Survivor's Guide to True Crime

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This week Kim and Kara do a little catching up on random topics they haven't had the chance to discuss with each other until now. Hear about Enneagrams , home birth in an RV, a surprise baby in your sweatpants , ghost farts, Taylor Swift's symbolic $1, jailbreaking blackberries, Apple OS nerd alert via Kara, awareness grenade app (actually called Noonlight ), gender predictions, and more!  Links M...

Get ready to feel some feelings this week. Although for Kara, the feelings are mostly nausea. Pregnancy is kicking her butt this time around so the vibes while Kim and Kara play catch up are rather relaxed. Updates on former guests Avremi Zippel and Michael Rourke are on tap as well as SGTC making a pretty cool ethical true crime top ten list.  Benzii Diaz joins Kim and Kara to talk about her expe...

Kim and Kara return from their mid-season break with some BIG news! Dr. Sheena C. Howard joins the podcast detailing her love of comics, writing, and telling her story of how she became the superhero she needed. Dr. Sheena C. Howard is the first Black woman to win an Eisner award at San Diego Comic-Con for her first book, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2014). The Eisner is cons...

Kara is back from Italy just in time for Kim to leave for Pebble Beach. Anna Nasset joins K&K for a discussion that could have lasted hours, but brings a crime to light so often shrouded in the dark. Stalking, also known as "slow-motion homicide" rarely allows its survivors to speak publicly, but thanks to Anna's gut instincts, diligent investigators, and a prosecution team willing to seek the...

In this bonus episode, Kim and Kara joined Natalie and Paige of "The Murder Diaries" podcast to discuss ethics in true crime as both survivors and now show hosts within the genre.  From the M Diaries: "Today on The Murder Diaries we're doing something a little different. We're speaking about ethics and advocacy in true crime with two people we've learned a lot from. Our friends from Survivor's Gui...

In the first question-and-answer episode of SGTC, Kim and Kara take listener questions. Some of the topics include communicating your needs and asking for help before its too late. Grief processing doesn't always just mean death and solo travel tips where feeling the feels makes an appearance. Kim would have two nickels and explains why that's not a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.  Both...

Nachos are Kara's favorite food, and you'll all be asking "is the cheese throughout?" the next time you order them. Early interwebs videos, college jobs, and hoping Terry Crews will grace the podcast with an interview someday start this chapter off on an eclectic note before introducing today's guest.  Avremi Zippel joins Kim and Kara for a conversation you'll probably want to listen to a few time...

The ladies had a busy week full of advocacy and speaking. Kara trained the crew at Audio Chuck on ethics in true crime and Kim was the closing keynote for EVAWI's annual conference in Chicago. Favorite ice cream flavors, haircuts, rabid internet piercing enthusiasts, and the correct pronunciation of 'measurement' are hot topics before SGTC is deemed the "female gaze" of podcast shows. Also, shouto...

After a long commute from his living room to his wife's office down the hall, Weld County District Attorney Michael J. Rourke joins Kim and Kara for a conversation about his career as a prosecutor. Better known on the podcast as "Kim's husband", Mike has been a prosecutor in Colorado for the past 25 years. A review of his highest profile cases and the moment he realized vicarious trauma had become...

It's Start by Believing day! Did you know the two behaviors shown to be most helpful to survivors are having someone to talk to and being believed ? Well luckily Kim and Kara are here to talk to you and believe you.  This week, the ladies discuss triggers vs. avoidance, buying land, and lessons in consent via ear-piercing. Alison Jones-Lockwood joins Kim and Kara to talk about End Violence Against...

What did the buffalo say to his son when he left for college… Kara's been galivanting around the country delivering keynotes and Kim has been…editing. It's fine. They're fine. Discussion of the TikTok hearings and positive impacts the app has had on Kim and Kara's lives kick off this episode before Catie Reay joins the conversation.  Don't mind the pitter patter of little feet, and what one child...

Kim gets a Buffalo tee! And YOU get a buffalo tee! Everyone gets a buffalo tee! Well, everyone except for Kara because hers still hasn't shipped.  The ladies gush over their new skin care products from Maya Chia and talk about the connection between some forms of self-care and feeling in your own body. Mental health advocate and New Zealand's favorite celebrity Jazz Thornton joins Kim and Kara for...

Kim and Kara talk about assigning colors to their feelings, the loneliness of advocacy work, creating community, and launching " Captive Audience " on Patreon with bonus content available now. This week's guest pulls no punches in describing her recruitment, manipulation, and victimization at the hands of one of the most prolific human traffickers in modern history. Jess Michaels joins Kim and Kar...

Kim & Kara start off a little-slap happy discussing their current struggles. They share coping mechanisms, titanium teeth, Kara hitting half a million followers on the clock app, and Kim's love of all things Kim Possible.  They welcome Amanda Knox to the conversation to tackle subjects like "unpopular" trauma-responses, secondary survivors, and why she agreed to partake in the documentary proj...

Catch up with Kim and Kara as they discuss the first month of SGTC episodes. Kim joined Kara at her home in South Carolina for the live premiere of her movie "The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story" on Lifetime. They also invite listeners to submit questions by emailing hello@survivorsguidetotruecrime.com for future Q&A episodes.  Kim and Kara host fellow survivor and human rights activ...

Jaycee Dugard and Dr. Rebecca Bailey join Kim and Kara in a conversation about their therapeutic relationship turned friendship as they explore the psychology behind survival instincts and the "appease" response.  Jaycee Dugard is the survivor of a kidnapping and spent 18 years in captivity at the hands of strangers.  Since her rescue in 2009 she has used her freedom and voice to spread her unique...

Kim and Kara talk with Elizabeth Smart about being the person at the center of one of the most famous child abduction cases, connecting with fellow survivors, motherhood, and how taking control of her narrative has changed over the past 20 years.  The kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Elizabeth was abducted on June 5, 2002, and her captor...

In chapter 2, Kimberly tells her story of survival that she chose to share publicly in an effort to help just one person. Her journey led to an unexpected plot twist that's sure to make listeners "feel the feels". Kimberly Corban is a sexual assault survivor turned outspoken victim’s advocate. Upon her attacker’s conviction, Kimberly chose to release her name to the media to educate the public on...

On the pilot episode of Survivor’s Guide to True Crime, Kimberly and Kara introduce themselves and the intentions which lead to the creation of the podcast.  Kara Robinson Chamberlain is a public speaker and survivor advocate. In 2002, at 15 years old, Kara was kidnapped by and escaped from what she would later find out to be a serial killer. Kara’s will to survive led to her escaping her captor a...

We didn't choose to be victimized. But we did choose to become survivors. Join us, Kimberly Corban and Kara Robinson Chamberlain for 'Survivor's Guide to True Crime'. Each week, we're bringing you true stories from behind the headlines, directly from the survivors themselves.  Real crimes. Real conversations. Real inspiration.