A Memoir and the executive producer of the docuseries Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult — India Oxenberg. These two warriors discuss the parallels in their difficult journeys, escaping and surviving a high-contro...

Bar Fights continues with Sarah Klein's colleague, fellow attorney and real-life superhero — Morgan Stewart. In this episode, Sarah and Morgan chat about his landmark case against USA Water Polo and Coach Bahram Hojreh that resulted in a settlement of $14 million and the genesis of America's leading sexual abuse law firm — Manly, Stewart & Finaldi. SPOILER ALERT: they all blame John Manly.  

In this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah welcomes colleague, fellow survivor and the Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy, a nonprofit organization that strives for common sense legislation to protect children from sexual abuse — Kathryn Robb. Sarah and Kathryn tackle the archaic laws that support the perpetrators more than the survivors and the national movement to augment the statutes of limitatio...

The only person who knows what it's like to grow up on a cornfield more than Sarah Klein is her longtime friend and NFL Media's first-ever female analytics expert, Cynthia Frelund. On this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah and Cynthia discuss shattering the glass ceiling to smithereens and how Cynthia's inspiring journey from Okemos, Michigan to sports stardom changed the paradigm in a male-dominated w...

Striving for perfection is demoralizing. Striving for excellence is motivating. Dr. Colleen Hacker is a professor of kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran University and the nation's leading expert in performance psychology, who has worked with countless USA Olympic teams. In Episode 03 of Bar Fights, Sarah and Colleen discuss the philosophy of what goes in to being a mental skills coach and the delicat...

On this edition of Bar Fights, Sarah welcomes New York Times bestselling author, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, to discuss her uplifting book — The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the Unforgivable. Sarah, who was one of the many interviews Katherine conducted for the project, talks candidly about her own experience with shedding resentment, and Katherine shares...

When Sarah Klein and Jamie Dantzscher first met, they were both in a courtroom facing their sexual abuser — an emotional and cathartic experience that bonded them for life. In the inaugural episode of Bar Fights, Sarah welcomes her friend and the bronze-medal-winning athlete from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia to discuss the toxic culture within elite gymnastics and the traumatic events th...