Bar Fights

This week on Bar Fights, Sarah continues her conversation with fierce advocate and survivor  Sky   Boschen .  Sky  unpacks using her story for good by pouring her energy into advocacy and education to keep kids safe. Sarah and  Sky  dive deep into the necessity of personal body-safety education for children, so that they can have the resources and knowledge to protect themselves against and identi...

Sky Boschen Part 1  Today's episode is a must for every parent of a child under the age of 18.   Sarah  invites  Bar Fights  listener Sky Boschen to share her eye-opening story on the podcast today. This courageous 22 year old survivor and advocate was abused as a child and then sextorted by a poseur on social media- all before the age of 15. Her story reveals how incredibly crafty predators can b...

In a world starving for love and compassion, Hannah Smith has emerged as an inspirational hero. On any given day, you can spot Hannah on a busy street corner, holding handmade signs and the vibrant messages that adorn them for her town's tense commuters. "It's ok to not be ok, just don't give up." Nothing but uplifting, positive reassurance coming from a teenager who was admitted to a psychiatric...

"Love should always be safe" is the tagline for Day One, a New York City nonprofit working to end gender-based violence and the shame and trauma that lurk in its shadow by nipping it in the bud.  Sarah sits down with Executive Director Anne Patterson and Chairman of the Board Laura Dukess to discuss their organization's efforts to end abuse by teaching elementary, middle school, and high school st...

Rewind - 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 Katheri...

Sexual educator and researcher Dr. Debby Herbenick talks with  Sarah  about the uptrend in concerning sexual conduct among young people today that prompted her latest book,  Yes, Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today's Teens and Sex.  Listen in as  Sarah and Dr Herbenick discuss the shocking trends that Dr Herbenick' s research has revealed and some of the practical, collective solutions...

Distinguished psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Kate Truitt takes her expert hat off and lets her hair down in today's candid conversation with Sarah. The bestselling author of Healing in Your Hands and the new title Keep Beathing lays bare her personal odyssey through loss and trauma as well as the key to her renewal- the realization that she wasn't the problem; her brain was. Wired from years...

"Relationship skills are not innate. We go where the young people are, give them the space to talk about their relationships, and help them build the skills to ensure those relationships are healthy," DayOne Executive Director Anne Patterson tells Sarah. On today's show, Anne and DayOne Board Chair Laura Dukess break down those relationship skills and the education, supportive services, legal advo...

One woman's story, and one woman's moxie has protected countless children, and  Erin   Merryn is not done yet. Six year old  Erin  was too young to know what sexual abuse was, much less how to talk about it, so she remained silent as her abuse went on for seven years. In part 2 of her conversation with Sarah,  Erin  explains why she created  Erin 's Law, and how she has muscled through resistance...

Today's  Bar Fights guest, Erin Merryn, is a testament to the power of a story to move mountains. It took many tumultuous years for Erin to find her voice after having been repeatedly abused for six years of her childhood. Once she found it, though, there's been no stopping her from using her voice as a compelling force for good. Since 2013, Erin has steadfastly shared her story to press every sta...

Today, Sarah brings on Chris McKenna, founder of  Protect Young Eyes , for a robust conversation about keeping our children safe in digital spaces. Tune in to learn about the 5 layers of digital protection (Spoiler alert- the second layer involves your router), which are the riskiest social media apps and why, and the urgent responsibility we have to hold the entities who profit from the digital s...

Sarah and trauma psychotherapist and relationship expert Dr. Janie Lacy delve into the self-sabotaging patterns programmed into our subconscious by childhood trauma, how to recognize those patterns, unravel their roots, and do the work to reprogram them. Key take-aways from their inspiring conversation 1) Although our programming is not our fault, our healing is our responsibility. 2) Mutual suppo...

In part 2 of their interview, Sarah and  Diane share words of wisdom for keeping our children safe and keeping the doors of communication with them open when it comes to uncomfortable topics. On the table today- the two most common mistakes parents make when it comes to their child's safety, sextortion, and why our kids are watching pornography, what are they learning from it, and how they are the...

Sarah sits down with Body Safety Educator and author Diane   Tarantini  to discuss the crucial education that  Diane and her colleagues provide our school children to help keep them safe from predators' insidious grooming. What are a groomer's tactics? What should every parent be asking their child's school? Listen in for the answers. Diane   Tarantini  is a child sex abuse survivor, author of the...

Listen in as Sarah and  Marvin  discuss the hard-earned lessons in self-determination, gratitude, and the law of reciprocity that earned  Marvin a "PhD in Progress" and the small steps he takes every day to maintain that progress in part 2 of their conversation on Bar Fights.

Epic "Battles, Breakthroughs, and New Beginnings" are on the agenda as Sarah talks with author, renowned speaker, and ex-FBI agent  Marvin   Peake  in this week's awe-inspiring episode. Turning victimhood on its head,  Marvin describes the gift he has found in the brutal circumstances that cut and shaped him to be the man he is today. The tenacity, resilience, ingenuity, and self-determination he...

In part 2 of their discussion,  Sarah  and Nicole talk about the powerful impact that one small voice can have when you are willing to say hard things, the "gift of going second," the responsibility of healing, and the sacred space that survivors have found in Nicole's weekly e-course, UNLEASH. An advocate, activist, and survivor of child sexual abuse, Nicole Braddock Bromley is the founder of  ht...

On today's episode of Bar Fights, Sarah talks with advocate and activist Nicole Braddock Bromley about how an unexpected confession in front of 300 teens at summer camp ultimately spurred her to start her nonprofit, OneVOICE, the power she has found in her endurance as a CSA survivor, and why EMDR and her dog are her favorite go-to therapies. An advocate, activist, and survivor of child sexual abu...

In part 2 of this interview, Stephen details the catharsis that comes with taking legal action and pursuing justice in the hopes of leaving this world safer than how he found it.

Sarah Klein sits down for a crucial conversation about accountability, healing, and the urgent need to confront institutional failures with friend, and fellow survivor, Stephen Mills, author of the deeply moving memoir, Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood .  

On today's episode, Sarah is joined by  Lisa   Bryant , award-winning director, showrunner, producer and development executive with 25 years of experience in documentary television, news, entertainment and sports, to discuss the shocking world of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.  Lisa  discusses her experience in creating the award-winning Netflix documentaries,  Jeffrey Epstein:  Filthy Ric...

Jim Karol, aka Jimmy Da Brain, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy just before his 50th birthday. Through the power of positive thinking and a daily regimen of brain exercises, Jim was able to reverse his medical condition. Now almost 70, he leads a healthy life as a renowned mentalist, a performer and the author of the self-help book Ultimate Memory Magic. He has also appeared on The Tonight Show,...

Comedians were put on this planet to make people laugh and to bring happiness to those who need it most. Jeffrey Gurian takes that concept to the next level. Besides being a comedy guru, Jeffrey is also a former cosmetic dentist, a stuttering specialist, and the author of inspirational books like Healing Your Heart By Changing Your Mind, Facing Adversity and Fight the Fear. On this episode of Bar...

In today's episode of Bar Fights, Court Tv reporter, Emmy award winner, lawyer and former prosecutor Vinnie Politan joins Sarah to talk about the premise of his upcoming show, Accomplice to Murder with Vinnie Politan. Sarah and Vinnie explore the concept of accomplices in criminal cases, how our justice system treats them and why they often end up being relatively ordinary people with no motive fo...

On Episode 54 of Bar Fights, Sarah once again engages in a conversation about the concern of child exploitation, this time with filmmaker, impact investor, and philanthropist Nighat Shah. Nighat is dedicated to using film to raise awareness about child labor, citing her journey from Pakistan as the driving force in her social justice filmmaking, specifically her film "Gunjal" ("Entangled"). Delve...