It's been 7 years since producing a podcast was first suggested to Dave as a platform for getting the nuances of the neuroscience of trauma and memory, and the foundations and principles of trauma-informed interviewing out to victims and survivors of rape and sexual assault. But, finally, the time has arrived. Phrases like "psychophysiological evidence," "trauma memory," "rape culture," and "perpetrator mentality" were relatively new to sexual assault investigators back then, and even now the level of sexual assault and rape investigation education leaves much to be desired, based on frequent comments from victims and survivors of sex crimes about the way their reports of rape and sexual assault are handled. Things are starting to change...not nearly fast enough, but changes are coming. SASS is part of a growing trend in this country to be taruma-informed and victim and survivor sensative. We all need to do our part to reduce the prevalence of rape and sexual assault...because we all know someone who's life has been affected by rape or sexual assault.

The out-of-this-world story of childhood kidnapping and sexual assault at the hands of a close family friend is finally being told in a way that Jan and her family members are happy with and support...in the form of a nine-part mini-series on Peacock TV. But that's not all...The Jan Broberg Story is a newly published book, co-written by Jan and her mother, Mary Ann Broberg. It's available through Amazon and on Audible, narrated by Jan herself. Both the book and the television mini-series were released just days apart in early October, and Jan's own podcast, The Jan Broberg Show, launched on September 6, 2022. All of this is part of an amazing survival story from Jan's double kidnapping at ages 12 and 14, and multiple sexual assault incidents that even she kept secret out of fear of retaliation from aliens she had been convinced were real, and had put her on earth to perform a mission of saving the alien's dying planet, a diabolical story concieved in the mind of her manipulative, pathological perpetrator, "B." In this episode I had the true honor of sitting with Jan and talking with her in a trauma-informed manner, to hear in her own words, a version of this story she was even surprised to hear.

You can learn more about Jan and her spell-binding story in the book https://janbrobergfoundation.org/

Trailer for A Friend of the Family:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOjzWsO5ls

This interview was a pleasure and an honor...and one which I had been looking forward to for a long time. And I wasn't disappointed; Joanne started at the beginning of her law enforcement career as a patrol officer in the San Diego Police Department, and progressed to where she is today as Executive Director of the End Violence Against Women-International, non-profit organization for law enforcement training. She shares many stories of trials and struggles throughout her years as a police officer, as well as the joys and triumphs she's had along the way. She also talks about the challenges that she and her staff and Board of Directors have in keeping the organization running in these financially lean times, with an eye on how things are still growing and flourishing. You'll agree with me, I'm sure, that Joanne is an inspirational and heroic leader and visionary, and like me, you won't be disappointed in listening to this interview.

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