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MDJ Script/ Top Stories for April 18th Publish Date:  April 18th    Commercial: TOP TECH MECHANICAL From the BG AD Group Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.    Today is Friday, April 18th and Happy Birthday to Melissa Joan Hart ***04.18.25 - BIRTHDAY – MELISSA JOAN HART*** I’m Keith Ippolito and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Times Journal Pair Charged with Spray Paint Tagging Multiple Marietta Locations Root House Plant Sale and Antique Market Returns April 26 Cobb Sheriff's Employee Charged with Child Molestation, Fired Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on Celiac Disease All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!  BREAK: SENIOR EXPO STORY 1: Pair Charged with Spray Paint Tagging Multiple Marietta Locations Joshua Sullivan, 37, and Dylan Hall, 29, were arrested on April 9 for spray-painting 14 locations at the Delray Diner in Marietta, including politically charged messages like “F--- Trump” and “Israelites are evil.” Damages exceeded $500, and they also tagged a gas meter and bus stop awning. A police officer witnessed the pair tagging and taking a selfie. Both face charges including criminal damage and interference with government property. They were released on April 10 on $10,000 bonds. STORY 2: Root House Plant Sale and Antique Market Returns April 26 The annual Root House Plant Sale & Antique Market will take place on April 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the William Root House in Marietta. The event features antique and vintage items, heirloom and native Georgia plants, and fresh bouquets from Emma's Flower Truck. An exclusive preview sale is available on April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. for $10, with tickets sold online at RootHouseMuseum.com/PlantSale. STORY 3: Cobb Sheriff's Employee Charged with Child Molestation, Fired Ivan Munoz, 44, a longtime Cobb County Sheriff’s Office employee, was fired after being arrested on two felony counts of aggravated child molestation. Munoz is accused of assaulting an 8-year-old girl twice in one day and is being held without bond. Sheriff Craig Owens terminated Munoz immediately upon learning of the charges, condemning the behavior as egregious and contrary to law enforcement values. Munoz had been with the department since 2000 as a criminal justice specialist. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info.  Break: Ingles Markets 8 STORY 4: Silver Comet Connector to Close Gap Between Cobb and Beltline Cobb County is set to complete a one-mile segment of the Silver Comet Connector by July, linking the trail to the Chattahoochee River along Atlanta Road. Part of a larger PATH Foundation project, the Silver Comet Trail will eventually connect Atlanta to Alabama by 2026. Cobb’s $8 million contribution includes trail construction, bridge repairs, and road upgrades. Once finished, the trail will accommodate walkers, runners, and bikers, offering a seamless connection to the Atlanta Beltline. Local resident Alan Adams looks forward to enjoying the extended trail’s natural beauty. STORY 5: Easter Sunrise Service Returns to Kennesaw Mountain This Sunday Piedmont Church and the Marietta Rotarian Club will host their annual Easter Sunrise Service this Sunday at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Led by Pastor Dr. Ike Reighard, the service begins at 6:45 a.m. as the sun rises. Attendees should bring chairs or blankets for seating on the lawn near the Visitor’s Center. The park opens at 6 a.m. More details are available at piedmontchurch.tv/easter/. Break: TIDWELL TREES And now here is Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on Celiac Disease *** INGLES ASK LEAH (CELIACS DISEASE)_FINAL*** We’ll have closing comments after this. Break: SENIOR EXPO Signoff-   Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Marietta Daily Journal Podcast. 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Learning more about this Martinsville substitute teacher who is accused of having sex with several students. There are new charges and DISTURBING new information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A conservative writer whose work has appeared on both The Daily Wire and The Federalist has been arrested on charges of child molestation. In addition to being a conservative writer who called drag queens "groomers," the man was also teaching at a Christian school in Florida where he was also coaching soccer. The man was trying to convince people that "others" were coming after their kids, but the police say HE was the one they should have been worried about.While Donald Trump was signing an executive order banning transgendered people from playing in sports, he went on a weird tangent about his desire to build a "beautiful ballroom" in The White House. But the way he suddenly pivoted to that topic, which had nothing to do with the issue at hand, and the way he continued to repeat certain words over and over again are all symptoms of severe cognitive problems. Donald Trump's brain is deteriorating at a rapid pace, and that's terrifying for the American public. He got on Truth Social this week and demanded that CBS have their broadcast license pulled by the FCC - a demand that came AFTER CBS released the full, unedited version of their 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, which actually debunked Trump's previous claims. But the truth doesn't matter to him, and he's going to use his power and rage to take out the outlets that he hates. Text and and let us know your thoughts on today's stories!Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date on all of Farron's content: https://www.youtube.com/FarronBalancedFollow Farron on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FarronBalanced Twitter: https://twitter.com/farronbalanced Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farronbalanced TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farronbalanced?lang=en

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MDJ Script/ Top Stories for October 8th Publish Date:  October 8th    Commercial: From the BG AD Group Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.  Today is Tuesday, October 8th and Happy Birthday to R.L Stein. ***10.08.23 BIRTHDAY - GOOSEBUMPS THEME*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia.  1.       Teen Sentenced for Killing 15-Year-Old in Smyrna Car Crash 2.       Cobb County Water System Reports 2 Sewage Overflows 3.       KSU Students Protest for Palestine One Year into War All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!    BREAK: CU of GA (06.26.24 CU OF GA FREE CHECKING_REV_FINAL) STORY 1:  Teen Sentenced for Killing 15-Year-Old in Smyrna Car Crash A Douglasville teen, Garrett Tyler Betts, has been sentenced to 15 years, serving seven, for a car crash that killed 15-year-old Ryan Chase Huckeba in Smyrna. Betts, 19, pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree vehicular homicide. The crash occurred in August 2023 when Betts was allegedly street racing at 100 mph in a 45-mph zone. He lost control, and the car hit a tree, ejecting Huckeba, who died at the scene. Betts was seriously injured. The other driver involved, Caleb Evans Hasty, has been indicted, with his case still pending. STORY 2:     Cobb County Water System Reports 2 Sewage Overflows The Cobb County Water System reported two sewer overflows. The first, on October 4, involved 490 gallons of wastewater due to roots at 4009 Chelsea Lane NE, Marietta, affecting Walden Creek. It was resolved the same day. The second, a larger overflow of 448,890 gallons from September 30 to October 4, was caused by gravel at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, impacting a tributary of Rottenwood Creek. Both incidents involved sewage discharge from manholes, with crews using jet machines to clear blockages and clean the areas. For details, contact the Water System's Maintenance Division. STORY 3:  KSU Students Protest for Palestine One Year into War On the anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel, Kennesaw State University students protested for Palestinian support, urging a Gaza ceasefire. The peaceful protest, joined by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, called for divestment from Israeli entities and an end to Middle East conflicts. KSU's Hillel group observed the day with a moment of silence and distributed pins for hostages' return. Concerns about anti-Israel rhetoric were noted by Jewish students. The protest highlighted the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with over 41,000 Palestinians reported killed. Campus officials confirmed all groups had permission to protest. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info. We'll be right back    Break: DRAKE (Drake Realty (Cobb County) STORY 4:  Marietta High School Class of 1974 Hosts 50th Reunion The Marietta High School Class of 1974 celebrated its 50-year reunion at the Marietta Country Club with over 200 attendees, the largest turnout yet. The event's success was largely due to Ralph Fowler's extensive efforts in locating classmates. The reunion was free for many, thanks to donations, ensuring everyone could attend. Attendees also enjoyed a homecoming football game. Betsy Maloney Miller emphasized the importance of staying connected, especially after losing 70 classmates. A memorial book was displayed, honoring those who passed. Miller hopes to hold reunions more frequently in the future. STORY 5:  Kennesaw Man Accused of Child Molestation at Bus Stop Julian Albert Wright, 26, from Kennesaw, was arrested for allegedly performing a sex act in front of a child under 16 while they were walking to a bus stop on Chastain Meadows Parkway in Marietta on September 10. He faces charges of loitering, prowling, child molestation, and public indecency. Wright was arrested the same day at 6:30 p.m. and is currently held in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond. We'll be back in a moment    Break: Ingles Markets (Laura Lynn Products) 3 STORY 6:  Man and Woman Accused of Stealing Televisions Clifton Maclairn Neal III, 35, and Jasmine Shanae Garner, 32, are accused of an armed robbery on September 6 at an industrial building in Marietta. During a dispute over payment for televisions, Neal allegedly brandished a handgun and forced the victim to load the TVs into his U-Haul. Neal was later found hiding in Garner's car trunk at a nearby storage unit, where 48 TVs and the firearm were recovered. Neal faces multiple charges, including armed robbery and aggravated assault, while Garner is charged with armed robbery. Both remain in custody without bond. STORY 7:    Marietta Teen Accused of Stabbing Parents Nehemiah Asani Nasim Gonzalez, 15, from Marietta, is accused of stabbing his mother and stepfather on September 21 at their apartment in the Belmont Place complex. Using a large pocket knife, Gonzalez allegedly stabbed his stepfather multiple times, puncturing a lung, and injured his mother when she intervened, causing a deep arm laceration. Both victims were hospitalized, and two minors witnessed the incident. Gonzalez faces charges of aggravated assault and cruelty to children. He was arrested the same day and remains in custody without bond. 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Nancy and Sheryl open today's CRU by discussing the arrest of a 34-year-old Guatemalan national who abducted a 12-year-old girl.  The victim was kidnapped, held hostage, and subjected to repeated abuse before her eventual rescue. Nancy and Sheryl discuss the details of the case, emphasizing the dangers of online predators, the psychological impacts on victims, and the legal complexities surrounding the extradition and prosecution of the predator.  The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation. NCMEC offers online safety education programs and resources for parents and children.  Show Notes: (0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week's crime roundup    (0:30) The arrest of a child predator has been made   (3:00) “There ain't no such thing as a part-time pedophile.”   (3:15) Discussion on the predator's psychological profiling  (3:45) Predator's online tactics  (7:00) Legal complexities and charges  (12:30) Legal jurisdiction and extradition issues  (16:30) Psychological impact on victims of child molestation (19:30) Discussion on the importance of parental awareness (22:00) The case of Melissa Wolfenbarger   --- Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims' rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime-fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people, and shines a light on cold cases.  In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM's Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/ Connect with Nancy:  X: @nancygrace Instagram: @thenancygrace Facebook: @nancygrace Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.  Connect with Sheryl: Email: coldcase2004@gmail.com X: @ColdCaseTips Facebook: @sheryl.mccollumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's Florida Man Friday true crime story, we delve into the case of 13-year-old Rose Dieujuste, who was found barely alive in a utility closet after being brutally attacked. On July 4, 2024, in Orange County, Florida, Rose was on her way to visit a friend but never arrived. Her friend found Rose's cell phone and shoes abandoned in a staircase, prompting a desperate search by her family. They discovered Rose in a utility closet, stabbed, partially naked, and unresponsive. Despite emergency responders' efforts, Rose died from her injuries at the hospital.The investigation revealed a shocking sequence of events that led them to arrest of 28-year-old Jerry Dorisme, an undocumented immigrant from Haiti who had a disturbing history of violence and sexual offenses.Despite his violent past, Jerry was repeatedly released, raising serious questions about the justice system's handling of his case. Poll: Do you think this murder is on the hands of Orange County, Florida's justice system? Let me know your thoughts in the comments belowSources:https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/07/04/rose-dihouse-murder-casehttps://www.wftv.com/news/local/orange-county-man-arrested-murder-teen/2024/07/05/https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/07/06/orange-county-teen-murder-suspect-arrestedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.

This episode was originally published on The Murder Sheet's main feed on August 9, 2024.The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover.Today on the Cheat Sheet, we cover the spectacle of a Youtuber behaving poorly in a missing persons case, the case of 13-year-old accused of murdering his cousin and best friend, a plot to kill witnesses in Illinois, a tragic homicide involving an actor from a popular soap opera. and an appeal involving Judge Frances Gull out of Allen County, Indiana. WKRN's report on the disappearance of Sebastian Rogers and the harassment campaign against his family by Youtuber Andra Griffin: https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/sebastian-rogers-mother-files-restraining-order-against-youtuber/News Nation Now's report on the disappearance of Sebastian Rogers and the harassment campaign against his family by Youtuber Andra Griffin: https://www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/finding-sebastian-rogers-doesnt-feel-like-shared-goal-father/CBS News's coverage of the murder of Hunter Meyers and the arrest of suspect James Campbell: https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/mom-speaks-out-young-boy-stabbing-westmoreland-county/The Chicago Sun-Times's coverage of the alleged plot by Christopher Yates, who is accused of murdering Diana Black, to kill two witnesses in his case: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/08/02/feds-disrupt-plot-murder-witnesses-trialKTLA's coverage of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Johnny Wactor: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lapd-releases-photos-of-general-hospital-actor-johnny-wactor-murder-suspects/Fox News's coverage of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Johnny Wactor: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/general-hospital-star-johnny-wactors-murder-lapd-releases-photos-suspectsThe Indiana Lawyer's coverage of Raymond Borroel's unsuccessful appeal for child molesting, as well as Judge Frances Gull's role in that case: https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/appellate-court-affirms-allen-county-mans-sentence-for-child-molestingSupport The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WSPD Capt. James Unger on the arrest of a man wanted for child molestation in Indiana

Send us a Text Message.Good day to you all!!! I am taking a break from recording new episodes for a few weeks. In the meantime I shall bestow upon you whichever past episodes the Spirit gives me to give to you. Let us listen. Let us learn. Let us grow.INTRODUCTION:I'm a professor, hypnotherapist, author, and advocate who has helped many people for the past 20+ years overcome trauma from PTSD, abuse (physical, sexual & emotional) & other mental health issues. In many cases, I may be the only person that my clients confide in regarding their sexual assault or rape. My mission is to raise awareness and convince people and parents that young children and teens must learn about grooming and targeting so that, as a community, we can reduce the number of sexual assaults against our youth. INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to):·      Sexual Victimization & Trauma·      Reporting/Non-reporting ·      Me Too Movement ·      Victim Grooming·      Religious Implications ·      The “Sex Talk” Is Not A One Time Event·      How Molestation Affects Future Relationships For The Victims·      Molestation Is Not Because Of The Gays!!!·      Women In Comas Who End Up Pregnant ·      Possible Treatments – For The Victims & The Perpetrators  CONNECT WITH DR. SMITH:Website: https://right2consent.com/Books: https://right2consent.com/#BooksTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@right2consentLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3SpKsp3Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/right2consent/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/@right2consentFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/right2consent/CONNECT WITH DE'VANNON:Website: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.comWebsite: https://www.DownUnderApparel.comTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sexdrugsandjesusYouTube: https://bit.ly/3daTqCMFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexdrugsandjesuspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabooTopixLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannonPinterest: https://www.pinterest.es/SexDrugsAndJesus/_saved/Email: DeVannon@SDJPodcast.comDE'VANNON'S RECOMMENDATIONS:·      Pray Away Documentary (NETFLIX)o  https://www.netflix.com/title/81Support the Show.Thanks for listening! Please donate at SexDrugsAndJesus.com and follow us on TikTok, IG etc.

MDJ Script/ Top Stories for April 30th              Publish Date:  April 30th             Commercial: From the Ingles Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.    Today is Tuesday, April 30th and Happy 62nd Birthday to point guard Isiah Thomas. ***04.30.24 – BIRTHDAY – ISIAH THOMAS*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia.  Marietta Couple Indicted for Child Molestation State Court Candidates Talk Tech, Character and Challenges Kennesaw State Awards First Interdisciplinary Engineering Doctorate Degrees   All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!    BREAK: CUofGA STORY 1: Marietta Couple Indicted for Child Molestation Brian Deshawn Phillips, 46, and Elizabeth Anne Cooley, 23, face charges including child cruelty and molestation, accused of assaulting an underage girl over two years at a Marietta hotel. Phillips is also accused of molesting other women in Cobb. The 27 charges include aggravated child molestation, trafficking persons for sexual servitude, and cruelty to children. Phillips allegedly assaulted underage girls at various Cobb locations and burglarized a woman's home for assault. Cooley is accused of aiding Phillips. Phillips faces additional charges of firearm possession and marijuana possession. He was convicted in Florida in 2003 for child fondling. Both are held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center since their January 30 arrests. STORY 2: State Court Candidates Talk Tech, Character and Challenges Candidates for Cobb County State Court post 7, including incumbent Carl Bowers and challengers Crystal Stevens McElrath and Matt McMaster, discussed the qualities of a good judge, the role of technology in the court system, and the benefits of electoral challenges at a forum. Bowers emphasized integrity and transparency, McElrath highlighted her ability to understand people, and McMaster emphasized empathy and self-awareness. They all agreed on the importance of technology in the justice system and expressed support for online hearings. McMaster stressed the value of challenging incumbents to bring about positive change, resonating with some voters seeking fresh perspectives. STORY 3: Kennesaw State Awards First Interdisciplinary Engineering Doctorate Degrees Mfon Okpok and Mahdiyeh Soltaninejad, the first two recipients of Kennesaw State University's Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering, share unique paths to their academic achievements. Okpok's early interest in technology led him to focus on advanced static image compression techniques for public safety messages, while Soltaninejad, initially encouraged to pursue medicine, found her passion in engineering with a focus on improving children's health. Both successfully defended their dissertations, showcasing their commitment and scholarly contributions. Their advisors praised their intelligence and dedication, highlighting the impact of their research. Reflecting on their experiences, they recommend the program to others, emphasizing personal commitment as the key to success.     We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info.    We'll be right back    Break: DRAKE STORY 4: Early Voting Off to a Slow Start in Cobb Early voting for the May 21 primary in Cobb County began slowly, with only 420 in-person votes and 30 mail-in ballots returned by 1 p.m., representing just .09% of active voters. The election includes races for various offices, including U.S. House seats, the Cobb County Board of Education, and a Kennesaw City Council seat. Stability in Kennesaw's council is a concern for residents amidst recent resignations. Voters like Beverley Demetrius stress the importance of voting, especially for judicial seats, emphasizing the role of judges in upholding fairness and justice. Poll managers reported a slow but steady start to early voting, with no major issues reported. Cobb County Elections Director Tate Fall encouraged voters to mail absentee ballots early or use drop-boxes due to postal service delays. Early voting is open at multiple locations until May 17, with Election Day voting at assigned polling locations on May 21. More information is available at CobbCounty.org/Elections. STORY 5: Marietta SENIORS Enjoy ‘One Last Hurrah' at Prom More than 500 students attended the Marietta High School Junior-Senior Prom at the Hilton Marietta Conference Center, preceded by the traditional pre-prom group photos at Brumby Hall for seniors and Ivy Grove for juniors. Valeria Rodriguez, student body co-president, described the event as a last hurrah for the graduating class, emphasizing the unity and enjoyment shared by all attendees regardless of their social groups. Principal Marvin Crumbs praised the event as one of the best proms in the school's history, marking it as a smashing success. We'll be back in a moment    Break: INGLES 4 STORY 6: 'Happy Beyond Measure':  Disabled People Enjoy Day at Kennesaw Skate Park Wheelchair users gathered at Swift-Cantrell Park in Kennesaw for an event hosted by Life Rolls On, offering adaptive skating opportunities. Clint Cook, executive director of Life Rolls On Atlanta, emphasized the organization's mission to empower people with disabilities to engage in activities like skating. Despite pandemic-related challenges, nearly 60 participants enjoyed the event, coming from various locations. Volunteers like Cody Appleton assisted participants, teaching adaptation and mobility skills. Skaters, including Jacob Lee, expressed excitement and determination to master new tricks. Caitlin Jones, a physical therapist, highlighted the joy of helping individuals exceed their expectations. Overall, the event promoted inclusivity and encouraged participants to actively engage in life despite disabilities. STORY 7: Cobb County Water System Reports 250 Gallon Sewage Overflow On April 26, the Cobb County Water System reported a wastewater sewer overflow of approximately 250 gallons at 3413 Belleford Court NE in Roswell. The overflow, caused by grease, discharged into a tributary leading to Sweat Mountain Creek. The Water System was notified at 12:20 p.m. and managed to stop the overflow by 2:25 p.m. Upon arrival, Water System employees observed sewage escaping from a secured manhole lid into the tributary. They used a jet machine to clear the sewer line and spread lime on the affected area. No fish kills were observed during their assessment. For further details, contact the Cobb County Water System's Maintenance Division at 770-419-6351. Break: TEDS   Signoff-   Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Gwinnett Daily Post, the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties, or the Paulding County News Podcast. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at MDJonline.com.     Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. 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From the BG Ad Group Studio this is your news minute on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast presented by Credit Union of Georgia. Today is Monday, April 29th, and I'm Keith Ippolito. Marietta Couple Indicted for Child Molestation Brian Deshawn Phillips, 46, and Elizabeth Anne Cooley, 23, has been indicted by a Cobb grand jury on numerous charges, including child cruelty and molestation. The accusations stem from their alleged involvement in molesting an underage girl at an extended-stay hotel in Marietta over two years. Phillips is further accused of assaulting other women in various locations across Cobb during the same period. Among the 27 charges they face together are aggravated child molestation, trafficking for sexual servitude, rape, and first-degree cruelty to children. Additional allegations against Phillips include burglary and sexual assault of another woman, as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana. Both suspects have been detained without bond since January 30. For more news about our community, visit mdjonline.com. For the Marrietta Daily Journal Podcast, I'm Keith Ippolito. Produced by The BG Podcast Network #NewsPodcast #CurrentEvents #TopHeadlines #BreakingNews #PodcastDiscussion #PodcastNews #InDepthAnalysis #NewsAnalysis #PodcastTrending #WorldNews #LocalNews #GlobalNews #PodcastInsights #NewsBrief #PodcastUpdate #NewsRoundup #WeeklyNews #DailyNews #PodcastInterviews #HotTopics #PodcastOpinions #InvestigativeJournalism #BehindTheHeadlines #PodcastMedia #NewsStories #PodcastReports #JournalismMatters #PodcastPerspectives #NewsCommentary #PodcastListeners #NewsPodcastCommunity #NewsSource #PodcastCuration #WorldAffairs #PodcastUpdates #AudioNews #PodcastJournalism #EmergingStories #NewsFlash #PodcastConversations #podcast #podcasts #podcaster #podcastlife #podcastshow #podcasting #podcasters #podcastersofinstagram #itunes #applepodcasts #spotifypodcast #soundcloud #youtube #radio #radioshow #comedy #music #hiphop #art #entrepreneur #covid #motivation #interview #repost #loveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Phyllis's own words:I have just written book called America in Therapy: A New Approach To Hope And Healing For A Nation In Crisis, in which I talk about the urgency to bring our whole country to therapy in a way never written about before. From years of experience as a client myself, and well over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist working extensively with individual and family dysfunction and abuse, I felt a deep calling to share all I have learned with the public and demonstrate how the principles of the best psychotherapy can be used to help heal our country of escalating hatred, divisiveness and violence. I speak to all of us who fear for our children and all future generations, who may feel hopeless or resigned or simply don't know what to do to help create a more loving and sustainable world. I bring a message of both urgency and hope, in language the layman can easily relate to and understand, through personal stories, client case studies, and professional expertise. My basic premise is that we are on a collision course with our own extinction and I see this as a national and global mental health crisis that is not being addressed. I explore the direct correlation between the most destructive family dynamics on the individual level and many of the behaviors and actions of some of our most powerful institutions and leaders, and I highlight that millions of us are suffering the effects of national psychological dysfunction in ways we might not be aware of. I help the listener understand that many answers of how to heal our human relations and restore us to peace and safety are already known and used effectively in the field of psychotherapy and that there is HOPE if we can take everything we know about healing into national conversation. The best psychotherapy helps interrupt the cycle of violence— which is our best hope of prevention— and it involves a total reversal of many of the beliefs and dynamics that now run our country. I share with the listener, in ways not commonly understood or generally spoken of, all I have learned about what is needed to help restore us to safety, and how every one of us can participate in healing ourselves and our country, no matter how large or small our sphere of influence.Learn more at:https://www.phyllisleavitt.com Please leave a review or send us a Voice note letting us know what you enjoyed at:Back2Basics reconnecting to the essence of YOU (podpage.com)Follow us on IG and FB @Back2BasicsPodcast

EPISODE 106 | Suffer the Children – Pizzagate, Wayfair & the Seeds of QAnon "Without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between an expression of sincere extremism and a parody of extremism." In the world of the internet, this is known as Poe's Law, and it's especially applicable to the weird narrative Gordian Knot known as Pizzagate. The adage applies not just to how absurd some beliefs are, but also to the arguments made by people who hold these beliefs. First formulated in 2005 by Nathan Poe, it builds on a 2001 quote by Alan Morgan called Alan's 2nd Law of Newsgroups, which states, “Any sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a genuine kook.” And that is certainly the case for the wild story that “a hipster-heavy pizza parlor” (as they put it on their website) in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington D.C. is not just a fun family place with pizza, ping pong and live music, but the nerve center for an diabolical child trafficking ring that operates out in the open because they are protected by highly-placed pedophiles in the Democratic party. As an article on Cracked.com puts it, “This is supported by lots of very stupid evidence”. The stakes of the fake narrative are so high that it's become more than just true believers review bombing the place. Workers have been harassed and, on December 4, 2016, a heavily armed man entered the restaurant and started firing guns. The story of Pizzagate is the story of how the conspirasphere went from harmless kookery to being actually, physically dangerous. TRIGGER WARNING: Some pretty disturbing things will be talked about in this episode, so if the subject of child sexual abuse and trafficking is deeply uncomfortable for you, perhaps you should not listen. I mean, it should be uncomfortable to anyone, but you know what I mean. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 03:11 - A note, pedophilia is a mental disorder, victims suffer for many years, how do we handle this problem? 06:31 - How it all began: Hillary Clinton's emails, John Podesta, Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin; "Carmen Katz" makes allegations, "David Goldberg" shares and extends these 08:46 - Side note: "Carmen Katz" is Cynthia Campbell, "David Goldberg" is an anti-Semitic fake profile; Amanda Rob finds Borce Pejcev in Macedonia, a fake news click bait ecosystem, it really all began with Doug Hagmann of Eerie, PA 12:35 - Russian hackers Fancy Bear, APT28 and Sofacy use "spear phishing " attacks 13:30 - Pedo codes on 4chan: pizza, cheese, hot dogs, dominos and handkerchief codes; Comet Ping Pong gets targeted 16:30 - DumbScribblyUnctious see all sorts of things - murals, art, logos, musical acts and more; Pizzagaters talks of aliens, the Illuminati, Satanic rituals and Arun Rao; Susan Alefantis knew a pedophile, Tony "pasta obsession" Podesta knew Dennis Hastert, another pedophile, and also collects art (including some by Rachel Rose); Amanda Kleinman (Majestic Ape) of Heavy Breathing performs at Sasha Lord's birthday party and "secret pizza" is maybe mentioned, the film "Automatic At Sea", the Clinton Foundation in Haiti, Alex Jones issues a "bulletin" 25:49 - #pizzagate soars, Comet Ping Pong gets hassled, Turkey's Erdoğan jumps on the story, InfoWars spearheads the narrative, fake images proliferate, artists and musicians also harassed, it might all have been coordinated; other businesses (especially pizza places) get targeted, like Roberta's in Brooklyn and East Side Pies in Austin, TX 30:33 - Edgar Maddison Welch storms Comet Ping Pong with guns, InfoWars apologizes, then retracts the apology; white supremacist Jack Posobiec says Welch is a crisis actor; neo-Nazi pubs the Daily Stormer, the Right Stuff and Smoloko News continue the Pizzagate narrative 35:07 - Canadian Andrew Richmond's ice cream shop Sweet Jesus gets the #PedoGate treatment 36:15 - Portland, Oregon's Voodoo Donuts gets the same treatment thanks to talentless poet VeganMikey (Michael Whelan); #donutgate starts trending, building on a previous #donutgate when Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez licked food at Wolfee Donuts; Big League Politics's "research organization" Pedo Takedown Crew funds a coordinated harassment campaign and expand the narrative, adding tunnels, schools, and child-smiggling submarines 41:35 - In England, recreational troll Oliver Redmond targets Paul Cheape's vape shop business 43:32 - Mattress Firm gets targeted 45:32 - Frazzledrip: a very nasty fake video (trigger warning - seriously, it's really nasty), QAnon terms "adrenochrome" and "spirit cooking" get added to the Pizzagate lexicon 47:56 - PrincessPeach1987 kicks of the Wayfair affair, the now combined Pizzagate and QAnon make a LOT of noise, it's all nonsense and yet there were real consequences for real people, iMGSRC.ru and US Army Staff Sgt. Richard Ciccarella  57:25 - Cybersteria and the very first QAnon 4chan post Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Pedophilia defined on Psychology Today Crimes against Children Research Center Facts and Stats About Child Sexual Abuse The possible long-term effects of experiencing child sexual abuse Long-term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse and Molestation on Helping Survivors A review of the long-term effects of child sexual abuse on the National Library of Medicine website Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis paper Sexuality of Offenders on the Zero Abuse Project Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation by Gregory Herek Everything You Need To Know About Pizzagate (Is Insane) on Cracked.com Pizzagate on RationalWiki Pizzagate: A slice of fake news on Reveal Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal in Rolling Stone Anthony Weiner breaks down after he's sentenced to 21 months for sexting on ABC News How The Bizarre Conspiracy Theory Behind "Pizzagate" Was Spread on BuzzFeed How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts on Vice Comet Ping Pong - Pizzagate Summary by DumbScribblyUnctious How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business on PolitiFact 'It's a form of addiction' - Tony Podesta's art addiction article in The Guardian Rachel Rose - Aubade: Grendel's Mother (live reading) video Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC's Comet Ping Pong, explained on Vox Pizzagate gunman recorded video for daughters, said he's standing up for children on CBS News Death threats, abuse, then a gunman: 'Pizzagate' businesses relive ordeal in The Guardian  Pizzagate: Gunman fires in restaurant at centre of conspiracy on BBC News What to Know About Pizzagate, the Fake News Story With Real Consequences in Time 'Pizzagate' gunman pleads guilty as conspiracy theorist apologizes over case Is Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria Home to a Child Abuse Ring Led by Hillary Clinton? on Snopes Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories in the New York Times A Moral Panic for the Age of Trump: “Pizzagate” is the latest in a long line of child-sex-ring myths on Slate The PizzaGate Gunman's Paranoid Rescue Fantasy Comes from a Long American Tradition on Reason 'There's Nothing You Can Do': The Legacy of #Pizzagate on SPLC Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses on NBC News When Nerds Attack - Gamergate, Elevatorgate & Sad Puppies episode Voodoo Donuts website Voodoo Doughnut Gets Sucked Into Outrageous Far-Right Conspiracy Theory on Eater Wolfee Donuts Pressing Charges Against Ariana Grande Donut-Gate on Ariana Grande fandom wiki Vegan Mikey - bad poet and troll  #Donutgate: How one Oregon donut shop became the target of online conspiracy theorists on Salon Connecting the Dots Between Donutgate and Pizzagate Man jailed for falsely branding a businessman a ‘dirty paedophile' The Great Mattress Conspiracy: Why Are There So Many Mattress Firm Stores Why Are There So Many Mattress Stores? A wildly popular conspiracy theory about why there are so many Mattress Firm stores is starting to sound less crazy Mattress Firm responds to the wild conspiracy theory about its business that people are going crazy over The Mattress Firm Conspiracy: An Analysis The Mattress Firm Money Laundering Conspiracy Theory on Snopes What Is Frazzledrip? Fake Hillary Clinton Video Builds on Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory in Newsweek Frazzledrip: Is a Hillary Clinton 'Snuff Film' Circulating on the Dark Web? on Snopes Hush Supper Club Full Frazzledrip video (WARNING) Claims that pizza listings on Etsy are selling child pornography are baseless Reddit post that kicked off Wayfair conspiracy theories Outrageously Priced Wayfair Cabinets Lead to Human Trafficking Conspiracy Kids Shipped in Armoires? The Person Who Started the Wayfair Conspiracy Speaks in Newsweek Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking on BBC News Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online on AP The bizarre story of how internet conspiracy theorists convinced themselves Wayfair is trafficking children on CBC News A US soldier working at Mar-a-Lago uploaded photos of an underage girl to a Russian website — a closer look at the site reveals a horrific underworld A US Army soldier who worked at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort uploaded photos of an underage girl to a Russian website, prosecutors say How a reporter found the true story behind a false story of sex trafficking Is Wayfair Trafficking Children Via Overpriced Items? on Snopes MISSING IN KANSAS: Anabel Wilson no longer missing How A QAnon Conspiracy Theory Involving A Wayfair Pillow Left A Metro Detroit Teen Struggling A girl falsely believed to be a victim of the fake Wayfair sex-trafficking ring says she had hives, lost sleep over the conspiracy theory A QAnon con: How the viral Wayfair sex trafficking lie hurt real kids Human Trafficking Rumors: Viral Stories That Do More Harm Than Good at the Polaris Project The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. 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MDJ Script/ Top Stories for Feb 13th            Publish Date:  Feb 12th            Commercial: From the Drake Realty Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.    Today is Tuesday, February 13th, and Happy 73rd Birthday to musician Peter Gabriel. ***02.13.24 – BIRTHDAY – PETER GABRIEL*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia. Heroic Cobb County Bus Driver Rescues Choking Student Alleged Sexual Assault Incident at Vinings Apartment Under Investigation Marietta Resident Faces Charges of Child Molestation and Cruelty   All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!    BREAK: CUofGA STORY 1: Cobb Bus Driver Saves Choking Student Michael Green, a bus driver at Mableton Elementary, sprung into action when a student started choking on a piece of candy during the ride home. Despite having no formal training in first aid, Green successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver, clearing the student's airway. The quick-thinking and calm response from Green drew praise from both parents and school staff who commended his heroic act. This incident, which was the first of its kind for Green since he began driving for Cobb Schools, highlights the crucial role of bus safety and the vigilance required by drivers. Green, who recently joined the team of drivers, underscored the importance of adhering to safety protocols to ensure the well-being of all students onboard. STORY 2: Man Accused of Rape at Vinings apartment Dontaveous Williams, a resident of Atlanta, has been detained under serious charges of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The incident reportedly took place at the SYNC at Vinings apartment complex between November 2023 and January 2024. Following an investigation by the Cobb County Police Department, an arrest warrant was issued, leading to Williams' apprehension on January 31st. He now faces charges of rape and is being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. STORY 3: Marietta Man Accused of Child Molestation and Cruelty to Children Brian Desharn Phillips, a 46-year-old resident of Marietta, is facing serious charges for alleged sexual misconduct involving an underage girl. The incidents reportedly took place at a local hotel between January 23, 2021, and January 22, 2023. Moreover, he is accused of hiding controlled substances on the minor during a residential search conducted by his probation officer. It is also alleged that Phillips engaged in further sexual acts, some at gunpoint, spanning from January 23, 2021, to July 31, 2023. The charges against Phillips include aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, cruelty to children, and felony child molestation. Phillips was arrested on January 30, 2024, and is currently being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.   We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info.    We'll be right back.   Break: DRAKE   STORY 4: Kennesaw State Academic Learning Center Named for Longtime Family Benefactors The Academic Learning Center at Kennesaw State University has been renamed as the Morgan and Bailey Academic Learning Center. This change pays tribute to Audrey Morgan and her late sister, Bobbie Bailey, who stand as the university's most generous family benefactors. The Morgan-Bailey duo has generously donated over $17 million to KSU, primarily focusing on education enhancement. The newly named center houses various amenities such as classrooms, seminar rooms, study lounges, and faculty spaces. It is also home to the Journey Honors College and the Office of Undergraduate Research. In addition, it accommodates Global Education, advising services, and academic resource centers. The sisters' philanthropy extends beyond the center, having supported scholarships, the School of Music, athletic facilities, and nursing scholarships. Their unwavering commitment mirrors KSU's status as a research institution and significantly enriches the student experiences on campus. STORY 5: Legacy Builders: Unveiling the Impact of KSU Students During Black History Month In honor of Black History Month, Kennesaw State University (KSU) is drawing attention to noteworthy individuals who embody leadership and inspire their community. Among these exemplary figures is Ahlan Filstrup, an English major and honors student deeply engaged in the Atlanta Student Movement project. Filstrup's work illuminates the significant role Atlanta students played in the Civil Rights Movement. Another honoree, Terrell Burden, a senior and committed basketball player, demonstrates leadership both on the court and in his academic pursuits. His dedication drives his team's success and sets a high bar for academic excellence. Gloria Stowers, who at the ripe age of 70 achieved her dream of earning a bachelor's degree in art education, is another inspiring figure being spotlighted this month. Motivated by her love for arts and inspired by her children, Stowers' journey is a testament to perseverance and lifelong learning, encouraging others to chase their dreams. We'll be back in a moment.   Break: TEDS   STORY 6: Riders Have Fled Cobb's Buses. Will a Transit Tax Bring Them Back? The proposed 30-year sales tax to fund transit in Cobb County has become a hot topic of debate, stirring divergent views about the county's existing transit system and the potential effects of the new proposal. Democratic leaders perceive it as a transformative move, while Republican critics are skeptical about the efficiency of Cobb's current transit system, pointing to dwindling ridership numbers and declining revenue, a situation partly exacerbated by the pandemic. The Mobility Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (M-SPLOST) under discussion aims to revamp transit services with the introduction of rapid bus routes and on-demand services. However, adversaries question the hefty $11 billion price tag and its overall effectiveness. Proponents argue that the M-SPLOST will alleviate traffic congestion and expand transportation options for residents. Despite these potential benefits, concerns persist regarding the clarity of information available to voters and the long-term advantages of this substantial investment. STORY 7: Meet Champ, New Cobb Police K-9 Joining the Braves The Atlanta Braves have warmly welcomed K-9 Champ, the latest addition to the Cobb Police Department's K-9 unit. Champ will be stepping into the paw prints of K-9 Lazer, who recently retired after an impressive service of nearly eight years. During his tenure, Lazer participated in over 400 explosive detection deployments, with 111 of these taking place at Truist Park and the Battery Atlanta. Ever since the Braves relocated to Cobb County in 2017, the dedicated K-9 unit has conducted close to 400 explosive detection deployments at these venues, ensuring the safety of players, staff, and fans alike. The Braves organization has shown its support for this vital service by funding previous K-9 additions, including "Brave," who remains a crucial member of the team. K-9 Champ, partnered with Officer Bultman, will continue this noble tradition of providing security at Truist Park and the Battery Atlanta, further strengthening the bond between the Braves and their community. Break: INGLES 8   Signoff-   Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. 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MDJ Script/ Top Stories for Feb 2nd             Publish Date:  Feb 1st     Commercial: From the Drake Realty Studio Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.    Today is Friday, February 2nd, and Happy 46th Birthday to entertainer Shakira. ***02.02.24 – BIRTHDAY – SHAKIRA*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia Police Respond to Man Discharging Firearm in East Cobb Community Local Marietta Resident Allegedly Fires Over a Hundred Rounds at Unidentified Figures Shocking Accusations Surface Against Marietta Man Involving Child Exploitation and Illicit Material Distribution   All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe!    BREAK: CUofGA STORY 1: Police: Officers Shot Man Firing Gun in East Cobb Neighborhood The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has initiated an inquiry into a recent officer-involved shooting in Cobb County. According to reports, Cobb Police responded to distress calls about an armed man, identified as 83-year-old Thomas Yarborough, discharging a firearm in the East Cobb area. Despite commands to surrender his weapon, Yarborough allegedly continued firing, leading to an officer shooting him. Yarborough is currently in critical condition at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. The GBI's findings will be forwarded to the Cobb County District Attorney's Office for further review. No officers were harmed during the incident. STORY 2: Marietta Man Accused of Shooting 127 Rounds at “Ninja Like” People Richard Ray West, a 37-year-old resident of Marietta, is facing charges after reportedly firing 127 rounds from a 40-caliber handgun, claiming he was being pursued by "ninja-like" individuals. The incident, which unfolded at J & R Cycle Shop in Marietta, resulted in significant property damage. Following the incident, West is alleged to have stolen a blue 1987 Honda 700 Magna motorcycle. West is currently in custody without bond, facing charges including criminal damage, theft, possession of a firearm during a theft, and reckless conduct. STORY 3: Marietta Man Accused of Child Molestation and Distributing Child Porn Ethan Bradley Cook, a 19-year-old Marietta resident, is accused of severe child exploitation charges, including the molestation of a four-year-old boy with autism and the distribution of child pornography. It is alleged that Cook produced and distributed explicit images of the non-verbal child over a period of three days at a residence in Marietta. Cook was arrested on Jan. 24, 2024, and is currently being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, facing three counts each of child molestation felony and distributing child pornography.   We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info.    We'll be right back.   Break: DRAKE STORY 4: 'A Part of Black History and American History': Zion Baptist Church Honors the Past and Looks to the Future The Old Zion Heritage Museum in Marietta, located in the original chapel built in 1888 by formerly enslaved people, serves as a historical testament to the Black community's journey in Marietta. The museum, just a block away from the current Zion Baptist Church, showcases artifacts and photographs portraying life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Zion Baptist Church's history is rooted in the separation from First Baptist Church in Marietta, where segregated services began when a young girl named Dicey became the first African-American member. The museum aims to preserve this history for future generations, emphasizing the connection between the past and present. The church continues to host events during Black History Month to educate its members, particularly the youth, about their heritage and the struggles of the past. The museum and church stand as living witnesses to the significant moments that shaped Marietta's Black community. STORY 5: Fulton Prosecutor Avoids Testifying in Divorce Case Due to Temporary Agreement A divorce hearing in the case of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade, accused of an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, was canceled as the couple reached a temporary settlement. The agreement addresses temporary issues like fee payments and asset use but leaves final matters unresolved. Wade avoided testifying this week, and future developments may include a full settlement or trial. The divorce case intertwines with the racketeering case filed against former President Donald Trump, where allegations of an improper relationship between Willis and Wade have surfaced. Subpoenas target Willis and Wade for a Feb. 15 hearing. We'll be back in a moment.   Break: INGLES 10 STORY 6: Cobb Commission Approves Land Swap to Protect Dobbins Air Reserve Base The Cobb Board of Commissioners reversed its decision to terminate a land swap agreement with Venture Properties, allowing the potential construction of condos in the accident potential zone of Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The 5-0 vote approved the swap, exchanging county-owned land off Terrell Mill Road with Venture's property on Leland Drive. The latter property falls within Dobbins' accident zone, where residential development is discouraged. The Cobb Department of Transportation plans to build a satellite facility on the Leland Drive property, costing over $3 million. A prior rezoning for condos faced backlash, with critics concerned about jeopardizing the base during future Base Realignment and Closure reviews. STORY 7: Gov. Kemp Signs New Cobb School Board Map into Law Governor Brian Kemp signed into law State Senator Ed Setzler's redrawn map of the Cobb County Board of Education's boundaries. Setzler's map replaces the one discarded by U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross in December, following a lawsuit alleging racial gerrymandering. Setzler provided the data set for the new map to the Cobb Board of Elections, which is expected to implement it for this year's elections. Qualifying for four of the seven seats on the school board begins in March. Setzler believes the lawsuit is no longer relevant, and his map complies with the spirit of Judge Ross's order. Critics, including the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition, contend that the redrawn map employs gerrymandering to favor white supremacy. ***LIVE READ GCPS***   Hey, Cobb County! Don't forget to mark your calendar for the GCPS Teacher Job Fair in just 9 days! Join us on February 10th at 8am at the Gas South Convention Center. This is a golden opportunity to be a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools - Georgia's largest school district and a top employer recognized by Forbes. Whether you're kick-starting your career or seeking a change, your passion for education could find its perfect home with us. Say 'yes' to GCPS, where passion meets opportunity!   Signoff-   Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Gwinnett Daily Post, the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties, or the Paulding County News Podcast. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at MDJonline.com.     Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. 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MDJ Script/ Top Stories for August 31 Publish Date: Aug 30   Commercial: Henssler :15   From the Henssler Financial Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast Today is Thursday August 31st and happy 52nd birthday to Actor Chris Tucker ***Tucker*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia 1. Marietta man gets life in prison for child molestation 2. Marine pilot from Marietta killed in crash at Miramar air base 3. And a Pedestrian killed in Franklin Gateway collision Plus Leah McGrath of Ingles Markets is here to talk with Bruce Jenkins about contact and cross contamination Plus, Brian Giffin will have a Cobb Sports Report, Powered by Powers Electrical Solutions All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subcribe! Commercial : CUofGA - Elon   STORY 1 life   A Marietta man, John Galczynski (68), has been sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 69 years and one year of probation for his conviction on charges of rape and child molestation. The Cobb District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. announced the sentencing after a jury found Galczynski guilty. The case involved a minor disclosing a sexual assault to her therapist, revealing that Galczynski had repeatedly raped her from a young age. K-9 Rose, the DA's comfort dog, aided in preparing the victim for trial. Another victim testified that Galczynski had raped her from the age of 11 to 19. The successful collaboration between law enforcement, SafePath Children's Advocacy Center, and the jury ensured justice for the victims and prevented further victimization. ......................……... read more about this at mdjonline.com   Story 2: crash   Major Andrew Mettler, a Marine pilot, tragically lost his life when his F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Hailing from Marietta, Mettler was involved in routine training as a member of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Major Mettler, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, joined the Marines in 2007 and received several awards throughout his career. Fellow Marines and commanders, including Maj. Gen. Scott Benedict, expressed their condolences, remembering his skill and leadership. Mettler was the sole person on the jet, and there are indications he ejected before the crash. His legacy will be honored as Marines continue to uphold the values he stood for.   Story 3: killed   A pedestrian was fatally struck in a crash on Franklin Gateway, Marietta. The incident, investigated by the Marietta Police Department, occurred around 8 p.m. in front of the Marietta Franklin Gateway Sports Complex. Initial findings indicate a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan was heading northbound while a male pedestrian was walking southbound on the same road. The pedestrian entered the path of the oncoming van and was hit. He was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in critical condition and unfortunately succumbed to his injuries shortly after arrival. Police are working on identifying the pedestrian and notifying next of kin. Information related to the incident can be shared with Officer P. Wishon at 770-794-5384....…..(pause)   We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info.   we'll be right back   Break: Dayco – Drake- – JRM   STORY 4: clavon   USA Baseball has finalized its 20-man roster for the upcoming World Baseball Softball Confederation U-18 Baseball World Cup, and two Cobb County players, Bryce Clavon from Kell High School and Levi Clark from Walton High School, have made the team. The roster was selected following a competitive training camp in California. Team USA is the defending champion, and the tournament will take place from September 1st to 10th, beginning with a match against the Netherlands. Clavon, a senior, boasts an impressive .406 batting average and will play both infield and outfield positions. Clark, also a senior, is a catcher known for his strong work ethic and skills.     STORY 5: ksu   Kennesaw State University's Marietta campus has unveiled a newly renovated recreation and wellness center, with around 50% of the 36,000-square-foot facility receiving a $7.4 million makeover. The enhancements include new exercise equipment, a study room, fitness studio, and racquetball courts. Over 70 new strength and cardiovascular machines have been added, making up 83% of the facility's equipment. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, university leaders expressed their enthusiasm for the upgraded space. The renovation project began in October 2022 and is part of ongoing efforts to improve the campus. Students consider the center a vital part of their experience, fostering connections and promoting well-being.   Story 6: owls   As Kennesaw State University's football team transitions from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), they are adopting a flexible approach to lineups. The team plans to adjust their lineup based on opponents and specific goals set by the coaching staff. This strategy aims to redshirt as many players as possible, not just freshmen, by making use of a rule that allows players to participate in up to four regular season games without losing a year of eligibility. This approach will be influenced by the nature of the opponents, with stronger lineups against tougher teams and more experimental lineups for certain matchups. This method is designed to protect players' eligibility and provide valuable experience for emerging talents.   We'll be back in a moment   Break: Powers - Ingles 1 - ESOG   Story 7: LEAH   And now Leah McGrath of Ingles Markets talks with Bruce Jenkins about contact and cross contamination.   ***LEAH***   …Back with final thoughts after   Break: Henssler 60 Signoff- Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. 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GDP Script/ Top Stories for Tuesday Aug. 8 Publish Date: Monday Aug. 7 From the Henssler Financial Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast Today is Tuesday August 8th , and happy 34th birthday to slugger Anthony Rizzo ****Rizzo****   I'm Bruce Jenkins and here are your top stories presented by Peggy Slappey Properties Gwinnett police officer arrested on child molestation charges — will be fired Gwinnett deputies arrest local men who entered schools in Jackson and Barrow counties, triggered at least one lockdown And Two Norcross teens arrested on murder charges in death of fellow youth All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe!    Break 1 :  Slappey          Story 1. fired   Gwinnett County police officer Patrick Ventura has been arrested and will be fired following accusations of child molestation. The charges against him include two counts of child molestation, one count of sexual battery against a child under 16, and one count of violation of oath of office. Ventura, who joined the police department in October 2020 and graduated from the Police Academy in spring 2021, had been serving at the North Precinct. The investigation began when one of his supervisors noticed inconsistencies in his patrol activities, and the Special Victims Unit got involved due to the age of the girl involved, who is under 16. Ventura is held without bond in the Gwinnett County Jail.……………. read more on this at gwinnettdailypost.com     STORY 2: arrest   Two men, Lamonte Dianell Smith and Christian Lebron Williams, have been arrested for allegedly entering schools in Jackson and Barrow counties in Georgia and triggering a lockdown at Winder-Barrow High School. The third person involved, Jaywan T. Edwards, remains at large. The arrests were made after information on social media showed one of the suspects with a firearm. Williams and Smith face charges in both Barrow and Jackson counties, including disruption of public schools and loitering on school property. The trio entered Winder-Barrow High School, leading to a lockdown of the school and nearby Russell Middle School and Winder Elementary School. The reason for their presence at the school is still unknown.   Story 3: murder Two Norcross teenagers, ages 15 and 16, have been arrested and will be tried as adults for the murder of 18-year-old Andres David Buitrago Castillo. Salvador Ruiz-Gonzalez, 16, and Andy Antonio-Herrera, 15, were charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies, and in Ruiz-Gonzalez's case, armed robbery. The incident occurred on July 23 in the parking lot at The Elliott Apartments complex in unincorporated Norcross. Both teens are currently held at a Regional Youth Detention Center. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We'll be right back   Break 2:   M.O.G.- Tom Wages -  Obits   Story 4: voice   The show "Everything Old is New Again" at the Lawrenceville Arts Center features re-imagined show-tunes presented by Jason Wynn, director of Voices of Note. The performance includes songs from various Broadway hits, creatively reinterpreted with unexpected twists. The revue incorporates diverse styles, appealing to different generations and theatre enthusiasts. Wynn drew inspiration from a Sondheim-centric show he directed previously, aiming to deliver unexpected and distinctive performances. The show promises to be unlike any traditional Broadway revue, with unique arrangements and a wide variety of songs. The Lawrenceville Arts Center provides an ideal venue for the production, and the show is not recommended for children due to its content.   Story 5: cyber   Gwinnett Technical College's Cybersecurity program is accredited by the Department of Homeland Defense and the National Security Agency, making it one of the sought-after institutions for cybersecurity training. The program boasts a placement rate of 95%, with students in high demand by security companies. It offers both online and in-person courses, attracting around 800 students during the fall and spring semesters. The program's new facility with two cybersecurity labs allows for in-house competitions to enhance students' skills and knowledge. Future goals include retaining accreditation and increasing community outreach to promote online safety and security.   Story 6:  art   Gwinnett County art galleries are offering a diverse range of visual beauty for residents to enjoy during the current heat wave. At Tannery Row in Buford, an exhibition titled "Of Matter and Energy" combines art and physics, showcasing the work of nine artists. In Suwanee, the Annual Member's Show will feature approximately 100 pieces of art from various artists, including emerging talents from grade and high schools. The Suwanee Art Center's Executive Director is impressed with the international diversity of the artistic community in the Atlanta metro area. In Norcross, the "Summer Brights" exhibit will display colorful paintings depicting the summer season by five selected artists.   We'll be back in a moment   Break 3:  ESOG – Ingles 3 - Lawrenceville   Story 7: Buford Commits   Buford Football players K.J. Bolden and Dale Greene have made their commitments. Bolden, a top recruit, committed to the Florida State University football program. He is a five-star recruit, ranked as the No. 1 safety nationally and the No. 2 prospect in Georgia. Greene, a senior, committed to the Western Carolina University football program. He is a 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive lineman with a 4.0 GPA, and he also competes in track and field and wrestling for Buford. Both are part of a Buford roster that enters the 2023 season atop the state 7A rankings and the Wolves are ranked 10th nationally in the MaxPreps poll to start the season.   Story 8:  Green   The Duluth Wildcats softball community celebrated the opening of their season and the re-retirement of Michelle Green's No. 8 jersey. Green, a Wildcat legend, led the team to a state title in 1999 before becoming a star pitcher at the University of Georgia. Her jersey was initially retired but was re-retired when a rising ninth-grader wanted to wear No. 8. Duluth's current head coach, Megan Robison, and former coach, Dawn Marsh, honored Green by re-retiring her jersey. The team also unveiled enhancements to their softball stadium, showing their commitment to their past and future success.   Story 9: Schaub   The Atlanta Falcons have hired former quarterback Matt Schaub as a "football analyst." Schaub, who spent most of his career with the Falcons, will be involved with the team during training camp and the preseason. He will bring his 17 years of playing experience to mentor second-year quarterback Desmond Ridder. Schaub's role could eventually evolve into a coaching position under offensive coordinator Dave Ragone. This reunion is seen as a positive move for both Schaub and the Falcons, as he can stay connected to the sport and possibly kickstart a coaching career, while the team gains valuable insights from a recent player.   We'll have final thoughts after this   Break 4:   Henssler 60 Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. 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From the Henssler Financial Studios this is your news minute on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, presented by Dayco Systems. Today is Wednesday July 26th, and I'm Brian GiffinKeith Martin Gouger, a man from Powder Springs, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of child molestation, aggravated sodomy, and cruelty to children in the second degree. The crimes involved a 7-year-old girl who was forced to engage in sex acts with him on multiple occasions. The victim's mother reported the incidents to the police, leading to Gouger's arrest. At trial, the now 9-year-old victim testified about what happened to her. The Cobb County District Attorney's Office commended all involved parties for holding the predator accountable and urged victims of child sexual assault to come forward and report the crimes to the authorities.Read more on this story at mdjonline.com. For the Daily journal Podcast I'm Brian Giffinwww.henssler.com  www.daycosystems.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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CTL Script/ Top Stories of July 18 Tuesday Publish Date: July 17 Moniday   Henssler :15 From the Ingles Studio Welcome to the Award Winning Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast    Today is Saturday, July 22nd, and happy 59th birthday to actor David Spade ***Spade***     I'm Brian Giffin and here are the stories Cherokee is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia Cherokee County grand jury indicts man on charges of rape and child molestation Man reportedly drowns in Lake Allatoona And Holly Springs leaders approve regulations on CBD stores and smoke shops   Plus, Brian Giffin talks with Kim Scofi, President and CEO of United Military Care, about the upcoming We Care Veteran's Fair coming up in a couple weeks at the Cobb Civic Center  (SCOH-fee)     We'll have all this and more coming up on the Cherokee Tribune-Ledger Podcast      Commercial:  CU of GA   Story 1. indicts   Monquezias Deshad Watts, a man previously charged in 2021 with allegedly molesting a child in Cherokee County, is now facing additional charges. According to a recent indictment filed on July 10, he is charged with five counts of rape, five counts of child molestation, one count of aggravated child molestation, and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. The new charges stem from allegations of raping and molesting three children, as well as sexually assaulting two adult women. The incidents reportedly occurred between 2014 and 2019. Watts was arrested on a bench warrant and remains in the Cherokee County jail without bond. His next hearing is scheduled for August 4, with a bond hearing set for August 16.   ....……… Read more on this story at tribuneledgernews.com   STORY 2: drowns   An Ellijay man, identified as Jackie Merrell, 54, tragically drowned in Lake Allatoona after he went swimming to reach his dog and went under. The incident occurred near the falls, prompting a response from game wardens and rescue units from Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services. The Cherokee County dive team found him in 15 feet of water. Despite being transported to Kennestone Hospital, he was pronounced deceased. This is the second drowning incident in Lake Allatoona reported by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in recent times, with another man's body being recovered from the lake in June after falling off a boat near Victoria Harbor.   Story 3: cbd   The Holly Springs City Council has unanimously approved changes to the zoning ordinance to regulate CBD stores and smoke shops in the city. The amendments include providing a definition for CBD and/or tobacco specialty stores and requiring general commercial zoning with council approval. The new ordinance mandates that CBD and tobacco specialty stores must be at least 1,000 feet from religious institutions, day care centers, and schools, and at least 5,000 feet from similar businesses. Additionally, the council approved the annexation of nearly 10 acres of land on Stringer Road into Holly Springs for the development of Timothy B. Downing Park, and the rezone of the property from agricultural to governmental. They also approved legal documents for the townhomes in the Town Center project to govern the neighborhood's maintenance and upkeep.   Back in a moment   Break:  ESOG - Drake – Ingles 1   STORY 4: thomas   State Rep. Brad Thomas, R-Holly Springs, received a 2023 Legislative Service Award from the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) for his efforts in balancing property owners' rights and local governing bodies. Thomas was recognized for his work on House Bill 374 during the 2023 legislative session, which allows aggrieved property owners to de-annex from a city without unilateral veto authority from the city. The law includes safeguards for cities to object to de-annexation if it affects public health, safety, and welfare. ACCG's Deputy Director of Governmental Affairs, Todd Edwards, presented Thomas with the award during a Cherokee County Board of Commissioners meeting.   Story 5: hot dog   Cherokee County Senior Services and Stand Up For Seniors are hosting a hot dog luncheon on August 3 at the Cherokee County Senior Center in Canton. The $5 donation lunch includes a hot dog, beans, chips, drink, and dessert, available for dine-in, takeout, or reserved in advance. Proceeds will benefit Stand Up For Seniors' Last Stop Program, providing financial assistance to struggling seniors for rent, utilities, and medical costs. The program aims to prevent homelessness and help seniors stay in their homes. Stand Up For Seniors collaborates with Cherokee County Senior Services to organize fundraising events and gather support from donors and local organizations.   Story 6: russo   Former River Ridge basketball standout Jared Russo has committed to Reinhardt. The 6-foot-10 center earned Region 7 6A Player of the Year honors and led the Knights to a 24-6 overall record with a 13-1 record in region play during his senior year. He averaged 19 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.0 blocks per game. Russo will join Reinhardt's team, which had a 15-13 overall record last season. Meanwhile, his former frontcourt partner, Braden Pierce, is preparing for his freshman year at Maryland after a successful post-grad basketball season at IMG Academy. Russo will add a presence in the paint for the Eagles who seek to build on their winning record last season.   Back with more after this   Commercial: Elon – Dayco – UMC 30 Story 7: UMC   And Now, we talk with Kim Scofi, President and CEO of United Military Care about the upcoming We Care Veterans Fair on August 4th and 5th   ***UMC Interview***   Final thoughts after this   GON - Henssler 60   Thanks again for spending time with us listening to today's Cherokee Tribune Ledger podcast. 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1: Intense Bus Shootout Caught on Camera! Shocking Incident Unfolds in Charlotte https://youtu.be/X5oTxemgn2Q A bus driver and a passenger were involved in a shootout onboard a city bus in Charlotte, North Carolina earlier this month. Passenger Omarri Shariff Tobias told bus driver David Fullard he wanted to get off between designated stops as he walked towards the front of the bus while it was in motion on May 18, according to CNN. Surveillance cameras on the bus show Tobias approach Fullard and the two can be heard getting into a verbal argument. 2: Shocking Funeral Shooting: Funeral Owner Kills Pallbearer at Child's Burial https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/funeral-company-owner-allegedly-shoots-2-childs-burial-service-killing-rcna88319 In a horrifying incident at a child's burial service, the owner of a funeral company allegedly shot and killed a pallbearer, while also injuring another person. Wilson Chavis, 48, is now facing murder charges for the shooting that took place during the funeral organized by his company. The burial was for 10-year-old Arianna Davis, who was tragically killed on Mother's Day in Washington, D.C. The motive behind the shooting is believed to be a long-standing business dispute with another funeral company. Hashtags: #FuneralShooting #TragicBurial #ViolenceAtFuneral 3: Fallen Councilman's Dark Secrets: Crack Smoking and Child Molestation Charges https://www.thedailybeast.com/accused-crack-smoking-councilman-matthew-reilly-now-charged-with-child-molestation The shocking downfall of former Cranston city councilman Matthew Reilly continues with even more disturbing allegations. After being arrested for drug possession, Reilly now faces charges of child molestation and sexual assault. Hashtags: #FallenCouncilman #ChildMolestationCharges #DarkSecrets 4: Messi's $1 Billion Saudi Offer Rejected for Miami Move | Family Over Fortune https://brobible.com/sports/article/messi-saudis-billion-wife-gulf/ Soccer legend Lionel Messi shocked the world by turning down a historic $1.2 billion offer from Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal. The reason? His wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, didn't want to raise their children in the Gulf. Discover the details behind this jaw-dropping decision and the impact it has on Messi's next move. From Miami's Inter-Miami signing to a potential partnership with Apple, delve into the dramatic twists and turns of Messi's career. Hashtags: #MessiRejectsSaudiOffer #FamilyOverFortune #MessiToInterMiami 5: Zion Williamson's Drama Escalates: Third Woman Speaks Out | Shocking Revelations https://nypost.com/2023/06/09/zion-williamson-drama-escalates-as-third-woman-speaks-out/ The Zion Williamson saga takes a scandalous turn as a third woman comes forward after the pregnancy revelation. Get the latest on the explosive social media posts accusing the NBA star of being a "sex addict." From explicit allegations to screenshots of Snapchat exchanges, the drama unfolds in shocking detail. Join us as we delve into the Twitter frenzy and the public's reaction to this highly publicized scandal. Discover the impact of these revelations on Williamson's career and the implications for his future in the NBA. Hashtags: #ZionWilliamsonScandal #PregnancyRevelation #SocialMediaDrama 6: AITA: For telling people not to eat the food at my sisters wedding  https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/13vxkba/aita_for_telling_people_not_to_eat_the_food_at_my/ Join us as we dive into a shocking family wedding controversy. When a bride discovers that her mother served frozen leftovers from her own wedding, she takes it upon herself to warn the guests discreetly. Find out if she was right to voice her concerns about food safety or if she went too far. Witness the aftermath as family members clash, debating who is to blame and whether the food was truly safe. Share your judgment in the comments: AITA (Am I the A**hole) in this situation? Hashtags: #WeddingFoodControversy #AITA #FamilyDrama --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/schwebelroom/message

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A civilian Police Officer in Santa Monia molested over 200 kids - why did it take authorities so long to put the pieces together? Then, as the U.S. is on the verge of a fiscal crisis, the House passed the GOP bill to increase the debt ceiling. The last group that tried to build multifamily housing in La Canada Flintridge received a dead rat in the mail...And Disney's had enough - it's taking Ron DeSantis to court.

Wayne Resnick and Jennifer Jones Lee accompany Bill for Handel on the News. A Santa Monica police employee molested more than 200 kids; Warnings of abuse were ignored. A suspect has been arrested after a possible kidnapping caught on camera in Commerce, CA. And reports show that the driver who crashed into a mother and her child in Mid-Wilshire, killing her and sending the child to the hospital with injuries, was suffering from a medical emergency.

INTRODUCTION:  I'm a professor, hypnotherapist, author, and advocate who has helped many people for the past 20+ years overcome trauma from PTSD, abuse (physical, sexual & emotional) & other mental health issues. In many cases, I may be the only person that my clients confide in regarding their sexual assault or rape. My mission is to raise awareness and convince people and parents that young children and teens must learn about grooming and targeting so that, as a community, we can reduce the number of sexual assaults against our youth. INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to): ·      Sexual Victimization & Trauma·      Reporting/Non-reporting ·      Me Too Movement ·      Victim Grooming·      Religious Implications ·      The “Sex Talk” Is Not A One Time Event·      How Molestation Affects Future Relationships For The Victims·      Molestation Is Not Because Of The Gays!!!·      Women In Comas Who End Up Pregnant ·      Possible Treatments – For The Victims & The Perpetrators  CONNECT WITH DR. 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This application streamlines the process of finding guests for your show and also helps you find shows to be a guest on. The PodMatch Community is a part of this and that is where you can ask questions and get help from an entire network of people so that you save both money and time on your podcasting journey.https://podmatch.com/signup/devannon  TRANSCRIPT: Dr. Lisa Smith[00:00:00]You're listening to the sex drugs and Jesus podcast, where we discuss whatever the fuck we want to! And yes, we can put sex and drugs and Jesus all in the same bed and still be all right at the end of the day. My name is De'Vannon and I'll be interviewing guests from every corner of this world as we dig into topics that are too risqué for the morning show, as we strive to help you understand what's really going on in your life.There is nothing off the table and we've got a lot to talk about. So let's dive right into this episode.De'Vannon: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode number 92 of the Sex Drugs In. Podcast. Thank you so much for joining us today. Dr. Lisa Smith is a professor, a hypnotherapist, an author, and an advocate who has helped many, many people over the past 20 years to overcome all kinds of sexual trauma and P T S D and physical and mental and emotional abuse and all kinds of stuff.Y'all Now, in this episode, Dr. Smith and I are gonna be focusing [00:01:00] particularly on child molestation elder. Victim grooming, religious implication, and various things like that in the sexual arena. This episode touches on serious issues within our society that are severely understated. So I hope y'all get a lot out of this episode and share it with somebody you know.Hello, are you beautiful people out there? And welcome back to the sex drugs in Jesus podcast. Yes, Jesus is your friend. He's my friend. And if you don't believe in anything at all, then maybe you will one day. Today I have with me Dr. Lisa Smith. She's an author and advocate and professor. This woman has over 20 years of experience as a counselor and a hypnotherapist.She considers herself to be an advocate for the masses of those suffering from trauma and abuse. She's professor of psychology, criminal justice, and Human services. Girl, how you doing today, ? Dr. Smith: I am beautiful. And that is [00:02:00] my mantra. Hello, beautiful people. So I am doing really good today and I'm very grateful to ha to be on your show.De'Vannon: Well, thank you for setting us out an hour of your life, Dr. Smith. You know, all the resources we burned through in this life and that we can create more of time. time is one of those things that we just can't get back any more of. And so for you to set aside an hour of your irreversible resource, you know, irre, replenishable resource with Little O Me, you know, it is not taken for granted.I appreciate you mentally. Dr. Smith: Thank you so very much, and I appreciate you for spreading this important message because I don't think we have this conversation enough with all the conversations we could be having. I think this is one we definitely need to have a lot more of, especially when you're talking about trauma and [00:03:00] sexual.De'Vannon: So y'all, well, you might be questioning what trauma will we be talking about today? Cause we talk about a lot of trauma on this show for the day, we're talking about sexual victimization of everybody from Little Childrens all the way up to old people. Before we hopped on this Zoom meeting, Dr. Smith was telling me about the sexual assault of elders, like in her state.She's in Florida. And I was like, okay, well fuck, I never thought about people trying to like do sexual things to incapacitated old people. And, but you know, we're gonna talk about that, you know, you know, later on here. So tell us, you know, so tell us about your, your educational training. You know, you are a doctor.Where did you study? What did you learn? Dr. Smith: Absolutely. Well, I live in Florida, but I am a New Yorker, so I studied at the, in, in CUNY City University of New York at City College. I'm shouting out my alma mater. I also received my [00:04:00] doctorate. I got my bachelor's in my master. There and I received my, my doctorate from Walden University.And then I also have a criminal Justice Masters from Johnson and Wales University. And one of the things I am is the advocate for sexual violence because most of my training has been with trauma, trauma with foster to care kids, trauma with young girls as well as boys. I work with juveniles who were trying to move from the prison system out of the as in diversion programs.And they have a lot of sexual assault history. But I'm a hypnotherapist. I've been a hypnotherapist since oh six. I've worked in a lot of social programs. And what I find is that sexual trauma is most prevalent. So let me give you the stats. One in four girls, one in six boys. But I believe that that is much higher simply [00:05:00] because these are the people that we know have reported.And as you and I know, many people don't report. They tell their story, but they don't report. And so for, especially for the males, those who are themselves, sexual assault victims as well as predators in the juvenile justice system, you find a lot of both, right? Because they were sexually assaulted and they modeled that behavior.So in 2006, I I was working in a. Delinquency program and I was asked if I would be interested in hypnotherapy, which I had not considered, but the subconscious is where we hide or code that trauma through our sensory memories. So it, it was apropo for me to be able to use that technique to actually hit the trauma much quicker than you will in talk therapy.Most of the time it can take anywhere from one to [00:06:00] six meetings, but usually about three meetings with me and that trauma is exposed and you can start moving f from that. So that's, that's my background. And I, like I said, I'm a professor as well. I teach at University of Arizona Global Campus in the human services programs.We have a bachelor's, master's, and PhD there where I work with graduate students. So that's my background. De'Vannon: There's nothing wrong with that. You know, I'm a, a hypnotist as well. I went to school for that and learned you know, all about it. And I, I was gonna pair it with my massage therapy certification that I have it.In the process of learning hypnotherapy, I realized just how how much help I needed myself, and then I decided that I didn't need to be doing that on anybody else. And I, and I turned my training inward and used it to heal me and Dr. Smith: so beautiful. I love De'Vannon: that. , like Dr. [00:07:00] Smith is saying, hypnotherapy is real.And she's not talking about make people quack like ducks on stage or see if they're afraid of cotton and all, all this crazy shit. You see, like on talk shows, we're talking about a therapeutic approach and it's often paired with like psychologists and sociologists or social workers rather, and things like that.And it is totally done in a clinical setting. The education is accredited. Look it up, people. Hypnotherapy is real. There's all kinds of mental health services out there. Maybe hypnotherapy can work for you if nothing else has. So Dr. Smith also wrote a series of books. There's a couple for parents, a couple for kids.The titles are interesting. The first one is called Chad Keeps a Secret. The other one is a yes. Aaliyah can't tell her secret. Yes, those are the ones for parents. It's called the blaming and shaming of defenseless victims in America's rape culture. And y'all, the statistics and things we're talking about today are for the United States of America.We're not talking [00:08:00] globally. And then the other one is overcoming trauma. Is there anything you'd like to say about these four books that you have contributed to the world? Dr. Smith: Absolutely. So the children's books are so that we can start talking to children about sexual violence simply because, Most children under the age of eight will be approached by a sex offender.And many of them don't know what to do when they're asked to keep a secret. And so Chad Keeps a secret, was named by my, my niece Chad Bozeman had just died. And she thought that it would be important for her to name the character Chad in his honor. Now, of course, Aaliyah can't tell. Her secret has everything to do with Aaliyah.Just be clear. The, the characters in it are Aaliyah and [00:09:00] Robert, right? Because I don't want us to know that as a community. We slept on Aaliyah. We knew what was happening with r Kelly, and we did nothing. So this is homage to her. So that people are aware that yes, your teen too can be in a sexual situation that she is not consenting to.And even though we have what we call Romeo and Juliet laws that oftentimes people are not aware that 36% of sex offenders are juveniles or they're consenting with older adults. So those are five to nine year olds. And then we have the the blaming and shaming of defenseless victims in America's rape culture.Why is that? Because we use this theory Now, this is a theory that I devise, you'll find it in my book. That book is specifically [00:10:00] for parents, teachers college student. I wanna know more about how we encourage rape culture in this, in the United States, how we deny, or what we call denial, which is part of dis theory, d i i S, we deny we do not act, which is inaction and information suppression.So basically what we do as a community, as a friend is oftentimes we say, no, that couldn't have happened. Most of the time we are not saying, I believe you. I wanna help you. What can I do to help you? We deny we don't provide action, we don't report, and then we suppress the information. So we have a large number of undetected sex offenders out and about making their way to another vulnerable victim, whether that be a child, a teen, or an adult.So those are my books. They're [00:11:00] available on Amazon, but they're also available on my website. Which is a crime reporting website right to consent.com. And that's the number And that is report? De'Vannon: Yeah. And that's the number two. And I'm gonna put her website, it's right, the number two consent.com. And I'm gonna put all that in the show notes along with her social media and everything like that.I'm curious, what, what got you particularly passionate about this subject matter? Did something happen to you when you were younger or someone you know? What sets you on this Dr. Smith: trajectory? Ironically, there four girls in my family, three have been sexually assaulted. I have not been sexually assaulted, but when I was nine years old, my.Cousins were kidnapped and taken to Saudi Arabia because their father wanted to practice Islam from the origins. And when I saw my cousin [00:12:00] again she was 12 years old. She was a child bride, and she had a baby. And so for a long time I was afraid of the Islamic faith. I didn't know much about it.But I learned a lot about what my cousin would went through. Not only was she sexually assaulted in her marriage as a child bribe, but she was de she, she also faced physical violence. So like I said, the, my, my quest is, , how do we reduce the numbers, eradicate the issue because that was so personal to me.And I have my other cousin who was also married at a, a young age, but she was able to consent the, the sister of my cousin at the time. So, you know, that for African American [00:13:00] girl was a startling revelation. Should I say that this was accepted practice in another part of the world and that child brides can be found in so many places in this c in this world.De'Vannon: Tell me what, what is, how do you feel like the Me Too, the me Too movement compares with what you've studied here and what you've written about? Dr. Smith: Well, I think that the Me Too movement. Kind of piggybacks off of what I call the, the kids too movement, because many of the young people in, not young, but older people in the Me Too movement was sexually assaulted as children, as teens.For many of these women and men, their first sexual this first sexual, [00:14:00] I don't wanna say event, was forced or forcible rape or sexually violent. It wasn't consenting. And so when you say Me Too, the question is what does me, what's the foundation of Me Too? Are the women and men saying that I was a child when I was first sexually assaulted under the age of 10, right.Prepubescent ages, or was I a teen under the age of 18? Right. And so, . The reason why I say that's important because if you are sexually assaulted as a child, you are depending on your race and, and gender, you are. If you're African American, you're 35 times more likely to be sexually assaulted in again.And the sexual assault repetition [00:15:00] is increased when you're under the age of eight. So sexual assault can happen again in your teens and many times the people in Me Too have been sexually assaulted more than once. . Okay. And that's why I think it's significant because depending on your age, will determine the likelihood or your vulnerability of being sexually assaulted again in the future.And that's why I think we need to start having these conversations much, much earlier so that children know how to talk to an offender because the parents aren't gonna be there to save them, if that makes sense. De'Vannon: Right. And we'll talk about those parents in a, in a minute, cause I've got my opinions on, on, on parenting when it comes to the topic of sex.But what, what would you say, I'd like you to give a word of comfort to people out there who have been victims [00:16:00] of sexual assault, either once or multiple times, but, and they may be thinking like, why does this keep happening to me? What am I doing wrong? Why is it my fault? What would you say to them? Dr. Smith: Well, one is the, the fact that we don't talk to our kids and teens about sex.In fact, we usually, if we're talking about sex education classes, they don't come around until the child is in their teens. But what about all those other stages and ages? One is about vulnerability. The other is about what do I do if I'm in this situation? And we don't have those conversations if we're not having conversations about sex.And sometimes that's religious based, right? And sometimes that's cultural based and taboo. But if we're not having these conversations, then how does this child know that I can be in this scenario and how am I going to out of this scenario unharmed. Right. [00:17:00] And and, and that's what I think is missing, right?How is a child victim? How is a one child more likely to be victimized than another child? Right? And, and, and the question is, is how savvy are they when they are approached by someone who, let's just take teens, for example. If you've never had sex and you don't know what to expect and nobody has told you what to expect, even if you say no, somewhere along the line that consent, because we have a lot of issues with consent in this country, that consent may be disregarded.Right? And why is it disregarded? Because we have a culture in which there's this that no doesn't mean. , right? We have movies that show No, no, no, no, no. And then acquiescence, right? So we have these these cues that we're [00:18:00] giving teens as well as young children that just because you say no, that does not mean that you have agency over your body and that the person who is wishing to violate you has more power and control over you.Okay? The other is that what scenario is that child gonna be placed in, and how savvy are they to maneuver their way out of it not to be harmed? And so that's what I believe the issue is. We need to talk about it more often. We need to provide scenarios to young teens as well as children, so that in the event they are approached, they know how to act and respond.And they know that secret keeping is not part of the equation. De'Vannon: Can you give us an example, either from your experience or one of your books as to how a child or somebody who's about to be a victim or has been can act and respond?Dr. Smith: [00:19:00] Absolutely. So in one of my books the blaming is shaman of defenseless victims.I have a boy at the time, he was five years old. His cousin had approached him 11 years old. Grandma goes to the grocery store, his cousin's supposed to be in the house, right? Because 93% of people who are most likely to victimize your child, they're known, they're acquaintance, they're a family member.And let's be clear, so he's in the home with his cousin, she's 11. Okay? And they play this game of touch, right? And, and pleasure. . So he doesn't know as a five year old that this is something that he shouldn't engage in, but it feels good to him. So he allows it. It's a secret. Grandma's not here. So we're gonna keep this secret.And this goes on for up to a year. Every time grandma leaves, they are both touched, they both touch each other. Right now, if we were [00:20:00] to do a rape kit, there's no evidence, right? But yet this is still happening. So how does a child combat that one? , they need to know body boundaries. They need to know that even if this is your cousin, this should not happen.There needs to be a conversation that nobody should touch your body outside of washing it. Right. Because there are times where older adults and older siblings are responsible for taking care of their younger siblings, but that child needs to know that their body shouldn't be touched in a certain way.Those conversations for that five-year-old didn't happen. And so now we see him as an adult. He has a lot of sexual addiction. He also modeled some of the behaviors as he was growing into a teen. And so he looked for, for other girls that had some sexual assault history because [00:21:00] it was easier for them to consent, if you will.Right. I have lo loads of stories where I had someone contact me on Instagram. Four year old daughter is being anally raped by her dad, but the courts don't believe her. The cops don't believe her. She's gone to C P S C P S refused to do a refused to do a wellness check and a, and a bodily check.They just took the report and because she has drug abuse history, they did not investigate. Right. So my. , my advice to her was go to the hospital. They're required to do a check after she comes from her father because it's court appointed that he sees her every weekend [00:22:00] after she comes from her father to get that report.And a doctor providing that report can easily be taken to the courts to say there's some anal fissures, which she, which they did fine. And there's lacerations around the anus. So, so as I said before the goal is not for your child to be victimized or for a, a child to experience this. The goal is to keep them safe, but it's happening.So what do we do now that we have to be reactive instead of proactive? Well, De'Vannon: that brings me to my issue with parenting. So like growing up here in the south, in good old Baton Rouge, Louisiana. , you know, they didn't talk about the s word, you know, they didn't mention sex. They kinda left it to the church into the school, which is like nothing.And so and, and like, and like you're saying when the, the talk, the sex, the birds and the bees does [00:23:00] happen. A per a person's a teenager or whatever, they already got hard dicks and you know, and everything's already been happened by then. But we started experimenting with each other's body parts when we were like in kindergarten, you know, we were already curious at that age.And so I learned about sex from like red shoe diaries on Showtime and real, you know, real fucking Right, right. And so, I agree with Dr. Smith. The only way to safeguard your child against a sexual predator is to establish boundaries as soon as that child is gonna be being outside of your sight. You know, because you cannot control what the hell is gonna happen to your child when they're not there.Education is the only way in keeping that door open. The sex talk is not a one time thing. It's supposed to be an open dialogue that that kid can always come back to you and be made to feel comfortable and safe and not weird. And then if something [00:24:00] does happen, then that bridge is already built. You know, here in the south it's like, it was like the big parents and little kids, you know, the adults over here, the kids over here, they always had this gap between us.And so I never felt like I could go to an adult with any fucking thing. And so, right. You know, when I was 15, I was the older boy in my church and they, the choir director was like 21, 22 and he took an interest in me and we were dating or whatever, and we'd meet in the back of church and make out the adults I guess acted like they didn't know or whatever.And this went on for months and he was running around trying to intentionally give people H I v aids is what he was doing. And so, wow. As an adult, looking back on it, And the, and it, it had to be fucking clear, you know? I'm like, why the fuck didn't any of the adults in this, in this church say anything?They just let me, let this, let this [00:25:00] 22 year old man do whatever the fuck he wanted to with my 15 year old assDr. Smith: Can I bring my criminal justice background in here first?first. They're, they're equally as liable nowadays. Now that the laws are changing, parents as well as guardians are starting to be held accountable for stuff like that. But when we talk about consent laws and age of consent and ability to consent to a certain type of sexual relationship 14 used to in, in, if I'm not mistaken, in Louisiana.14 used to be the age, but they pushed that up if I'm not mistaken, to 16 and that, and it's been 16 probably for decades. Right. So if you're saying that this happened at [00:26:00] 15, that man could have, cuz he's a man after 21, after 18. Right. That man could be responsible. And many of the laws now are changing that they are allowing people to report abuse.That was depending on the age. Of course, if you, if you were a child, you have a lifetime of reporting. But if you were like you, you, a teen, usually some only allow 10 years. Some might allow 25 years. It depends on the. If that makes sense. So that's my criminal justice history. But the fact what, what I need, need the people out there to know is most of the community knows the sexual predator and knows the sex offender.Right. And I'll just throw a question out there. Which one of your family members was suspect that your mama told you Stay away from? Right. Stay away from him or tell [00:27:00] her because they up to no good. Right. Most of the time the community knows first why. is it that they don't engage? It's cuz let's be clear, it has everything to do with who is the person responsible for this victimization?Are they a pillar of the community? Is it a pastor, is it a deacon in the church? Is it a authority figure? Is it a head, a principal at, at the school? Is it a teacher? A lot of times parents will not report because they don't want one, their business to get in the street. And two, they don't wanna be the parent that was not paying enough attention to their child to have and, and victimization occur.Right? So that's denial, inaction, information suppression, dis theory at the top. [00:28:00] Correct. De'Vannon: And you know, parenting is, is not like a cute thing. But it is treated cute. You know, whenever you hear somebody say, they usually don't wanna have a kid. , it's really to the benefit of the parent. You know, you don't really have a child for the child's sake, you know, the kid does not exist until you create them.You create them for your own entertainment or for your own pur purposes, or you want something to love. It is completely selfish to have a child. I don't mean that in a judging way, I just mean it in a truthful way. Not going to adopt a kid that's already here is a little bit different because you're trying to help somebody in a fucked up situation.But the whole point is once the kid gets past the cute rosy phase, you know, you know, there's actual like a lifetime of accountability and it's like a job to be a parent, you know, and everything like that. And it is not just this cute thing, you know, cute kid. You want it to help save your marriage or to help you feel good about yourself or to help you have something love.You know that that person. A, a living ball of emotions and con [00:29:00] consciousness and decisions and things and, and yeah, I, well, I'm saying all this is say, I don't think a lot of people think very deep into the weight of parenting and they get caught up in the emotion of fulfilling the American dream. And then when all of these mm-hmm.things come up, they fall short because they really didn't think about what the hell they were getting into when they decided. Dr. Smith: Right. And, and here's the thing. If that person who's victimizing your child happens to be within your family, families break up for this, right? If it's a father who is victimizing their daughter or their son, , what does that mean to split up the household, right?If it is a nephew or a c a a, a favorite cousin who's victimizing your child, what does that mean to the family as a unit? What parent wants to [00:30:00] turn in their son or daughter, right? What family wants to deal with the fact of sexual assault? And I get it, however I'll give you another case. Girl is 16 years old.Her, she's in her aunt's house. Her pa, her sh her family is there because they lost housing. And it's not uncommon for aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews and cousins to be living in the same house at grandma's house. But at night, she was expected to sleep on the couch. So her uncle would come in, have his beer, feel her up.Go home, go and get in bed with his, with his, with her aunt and sh and her mom slept in another room with her younger siblings. And that was a every night occurrence. But when she brought, she brought it to me. I'm a mandatory reporter, so I have to report this. One of the first things I do is contact her mom.And her mom cusses me [00:31:00] out. I'm gonna make her lose her housing. Her sister's not gonna talk to her anymore. And I, me, the counselor is gonna cause her to be out on the street. I can't tell you how many times people have cussed me out to keep their child safe. I've had a father tell me he was gonna come up to.My job and whip my ass and he don't know me cuz I'm like, listen, I'll give you what you looking for. I get off at five o'clock and I have no problem meeting you. I don't bullies. I'm sorry. Not I ain't your wife and I ain't scared of you. Yes, I absolutely will report this, but I won't be by own myself either.Okay. I'll not be by myself. So call me again. I will give you what you looking for. De'Vannon: He said he ain't about that life. You ain't about that life.[00:32:00]Dr. Smith: I'm not the one. Absolutely not. I, I know that this is a thankless job, but the question is, well, what child in your family do you wanna be harmed? How do you wanna mess with their sexual identity? Because let's be clear. Sexual assault. I'm not talking about sexual orientation, I'm talking about sexual identity.I'm talking about the way they experience pleasure. I'm talking about the way their ideas of sex after they've been violated. I'm talking about how they feel about their own body, their own agency over their body, and how long that's gonna last, right? Is it gonna last into their twenties? You best believe it.Is it gonna last into their thirties, their forties and fifties? You best believe it. We've got 60 and 70 year olds who had sexual charma, and I'm still the first one they told. Hmm. Okay. And what did that mean for the way they, they [00:33:00] received touch, right? Did they find pleasure? Were they out of their body?Are they still numb from something that happened so many decades before? . Right? That's what I mean about sexual identity. You and I, we love sex just as much as the next one because it's pleasurable and it's orgasmic. But what does that mean for a child who's just entering that sexual world and they've been violated and victimized?How will they experience sexual pleasure in the future? And why are we as a community so careless about the fact that we are creating these damaging individuals? Sexual addiction isn't a joke, but let's be clear. There is a link between those who are sexually addicted and sexual assault. Okay. And the way in which promiscuity plays out in their life.[00:34:00]Is that a bomb dropper? De'Vannon: No. I'm just thinking about some people that, well, you know, some people that I know. You know you know, and wondering, you know, what the possible link, just ask them. Dr. Smith: Ask them. I, I, listen. Sexual addiction is linked to sexual assault or victimization or violation in the youth, in their youth.And many of them have repressed it so deep that they don't know that they're being triggered every time they're in a sexual, sexual situation. De'Vannon: So do you find that people who've been sexually assaulted are not emotionally present, they're just kind of like doing the act of sex or what, what, what do you.[00:35:00]Dr. Smith: So there I, yes, I'm gonna say yes to that because there are people who the violence was so frequent that they left their body right, and so they're emotionally lo numb. It's what we call dissociation, right? And we leave our body if we are in threat, right? But if it happens so frequently, then we are no longer emoting properly.So if you are in, for example, if you are in a car accident and you felt that you were going to die, right? You dissociate, meaning that you go into a shock and you freeze. But in that freezing, you disconnect from that emotion, those emotions that may prevent you from reacting and responding. So then we respond.Physiologically, but we are not aware of why we're doing it. Our body mobilizes us and that happens a lot. [00:36:00] So when we are sexual, when, when, when we are sexually assaulted, and that brings sexual violence, right? It is painful. It is harm. Hurtful. It is. And, and you, you stop having control over your own body regardless of the age you dissociate.And it doesn't mean that you return. So for many people, they don't experience that pleasure. They have to have this real intense either roughness. It's the same thing with substance abuse issues. Many people who have substance abuse issues use that as a form of escapism to escape the fact that there's all this trauma in their background.Okay? And they can't. Prevented because they're constantly being triggered by sensory experiences, smell, taste, touch here. Okay. And all the [00:37:00] time they're triggered. It brings them right back to that place because like I said, there are some people who are can, can absolutely cannot move past the trauma. And sometimes talk therapy doesn't allow them to do that.And some people don't even get any kind of therapy, so they just go on. But they're still in that state and they've made a decision. Every time we make a life threatening choice, we make a decision. Sometimes it's an eight year old making that decision. Sometimes it's a 12 year old making that decision.Sometimes it's a 25 year old or a 65 year old making a decision. But we do make a decision about our lack of power and control. De'Vannon: So I have a question about the gays. So when I was in my, it's the gays , right? But when I was in my mid twenties, I, I used to be heavily involved at Lakewood Church in [00:38:00] Houston, Texas, you know, under Joel, Joel and Victoria Osteen.Once they found out I wasn't quite as straight as they would've liked me to be after questioning who I'm dating and stuff like that, I was fired from volunteering and basically told that I was a threat to the children that I was working around just due to my sexual orientation. And so, since the church has this belief that gay men want to lurk around the church to fuck their little boys, I'm, I'm curious if you've seen this in your practice, cuz the church acts like every child molester has to be a gay.Dr. Smith: Okay, so first I wanna say I apologize immensely that that happened to you. As you were saying it, my heart was dropping and I had a little ping. Okay? They are wrong. As soon as I see their psych degree, I will revisit this, but they are wrong, and they had absolutely no [00:39:00] right to tell you that you are a predator.Let's be clear, gay does not equal predation. Let's start there. If y'all didn't hear that before, gay does not equal predation. More importantly, when we start looking at the research, the research says that if you are a sex offender or a predator, you most likely have a. , okay. It has absolutely nothing to do with sexual orientation.It has everything to do with your sexual proclivities. What are you attracted to? There are some male as well as female, and it does not necessarily mean that it is a gay relationship, a bisexual relationship, a transgender relationship, an intersex relationship. Let's get it all out there. Or pansexual, I can go on.This is [00:40:00] about are you attracted to a certain type of minor? Are you attracted to prepubescent? Are you attracted to pubescent? Are you attracted to a certain kind of individual? Now there are those who were born that way, has absolutely nothing to do with sexual orientation. More importantly, if Joe Stein can show me his psych degree.I listen to him, absolutely listen to him. But the days of homosexuality as a disorder in ERA have long passed. Okay? The D S M does not recognize homosexuality as a disorder, right? So let's be clear. Religion often takes a stance that's not validated by research science [00:41:00] or any other human behavior, okay?The fact that many people think that a gay man or a lesbian woman can influence their child in such a way means that they have very little information about the way in which a child not adopts, but is born into a certain sexual orientation. . Okay. So you being a gay does not influence me To be gay does not influence others to be gay.You might serve as a model, meaning that you might be someone that a young gay boy can come and talk to about experiences because they themselves are gay. Okay? But it's not to say that you would somehow, because you were interacting with this child, rub your gayness [00:42:00] off on them, if that makes sense. Okay.It is bullshitand you know when people come up with this or if, when people perceive these incorrect and ignorant thoughts, it's not a threat. That you, it's not that you are a threat, it's that they are a threat because they go around preaching this to others and it's totally and completely inaccurate. But I always tell people, well, as soon as I can see your psych degree, then I will listen to you.But outside of that, if you've sat in as many psych classes and hypnotherapy classes as I have to be not only just to get the degrees, then you might have something to say, but I'm certain that it's not gonna be what they're saying. So again, I apologize for that because [00:43:00] they are authority figures and people listen to them as if their words and thoughts are truthful and factual.Mm-hmm. , and that's bullshit. , whatever they came to you with, that's bullshit. But I'll tell you what, nothing in this life happens for a reason you weren't supposed to be there. And who knows what, what they might call Joe Osteen and his wife in the future, right? Because oftentimes we don't see them work acting godly.But that's another show, right? , that's another show. And more importantly, what would Jesus say? Jesus will probably let you through the Pearl gates quicker than they, than will let them through the pearl gates. And that's just my 2 cents. De'Vannon: Hallelujah. [00:44:00] Tabernacle and praise on that. Well, that's all I'm gonna say.I appreciate your, your kind words and when I was researching you, this word grooming kept coming up. Yes. , what does it mean in the sense of children or, or grooming that this, what is this Grooming? Dr. Smith: Yes, grooming is such a powerful word. The horrible thing is that a or a offender or a predator, most of the time a predator will groom a family, meaning that they will gain your trust and that trust will can span years, right?Because one thing about offenders is they, they wait, they wait to build the trust between the parents so that the parents releases the child to the predator or the offender's care. So they can isolate and withdraw that child so that the grooming process can start. And [00:45:00] that basically means give the child to trust them, give the child gifts, give the child's praise, attention, affection so that the molestation and the penetration can happen.And so basically what happens over time, and it can take days, weeks, months, is that that family trust, that predator or offender, they bring wine to the family functions, okay? They're usually in the house. The parents trust them. And so when that predator says, let me pick your child up from soccer practice.Let me pick your child up from basketball practice. Let me pick your child up from Girl Scouts there. There's the trust. The parent trusts them. That child's in the car. And so that predator or that offender will use touch or they'll expose them to child pornography or naked pictures of themselves. [00:46:00]And if that child doesn't know what to do, that offender or predator will go a little bit further.So they might touch just above the dress, just up the skirt. And if that child says nothing, then that predator or offender knows they can go a little bit farther by touching the butt. And each time they may give candy because the gifts are usually cheap. They might give kisses. They might buy a new pair of shoes or a new toy to get access to the body, and they will wait, wait.And the more that child doesn't fight, the further they will go the next time. You're talking about? Yes. That's grooming. Hmm. That's grooming. De'Vannon: So grooming is like hunting. This is like, yes. An intentional, perfect word. This is a hunt, , [00:47:00]Dr. Smith: pray. They're looking for their prey. They're looking for the weakness in the family unit, and they're looking for the opportunity to isolate the child.Yes. Predators. No. Pray. Yes. They're looking for an entry point study. Long study wrong. De'Vannon: Do you think that these predators. are probably looking for like either weak-minded parents Dr. Smith: or Absolutely. Or a parent that just has too much to do. We have, we come, our culture has parents out of the house, long hours at a time.Children come home sometimes to empty houses and they're governing themselves. I was a latchkey kid. My parents, my mom didn't get home till at, well after five o'clock. Sometimes she left the house to go to work when I was getting home. So we had no [00:48:00] one there at night. This happens often, often, okay. Or that grandma might leave this child with their, that grandma might leave this child with the offender in the house.It might be a sibling, right. It might be a a a uncle. Right. And they might be le a babysitter. Babysitters oftentimes. And people think that because they're little boys and the babysit, if the babysitter is allowing, is having sex with your 10 year old, that's sex offending, that's criminal, that's a felony.Doesn't matter that he's a little boy. It matters. Is it criminal?De'Vannon: Good lord. My mind is [00:49:00] just like spinning. So let, let me, let me take us back to the church. What is your opinion on the Catholic Church and these altar boys and the way they molest them? So, Dr. Smith: snap, these are Survivor. This the Survivor Network Network of those assaulted by Priests is a huge network that's online.You can find it. Okay. What is my take about it? The, the Catholic Church, not just the bishops, but the community. There are communities of older adults who were sexually sodomized, okay. Sodomized by priests and nuns. It's in my book, okay? It's in my book, that it was sanctioned by the community, meaning that the bishops didn't automatically move a priest.They kept what they called pedophile files. The same thing [00:50:00] happened with the Boy Scouts of America. They kept the files and they moved the priest around. So community members and their children knew these priests had absolutely no right, but they left them in place, and when the complaints got big enough, then they would move them to another parish and allow it to happen again.And so if we start holding people who knew accountable authority people or people in authority who knew and did nothing, if we start including them in the lawsuits, then we would see this diminish that you can't move predators around you because you leave a new group of people vulnerable to these assaults.So that's what I think about it. I think they should be jailed. I think that if they're not jailed, they should get [00:51:00] rehabilitation. Because listen, When you sexually assault a child, you don't get a lot of time. It's only recently they started getting time. Some people got 90 days, some people were out in a year, and then they went and got jobs someplace else.Okay? There are some people who serve absolutely no time at all. Sandusky, who ran, who who, who brought that scandal to Penn State. He had a whole foundation centered around his predation and what happened as a result, he got, he, he, of course, he's in jail for the rest of his life, but in comparison to the number of kids he's sexually assaulted, he got a year per kid, right?When we look at some of the major cases, there are people, institutions that know. That's why I said this theory is not just for the victim or the predator or the offender, it's also for the institution. How many schools have [00:52:00] moved around a predator? . Okay. Colleges. I mean, the thing about NDAs is that you hide the fact that this conversation, it's the suppression of information.This conversation cannot be had by the people involved, and so nobody knows about it. That institution doesn't get a smirk on their record. There's no issues with their reputation, and nobody knows about it. So that person gets moved to another university because if there's an nda, that means that they can't talk about it when they're providing a reference.Okay? We engage in a lot of NDAs, and so this is what gets my hackles up because there are so, so many law enforcement agents who are like on college campuses, I am not going to pursue this cuz I don't wanna [00:53:00] mess up this boy's. Career. And so that boy gets a slap on the back and he gets to go on with his life again.When I go back to sexual identity, he gets to use those same techniques someplace else. Because if you are not punished, how does your behavior decrease or decline? Right? That's a basic psychological principle. A rewarded behavior will reoccur. So if you don't go to jail and there's no consequence for your actions, why wouldn't it reoccur?We've just rewarded you. So that's what I think about not just priest, but nuns. who also engaged in this practice in Catholic schools and Boy Scouts. If you were ever in Boy Scouts and many of these other organizations like Coaches , the University of Michigan and the US Olympics. [00:54:00] I can go on with this.NDAs lead to information suppression. Is De'Vannon: there anything like that in the I want, I'm gonna, that is after the interview is over, I'm gonna probably have me like, I don't know, a glass of vodka or something to help this all. Like, settle down. I didn't know much of what you're telling me today. Now let, let, let's talk about this elder abuse in Florida because this shit here y'all, when I think about elder abuse, I was thinking maybe they were taunting them in some sort of menacing way or hitting them.I, it never crossed my mind that somebody would be doing something sexual to some incapacitated elderly person. What in the fuck ? Dr. Smith: It happens at a, on a great scale. So here in Florida, we have a lot of [00:55:00] assisted living facilities in those assisted living facilities. You can have people who can walk those who can't.But the thing about assisted living facilities is that families often stop visiting, right? So that patient might not have anybody who comes to visit them in six months. Maybe one person will come once a year, and so a predator or an offender may see that as an opportunity. And if that, , if that elderly client is off, often uses me medication that keeps them in a comatose state, they are often victimized.And it's, and, and it happens. We know of people in comas who end up pregnant, but when we talk about elder abuse, we're talking about let's, let's say that, that a client has aphasia. Aphasia means, which is exactly [00:56:00] what came, ha, came out with Bruce Willis today. Aphasia means that they have trouble speaking and if you can't understand them and someone has sexually assaulted them, they can't tell you what happened, right, because you don't understand them.Right? There are some people who can speak, but usually stroke patients, they can't speak very. . Okay. So they can't tell you that something has happened to them, right? And so that person visits them when, no, when the staff is small and people aren't really around and paying attention, or when they're supposed to be doing something, they have access, right?Not only do they have access, but they can isolate by simply closing the door, right? By simply closing the door when there's not a lot of staff around to see what they're up to. And so that can happen with just fondling and molesting them while they're taking them to different services, like getting an [00:57:00] M R I or things like that.And that's what we're finding is taking place with elderly, right? So if it's not penetration, it's fondling and molestation, or it's, like I said, penetration in actual sex. De'Vannon: So if, so, if somebody in a coma ends up pregnant, what is the protocol? Do they then get the d n a test on every male staff member, or do they kind of sweep it under the rug?I guess it varies Dr. Smith: per place. They can absolutely get DNA n a evidence, right? Because if there, there shouldn't be semen, right? They can get DNA n a evidence if it is happening frequently, because if it happened before, that doesn't mean it's gonna stop happening when this individual is pregnant. But more importantly they're going to look at the, the people who have access [00:58:00] and then like I said, they're going to see when and when this person had, where this person had access and for how long.Right? And usually if they're the only ones in a room, , right? There's only a few people who are assigned to that individual. Mm-hmm. , right? And then it starts becoming investigation because if oftentimes there's others, there's others, right? And so you just start by eliminating the people that it couldn't be, can't be women, right?However, the men, this, this, this client comes in contact with, but with elderly abuse, you're not gonna find that, because of course they're past the menopause, but there are lacerations, there might be marks. And that's how they're finding out about it. Can a De'Vannon: woman give birth to a [00:59:00] kid if she's still in a coma when the term is Oh yeah.Dr. Smith: Absolutely. A reproductive cell. Her, her reproductive organs are still working and it has happened. It has happened. De'Vannon: How in the fuck can you imagine waking up out of a coma with a kid? You be like, oh, hell no. Where the Dr. Smith: fuck , I can't, I can't imagine being someone who's coming in to check to see that and finding out that this woman came in and was not pregnant and now all of a sudden she is.Yes. And d n a nowadays, you know, that's e that's easy to get now. Sweet Jesus. De'Vannon: And so, exactly. All right, so the last thing we're gonna talk about are like treatments. Before we talk about treatments for the victims, I wanna talk about treatments for the perpetrators because everybody's gonna, yes, everybody's gonna take their tiki torches out and their goddamn machetes and wanna butcher them and [01:00:00] burn them at the cross.I leave the judgment to y'all. I fear God, I gotta stand before him myself. I am not gonna be yet another voice in the crowd saying, burn him at the stake or her, because you hateful bastards got that covered. So, , , look, it gets on my nerves, you know, every time there's a child molester here, I, when I, when I lived in an apartment, I got sick of getting those goddamn postcards with this dude's face thing.He's a molester. I'm like, Nobody's perfect. I'm not excusing what they did or allegedly did, but there's got to be some recourse, some sort of help. You know, everybody can be redeemed, you know, if Jesus had a murder, murder and a thief hanging with him at, at Calvary Cal, you know, at Calvary, so, you know, at Calvary, so what hope that someone have, if they have molested a child or an adult or been been the perpetrator in a sexual situation, you know, they may feel guilty, they may beat themselves up, but [01:01:00] everybody can change.I don't care what's going on. So what do you think? Dr. Smith: Absolutely, absolutely. So we use several different techniques. The most severe that I believe and some Some pedophiles ask for, this is medical cra castration. But that doesn't really solve the urge, right? That doesn't really address the attraction, right?Because there are those, what we call minor attracted persons. These are people who are attracted to minors. There's that urge. Now there are those who don't act on it. And so that's not criminal, right? That attraction is still there, but how do we treat it? And we use what we call desensitization, right?And so we desensitize them. We use cognitive behavioral therapy because now we have to deal with the cognitive loop. The thought loop [01:02:00] about this. And, and like I said, there are a large number of people who were sexually assaulted by someone at an early age, and they received pleasure. And so now that they're older, I have had people tell me, you know, I married someone who looks just like the person who assaulted me, simply because sexually they're.Magnetized because they were so young. That was their first sexual experience. They equated it with an orgasm and it gave them pleasure. And so now they have this type and people call that a sickness, but it happens. There is somebody out there who's gonna tell you, yes, Smith, this absolutely happens. I and, and there are those who have babies for their offend by their offenders.And so cognitively we have to reduce or [01:03:00] we have to teach them to make new decisions about their offending. Right. And so not everyone who's been sexually assaulted is a predator, an offender or will be, but there are those who are and can be. So we have to. The thought processes, the way in which they experience pleasure, the desensitization of that.And that can be anything. Absolutely. Anything sensory. What do you smell? I smell the cologne. So anytime I smell that cologne, that cologne stimulates me in such a way, even though it's destructive, even though it came outta trauma. Right. Or I hear certain music, certain words that he would say or she would say to me, those things have to be addressed.And a lot of times they're hidden in the sensory memory. That doesn't come out during talk therapy. You have to do a series of sessions with that [01:04:00] individual to get to that which is stuck in the subconscious. And to get to that which is stuck in the subconscious, is outta your awareness. So you have to use certain techniques to do so.De'Vannon: My my with a tangled, well, we weave. Dr. Smith: Yes, it absolutely is. De'Vannon: Well, what I'm excited about is whether somebody's been a victim or they've been the perpetrator, there's help available if you want it. Dr. Smith: Absolutely right. Because we can reduce the urges so that that person is not a criminal. But for those who have not acted on these urges, how do we, how do we reduce that cognitive loop and that physiological response?And there's ways in which we can absolutely do that. Hmm. De'Vannon: Hold on. Y'all help is on the way. Help is on the way. [01:05:00] So y'all, so y'all, Dr. Smith's website is right to consent.com. You can find her on Facebook. The LinkedIn, Dr. Smith: TikTok, Instagram, I'm everywhere. De'Vannon: Okay, I'm here for the TikTok. Yes. And and I'll put all this in the show notes and everything like that.So thank you so much for this, for this, for this deep and troubling and moving it truthful information that you've given us today. I'm gonna have to have you back on. Okay. You can Dr. Smith: anytime you need me. Yeah. De'Vannon: Y'all, Dr. Smith's gonna be a standing guest on the sex drugs in Jesus podcast because of what a oppressing issue this is.I fear that it probably won't be going away overnight, so I kind of wanna stay on top of this as new information develops. You know, we're gonna be you know, in touch with you. So are there any last words [01:06:00] of advice or encouragement or whatever you'd like to say to the people out there?Dr. Smith: Absolutely. If you have been sexually assaulted regardless of the age, or you are a parent and you wanna educate your children, the conversation is where you start having the conversation and communicating. There is absolutely so many different areas. YouTube has a lot of self-hypnosis for those who've been sexually assaulted.But more importantly, you know it was not your fault and that self-care is so, so vital in the way you move past the trauma that you've experienced or that your child may have experienced, or if you're trying to keep your children safe. So thank you so much. I am so grateful for the opportunity to talk to you, and I just asked that if you come across someone who has been sexually assaulted, the only thing you can say is, I believe you, and how can I help you?[01:07:00]De'Vannon: and that's the T right there. Y'all look, look forward, look, look, look out for Dr. Smith being back on our show Again, thank you so much for expressing all that you have expressed today. God bless you. Thank you.Thank you all so much for taking time to listen to the Sex Drugs in Jesus podcast. It really means everything to me. Look, if you love the show, you can find more information and resources at Sex Drugs in jesus.com or wherever you listen to your podcast. Feel free to reach out to me directly at Davanon Sex Drugs and jesus.com and on Twitter and Facebook as well.My name is Davanon, and it's been wonderful being your host today. And just remember that everything is gonna be all right. 

A Marietta man received a 22-year prison sentence this week after pleading guilty to charges of rape, child molestation, and aggravated sexual battery. Armando Ramos also received an additional 18 years on probation after his prison term is completed from Cobb Senior Superior Court Judge Stephen Schuster. Ramos was accused of molesting an 11-year-old victim several years ago, which was reported on August 10, 2020, per the DA's office. He was arrested the same day. He pled guilty to the charges on the morning the case was set to go to trial. The 150-year-old covered bridge on Concord Road in Smyrna is reopened after once again being hit by a vehicle and closing for repairs for the second time in three weeks. Though the bridge itself was spared damage, Cobb County said in an alert, its protective beam was hit by a rental truck and required repairing. The driver will face a citation and the insurance will be billed for any costs. Almost all of the incidents at the bridge in recent years have involved rental vans whose drivers aren't familiar with the area and ignore the multiple warning signs. The historic covered bridge has been the site of crashes and closures that have grown too numerous to count, the most recent occurring on January 20. The bridge's low clearance, indicated by abundant signage around the bridge, is the cause of most of the wrecks. The bridge was built in 1872 and is the county's only remaining covered bridge still in use. In 1980 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Janice Overbeck Real Estate Team's non-profit arm, JO Gives, will host its Fred Seidell Memorial ALS Texas Hold'em Tournament on February 25 at 6 p.m. The tournament, benefitting the Emory ALS Center, will have food and drinks and a silent auction. Returning as the Celebrity Guest Host is Terance Mathis of the Atlanta Falcons. Mathis has been an avid supporter of this event as many NFL players have suffered from ALS. Additional celebrity guests include NFL players Jerome Bettis of the Steelers and Jessie Tuggle, Bob Whitfield and Chuck Smith, all from the Falcons. JO GIVES supports ALS research as its founder, Janice Overbeck, lost her father to the disease in 2015. She works closely with the ALS Center at Emory University to raise funds and support research for a cure. To date, her non-profit has raised just over $250,000 for this cause alone. Tickets and more information can be found online at Jo Gives dot com slash poker.  Wheeler's Isaiah Collier showed why he may be the Number 1 player in the class of 2023. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound point guard put on a show with 28 points and seven assists, got some help from his friends and Number 1 Wheeler beat Number 3 Newton 79-60 on Monday in a showcase game of Georgia's two McDonald's All-Americans broadcast to the nation on ESPNU. That is not to say that Stephon Castle, the Rams' 6-7, 210-pound point guard, did not put on a show himself. The Connecticut signee, also considered one of the top five players in the senior class, scored 24 points and grabbed six rebounds, but many of those points came when Newton was already down double digits in the second half. Fellow Southern Cal signee Arrinten Page, a 6-9, 220-pound forward, scored nine of his 17 points in the second half. In the fourth quarter, he scored five straight points, first on a dunk that brought the crowd to its feet. Then, after Newton answered with a 3-pointer, Page showed his range by hitting a 3 of his own to put Wheeler up 68-52 midway through the fourth period. Iowa State signee Jelani Hamilton added 15 points for Wheeler, while Indiana signee Jakai Newton, playing in just his second game of the season after recovering from a knee injury, had 17 for Newton. Collier appreciated the special matchup against his longtime friend. He said he and Castle have been friends, teammates and opponents since the second grade, and while Monday's game provided some extra incentive, Collier understands it may be a precursor to what may come in the Class six A state playoffs. The Superior Plumbing Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival, presented by LGE Credit Union and Georgia Grown, will be April 22 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 23 from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown Kennesaw. The festival features over 250 arts & crafts booths, 25 food booths, entertainment stages, kids activities as well as live acoustic music in the Food Court throughout the weekend. There will also be the Georgia Grown Member Village featuring Georgia Grown products. A parade will kick-off the festival on April 22 at 9:30 a.m. Crowds line the streets of downtown Kennesaw to cheer on the more than 2,000 kids that participate. These kids represent every sports association and school in the area. Local businesses, the winners of various beauty pageants, and Allatoona, Kell, Kennesaw Mountain, Harrison and North Cobb High School marching bands also add to the festivities. Entertainment at the festival will include local performance/dance groups on two stages and acoustic music, featuring Scott Thompson throughout the day. Admission is free. Parking is available at Adams Park & Swift-Cantrell Park in Kennesaw. There will also be two 14 passenger busses running shuttles from the park to festival grounds during event hours on both days. Cobb Travels and Tourism is hosting Bubbles & Brews a month-long celebration of Cobb County's local craft beverage makers. During the entire month of March, craft beverage enthusiasts can travel along the Cobb Ale Trail to 19 of Cobb's breweries, distilleries and wineries to sample each location's unique beverages. 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Hillary and Tina cover the 1951 Bagel Strike and former Dawson, GA mayor, Christopher Wright. Hillary's Story Bagels have been a staple in the US since the late 19th Century. BUT a famine hits when Bagel workers strike for more dough. Tina's Story Christopher Wright made history as Dawson Georgia's youngest mayor in 2012. But it's the actions that led Wright down the wrong path that ended in an indictment. Sources Hillary's Story Atlas Obscura The Forgotten History of New York's Bagel Famines (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bagel-union-strikes-new-york-city)--by Natasha Frost Harvard Review The Rise and Fall of the Bagel (https://www.jstor.org/stable/27569004)--by Matthew Goodman via JSTOR The New York Times Bagel Famine Threatens in City; Labor Dispute Puts Hole in Supply (https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/12/17/issue.html) Untapped Cities THE NOTORIOUS BAGEL FAMINES OF NEW YORK CITY (https://untappedcities.com/2020/11/24/notorious-bagel-famines-new-york-city/)--by Victoria Choe Wikipedia Bagel Bakers Local 338 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel_Bakers_Local_338) Working Class History On this day, 31 January 1957 (https://workingclasshistory.tumblr.com/post/182450400783/on-this-day-31-january-1957-350-bagel-bakers-in) Photos Bagel Shop in NY (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/George-Grantham-Bain-Collection-704x1024.jpg)--via Bower Boy History Bagel Baker in Queens, 1963 (https://img.atlasobscura.com/fIy2D9gLKu0kGbWtq20EVbWMIBQztGjvHs3_-wUEM2Y/rs:fill:12000:12000/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL2Fzc2V0/cy81MWUyZWU5Zjlk/YTU3NjgxYWRfQVBf/NjMxMTE1MDIyLmpw/Zw.jpg)--photo by Dan Gross/AP via Atlas Obscura Local 338 Bagel Union Card (https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fd53d_0b04ff63f9414b82b201e5d4a203c118.jpg/v1/fill/w_270,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/6fd53d_0b04ff63f9414b82b201e5d4a203c118.jpg)--by Noshman's Bagels Bagel Machine at Lender's Bagel (https://img.atlasobscura.com/za6BaPVXANSV0LIoeUkFgDEn_FG43NWe89yBB1qLeQc/rs:fill:12000:12000/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL2Fzc2V0/cy8xOGI0ZWM3Y2Vk/YmFlZWViZjhfNzIz/ODI0MjI3Nl9hMDQy/YTgzOTdlX28uanBn.jpg)--by Carl Lender/CC BY 2.0 via Atlas Obscura Tina's Story 11 Alive Dawson mayor indicted on child molestation charges (https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/dawson-mayor-indicted-on-child-molestation-charges/85-239777691)--by Adrianne Haney Albany Herald Dawson Mayor Christopher Wright suspended from office (https://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/dawson-mayor-christopher-wright-suspended-from-office/article_7c25d9ce-e0d9-5ff3-888e-957651a5c0b3.html)--by Jennifer Parks Fox 31 Dawson inaugurates youngest mayor in city history (https://wfxl.com/news/local/dawson-inaugurates-youngest-mayor-in-city-history)--by Jessica Fairley Georgia Bureau of Investigation Christopher Wright, Mayor of Dawson, Indicted on Child Molestation (https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-06-09/christopher-wright-mayor-dawson-indicted-child-molestation) Georgia Followers Mayor of Dawson Chris Wright Shot and Forgotten (https://www.gafollowers.com/mayor-dawson-chris-wright-shot-forgotten/)--by Jeremy Jones WALB 10 News Albritten wins Dawson mayor race (https://www.walb.com/story/33663824/albritten-wins-dawson-mayor-race/) Dawson mayor cited for impersonating an officer (https://www.walb.com/story/32600817/dawson-mayor-cited-for-impersonating-an-officer/)--by Kristen Pozar Keeter Ex-Dawson mayor sentenced on sex convictions (https://www.walb.com/story/34324072/ex-dawson-mayor-sentenced-on-sex-convictions/) Former Dawson city manager enters pleas (https://www.walb.com/2019/04/30/dawson-former-city-manager-enters-pleas/) Man pleads guilty in mayor's shooting, claims city manager paid him (https://www.walb.com/story/37821564/man-charged-in-dawson-mayors-assault-takes-plea-deal/)--by Amanda Hoskins Terrell Co. man convicted of sexual molestation (https://www.walb.com/story/31257077/terrell-man-convicted-of-sexual-molestation/)--by Dave Miller WTVM 9 MORE DETAILS: Dawson mayor shot six times, now speaks out (https://www.wtvm.com/story/24523313/dawson-mayor-shot-six-times-now-speaks-out/)--by Cheryl Renee Photos Christopher Wright (https://www.wrbl.com/news/dawson-mayor-suspended-by-georgia-governor-over-child-molestation-indictment/)--screenshot via News 3 Owen Parnacott Mug Shot (https://gray-prod.video.arc-cdn.net/gray/2021/07/03/60e0f9fec9e77c00079995d1/file_1280x720_2000_v3_1.mp4)--screenshot via WALB 10 Christ

INTRODUCTION: Barry Bowen is the Staff Investigator at Trinity Foundation, a nonprofit organization that investigates religious fraud, theft and excess. From 2005 to 2010 Bowen served as one of the third-party whistleblowers assisting the U.S. Senate in its investigation of six TV ministries.  INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to):  ·      Explanation Of IRS Forms 990 & 990T·      The Cora Jakes-Coleman Potter's House Sex Scandal·      Bisexual Televangelists ·      Do You REALLY Know Your Pastor?·      Insight Into The Bible Translations Industry ·      Pastors Paying Pastors aka “Honorariums”·      Church Music As A Business·      Church Of God In Christ (C.O.G.I.C.) Tom Foolery·      How The Church Is Like The ‘World'·      Revelation Chapter 18 CONNECT WITH BARRY: Website: https://trinityfi.orgTwitter: https://twitter.com/barrybowen  CONNECT WITH DE'VANNON: Website: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.comWebsite: https://www.DownUnderApparel.comYouTube: https://bit.ly/3daTqCMFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexdrugsandjesuspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabooTopixLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannonPinterest: https://www.pinterest.es/SexDrugsAndJesus/_saved/Email: DeVannon@SexDrugsAndJesus.com  DE'VANNON'S RECOMMENDATIONS: ·      Pray Away Documentary (NETFLIX)o  https://www.netflix.com/title/81040370o  TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_CqGVfxEs ·      OverviewBible (Jeffrey Kranz)o  https://overviewbible.como  https://www.youtube.com/c/OverviewBible ·      Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (Documentary)o  https://press.discoveryplus.com/lifestyle/discovery-announces-key-participants-featured-in-upcoming-expose-of-the-hillsong-church-controversy-hillsong-a-megachurch-exposed/ ·      Leaving Hillsong Podcast With Tanya Levino  https://leavinghillsong.podbean.com  ·      Upwork: https://www.upwork.com·      FreeUp: https://freeup.net VETERAN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ·      Disabled American Veterans (DAV): https://www.dav.org·      American Legion: https://www.legion.org ·      What The World Needs Now (Dionne Warwick): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHAs9cdTqg  INTERESTED IN PODCASTING OR BEING A GUEST?: ·      PodMatch is awesome! This application streamlines the process of finding guests for your show and also helps you find shows to be a guest on. The PodMatch Community is a part of this and that is where you can ask questions and get help from an entire network of people so that you save both money and time on your podcasting journey.https://podmatch.com/signup/devannon  TRANSCRIPT: Barry Bowen Part 3[00:00:00]You're listening to the sex drugs and Jesus podcast, where we discuss whatever the fuck we want to! And yes, we can put sex and drugs and Jesus all in the same bed and still be all right at the end of the day. My name is De'Vannon and I'll be interviewing guests from every corner of this world as we dig into topics that are too risqué for the morning show, as we strive to help you understand what's really going on in your life.There is nothing off the table and we've got a lot to talk about. So let's dive right into this episode.De'Vannon: Barry Bowen, staff investigator at the Trinity Foundation is back with me for the third time. Y'all. Trinity Foundation investigates churches and televangelists and stuff like that, and so Barry Bowen. The perfect fit for my show. Now, in this episode, we discussed the financial trail found within the Bible translation industry, and we're talking about millions of dollars people, millions, we're gonna talk about child molesting, [00:01:00] televangelist, atheist preachers who don't even believe a word they fucking preach. And so much more. Y'all, when I say I can't even, I mean I can not even. Please listen to this episode and share it with someone you love. And feel free to reach out to me with any comments that you might have.I'm curious to hear what you have to say.Hello everyone and welcome back to the Sex Drugs in Jesus podcast. My name is Devana and I am so glad that you decided to join me again on the day. I've got my homeboy, Barry Bowen back with me again, and we are here to break all the religious teeth down for you.And so the last time I had you on the show, We were talking about all these different churches and everything, and when we left we were gonna do like a Lakewood follow up. And so we, we, I know you've requested some information from the irs, they refused to [00:02:00] give it to you, so we're still waiting to get a lot of that.We did find out that they just started following their nine 90 tees back in like 2018. So basically we are still waiting for information on them, but can you explain everyone what a nine 90 T is? Barry: The irs requires non-profit organizations that have $1,000 or more an unrelated business income to file this Form nine 90 T.The income can be taxed and there are certain loopholes to the tax. The weirdest loophole in my opinion is rental income. So if a church is renting a facility and then they use that. Property for an outside event and they get money for, for it. It's taxable income if they own the building outright and do outside events [00:03:00] there and are paid for it.It's not taxable. It, it's really weird how the system works. But regular non-profits have to file a form called a nine 90, which is separate from the nine 90 T. There are different versions of it. One's called a postcard nine 90. That's for organizations with, I believe, $50,000 or less than revenue.Then there is a nine 90 easy form, which is for organizations with 50, more than $50,000 to under, I think $200,000. And anything more than that was the regular nine 90. And so a regular nine 90. They will disclose this kind of information in it. De'Vannon: And so we shall see in the future, you know, how transparently liquid gets so far we've been unable to attain, obtain their, their true income.[00:04:00] Though there has been some articles published, unlike their spending, but not so much on the income breakdown. So we shall see as time goes on. Did you hear about over at the, over at the Potter's house, the the the sex ring scandal with Jake's daughter, Cora? Barry: Yes. . De'Vannon: What are your thoughts?Because years ago, his son was caught up in some kind of sex shit too. And so now, We're talking about T Jake's son was caught up in some kind of sex bullshit too. And now his, as I understand it, the, the daughter core Jake's Coleman and the her husband was apparently running them holes. , what do you Barry: I have a friend who's following it very closely behind the scenes and she is like, and not in [00:05:00] shock because she knows how corrupt some of these people can be.And there have been a number of sex predators in the church. It's a tragic thing. It really does happen. What happens is churches try to be a place where people are trusted and where you can parents can trust their children to be Watched and not harmed. We know that in some cases that's not what happens.They do get harmed. Cora has, I believe, filed for divorce. I think she has, I haven't followed this it that closely. I don't know what she knew and when she started knowing it, but [00:06:00] often in the case of when these type of sex scandals happen in a church, they try to get the parents of victims to sign out of court agreements with confidentiality clauses.They try to buy their silence. So, and that's the one of the main ways of churches tried to handle these scandals. Now, that's not legal by the. What you're supposed to do is, it's supposed to be reported to law enforcement. Pastors are considered mandatory reporters. So when you have a sex scandal in a church and you report it to church staff, by law, they're supposed to contact law enforcement.De'Vannon: Well, the divorce is not going to absolve her of any guilt or clear her name or un muddy her name or anything. It's too late for that . [00:07:00]Barry: So, yeah. I attended a church years ago. There was a, where there was a sex scandal and it was tragic. I mean, I did not expect this person to do those kind of things. And he abused a young boy and that was, there were people that stopped attending church because of it.The police. So what happened is, in this case, the church cooperated with authorities and they did not try to rehabilitate him as in trying to provide a new church job for him or anything like that. I mean, in my opinion, a a sexual predator should never be hired by a church. De'Vannon: Well, the Catholic church didn't get that [00:08:00] memo.At least this church seemed like maybe they have some type of a soul. But I'd like to point out is that. , you know, these people who are doing this are not members of the BT Q I A plus community. You know, cuz these churches always trying to act like we're working around, they're trying to rape and molest their boys and everything like that, you know.But when it actually comes out, it's men who are married to women, men who identify as straight, or in case of mis cho, she's female herself. And you know, if fatt is true, then honey, then she was in there doing the dip too and fucking with these children. So we'll see what comes out in court Barry: when, and as an investigator of televangelist and other religious organizations, we get all kinds of tips and one of the things that I have learned is when a person has zero self-control in the area of [00:09:00] money, they usually have no self-control in other areas of their lives, including their sexuality.We have seen a large number of televangelists that are bisexual. I'm not about to out a bunch of people, but there are tons of rumors. Lots of them and almost all of 'em are credible. There is one that I wanna talk about though. There is a televangelist now deceased who in the 1990s, a TV network decided to do a TV expose on him.And I'll tell you who it is, after I finished telling you this story the a TV network decided they wanted to launch a new investigative one hour TV show a competitor to 60 Minutes. And this would've been one of their first TV shows. And so they started investigating a [00:10:00] televangelist and he was involved sexually with a male judge.Yes, you heard that, correct? Mm-hmm. this TV expose would've been a blockbuster. They had cameramen going into gay bars. There was employees of the organization going to gay bars. It was a wild story. But it was, or Roberts founder of, or Roberts University, the famous healing evangelist of the 1950s and later he was involved with a male judge.De'Vannon: None of this surprises. Barry: The, the, what happened was he had a health problem. I can't remember if it was a stroke. [00:11:00] Some type of a me medical emergency almost died, and this was right before the TV expose was scheduled to air. And what I think is happened is they canceled the program and I think it may have been induced by stress.He knew this expose was gonna come out. But yeah, there's, that's one of the wildest stories. But I mean, there are others that we've heard of. I mean, there's there are rumors about different televangelist committing rape. There's one case I know about that the records got sealed. I think it's a protective order or something that, so they, the results can't be disclosed.I can't drop a name or anything. But the allegations were. Absolutely horrendous. De'Vannon: Well, everyone just remember, you don't really [00:12:00] know your preachers. And for all the photo ops and all the social media visits, I remember, I think when Joel and Victoria Oing would go visit Earl Roberts and it was this whole media production thing.What I always wonder is what do these televangelist talk about when they were around each other? When the cameras turn off? Because whenever they're in front of a camera, they're at work. That is a version of them. They're selling no matter who they are. In all of television, it's the same thing. So I try to encourage people to remember that you don't know you're a preacher.You're not sitting down having dinner and you doing cocaine or whatever the fuck it is you like to do with him. Like you don't really know what the fuck he does when he is not around you or who he really is. So oral robber's, fucking the shit out of this judge. At least he had enough sense to go for power , you know?You know, and so, so this, none of this surprises me. And so, okay. I wanted to talk a lot today about the [00:13:00] Bible translations industry. This is super duper important because so many people read the Bible and then they tell their life off of what they perceive it to mean. Preachers try to control their congregations through the Bible and so much, you know, politicians, especially Republicans, try to make policy in everything based off of what they believe the Bible mean.So much stuff revolves around the Bible. And so I wanted to get into the finances behind the Bible. It's a very interesting thing to me because the Bible is, we know, came from the Middle East at some point. Oh, king James decided he wanted to make an interpretation of. There's a documentary on the Discovery Plus channel right now called The Book of Queer, where they go over queer people from history who we didn't know were queer.Abraham Lincoln, this certain Pharaoh, [00:14:00] and King James himself of the King James version. According to this documentary, he was a big old queer girl and it didn't matter, you know, what he put in there, but he was fucking around with boys too. So of course, in, you know, people from Europe come over here, start fucking with the indigenous people and whatever, and they bring their religion, their Catholicism, or whatever the hell you know, they had.So now we're here in present day in the, in. This Bible is just everywhere, all over the world, and people don't really, in my opinion, treated with respect. Like it actually came from the Middle East and that we're actually worshiping a God that was originally not our own. So this, this ownership of it. It seems like a bastard bastardization of its value to me.Now, in a blog you wrote or something I found on your website, which will go in the show notes, I believe you said that there's an estimated [00:15:00] 500 million per year in the Bible translation industry. Barry: We reprinted an article from Ministry Watch. The author of the story is Warren Cole Smith. Warren Cole.Smith has written for World Magazine. He's worked for the Colson Center. He's a very credible investigative reporter. He's written a book, faith-Based Fraud. And so we've looked into religious organizations involved in publication of Bibles. He's done a very thorough dive into them and. So he wrote that a half a billion dollars annually is spent on a revenue, goes to these organizations involved in translating the Bible.But I wanna go back a few centuries before the printing press. Bibles were handwritten. It would take a [00:16:00] scribe a long time to hand write the Bible. And when Gutenberg invented his printing press, he was able to speed up the process big time. A lot of people don't know this, but one of the first things he printed was indulgences for the Catholic church so people could buy their forgiveness all way out of purgatory.So that was one of the first things he printed. The. The printing press allowed a lot more access to the scriptures. And before the printing press, I'm sorry, before the printing press, people were generally oral learners. They learned by hearing. For example, in the in Islam, there are people [00:17:00] that will memorize the entire Quran and word for word, they'll be able to memorize the entire thing.And often they will lead in prayers at the mosque. That was the way of preserving it from generation to generation is is by knowing it by heart, by memorizing it. For Christianity. There, there's even a Bible verse and that says, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So again, throughout most history, people learn by hearing.It was with the printing press that allowed people to have access and read for and study for themselves, and which is a huge development in the intellectual development of human kind. So in the [00:18:00]England, there was a man named John Woodcliff, I believe he was in England. He decided to translate, no was Tin decided to translate the Bible into English and he was actually put to death for it.The Catholic church had one translation Latin Vulgate. I think Jerome was the name of the translator. So the Bible was originally written in Hebrew, in Latin. Jesus spoke Aramaic. That was another language used in in Israel. If you study languages Greek is a very precise language. So we say the word love well, they have multiple words for love.Feel for like a friendly type, love agape, love for pure type love, ero, erotic type love. So [00:19:00]because of the preciseness of of Greek, it's easier to translate certain things. So when the printing press happened, Gutenberg did his first print run of the Bible. Wealthy people in Europe were able to buy Bibles for the first time often, and other publishers started building their own printing presses and they started publishing the Bible as well.In some cases there were crazy mistakes made. There was one Bible that when they, they did the printing plates, there was a mistake. And for like one of the 10 commandments, instead of saying dalt, not the word not was accidentally left out, I think it said Dalt committed adultery. The publisher was arrested and imprisoned.[00:20:00]So we started seeing the beginnings of the Bible publishing business. In the late 14 hundreds I believe, or early 15 hundreds. And eventually there were organizations, missionary organizations started to try to make disciples around the world. In the 18 hundreds, late 17 hundreds, early 18 hundreds, there was a Christian named William Wilberforce.He worked with the London Missionary Society and several other societies to do these type of projects. Then you start seeing America start starting to play a big role in this area, in the 18 hundreds, especially the 19 hundreds. The American Bible Society is, I believe, the largest.[00:21:00] Organization, them and wla Bible translators are two of the biggest organizations in Bible translation, especially Woodcliff. And there is a, like a federation, a group of organizations that they work together. According to Warren's research it costs approximately $30 million to complete a Bible translation.One of the problems is some of these languages it's not so easy to do. You don't necessarily have a font for them, a typeface for them. So if you sit down at a computer there are some languages that are oral only. So when, when they do a translation, it's an oral translation, they will use a microphone, they'll record verse by verse.But, but the they're, they're building databases that help speed up the process. [00:22:00] And the, the process is slowly moving forward. But because it's so, they, they, these bible translators, sometimes when they're questioned about the effectiveness of their work it's really hard for them to be able to answer in a forthright manner.When you're doing ministry, you want it to be effective, you want measurable results. And in the case of Bible publishers, a completed Bible translation is a key metric. Well, how many translations can you produce in a. I believe there are approximately 700 languages waiting to be the scriptures waiting to be translated to them or it's 700, no, I'm sorry.It's 700 [00:23:00] languages I've been translated from Bible times till now. Sorry. Got my figures wrong. It's a lot of work to be done and I think people need to be held accountable. So when it comes to translating the scriptures, one of the things that Uff Bible translators will do is they may send a missionary to an area so that they can learn the language.That's the first thing. You have to know a language before you can translate the Bible into the language. And the next problem is what if they don't have words for certain things? Imagine an Indian tribe would they have a word for the, for sword? Would they have a word for chariot? If [00:24:00]they'd never used chariots before, they would not have a word for it.Well, how would you translate that? Or is there several words that you could use to describe a cart pulled by a horse that would be used in warfare? I mean, so you're trying to figure out some things. It, it's a lot of mental work to it. The money often goes from one organization to another organization.So they will give grants to another organization to support a translation in another language. And. How effective is the organization they're working with? Does that organization file a form nine 90? Do they disclose it? When you look at these organizations, you can see what their salaries are. [00:25:00] You can go to an faa flight registry and look to see if they own any aircraft.If they own jets, it's typically not a good use of donor money. But I mean, there's a lot of key metrics to look at to try to figure out if an organization is being frugal with the money that's given to them. Do you De'Vannon: know who like if a certain person owns, they like the new living Bible or I mean, I mean the Living Bible or the, the New Living translation or the word Bible, like all of those different versions that we have in English.Does somebody own each of those? Barry: I would say in some cases, companies do. Publishers would, sometimes you can have a publisher that creates their own English language translation. So Zondervan [00:26:00] they are the copyright holder for the niv, the new international version. The King James is so old that copyright is expired.Anybody can print a King James Bible. De'Vannon: Cause what I'm wondering is like, so say Zondervan and I've seen their name, you know, in a, in NIV Bibles before, but I never knew what it meant till now. You know? So are they making royalties off of this every time it's sold or downloaded? That you know of. Barry: There are websites.Uverse is one of the biggest ones. They have a Bible. They've created a Bible app, so you can download a Bible app to your phone and it's free. They're another popular new translation is the esv, the English standard version. [00:27:00] And esv bible.org thinks their website and you can actually listen to the, to it or read it on their website for free without even buying a print version.But in some cases they, in the past, they would sell the Bible on dvd. There's one one Bible that there's an oral version of it. It's read by famous actors. They read different chapters of the Bible. The, the way this works is the, sometimes it'll be an academic effort. You'll have translators from different colleges, Christian seminaries.These are professors. They're, they're experts in biblical languages. So they've spent their life [00:28:00] studying the Hebrew and Greek. And so they'll be put on a committee, and so they will work on a Bible translation. This is actually how the NIV was done. They had a committee a working group that oversaw the translation, so.And then what happened was, there was, there was, I don't remember the guy's name, but you can actually look up a lot of these translations in Wikipedia, for example, and you can find out the history of that translation. But there was, there was a guy that, he used the King James, but did not like it. He did not like the old English, and he wanted a more modern, more current English version.And so he was the person that got the ball rolling on, on doing the niv for for college [00:29:00]students working on a, on a, getting a PhD, becoming a doctorate. Getting a doctorate degree. Sometimes they study biblical languages and if they work on a Bible translation that looks great on their resume.So they often do the work. De'Vannon: I wonder who, even in modern day times, you know, when these people are setting down to translate the Bible, are they making sure that there's proper representation? Do you have people of all races, all ethnic backgrounds, all sexual orientation backgrounds? My feeling is that, that that's not quite the case because, you know, when I read through so many different Bible translations and stuff like that, it's like I don't, I don't really, [00:30:00] there's just like, like you were saying, like there's not some words that exist, you know, like from, from Arab may that translate, you know, to English.But tho that's the same for even like current. Like, how can I say this? Like contemporary languages. So like whenever, like whenever I'm in Japan, you know, my friend lives over there and sometimes I go over there to visit her and everything and, and I'll be like, well, how do you say this? And she'll go like, well, we, we don't say that over here.That's just not a part of our culture. That's just not what we do. You know? And so, and that's, and that's for a nation that's currently like alive right now. And so, so what her point to me is like, don't think this because you do this in America, that someone, that they do that everywhere else, all over the globe because it may not be a part of their culture.And so I feel like there is a cultural lack when it comes to [00:31:00] biblical interpretation because not everybody is at the table. So if you have a whole room full of white conservative people, you know, interpreting the Bible, you know, then I feel like that's the reason why we have a. Women, you know, feeling discredited from the way they're described in the Bible and, you know, in other races just completely, you know, left out and oit it and things like that.But do you know anything about, at these organizations actually, who is in there doing it? And if there's like true diversity? Barry: I haven't done a thorough study of that. Original bible translations were generally done by conservative believers. People that I don't wanna say they had an agenda. They their goal was to make the Bible available so that other people could know it better could learn, [00:32:00] could learn the language.Could learn what the Bible to say in their own language. So in the Catholic Church, they used a Latin version of the Bible. That was why their masses were spoken in Latin. And it was done that way in the Catholic church for centuries. So during the Reformation period, you had a number of people try to translate the Bible into other languages making it a language of the people.And some cases it'd be one person doing the translation work. It wasn't a committee. John Woodcliff Tindel, Martin Luther, they primarily, I did their, their bible translation work alone, I believe. Mm-hmm. . Things have obviously changed. But even in the 19 hundreds, there was one, there have been a couple of guys that have done one.Basically, one person has authored a Bible translation or [00:33:00] transcript, or not transcript a paraphrase. For example, the Living Bible is a paraphrase. So a paraphrase is taking a, reading a verse and basically putting it into your own words. That's a paraphrase. When it comes to translations, there is a word for word and there's thought for thought, a word for word.You'd read one word and then you try to translate it into one word, the closest that would translate to that. And a word, a thought for thought. You try to take the thought represented and put it into the same thought. Give you an example in one verse in the Bible, Jesus said, asking it shall be given you seeking.You shall find, knock on the door shall be opening to you. If you read that verse in the Greek, it has a verb tense that we don't really have. It's a continuous action. So when you [00:34:00] read some modern translations of that verse, it says, keep on asking and it'll be given to you. Keep on seeking and you'll find, keep on knocking and the door will be open into you.So I mean, that gives you an idea how a translation works. So, but getting back to your original question the people doing these studies, I don't think they were really concerned a lot with diversity when they first started doing translation work. I think that would be a more recent development. There have been some women that have worked on Bible translations Historically it's been mostly men doing it, the work.Mm-hmm. . De'Vannon: But what I'm thankful for is this, is that, you know, knowledge is so much at our fingertips in this day and time that we can go online, we can get our own books, we can interpret the, you know, as much of the original language of the [00:35:00] Bible as we can find, you know, for ourselves. And so it's as painstaking as that may be.And it is not easy because I do it myself. So I like to employ this whenever there's a, a scripture of contests, like, say like the club of passages that the conservative like to use to tell people in my community or we're gonna burn in hell cuz we're not straight, you know, or if there's a script or someone's trying to use to justify slavery or the demeaning of women and stuff like that.And so, you know, I don't go in through the painstaking task of trying to interpret Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic. Unless it's something that's like a big deal like that and somebody's trying to act like, oh, I absolutely know what this scripture means and there's no other way to look at it, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.And then I go in there myself, and I, and I come up with a different interpretation. And, and the whole point, the whole, the whole thing of that I get out of why we have so many of these different translations is [00:36:00] that the, is that it is such, it's just so subjective. And my whole point of diving into this is to is to get people off of the, the dependency that we can develop on any certain one translation and for God's sakes, not a person's translation.So I wanted people to know there is actually a money trail behind this. And so I feel like that that affects the way it's interpreted. And so, People can draw their own conclusions. I'm a fan of, of interpreting it myself because at this point I don't really trust what anyone has to say about the Bible.You know, I wanna, I just wanna know for myself and when we're reading an interpretation, it's important to us to know that humans interpret it. That, you know, and whatever English is print in English is not the original text. Barry: One of my favorite things is there's a website Bible hub, and they will take one verse and then list, show it in [00:37:00] a bunch of different Bible translations.So you can, like Young's literal translation and, and King James and English Standard version and the New Living Translation. So you can see the different word choices that are used. There are a lot of people that like to see how a favorite verse is translated into different script and different.Uses different word choices. So for me, as a investigative religious fraud, one of my favorite Bible verses a second Timothy I'm sorry, second Peter two verse three, in the King James version, it's talking about these false teachers and it says they will make merchandise of us, of, of people.Basically the idea is they've turned, they turned the church into a marketplace. That's what Jesus noticed when he went into the temple and threw out the money changers. They had turned it into a business, a [00:38:00] marketplace. And you read that same verse in the New Living translation. It's hilarious. It says, and they're greed.They will make a clever lies to get hold of your money. The verses are worded very differently, but I agree 100% with both . De'Vannon: Well, that brings me to my next point. I wanted to talk about two things. These honorariums, they call them, that preachers pay each other when they go to preach at different churches.And then the licensing of music, we'll start with the licensing of music. I personally, as a music writer, I kind of have a problem with the way this seems to be done in churches. So like, if you're gonna, so say if Hillsong Church is gonna create this album, you're gonna license it. And then in order for another church to use it, they're gonna sell it to them.Like, I think another church has to buy the [00:39:00] rights and things like that to use this music. And so for my perspective, if, if God gives me a song, and this is all supposed to be, you know, divinely inspired and everything like that, I feel bad about taking this song and saying, Hey you church, you can use my worship song, but you have pay me first.You know, now if it's a radio station, some sort of syndicated broadcast, that's different to me because that's not like a house of worship where people feel like they need to go. You know, you're listening to the radio or whatever you're streaming, that's on iTunes. I'm okay with that business model for worship music, but charging churches, you know, to do it.I think that that's fucked up. Barry: It is a business. So there is, there's different kinds of rights. There's copyright, there's performance rights, there's [00:40:00] broadcast rights, and there are companies that manage all these different kinds of rights. There have been churches sued for having performed songs for and didn't pay for appropriate license.churches have been sued. I mean, and so that's why it's become a business. Trying to, I lost my train of thought for a moment. Okay. So I took a media law class in college. That was one of the things that we had to learn about was copyright. And copyright has an expiration date. It's changed over the years.So I believe now it's like it expires a certain number of years after the original author dies. And if the [00:41:00] person lives a very long life, it can expire at a very, a long distance into the future. The, there's an organization, creative Commons, creative commons.org is, I believe, their website.They wanted to. Create a movement for the allow of resharing of information. And so they created a number of licenses and these are alternatives to regular copyright. So the way that the US copyright law is written, if you write something, you're the original copyright holder. It can get complicated.If you're hired by a church and you do what's called a work for hire, then the copyright can belong to the church. But for Creative Commons, they created a [00:42:00] public domain license. This is a work would then be in the public domain. Anybody could use it for whatever purpose. They, you could take their lyrics or their music rewrite, rewrite it.Remix it, whatever, and for free, there's no payments required. They have what's called an attribution license where people can use, reuse your original content as long as they give attribution. And so this is often used by photographers. For example, they'll post their pictures online with, at attribution license.Then you can use their photos to illustrate an article that you write and you just credit the photographer. There are licenses that provide for share and share alike. There are some that are for non-commercial only use. [00:43:00] So, and they give you a wide range of, of ways to work with content. And I believe that's a better model than what we're seeing right now.There's a guy named Carl Entz, who I believe we discussed in a previous podcast. He was a preacher at Hillsong. His dad Steven Entz, wrote a book, the Business of Church, and he wrote about copyright. And he suggested that a pastor could could, well normally the church would own the copyright of a sermon.The pastor be a work for a hire, what he says. But what he said that you could also, a pastor could license their sermons to the church. And so I don't feel very good about that. I think when you start doing stuff like that, then you preaching becomes about what can make the most money, [00:44:00]what can you sell the most?And worship music has become big business. Nowadays, fewer people are buying. Albums. Well actually LPs have seen a big increase in sales. It's weird. Who has seen a increase in sales albums? LPs records have had a increase in sales. I think it's people in nostalgia for old albums collectors buying them on vinyl.But a lot of people would buy a song from iTunes or instead of entire album. So records have become a big business. Or the, or gospel worship. Worship music become a big business in the church. Hillsong has made a lot of money. [00:45:00] I believe they sold 20 million albums. That's the Celtic I've seen for Hill.De'Vannon: I don't know this, it's something with this like, like what you're saying with this merchandising and you know, and everything like that, you know, it seems so innocent. Oh, we're just gonna sell a few things and, you know, the way they package it and, you know, in church, you know, here take this sermon homes, you can listen to it again and again and still be blessed and you know, get this book, get this, you know, get these conferences.You know, I used to be a member of the Church of God in Christ, and I had, I reached out to the headquarters. I wanted to go overseas and do a missions working, something like that, you know, and it was very, the missions page on their, on the international headquarters website [00:46:00] didn't have anything there.And so I emailed them. , I got informa, I think I got as far as to the gatekeeper for like the, the bishop maybe, you know, of the, of the whole hand of the whole church of God, Christ. And then they like just stopped responding because I couldn't, you know, I wanted to go do missions. I think there was a way that they would fund it or something like that, but it didn't seem like they really wanted to do it.What they did have up to date though, was their page that had all of their conferences coming up, you know, the speakers and all of that. And I just thought that that was pretty shitty because I'm like, you are always sending these preachers here and there and raising this money, but when I'm trying to talk to you about philanthropy in humanitarian efforts, that's gonna cost you money, then the line went cold, , you know, and so, and and there's a verse in the book of Revelation that has always stuck out to me is in Revelation chapter 18.[00:47:00]And it starts around, you know, verse 10 ish. And this is talking about when they say Babylon, the great is fall. And there's all kinds of different interpretation of what, what they think Babylon means. Is it you know this or is it that? I think Babylon stands for a great many forms of corruption of humanity, but I'm gonna read this anyway.And it says, in the kings of the earth, who have committed for occasion and lived deliciously with her shall BeWell her and lament her when they shall see the smoke of her burning. Standing a far off for the fear for a torment, saying, alas will last that great city, Babylon, that mighty city for in one hour is your judgment come And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her for no man buys their merchandise anymore.The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones and of pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet and all thy wood and all manner of vessels of ivory and all [00:48:00] manner vessels of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble and cinnamon and odors and ointments and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and chariots and slaves and souls of men.And I just thought it was very interesting after listing this really, really, really long list of material things that it ends unlike humanitarian issues and the destruction of people. So as we're talking about all of this buying and trading and selling in the temple, I personally feel like from the churches to like a lot of these social media companies and things like that, and they're haste to make money and then they're greed and stuff like that.They're sacrificing people in the process. And I think that, that this verse is talking that these verses that I just [00:49:00] read are talking about that. But what do you think about the, what I just read Barry: There is different ways of interpreting the book of Revelation. It's very fascinating. So it deals with end times.A word for that is eschatology study. End times. And basically the Bible teaches that wickedness is gonna bound. People's hearts grow cold because of, of wickedness lawlessness of people and because of hypocrisy. And because of that, God will eventually pour out his wrath upon mankind and there will be punishment for sin.And there will, people have made commerce [00:50:00] an idol. They've made the entertainment industry an idol, social media and idol, all these kind of things, idols, they put ahead of God and things that they hold dear have become idols and they will see their idols destroyed. That's one of the ways that I see that passage.The. Experience that you had with Koji? With the conferences, I actually wrote an article about the these conference businesses the hum the speaking fees of honorariums. And I think there's a legitimate need and opportunity for people to network. A conference can be a great place to network and meet people.I've gone to film festivals, for [00:51:00] example. I previously worked in the film industry years ago, and so going to a film festival, you meet lots of like-minded people. You meet writers, filmmakers, actors, actresses people that wanna get their start in the industry. And so, You meet people and develop friendships that way, and then you go see their movie on when they have a movie coming out, and I know them.So it, it's a different experience than seeing a movie by nobody, you know. And so I do enjoy the aspects of networking. I've been to conferences before and that was my favorite part about it. But for the motive of the people throwing on the conference, what is their motive? And we know that like not this week, but the previous week so this would've been around the end of July [00:52:00] or beginning of August, my mind's have gone.Kenneth Copeland had his conference it's called the Southwest Believes Convention, and. It was in Fort Worth, Texas. Televangelist like Jesse de Plans would fly into Fort Worth to preach and then fly back to where he is from, and then the next day, fly right back to Fort Worth and then fly back to new Orleans.I don't think he likes to stay in hotels. Just a theory I have. Why would a person make multiple trips to day after day? It's weird to me cause those are, those trips, those flights cost thousands of dollars and but to put on a convention like that, you have to bring in a lot of money to pay for all those [00:53:00]speakers.And if you're doing that, then do you pay for their transportation? Do you pay for their jet to fly? I mean, that could have been 20,000, $40,000. I don't know. I'm guessing at a bare minimum it costs $20,000 for all those flights. I mean, you have to pay for the fuel, you have to pay for the pilots.And that's just an unnecessary expense. The conference business I think it's a lot of gamemanship. You speak at my conference and I'll speak at yours. So it's a way of self-promoting each other. I wrote an article about honorariums. It's on the Trinity Foundation website, and I, I looked at nine 90 s for non-profit organizations.[00:54:00] Sometimes they will disclose honorarium revenue. Sometimes they'll disclose honorarium expenses. So for example, some pastors or or ministry leaders, They speak at a location, but you have to pay 'em a speaking fee of their organization. So that's revenue to the organization. And so that's how that shows up.For honorary expenses, sometimes like when you host a conference, you're paying an outside speaker and they list that on their statement of expenses page. There are organizations that will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in honorariums. In the past, TBN did that, that have special guests for their beon and for some of their a praise the Lord broadcasts.And so they would spend literally, I think in some cases, over $700,000 a year on speaking honorariums. De'Vannon: I know when I was at one church in Southern California, they, you know, they had a speaker there, they already paid for her to come down. [00:55:00] They decided they want her to stay for one more sermon. And they were like, we'll give her $10,000 to, to preach again, you know, for one more hour or whatever.And of course she was like, yes, Lord. You know, and everything like that. And the highest I saw them go was maybe like 30,000, you know, now we're talking about for one sermon for about an hour. You know, to me that's exorbitant because it was US tithing, you know, and paying for them. It's not like the preacher was doing that.So what you're saying is Right, so these preachers have this whole brotherhood or whatever to include the sisters too. And they're like, okay, you got your church, I got mine. We're gonna come speak at each other's church, and we're gonna pay each other about 10 to 30,000 each. Right. Cool. And so , now the.Barry: The craziest thing I've heard of is a seed twice. So this is how I consider it a scam. The seed twice. [00:56:00] So Kenneth Copeland does this. You give him, wait, he gives your ministry a donation and then you give him a donation. It's a seed twice. So , you're getting your money back. , in some De'Vannon: cases. Wait, say that Barry: again?they call it a seed twice. Some you donate to one organization and then that organization donates back to you.De'Vannon: which organization? His, he's talking about his church. Barry: Yeah. Eagle Mountain International Church. It's also known as Kenneth Copeland Ministries. But yeah, he does this C twice zone thing. He gives donations to different organizations and then they give him a donation.De'Vannon: I don't get it. So he's gonna do, so he's personally donating to another church. His Barry: organization gives a donation, his church donates to an organization, and that [00:57:00]donation, that organization donates back to him. What's the point? You get your money back. It looks great on, Hey, we spent this amount of money on ministry, but you're getting your money backThat's what it looks De'Vannon: like to me. So it, so Kenneth Cole Ministry is gonna donate a thousand dollars to feed the children or whatever, but then they're going to also donate a thousand dollars back to Kenneth Cole Ministry. Sometimes Barry: they may not donate the full amount but I think it's a way for a bunch of organizations to put on a balance sheet or something that we, they can promote it.They can say, Hey, our audited financial statement, we gave this amount of money to ministry. De'Vannon: Hmm. Oh, so they're like scratching each other. There's backs in a way, and they're moving money around to manipulate the tax system. Okay, you Barry: give me the money and then I get it back. I mean, [00:58:00] that's what it looks like.They'd probably eject to the way that I describe it, but that's what it looks like to me. , but that's what they call it. See, twice soon. De'Vannon: They probably rejected this whole podcast , not just this episode. , it's the whole thing altogether. You know, the people who raised me though, like my evangelist Nelson, who I talk about a lot, you know, you know, they, when they traveled the country, and the world preaching and they always said that they never charged people to go.They were like, if God's gonna send me over here or, or whatever, then he's also going to provide, now I'm talking about people who were probably born in like the twenties, 1920s, thirties, forties, that sort of thing. So these people were old. And so I think she was 80 when she died about three, four years ago.And so you can do the math to see probably when she was born, but she never, you know, she felt like [00:59:00] God was calling her to Washington DC to go preach. And she had a relationship with that church as I understand it. You know, we, you know, might raise money to help her go, or she would pay for herself or something like that.But she wasn't like, I ain't showing up unless you have this amount of money. You know, it wasn't anything like that. Now they did once they would get there, you know, if they wanted to raise a speaker. A speaker's offering, then it's whatever that amount would be. It's not like it had to be a minimum for it to show up, you know, for the speaker to show up.And so I feel like her style was more in line with how the apostles started doing Jesus's ministry. You know, they took what they had and went out and preached the word and they kind of took care of these, of these preachers when they got to different towns. I don't find anywhere in the scripture where go and preach the gospel, but only do it if you're paid a minimum amount of money.Barry: you know, I don't, that [01:00:00] verse isn't there,De'Vannon: And so what this is, is the church being very hypocritical and wanting to look like the world. And so if it's something that the church doesn't want you to do, drink, masturbate, have sex outside of marriage, or generally enjoy your life. They're like, you don't want to be like the world. We can't have you being worldly rah ra ra, ra.But when it comes down to finances, they want to pattern themselves after Fortune 500 companies and they wanna pattern themselves after the world. They're like, why shouldn't we make, it's the same thing as a corporate executive does. Why shouldn't we make the same thing every other speaker does? It's because we're in the church doesn't mean we shouldn't be paid.Right. So then it's okay to be like the world . Barry: Well, some of these preachers, I don't think they believe a word they preach . And I don't wanna name names, but we have an [01:01:00] informant that told us about a pastor that was an atheist. He didn't pray. And in fact, I just mentioned that in one of the articles that I posted this morning.I can't identify the preacher's name. He's definitely on our radar. But there's a preacher that he's an atheist agnostic. He doesn't believe what happened is it, I'd wrote an article about privacy laws preventing transparency. Attorney Foundation did a report on him to the irs and we're not able to know the status of that report because of the way the IRS laws are.But yeah, preacher doesn't believe the Bible. It's just a scam to get money. Preaches the Prosperity Gospel, but he doesn't believe the Bible. And and there are, there are [01:02:00] a number of preachers that I would put in the same category. Obviously I can't read their minds. There's a guy named Mike Murdoch.I have serious doubts that he believes what he, some of the stuff that he preaches, Tilton. Robert Tilton. I seriously be doubt he believes some of the things that he's said. Again, that's my own opinion. But I just, some of the things they say, don't look authentic to me, don't look real. And some of these people are the ones really pushing the prosperity gospel.De'Vannon: It's I've observed a pattern, like when I was still in the church, they would do this thing and they were doing like escalating offering amounts, so they would be like, , they would get every one all pumped up. We want you to give a hundred dollars and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Or perhaps deescalating.It would go [01:03:00] both ways. Sometimes they would make a whole big deal out of somebody who they were to give a thousand or a hundred, and then they'd go, okay, well if you can't do that, then we'll take 80 huge blessings come your way, miracles and all of that, not that, and we'll take 60, you know, whatever. Then they'll work their way down the 20.You know, at first I thought maybe it was a legit thing, but then I noticed other preachers doing this at different churches, you know, if I'm recalling correctly. So it's like they were borrowing best practices and then saying that it was divinely inspired every time they did. . And one time when I was at this church in Southern California, I went to go give, like the last few dollars I had, it was like three or $4.I'm thinking I'm gonna be like, you know, the lady who gave the two mites or whatever and be honored, the preacher, he was like, I don't need this . You know, he like, he like rejected my offering because it wasn't at his minimum. And so because they have this mind, [01:04:00] right? They have this, these preachers, they have this mindset that they're worth so much.They're like, I shouldn't, you know, don't give me any less than $20. That's, that seems to be the standard. And they were like, I don't want an offering. If you're gonna gimme less than 20. And then they would turn around and try to prime us up and be like, if you have somebody out there who's broke them, even let them ride in your car, you don't want that rubbing off on you.You know, if they don't, you know if there's somebody who's gonna pull you down. I'm like, well, Jesus wouldn't have told me to not give someone a ride because they don't have, they don't make over 40,000 a year or a hundred thousand or whatever, you know? Yikes. , Barry: did you see the news about the recent preacher that was allegedly robbed of him and his wife of jewelry worth a million dollars?De'Vannon: That does sound vaguely familiar, but Barry: just recently, a couple weeks ago, this event happened on a Sunday and [01:05:00] in New York City, and the preacher looks like a conman. I mean, you, like, how does a pastor afford a Rolls Royce? I mean, you look in his Instagram videos and he does some of these videos inside his car, and if you look on some on the headrests, they have the double R, that's the Rolls Royce symbol there, and you're like, okay, are you using church funds to pay for this lifestyle?The IRS has a standard for pay. It's called a reasonableness. If something is not considered, if it's considered unreasonable, then it should be illegal. Or you should be taxed extra for it. That's I'm in regards to non-profit salaries. And churches are nonprofits. De'Vannon: Yeah, I'm looking at this guy now.Well, perhaps the Lord made it right, you know, he [01:06:00] robbed others. Now his ass got robbed. You know, God is not mock. Whatever you, so you will reap. The Lord didn't tell me he was, this was his karma. I'm just saying. I don't know. Seemed like with all that money, he might have had better security. , Barry: there's a person on the stage sitting in a chair or, or next to the stage, let say this person is sitting in a chair when this so-called robbery happens.And it's interesting watching that person's mannerisms as he is watching this go down. He does not look scared to me anyway. And when I see that, I'm wondering, okay, is this insurance fraud? Is he, is this actually a scam? I mean, that's what it looks like to me. I mean, obviously I'm not a juror and I don't have any inside information, but it doesn't look legitimate to me.Doesn't look authentic. De'Vannon: Oh, so you think it's like a scam and he knew it was gonna happen. ? Barry: Yes. Totally. De'Vannon: Looks like a scam. . [01:07:00] No, it has been done. It has been done. So, so knowing all these things we know about churches, People like you and I work to inform people so that they can be more aware of where they're spending their time, where they're spending their money, where they're investing their trust.People still are gonna go to these churches no matter what we say. Some people might stop. So why is it that we fall for this prosperity Gospel? Why do we keep going to these churches? I did it like I'm, I'm, I sat there, listened to these people telling me things that I knew was bullshit, that that preacher rejected my dollars that I wanted to give them.And I still kept going to that church. You know why? I know I started going to these churches? Cause it was just really nice to hear a preacher being somewhat positive rather than growing up in the south where everything's a sin and you just can't do any fucking thing. So it was a lesser of two evils.But the person I am now, I'm like, you know what? I don't need any [01:08:00] church at all. I know how to go to God for myself. So, Why do you think people still put themselves in front of this abuse, even with, you know, all this knowledge that we're giving them? Barry: When I was a teenager, we had an event one night with our youth group.It was a lock in. And so in the midst of all these entertaining things that we did, games, et cetera, we had some Bible studies and et cetera and discussion times. And we had a discussion about what did you wanna become, what did you wanna be in life? And as our group when to discuss that sort of like became a thing.Everybody wanted to be successful. And I think that's right at the heart of the Prosperity Gospel, people wanna be valid. They wanna be seen as a success. They do not want, they wanna be [01:09:00]self-reliant. They don't wanna depend on anyone for anything. So when a preacher preaches that you can get your heart's desire, if you do this you'll get, well, if you do this, your debts will be paid if you do this.People sometimes are desperate and it's sometimes the desperate people that are donating to the Prosperity Gospel preachers. Often it's the poorest of the poor that donate to 'em. We know for a fact that there was one preacher that was deliberately send letters to people in low income zip codes.They give more than wealthy people.I mean, it's, it's sad targeting the poorest of the poor, but that's what they do. And it's a white [01:10:00] preacher targeting neighborhoods that are, a lot of them are black. I call it racism. What he's doing I believe it's absolutely evil. What how this is being done and why do people keep doing it?Some are desperate. Some have bought into the Prosperity Gospel. They, they wanna be rich. I think it's, sometimes it's people, they just haven't heard the truth and they're, they don't, they've, because of that, they accepted a lie. If they had a preacher instead of preaching the prosperity gospel was, would, would teach things like.there's a Bible verse where Jesus said, the poor will always be with you. You didn't say you everybody would be rich. If, if, if they, you had a preacher that was telling them a different message. [01:11:00] I think some people would be, more people would be open to it, but it just, that's all they hear. And one one of the verses that I mentioned earlier was the verse where asking shall be given you, seeking you shall find.Seeking is a big part of scripture. There's a Bible verse in the Old Testament where it says, it's the glory of God to conceal a matter, the glory of kings to seek it out. Mm-hmm. . So God deliberately conceals the truth. He wants us to look for it. There's another verse in the Bible that says to study, to show yourself approved on demand so you can rightfully divide the word of truth.Basically, we need to study the word on our own. We can't rely on just someone to tell us everything. And so I think people have not been taught to seek the scriptures to learn for themselves. They've not been taught to do [01:12:00] that. De'Vannon: No, not until now, because motherfuckers like you and I are preaching, you know, you know, autonomy to people.I want people to not only study the Bible, but to study these motherfucking preachers because you know, you're investing, like, you're literally trusting your entire eternity and soul to this person on stage. You know, they have an entity to run, so no, they're not going to tell you to go. They go. So follow God without them, they need you to keep coming back to the church.I don't have an agenda other than I want you to be spiritually fit and spiritually independent so that if those churches fall, if organized, religion should fall and you don't know what the hell is gonna happen from one day to the next. You're not sitting there. Like in a spiritual limbo. Cause you don't know what to do.You can't go to church, you can't do this. The saddest thing that I heard from the war in Ukraine was there was a Ukrainian lady who was fighting against the Russians and she was like, I'm not afraid to die. I'm just afraid to die because I haven't had a [01:13:00] chance to make it to confession. Like, you know, that's too much control for the church to have over somebody's eternity, for you to think that you can even repent until you can go and talk to a physical human.There was no point in Jesus coming if it was gonna be all that. And so, so I want people to. study their leaders, like we were talking about before we hopped on this broadcast. I want people to find out when these different, all these teachers and preachers are running around these churches, when the hell are these people really called?You know? Are they really called? How do you know that, you know, there has to be some sort of reason in the Bible. No, Lord, you know, appears to people. There's a moment when they're not called. There's a moment where there is, you know, something has to change. You know? Was it a dream? Was it a vision? You know, don't just accept them because they're up on stage and, and we're wrapping up now.So after I say all this, I'm gonna let you say whatever you wanna say and have a last word. I, I do not believe that just because somebody is the son of a preacher or they [01:14:00] inherit a ministry, I don't, I don't subscribe to this whole, everybody in the family is called, you know, you know, God. I just, I just don't, because in the Bible,I don't see like many situations and I can't, I can't think of any right now where the mom, the dad, the aunts, the uncles, all the kids, everybody has a special mission from God. I don't see family ministries, you know, you know, that span generations in these, you know, in these books. And so, and even kings, you know, you know, the, you know, the bloodline of Abraham, you know, is different, you know, and then we're talking about even then just the son was the leader and everything like that.And then even at that, he technically wasn't a priest, you know? And so, you know, so this, everybody's called, I question it. And so what I'm seeing now is like, These, these kids or these preachers are starting to preach. You know, I saw one [01:15:00] not too long ago, you know, I'm not gonna say the preacher's name, but you know, both parents are rich.Now he's starting to preach and he's talking about telling people you know, about being poor and how they're gonna make it, you know, and they hard times and everything like that. And I'm all like, boy, what the fuck you know about hard times? You know, I don't, especially financial hard times, you know, so these, these children are preaching what they know people want here, but you have not lived on food stamps, social security, food and security, not knowing how you're gonna keep the lights on.That is not a life, you know, because you were born a millionaire. And so now that you are a preacher's kid and you were born rich, you're gonna get up there and, and speak this package match message that you know you can sell to your audience. I don't. I don't know. That just pisses me off.Barry: My dad was a minister and he felt [01:16:00] called of God to become a minister. It's not what he wanted to do. My dad wanted to be a professional baseball player. He loved sports, but he ended up becoming a minister. His title was Minister of Education and Outreach. He worked in several Baptist churches over his career.And so in his job he would train Bible teachers and recruit Bible teachers for the church. He would visit the hospitals each week he would visit nursing homes each week. And he enjoyed serving people that they couldn't do anything for. Going to see somebody that's sick in a hospital, seeing somebody in a nursing home that's weak and they can't go anywhere.He would bring joy to their lives. Some of these people, they wouldn't have any family members visiting them during the week and just him going to, and to see them, [01:17:00] it made their day. And so that was the type of home that I grew up in. One time there was a family they moved to where we lived in Louisiana.They were, he was job hunting, the dad, the husband they had a newborn child and they're broke. Homeless. We let them live with us and our house for months, I think about six months. So we took in the homeless. That's what I believe real Christianity's about. It's about sacrifice, not success.It's about taking up your cross and following me, and that doesn't include a dollar bill and profits. De'Vannon: Yeah, that sounds super sincere. You know, his part, he sounds like he was accessible to people and not like the big guy on stage. You know, who we have to stand in line [01:18:00] with. Maybe they'll sign our book even though they're our pastorBarry: When our Sunday service would end Sunday morning, my dad almost always would try to be at the back door of the church. When people were leaving, he would greet people. So he would shake people's hands and say hi. He wanted to greet everybody. He wanted people to get to know who he was.My dad loved visitation. He loved visiting people in their homes. That's, again, something that's going outta style. Fewer and fewer people doing are doing church visitation. Also, there's more and more of a mindset of my home as my castle. It's a place of privacy. And so you see less of that,

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Sex, Drugs, and Jesus podcast is the place where De'Vannon interviews authors, podcasters, and many others who bring valuable insight into issues that plague us and our loved ones in our daily lives and learn how to help yourself and those you care about in new and innovative ways. In this episode, we talk about surviving child molestation with Dr. Vernon T. Scott, who is from the great state of Georgia! He is the host of the Heauliloquy Podcast and the owner of Slaytor's Playhouse, LLC. He also wrote a kick-ass book called The Essential Guide On How To Be A Hoe.   Dr. Vernon T. Scott is from the state of Georgia. He is currently pursuing a Sex Coaching certification from Sex Coaching University and earning a second masters in Marriage and Family Therapy with a Systemic Sex Therapy specialization. Vernon has years of experience in life coaching and sexual health research and education. He is also an advocate for trans rights and fighting against rape culture and its systemic impact within society. Vernon plans to use his platform to provide healthy conversations related to the nuances of sexual expression and amplify the voices of those often forgotten by society. He is the host of the Heauxliloquy Podcast and the owner of Slaytor's Playhouse, LLC. The podcast focuses on bringing people outside the compressed box of sexual expression. Vernon and his guests have conversations that range from kinks to personal sexual experiences to mental health. As for Slaytor's Playhouse, it is a publishing company that currently provides journals, artwork, and books. Social Media, Website, and Merch Vernon's IG and Twitter: @UrFavHeauxst Podcast Twitter: @Heauxliloquy Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-How-Hoe/dp/173663190X https://www.heauxliloquy.com https://slaytorsplayhouse.com     INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to): Sex Positive Conversation STD/STI Talk How Do Bottom's Prep For Sex? Bottom Shaming – No Ma'am!   Anal Pap Smears/Cancer Surviving Child Molestation Surviving The Death Of A Mother Sex Offenders Are Women Too! Connecting With Our Loved Ones After The Die How Grandparents Are Cooler Than Our Parents YAY! MASTURBATION!!!     CONNECT WITH VERNON:   Website 1: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.com Website 2: https://slaytorsplayhouse.com Book: https://amzn.to/3n86RIR YouTube: https://bit.ly/3nicLXD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfavheauxst/ Twitter (Vernon): https://twitter.com/UrFavHeauxst Twitter (Podcast): https://twitter.com/Heauxliloquy TikTok: https://bit.ly/3xOIjcP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vernontscott/   CONNECT WITH DE'VANNON:   Website: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.com YouTube: https://bit.ly/3daTqCM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexdrugsandjesuspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabooTopix Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/_saved/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannon Email: DeVannon@SexDrugsAndJesus.com   DE'VANNON'S RECOMMENDATIONS: Pray Away Documentary (NETFLIX) https://www.netflix.com/title/81040370 TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_CqGVfxEs Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (Documentary) https://press.discoveryplus.com/lifestyle/discovery-announces-key-participants-featured-in-upcoming-expose-of-the-hillsong-church-controversy-hillsong-a-megachurch-exposed/ Leaving Hillsong Podcast With Tanya Levin https://leavinghillsong.podbean.com Upwork: https://www.upwork.com FreeUp: https://freeup.net   VETERAN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS Disabled American Veterans (DAV): https://www.dav.org American Legion: https://www.legion.org   INTERESTED IN PODCASTING OR BEING A GUEST?: ·      PodMatch is awesome! This application streamlines the process of finding guests for your show and also helps you find shows to be a guest on. The PodMatch Community is a part of this and that is where you can ask questions and get help from an entire network of people so that you save both money and time on your podcasting journey. https://podmatch.com/signup/devannon

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INTRODUCTION: Dr. Vernon T. Scott is from the state of Georgia. He is currently pursuing a Sex Coaching certification from Sex Coaching University and earning a second masters in Marriage and Family Therapy with a Systemic Sex Therapy specialization.Vernon has years of experience in life coaching and sexual health research and education. He is also an advocate for trans rights and fighting against rape culture and its systemic impact within society. Vernon plans to use his platform to provide healthy conversations related to the nuances of sexual expression and amplify the voices of those often forgotten by society.He is the host of the Heauxliloquy Podcast and the owner of Slaytor's Playhouse, LLC. The podcast focuses on bringing people outside the compressed box of sexual expression. Vernon and his guests have conversations that range from kinks to personal sexual experiences to mental health. As for Slaytor's Playhouse, it is a publishing company that currently provides journals, artwork, and books.Social Media, Website, and MerchVernon's IG and Twitter: @UrFavHeauxstPodcast Twitter: @HeauxliloquyBook link: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-How-Hoe/dp/173663190Xhttps://www.heauxliloquy.comhttps://slaytorsplayhouse.com  INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to): ·      Sex Positive Conversation·      STD/STI Talk·      How Do Bottom's Prep For Sex?·      Bottom Shaming – No Ma'am!  ·      Anal Pap Smears/Cancer·      Surviving Child Molestation·      Surviving The Death Of A Mother·      Sex Offenders Are Women Too!·      Connecting With Our Loved Ones After The Die·      How Grandparents Are Cooler Than Our Parents·      YAY! MASTURBATION!!!  CONNECT WITH VERNON: Website 1: https://www.heauxliloquy.comWebsite 2: https://slaytorsplayhouse.comBook: https://amzn.to/3n86RIRYouTube: https://bit.ly/3nicLXDInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfavheauxst/Twitter (Vernon): https://twitter.com/UrFavHeauxstTwitter (Podcast): https://twitter.com/HeauxliloquyTikTok: https://bit.ly/3xOIjcPLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vernontscott/  CONNECT WITH DE'VANNON: Website: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.comYouTube: https://bit.ly/3daTqCMFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexdrugsandjesuspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabooTopixPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/_saved/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannonEmail: DeVannon@SexDrugsAndJesus.com  DE'VANNON'S RECOMMENDATIONS: ·      Pray Away Documentary (NETFLIX)o  https://www.netflix.com/title/81040370o  TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_CqGVfxEs ·      Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (Documentary)o  https://press.discoveryplus.com/lifestyle/discovery-announces-key-participants-featured-in-upcoming-expose-of-the-hillsong-church-controversy-hillsong-a-megachurch-exposed/ ·      Leaving Hillsong Podcast With Tanya Levino  https://leavinghillsong.podbean.com ·      Upwork: https://www.upwork.com·      FreeUp: https://freeup.net VETERAN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ·      Disabled American Veterans (DAV): https://www.dav.org·      American Legion: https://www.legion.org  INTERESTED IN PODCASTING OR BEING A GUEST?: ·      PodMatch is awesome! This application streamlines the process of finding guests for your show and also helps you find shows to be a guest on. The PodMatch Community is a part of this and that is where you can ask questions and get help from an entire network of people so that you save both money and time on your podcasting journey.https://podmatch.com/signup/devannon  TRANSCRIPT:[00:00:00]You're listening to the sex drugs and Jesus podcast, where we discuss whatever the fuck we want to! And yes, we can put sex and drugs and Jesus all in the same bed and still be all right at the end of the day. My name is De'Vannon and I'll be interviewing guests from every corner of this world as we dig into topics that are too risqué for the morning show, as we strive to help you understand what's really going on in your life.There is nothing off the table and we've got a lot to talk about. So let's dive right into this episode.De'Vannon: Hello, y'all and welcome to the sex drugs in Jesus podcast. Again, I speak positivity and new life over each and every last one of you today, I'm speaking with Dr. Vernon T Scott, he is the host of the ho liqui podcast he wrote this kick ass book called the essential guide on how to be a ho So in today's show there's gonna be a lot of sex, positive conversation. I'm gonna tell you all the STDs [00:01:00] I've ever had. I'm gonna tell you about my yearly anal rejuvenation retreat that I go on. And, we were rebuke bottom shaming and we help bottoms understand how to prepare for sex. We talk about the need for Anno pap smears, surviving, child molestation, and the death of a mother. I want you to put your ear real close to the speaker on this one. Hello, are you beautiful bitches out there and welcome to the fucking sex drugs in Jesus podcast. Hallelujah, tabernacle and motherfucking praise today. Happy pride month, you know, I'll go ahead and say it, but I feel like it's pride all year long. You know? So today I got with me y'all his real name is Dr.Vernon Scott. He don't like to go around talking about the doctor. He doesn't wanna be called burning, but I gotta give him his flowers. Y'all he went to school [00:02:00] for that shit. He has his doctorates and Hey, you bubbly bitch. How you doing today? Vernon: I am fabulous. Look, my, my thing is you can call me, just know that the doctor is there.That's all it's implied. just knows.De'Vannon: Well, let me see, how does these look?I got all this going on and so,oh God, nothing like a good tit flash on a, on a Friday morning baby. And so Vernon: it's a beautiful day. Mm-hmm De'Vannon: it's a beautiful morning. So y'all Vernon. He hosts a podcast called the ho [00:03:00] liqui podcast. That's spelled H E a U X, L I L O Q U Y. So he's spelled it like we do down here. In the south bay, he threw a little occasion on there.So he , that's how they do the Hoye podcast. So right off the bat, let me tell you, his website is hoy.com. He also has a website called Slaters playhouse.com and I'm gonna let him tell y'all what the difference is in just a minute. So Vernon is super sex positive. So when you talk about a whole lot of sexual education, maybe it's a little bit of mental health and some other things today.He also wrote a book it's called the essential God on how to be a ho, not once upon a time, not long ago, but right now, bitch, how to be a ho today. And so tell us about your podcast and the difference in between the two website. Vernon: All right. So the Hilo podcast is all [00:04:00] about bringing people outside of their compressed box of what they know about sexuality.It's about the kinky stuff. It's about the fetishes. It's about even addressing those tough topics like rape culture. It's all about learning more about yourself learning who you are, identifying your wants needs even how to navigate online dating versus traditional dating and just shining a light that we all have different perspectives that we all have different things that we like in our lives.Some other things that we even talk about because we, we gotta talk about sex. We have to talk about our sexual experiences. We have to talk about consent. We have to talk about our HIV statuses, if that's something that is coming up or something of concern, our just sexual health in general.Myself and another guess we were talking about our status of having HSV one, which is the Herper [00:05:00] herpes SIMPL fires, and just how to maneuver those conversations with people in terms of like the Ledger's Playhouse website that is, I would say my little growing business it is for publishing journals as well as books.But there's also other things in in terms of publishing on there, like there's artwork that people can purchase off of. There there's even in a vice column that we have on that website too. So it's still growing, it's still in development. It's also a avenue for people who may need life coaching.The goals with that is to, you know, expand the business a lot more, but I'm not trying to rush it. I'm just letting that develop the way it needs to develop. De'Vannon: Okay. You know, what Rome was it built in the day? And the Lord said that this spa is not the day of small beginnings, honey. Cause everything will, is time.Vernon: [00:06:00] You better say that word.De'Vannon: I don't mind preaching. Hallelujah. I'm gonna use this mouth something more than sucking Dick.Vernon: Oh, that needs to be a Bible verse. ThatDe'Vannon: secondSo in of all the things that you could have started a podcast about. And I, and I, and I hear the necessity in your voice. Why, why focus so much on sexual relations? Why, why do you feel like there's a need to talk about these things and then what qualifies you to be the one to tell us about it? Vernon: Hmm. So I, I think I'll start with the qualifications things, cuz that also goes into the need.So [00:07:00] I was sexually assaulted as a child and over the years I've been trying to wrap my head around. Okay. What actually happened there? What is this thing? And then being exposed sex at a young age, through like porn I didn't understand what was going on. Like what are these two people doing?So I always had that fixation on learning more about sex. So from the age of, let's say when the internet started, you know, dial up times looking into this thing when I had my first sex ed class learning more about sexuality these diseases and stuff like that, I still had. Unanswered questions.So I started to dive deeper into that figure out, okay. How does this STI impact your life? Along. You know your lifetime. How is a person who is a [00:08:00] bottom? How are they supposed to get themselves ready for sex? I, I, that's not something that's communicated. What about the person that's topping?What is the difference between the bottom and the top? I had to watch multiple porns to understand that difference, too. And then when it came to like lesbian relationships. Okay. Is this supposed to be something that there's a top bottom situation? How's that going? When it comes to heterosexual relationships, all right.We have all these people at my high school who are pregnant, so that that's a clue that they're having sex, but are they what's? Is this something with condom usage? Are they, do they know about condoms? What is going on? So over the years I just started to focus more on, more on researching sexuality and.To the point that I decided to focus on like things that like sex [00:09:00] education, how that's not provided in an equitable way, or we don't have too many comprehensive sex ed programs throughout the country. I even started to look more into rape culture too, which is what I got wrote about for my dissertation.Let's call it systemic rape culture, put it that way. And. I got to a point where I really wanted to start to develop like a course to start teaching people more about sexuality, more about learning, how to get that comprehensive education or design that myself. And I thought that the easiest way to do that, to provide the information to people is to.Pro give it to them in a platform or in a space that's easier for them to to digest it because there's not a lot of people who like to read. There's not a lot of people who even want to watch videos. And I thought, well, why not have a podcast that just talks [00:10:00] about sex in a healthy way that allows different perspectives, differences in opinions.That's not just telling people that, oh, a man has to do this. A woman has to do this. All gay people have to do this. All bottoms have to do this. All tops have to do this all lesbians, perform their sexual acts this way. So to break down the, the labels in a way to expand our horizon, because one of the things that I call myself is a sexual experience coach, as well as a, a sexual expression coach, which is.Helping people understand how they express their own sexuality. And that can be through Kings that can just be through vanilla sexual acts. But just sitting with them to help them figure out, okay, how can I enhance my sexual experience with myself as well as with others? So I, I say that's the thing that both inspired me to go into podcasting [00:11:00] as well as speak of my qualifications to talk about sexuality too.And not to mention, I I've been doing stuff in relationships since like 2011, like interpersonal relationships since 2011. De'Vannon: Okay. Okay. So I, I took several questions out of what you were saying and what you're now you're saying you started what exactly in 2011. Vernon: Oh learning more about interpersonal relationships.Oh, that's when, De'Vannon: okay. That's when.And thank you for such a beautiful breakdown. So I'm about to break down your breakdown. so, yeah. So you, so I heard you say that you were sexually harassed as a child sexually molested. And that's something that I read, you know, right at the beginning of your book, when I was reading through it to, and in the book you specified that it was some cousins who did this.So how old were you? How many cousins was [00:12:00] it? Were they male? Were they female? Vernon: So my first sexual experience, I was around two years old and that was an older male cousin. It was more of a oral thing. Not necessarily anything like penetrative in terms of like anal, anything like that. That is, I think, I don't know exactly which cousin it was.But I do know that it was a cousin and then later on there was another cousin who assaulted molested me for some time around three years or so. And that was from like age eight ish to like 11. I know it was up until around the time my mother passed. But it, it [00:13:00] was. Ongoing thing.But I will say I did not experience any sexual assaults from family after my mother passed. So after that essentially those things ended too, which I will say was a, a, a good benefit in terms of my personal growth and my healing process, too. De'Vannon: Okay. Thank you for, for sharing that. I'm gonna get more granular with this.Do these males who molested you, did they identify as gay, straight or by Vernon: do you know? Uh, Straight. De'Vannon: So what I remember, I was, when I lived in Houston, I volunteered for the dein children's center. Which is like a, is huge facility that houses children that don't really have anywhere else to go essentially.[00:14:00] And a part of the training was they showed us the registered sex offenders, you know, in the Houston area and the area we would be volunteering in. And, okay, so, so I'm in this training room and there's a projector, you know, with all these faces on the wall, it was almost like being in an FBI briefing or something like that.Okay. So about 50% of them were women and then the other, I still, I still have to hold my heart to this day. I, I never thought that that many women mm-hmm or sex offenders and and then the other half were men who didn't, who identified as straight there weren't in gay people. And so in that instant, I realized just how wrong say, like.Politicians are in the church are by trying to say, oh, the gay people are the pedophiles. And I'm like, not to say that it doesn't happen, but to act like women [00:15:00] don't molest girls and boys is silly. So like in churches, say like in my case, they kicked me outta Lakewood. Cause they didn't want me not being straight being around their children.But my whole point is why do you think you can trust the straight guy, supposedly straight guy and the supposedly straight woman more than the homosexual, the bisexual. I mean, at least we have a positive sexual outlet, you know, if he's straight and closeted, you know, he's more likely to take it out on a vulnerable child than a grown ass man who has a grown ass Dick to deal withSo, and so I just wanted to. To point that out. Cause I had a feeling that they probably were not L G B I a, usually it's the straight uncle, you know, in a lot of families. And I've heard this before. It's the straight uncle that gets ahold of the little boy when no one's around because no one suspects, the straight uncle they're too busy worrying about the gay uncle.Well, the gay uncle has [00:16:00] dinners to get to, he got shopping. The dude, like I said, he has a grown ass Dick to tend to, he's got to take several trips each month and he's got all this shit to do, honey, not to mention keeping his nails. No, no, we don't have time to be molest children. This does not interest us.Not at all. Vernon: so not at De'Vannon: all. So you need to stop worrying, not at all what the gays are doing and be watching the, watching the straight people in your family.Vernon: I agree, 100%. And that's the, the and I think one of the things that I learned within my healing process, because like the two year old thing, I, I really don't know who that was. So I don't know exactly how old that person was. But at least with the other cousins, we were all still children. So it was children molesting children.And in my education and me unpacking my [00:17:00] traumas and healing and whatnot, I came to the understanding that a lot of children who do molest other children were molested themselves. Yeah. So it's not necessary. And that, that realization was something that helped me release that pint up trauma or that pined up those pint up feelings that I had about that experience to know that, okay, they acted out of their own trauma that.They themselves have to deal with even to this day, cuz even when I think about the the, the main cousin who was who molested me, how he still doesn't have his mind together, he is still angry. He's still fighting in just so much rages within him. And I'm just like, I, I, all I can do is fill for you and pray that you do get the help that you you need.Do I feel safe around him? Not necessarily, but I also recognize that he has grown [00:18:00] over the years too. But it's, it's still a battle that some of those cousins are still having to deal with because someone else brought them out of their own innocence. De'Vannon: How big of you look at how mature you sound?I love thatcause it doesn't do you any good to hold onto the anger? You know, you know, molestation happens to a lot of people and you know, but I'm happy to hear that somebody can have that happen and then they can heal and move on from it. And so, and so, so your mom died and I'm sorry to hear about that. When you were around 10 ish.Vernon: I was, I always, it was 2007. I, I know the year, the age always for leaves me. I was either 13 or 14 somewhere within that range before high school. That's that's all I know it was before high school. [00:19:00]De'Vannon: What was it like being, you know, in your teen years without a mother. Vernon: It was, it was hard. It was having that realization that even if I do go off to college, she's not gonna be here.That was one of the goals that she wanted to see for myself. And my brother is that would go off to college. It was also realizing that I have to be responsible cuz she was the only one that I really felt safe around and the only person that actually showed that they cared for me and loved me within my household.So it was like, I was, I was losing a backbone in this moment. And I would say this is something that I even learned from therapy is that my coping mechanism, my trauma response and my what is it? Trigger are all the same thing and is rooted from her death. [00:20:00] And that is my need of being responsible.Because when she passed, I had to be responsible for myself. I had to learn how to cook. I had to take care of myself because no one else in that household was really taken care of me. And that's just the facts of it. De'Vannon: Did you still have a dad or what? Vernon: Yeah, my stepdad, he lived there. De'Vannon: So you think it's like, say he was there?That was it. He wasn't doing shit. Vernon: It's essentially not, not for me. At least love him down. And I like still love the man, but it in, in where, when I needed him, he wasn't there. De'Vannon: Did you have older brothers, younger brothers, sisters, siblings. Vernon: I have an older brother who lived with us and my stepdad.He also had daughters not with my mother, but he had his daughters, but they didn't, they lived with their mothers. So, De'Vannon: Ooh. Y'all had a situation. Vernon: Yeah. Look, that's only one side of the family. Let me [00:21:00] not go into my father's side. but what advice? I love each other. De'Vannon: I, I, I appreciate the love y'all have for each other.You got all I feel is love reverberating outta you. And so many people go through similar things and they become so bitter, but you've turned that, that like an Alchemist, you know, you turn that negativity into a new material, into something positive, like turning steel into water. So what advice would you give to somebody who has lost their mother and especially somebody who's still in their teens?Vernon: First thing, feel what you need to feel accept that your, your mother's no longer gonna be with you. It's a hard truth, but you do have to accept that at one point. And once you do accept that things do get do get a little bit easier. Sometimes you do have to sit down and write a letter to your mother just to update her on what's going on.Sometimes you, if you are of that faith of [00:22:00] either having a burial ground or even ashes, whatever it is that you have to still have your mother with you, talk to her whenever you can. Just acknowledge the fact that even if you feel as though that you're talking to a, a void that it's going to be received because sometimes just having that feeling of knowing that it's gonna be received is enough to keep you going for another day.De'Vannon: How beautiful mm-hmm . And so I wanna, I wanna, I wanna echo that in my own unique way. I believe that when people die, that they do not cease to exist. Mm-hmm so, as Alana is more said, said in in her song, thank you. How about not equating death with stopping? You know, death is more like of a transition, you know, it's our ultimate [00:23:00] form of freedom once we've, once we come to that point, I'm not saying go out and kill yourself to get free.I'm talking about living your life, and then when you die, you know, you transition and you turn into a spirit. So you, you take on your truest form as, as far as I'm concerned. Many of us have experiences of our dead relatives coming back to speak to us and visions and dreams and stuff like that. Mm-hmm sometimes we might smell that fragrance they used to wear.Maybe we'd smell some of that good old cooking grandma used to do or who or mama used to do in the kitchen. You know, when you're just alone somewhere the way they present it, say in star wars, I love the way that the Lord speaks to us through movies and shows and stuff like that. It's not just creativity.I think it's actually divine messages in a lot of shows and movies that we see. Mm-hmm especially movies like star wars and stuff like that that have strong religious overtones and stuff like that. [00:24:00] But you see when the Jedi died, They come back as those fuzzy little spirits that, that are hanging out in Kiki.So we see , you know, so they're just kind of like floating off to the side and they're very aware of everything that are going that is going on. So I don't, I feel like that when the elders die, when, when someone in the family dies that I have a, my connection with them grows in a way, because now they're everywhere that I go, they have more access to me now in spirit form.So like, so my grandmother's physically dead. My evangelist Nelson, my pastor is physically dead. When I wanna reach them now I'll just close my eyes and I'll focus on their spirit, their presence, their being. And I don't like to bother them too much. They already done they already done, done. They work in this life.So I don't do this a whole lot, but sometimes when I just get overwhelmed, you know, I'll just be like, look, you know, grandma evangelist. I, I don't mean to bother you, [00:25:00] but I need your help right now. Please come see about me. You know, , Vernon: that's, that's how when it comes to my grandmother, cause that, that was my role dog.That was my best friend as a child. SIS had my back. I had her back, like that was my mama. like the everyone knew I was the adopted child of LMA Scott. That was my mama. So I don't know who y'all think y'all are. That's my mama, everybody else. But like sometimes when I know I'm just in a, a negative space, I just think about my time with her, even our last moments together.And it just makes me feel a little bit better. I even my first alcoholic beverage, you know, I had that with my grandma. I was, I was young. I, I took her. I drank some hookup got in trouble, of course. But it was with, it was, it was with my, it was with my role dog. So like, so it was like those things even every now and [00:26:00] again, if I am going to drink something like liquor or wine, it's like shout out to you, grandma, because that is a way to connect with with her.So yeah, I definitely get that. De'Vannon: It's so fucking curious to me how the grandmothers are like, or like Wilder than our parents, either that either that are more willing to be transparent about it. Cause my grandmother. When I was like five, I would put on like an oversized shirt, which all I wore. Anyway, I'd put on one of my, one of my mom's belts to make a dress out of the oversized shirt and put on my mom's pumps, you know, with this much space in between the heel and the back of her shoe and run around the house and put on a show and my grandmother would staying at the door and keep lookout so that when my parents truck come down the street, I can get outta drag.And so , you know, and that was granny. And, you know, and then we'd be drinking the Manish Chevy's wine, the, the Blackberry wine and all of that shit. You know, grandma used to [00:27:00] turn up low pee. and then meanwhile, you know, my mom trying to act like she, you know, cute and got together, I'm all like, how is granny Wilder and more open-minded than my parents.And my grandma was born in like the 1920s and thirties, I guess either you cool or you not fuck. I don't know. Vernon: I'd say it's because our grandparents, they were exposed to the truth of, of life before things became, so identity focused are, so you have to be this, you have to be strict. You have to be this type of professional because back then, most definitely like in the twenties, that's all you saw.You saw people happy to be LGBTQ. You saw people who are out here for the party, drinking, enjoy themselves, going to speak. Easys all these things, enjoying their lives. And then, you know, after a while and you know, wars and shit, everything got a little bit more strict. And then that's where you get to the culture that we see today, where Uhuh, you cannot be gay.You cannot be this. You cannot be that you have to be anything. Other than [00:28:00] you cannot be anything other than what we present as the straight white men in here in the us. So that's what I, I will say that is probably the reason why a lot of grandmothers was just like, it is what it is. Look, I went to drag shows back in the day, myself, what you mean?He can't do this. like,I know I raised you. I know you was a whole, you telling this child not to be wherever they wanna be. Okay. Okay. Okay.De'Vannon: Go off. so granny kept it fucking real. Yes. God bless you, grandmother. Wherever you are at. I heard you say that you consider yourself a sexual experience. Coach. I want you to give me an example of somebody that you've worked with. Before. So tell me what their problem was, [00:29:00]what you did to help them change and then how they are today.Vernon: So let's say if alright, there was this one person who was very uncomfortable with masturbation, right? So just having a conversation of where does that come from? Why, why do you feel very uncomfortable? To masturbate and a lot of that came from their own religious beliefs and one of the things I work with them on is shifting how they view it.Right. And if you feel as though that, you know, masturbating is a sin, where does it say that? And where is that? Who told you that masturbation is a sin and are you not supposed to love yourself? And when I asked them about loving themselves, they were just like I'm I think I'm supposed to love, love myself.Okay. So why not please? Yourself can pleasure not be synonymous to loving [00:30:00] yourself. And that helped them realize, okay, you know what? I might be focusing too heavily. on outside, outside influences rather than what I actually want for myself. So advising them, Hey, okay. When you try this, don't try anything too severe first.Get to know your body. Also think about things that make you feel comfortable is that the music that you're listening to, is that any sense that you're listening to? Anything that kind of turns you on makes you feel happy to be in that moment? You know, a lot of people do love music, right? So build a playlist, figure out what songs bring you to one point and what songs bring you down and see if you can match your pleasure to that music that you're listening to.[00:31:00]So that when you do reach that peak, you have some music that will slowly bring you back down and I will have to say they're masturbating. They're doing good. so it's, it's just having those kind of conversations with people to see what they can do to enhance their experience either with themselves or with their with their partners.De'Vannon: Child masturbation is good for the soul. I a drawer, a drawer full of come rags right by my bed because I, I, I Jack off so damn much. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And, but it's a great way to keep, to connect with yourself and it can be used spiritually and everything like that too. Mm-hmm I believe his name was David Chambers from.The authentic man podcast talks a lot about masturbation and stuff like that, too. So, [00:32:00] and people have messaged me before with that same shit, like, oh my God, I think watching porn is wrong or, you know, masturbation is wrong. And my question, it was the same thing who fuck told you that, you know, my HYP therapist was telling me the same thing too, in a session we were doing the other night, you know, she just let me know, you know, that every negative thing that I think about myself is something, someone else told me mm-hmm period.You know, we don't come into the world with predispositions that we're too fat. We're too skinny. We're too hairy. We're too black. We're too pasty. We're too white. We're too. We're too. Anything, you know, another motherfucker told you that mm-hmm and in terms of the religious thing about masturbating. The church uses the fact that if you're just jacking off at squirting com everywhere that you're not procreating, you know, they might use that argument.And they'll also use that scripture about when the children of Israel were told to procreate [00:33:00]and the guy didn't wanna have kids with a particular woman, you know, God killed him for it. But the thing is this. If the Lord only wanted show Dick to get hard for the sake of having a child and he would only let it get hard when it came time to have a child, you know, he designed our bodies.I mean, what the fuck do you need morning wood for if there's no one else in the house, if, but not to Jack off. So, so, and then by the appropriation argument is just stupid because by that logic, as soon as a woman gets pregnant, then there's time for them to stop fucking. You know, and I know good and damn well that they still fucking mm-hmm so they don't come out the house and tell everybody else to only have sex for the purposes of procreation.So what, after they have the first five or 10 kids, y'all not going fuck for the next 30, 40 years you together, stop, stop the lies. We know better. Mm-hmm, , it's easy to just be [00:34:00] sexual beings and just do sexual things. See how simple that was. Vernon: right. And it, and it amazes me cause you know, there's those peoples just like, oh, it's unnatural to do this unnatural, to do that when it comes to sex.And then when you bring up like animals and they're just like, we're better than animals. We're not animals. And like we're a part of the animal kingdom. Like it it's, it's this thing called taxonomy that that's we're, we're we're homo sapiens. That means we are a part of the animal kingdom. We, we. Act similar to other animals, other other animals masturbate, other animals have homosexual encounters.Other animals have bisexual encounters, other animals, procreate, like all of these things are all natural. So to say that anything is unnatural when it comes to sexual, expression's just like, you don't know what you're talking about and that's okay. Just recognize that you don't De'Vannon: society failed us. Yes, it is.[00:35:00] Absolutely. Okay. And you and I are gonna keep telling the world that it's okay. And combating that voices in people's heads telling them that it's not okay until they get that. It is okay. And no one can hurt you. If you wanna sit in your house and masturbate, and God is not going to send you the hell for it because.Because because God is open minded and loving and flexible and more loving than people in this, in, in the church are. Mm. But um, but society failed us as a whole, when it comes to sex education. I heard you when you were saying and y'all, these are the sort of topics that Vernon discusses on his podcast.So in this, during this conversation, we're kind of giving you a little appetizer, you know, what you'll find over on his show. And so I heard you saying that society failed us. I mean, shit, you know, in terms of the sex education and stuff like that, and what it made me think of, cuz you were saying like you weren't taught like, you know how to, Hey, you know how a bottom is [00:36:00] supposed to prepare for sex.And so I, and I just extend that to everything. So. Like in the eighth of grade, I think we had like a sex education class, a couple of videos it's insufficient. See sex education is something that you can't just sit down and tell your kids, this is a condom. This is a Dick. This is a pussy, good luck with that.It has to be something that's like ongoing. You know, we are gonna have this initial conversation when you're about five years old about sex, because sex is everywhere. And then you're gonna come back and revisit that in a, in a little matter of time. And you're gonna leave that door open so that that kid can come back to you when the dicks start to get hard and the pussy start bleeding and everything like that.And you so that they can come back and ask more questions and ask more questions, then you're gonna initiate more. All throughout that child's life. And even once they're past 18, if they need to come and ask you something, they, they need to know that that door is [00:37:00] always open because if you don't teach them, then just like you, porn will.Then I learned about sex from porn, real sex, red shoe diaries, Showtime Skinemax then gay.com, then grinder, then Scruff, you know, and then, you know, or as Madonna said, you know, you get your education from your lovers and so, and they had, they got their own agenda, you know, when they're hanging out with us and stuff like that.And it's not really to make us smarter. It's the bust of fucking nut mm-hmm . And so and so, no, I didn't know about sexual health. I bought him a lot, so I didn't know how to clean my asshole out. You know, I didn't know what an animal was or anything like that. And so, so all, so I don't know. What do you have to say about douching?Let's talk about, let's talk about cleaning out assholes and bottoms, preparing for sex tops. You know, you, all you need is [00:38:00] spit in your hard Dick and you good to go. So Vernon: don't spit loop. Okay.First lubrication always use Lu, always use Lu. Oh my God. You use Lu. I almost like De'Vannon: it. RoughVernon: but I, I, I will say in terms, cause you know, ive, I've seen the videos about you know, if you get the douche and you put your own waters and stuff like that, it can, you know, add fragrance and whatnot to your to your asshole and whatnot. I'm just of the mindset. Just get a fucking, ENMA put that shit up there.Do what you need to do quick flush and it's all good. Make sure you bathe and whatnot. Oh, this is another tip. Like in terms of sexual experience, if you have a partner who likes fragrances and whatnot is utilizing those fragrances on your body, as well as any kind of flavored [00:39:00] lubes too, so that, you know, they can enjoy the taste while they're down there too.You know, even though they already, they, they already like what it tastes like, add some extra flavor shock 'em motherfucker. But you know, like for, for me, I, I would just prefer like a little quick and it doesn't like the process for that like what is it? Fleet? Yeah, a fleet 30 minutes or so you don't have to worry about adding too much water it literally just.Flushes you out and that's all you need. When you do use like a douche and you do add like fragrances and essential oils, all of that. To the mix. You have to understand exactly what those oils do to your body. Are they even meant to be on internal for internal use? [00:40:00] And if you out here putting the wrong essential oils in your asshole, you gonna be burned.It likeit's not supposed to be there for a reason. like, if anything, okay. If I'm going to try my best to do something like that, let me just chop up some apples. Put some, a little bit of orange juice up in there and then see what happens. It's no, don't do, please not put orange juice. That's citrus. Let's go to burn.Do not do that. Please not put citrus in your asshole. oh God. But cause the De'Vannon: anal, well y'all the anal canal is a very, what we might call a. It's a thin, like what we might, we may call a OUS sort of tissue it tears easy. It's very thin. It's not tough. Like the inside of your asshole is not tough. Like say like the skin on your arm, on your thigh, on your chest.Mm-hmm . And so [00:41:00] you have to be very, very careful. That's why people shove drugs up their ass because it'll get through to their Dr. Bloodstream quick, because it's kind of, kind of similar to under your tongue. You know, it's very wet all the time. It's very, it's just very soft and pliable. So you wanna respect the whole, you know, cause you want it to be around, you know, a lot longer for years for you to enjoy and everything like that.I don't use fragrances pretty much every man I've ever been with they who really, who really loves them a nice ass. You know, they really like the natural odors of it and stuff like that because your body emits what's called like pheromones through your sweat glands and stuff like that, which don't carry an odor with them.But it turns on people, it turns on, you know, men are drawn to those pheromones, like, you know, like, you know, like a dog chasing a tree, you know? [00:42:00] So I don't add fragrances, you know, I just keep it all on natural R right,Vernon: right. I'm with you there. Like you know, why you here? Solike, it, it is like, oh, when I, when I used to see those tips and tricks and whatnot, I'm why y'all are doing way too much. This is. This is way, way too much. And I'm like, even in my learning process of what to, and what, like, you know, the dos and don't, I'm just like, so you want me to do all of these things.And you're not even talking about the temperature of water when it comes to like a douche cuz you cannot have have it too high because that does two things burn the inside of your asshole, even if it's like on the warmer side of things which can also make you start to sweat because it, like you said, it is a very sensitive area.[00:43:00]So now you have a burning asshole. It's it's on fire, you filled with water and now you have to get that outta your body. And now you have to relax some and let your body naturally cool down before you can do anything. So it's like you, you have to really think about how you douche and what you put into your body.De'Vannon: And we're not trying to make this sound like a chore. It's fun to learn about yourself in this way. Mm-hmm , you know, you know, make it a fun thing, you know, go online, look at different douche bottles, animal bottles, stuff like that. If you have a partner, it can be like a whole fun, fun thing you can shop for the shit together can get different colors.You can't, you can totally get the flavors that what you want. And Hey, if you try some shit or you try it one way and it don't work. That's cool, boo. Try it again. Mm-hmm Vernon: mm-hmm shop around, customize it. De'Vannon: you know, [00:44:00] and look sometimes me and my partner, sometimes I don't do, sometimes we just go all our natural and if we find something down there, we do some usually we don't.But if we do, it's not a big deal. Some men. I've had some men who did not want me to clean out all the way. Some men get into a little bit of shit. Now they like a little scat, you know, some freak out over and look don't ever let anybody bottom shame you. If you get shit on a Dick, it just happens. Shit's supposed to be down there.Right. You know, we don't do the bottom shaming, you know? Well, since I mention it, let's talk about the bottom SHA look Vernon: again, you know, why the fuck you came here? Like, you know that you're dealing with an asshole. How are you shocked if there's shit like , doesn't like, even, even if you are cleaning out and whatnot and you flushed out your system, look, things happen.Shit happens. Okay. It, it is like, why are you upset? Why are you upset? I [00:45:00] literally have some, some dude who was like he, I, I was like, oh, I just, he wasn't to hook up. And I wasn't really doing anything that day. I had a, a very open day wasn't looking for sex, but, you know, I was like, okay, you know, you cute.I, I I'm okay with adding you to my body count. So I was like, okay, I, I just need to get ready. And he literally asked the question, what do you mean by get ready? Well, one, I need to shower. I also need to clean out, you know, get the shit out. And he was like, well, I just used the word clean out. He's like, okay, what do you mean clean out?I have to do that means shit and all this other stuff. And when I said that he was like, Ew, you wouldn't have to tell me that. I was like, but you just asked, like, I, I used colorful language to avoid saying that. And now you're asking, and now you turned off because you're coming over here to fuck me.And you're shocked that I will have to take a shit in order for you to fuck me. Like. [00:46:00] What the math is hardly ever matting with people these days. like I, people crazy. De'Vannon: So we wanna deal with people who have a realistic expectation. So it is, it doesn't make you more of a man or anything like that to be out of touch with what the people you want to have.Sexual relations are going through. Mm-hmm so like a man who's gonna get freaked out over a bloody vagina, or just take a very hands off approach to understanding the period process and the menstrual process. I don't, I don't think you're more of a man. You're just an uneducated mm-hmm dude. you just don't know what the fuck's going on.Right. And I mean, if anything, it might make you fuck better. If you understand the holes better that you like to plow around in, you know, You know, just get some head knowledge on it and you [00:47:00] got those, those guys out there and they got a lot of mating to do when they trip out about either a bloody vagina or a, or a dirty, shitty asshole.Now, look, I, everyone knows I'm not a gold star gay I've had sex with women. I've I've, I've taken Dick from probably 10,000 different men in his life. Like, no, Joe, I probably only top 10. Because I don't, you know, I just prefer, you know, to be pumped full of calm on most nights and so , and so, but I, but for the few women I've slept with, I've had blood on my Dick before and for the few guys I've topped, I've gotten shit on my Dick before and we just kept on fucking I'm like, I'm here now.It is what it is. Vernon: this nut is trying to get busted. So like, that's the craziest thing to me. Like why, why are you so uncomfortable? Like me, I, I do identify as bisexual. And I playing and pussy is fun. Like it's, it's it's if you're [00:48:00] going to be there, enjoy it. Like like, how are you someone who prefers to be with some of a Volvo owner owning person and not be comfortable with knowing how it operates.Like if you're not tracking your partners cycle, Then you're not doing your job properly. You're not trying to engage with them on all the levels that they, you know, want to be engaged in not saying that you have to, but at least be willing to understand that science and how that works with your partner.Even when it comes to homosexual or gay relationships, anything dealing with anal, knowing how that process worked, how they tend to clean themselves. I, what they diet looks like whenever they are probably going to be bottoming for you. Like, even with my past relationship, I made it an effort to have my partner douche so that he understands, this is what I go through.If I, if we're going to like, fuck , it's not like, oh, [00:49:00] I'm horny, let's have sex. No, I'm going, it's going to take some time. It's going take development. And if you're not willing to wait in that anticipation for that to happen, then you might as well not be here. I De'Vannon: know that's right now. You said something interesting to me.In terms of tracking your partner's period. I never dated a girl for long enough to get well, shit who I was. Yeah, fuck. I never dated a girl long enough to to get that close with her. So in, so in a male, female relationship, that's brilliant, you know, to be that close to your girl, to know when she's gonna be ovulating and everything like that.So you could almost like anticipate her mood to some extent, you know, mm-hmm then you won't be shocked, you know, when cramps started or she's a little cranky cuz you, you know, acting like it's not gonna happen every month. It's a very realistic. And sensible and so minded approach Vernon: there, well, even understanding their birth [00:50:00] control method, all of that, you should know that as a partner, you should know how that has impacted them.So you can understand how, okay, this is why they're having a mood swing is because they're on their their birth control. And at this point they will be having the cycle. So there's a lot of hormones going around. So let me give them their space. De'Vannon: So you preaching now. So since we talk about dicks and pussies and assholes and all of this, I wanna, I wanna talk about sexually transmitted infections.This is some, and again, these topics are, are the topics that Vernon covers on his show and his book and everything like that. And since it is pride month, it seems like there's been an increase in talk of gay health in particular. I guess cuz the world's just [00:51:00] getting sicker, you know, we know what new virus is coming out, like as frequently as they are.Let's see, how shall I start this? Well, let me tell everyone all the sexually transmitted diseases that I've ever had and then we'll go from there. How does that sound burning? Vernon: That sounds good to me. De'Vannon: So HIV, I got close to getting full blown aids, but I started taking the medication before my T cell count dropped too low.I think it got down to somewhere around 500 ish so, yeah, that was back when I was about 127 pounds and homeless and strung out on meth. And so we've had HIV, almost full blown aids, hepatitis B. I've had anal wards. I've had syphilis bunch of times chlamydia, a bunch of times gonorrhea. A bunch of times had that one.That's it. I've got everything I said is the only one [00:52:00]Vernon: well, if you've got tested for HSV one, then we, we, even though they don't consider that STI, but I'm with you on that one.look you out here with bingo, but look, I have mental health. Bingo, you got St. Bingo winning our,De'Vannon: well, what can I say? I did what I didHS. So he mentioned HS V one, HSV, one, HPV human Papi virus. I don't know what the fuck the HSV stands for human Vernon: Herpes, De'Vannon: herpes simplex. So the thing is. Herpes the human path alone. Pathoma virus is a sort of thing that is passed from like skin to skin contact. So the moment you start kissing people, having sex with people, you are [00:53:00] thrown into this whole pot of HSV, HPV.Everybody has this on their skin. So if you take a test to Vernon's point, you probably will show positive for it. It's just the way it is. The thing is it does not manifest on everybody. And you've got at least 20, 30 different strands of the shit too. So it's not like it's a simple thing. I have incredibly sensitive skin.And so that's why I think the, an awards presented on me and, you know, I used to get cold sores a lot like that too. Not everybody will get cold sores. So what I'm saying is there could be a Dick. Who has the HPV virus on it, a kind that will generate an war and he might stick his Dick, hit the Vernons asshole and Vernon will not manifest an awards.He might stick his Dick into my asshole and I will manifest an war. It just depends on what's going on with Vernons body versus mine, his immune system, my immune [00:54:00] system, his natural chem, chemistry makeup, and so many different variables. A lot of which are unknown. The nurses and the doctors will just tell you, you know, we don't know why manifest on some people and not on others.So thing is, there's a little vaccine that I, which a bitch would've told me about when I was younger called HPV. All you got, it takes about a year. It's a three series shot. It takes a year to get the full vaccine, but that could have prevented me from getting an war and stuff like that. There's so many vaccines that I think are important to the gay community.And if we're not going to a good doctor, they're gonna miss it. Mm-hmm . So they should have given me hepatitis vaccines, HPV vaccines, and all of this shit back when they knew I was a gay ho, you know, and they knew I was a gay ho because I was in there getting tested of positive for everything else, you know?And so on the anal ward thing. So now [00:55:00] every year I have to go to the doctor for them to take a biopsy out of my asshole to cut a piece out because there's this thing called anal pap smears that people who bottom a lot need to get they take, and they do a culture like a swab around the asshole and check for any abnormal cells.Because if you're getting trauma down there a lot, or if you, you know, you've been exposed to HPV, whether you've had wart or not, you still need to get checked. So the test that I had done showed some abnormalities. So then with that, they, they went in and took a deeper look. They put me under anesthesia to see if they found any, to see if anything deeper in the anal canal was there.They found some pre-cancerous cells. Okay. Had they let the, had we let that go, that it would've turned into cancer. And then that would've been a whole other shit show. And that has happened to people. And a lot of doctors missed this on people who have a lot of anal sex. And [00:56:00] this goes for straight people too.Now you got straight guys out there who like to get fucked in the ass by plastic dicks. And sometimes by real dicks. And you have women out there who like to get fucked in the ass, you gotta get your ass, whole checked people. And so, so every year now I go, I call it my anal rejuvenation. Retreat every year ago.I like that. I like that. They put me under and they chop the piece out. They examine it to be sure. You know, no nothing's going on and then we stay and then we stay on top of it. That way I've talked for long enough, but I had to go ahead and tell people about my assholes. So what do you think about anal Warz and the HPV shot and everything?see Vernon: I didn't even know about the HPV shot, so that, that going, I need to like, go see about some stuff, but even like going back to something that you said earlier because you said it's probably month and, you know, that's when you really get the notices about [00:57:00] getting tested and all this other stuff.And I really hate that so much because we link being, getting tested on a regular basis for HIV, STIs, and all the STIs during pride month. But we do not have the same messaging throughout the year. We link it to. Homosexuality all the time. We link it to the LGBTQ plus community all the time. When it impacts all of us, this is some marketing that's supposed to be going year round to let people know, Hey, make sure you get tested, make sure you do get tested for all of these things.It's going back to the sexual health. Like even whenever I go to, so I had an incident at the beginning of the year where someone stealed me, meaning I thought they had a condom on and they did not have a condom on. So I had to go get tested. I had to go on on pep just to make sure I don't contract any diseases that this person who has, if they do have any [00:58:00] in.Even in those meetings, how the people cuz I, I prefer to always have sex with the condom oil. And because of that, I don't have to use prep or anything like that. But meeting with the doctors, they're just trying so heavily to push prep, like make sure you do take this. This is going to be something beneficial to you.And I'm like, okay, you do not even realize that the fact that I'm here is because I was sexually assaulted by somebody that you are so ready to push this medicine on me to me that what you're telling me is that I should be taking this on a regular basis because guess what? That's probably gonna happen again, that someone's going to violate you.So you might as well already have the protection to prevent it. And I'm like that shouldn't be what you're telling me in this moment. Like that, that is how a lot of our medical system is. It's like, okay, we're going to not really educate you on [00:59:00] all the things about sexual health, but Hey, we got this medicine that's for you, even in that moment with you, knowing that I am a person who do participate in anal sex that I am about why aren't you let me know about, you know, the HPV shot that I can possibly have just in case something like that happens.Why is it always just the prep side of things? Why are, are aren't we telling heterosexual people that, you know, you have access to pep, you have access to prep that you have all of these diseases that might impact you. We don't educate women on HPV and how common that is for men to have that and transferred over to women.We don't educate people that the majority of society actually has HPV already, like. These are the conversations that is often lacking outside of, you know, June. And when it is June, it's only focusing on the queer community. It's [01:00:00] like all these other people, you wanna focus on the minority of us as though we are the, the bringers of all sexual diseases, which is not the case.De'Vannon: Okay. So I'm sorry, I'm sorry that, that sexual violation experience happened to you. And I'm sorry that your doctors were a Dick, but a lot of many doctors just don't have a soul. And so that's why I recommend nurse practitioners to people because a good female nurse practitioner, I've never met a male nurse practitioner, but I'm sure they exist.Is I think better for you. They really, really take their time with you because they were a nurse first. Now they have the same, they can prescribe medication like a doctor. They have nurses that work for them. And it's just like talking to a doctor except that they may not be in charge of the clinic. But so I see a nurse practitioner best medical care I've ever had in my life.She's the one who gave, given me [01:01:00] all these vaccines, who, who caught the thing in my asshole and everything like that, you know, she's not looking at me like just, you know, some gay filthy disease, Mong girl setting in her office. You know, she's looking at me like her child, you know, the males that I've had, you know, they just wanted to get me and get me out.He didn't wanna talk about assholes and what's going in and out of them and stuff. You know, these doctors are uncomfortable with us. and probably with themselves too, and we don't need that. So if you're unhappy with the medical care, you're getting fucking go somewhere else. Sure. If you can and, and try and ask around for a nurse practitioner, I didn't know that things existed until, you know, you know, you know, once I moved back here to Louisiana from Texas, so Vernon: Texas , De'Vannon: I don't live in Texas anymore.Oh my God. It just Vernon: sure. I could never, I have, I have people I wanna visit in that state, but I could not live there. I can't even one, if I even moved [01:02:00] to Texas with everything I have right now, I will go to jail because one, I, I, I'm already outside of their limit for how many sex toys you can have in the state, De'Vannon: they have a sex toy Vernon: limit.Yes. I think it's six. You cannot own more than six toys in the state of Tennessee. I mean, in the state of Texas, but you could have as many guns as you.De'Vannon: I'll just let that sink in. that reminds me when I was an air force recruiter and I had this thick ass book of regulations about all the reasons why a person can't join the air force. And there was actually, there was actually a rule in there that if someone had participated in orgys in three ways, then they were considered to have character that was unfit to serve in the United States air force.And I never told that to anybody and I, but I thought to [01:03:00] myself, who, who in the actual fuck sat down somewhere and thought about this deep about what the hell somebody is doing in their bedroom, how that can translate into whether or not, you know, how to fix an aircraft. What in the fuck does that one have to do with the other and who thought about it?The same other fuckers who wanna control us through religion? The same other fuckers who want to control us through politics. There are people in this world who set around and think this hard about what people are doing in their own homes. It's so , Vernon: I, I just learned, I can't draw in the air force. That's I'm trying to let that sit in.De'Vannon: as a recruiter, I never lied to my recruits, but I lied to the air force religiously by the things that my recruits had done, because it, in my [01:04:00] opinion, it was none of their fucking business. If they'd done, done all kinds of meth and heroin and weed. Okay. If they're, if they're not still doing it, then let them go.But you let the air force tell it, if you ever did meth or heroin or LS D that's like a, you can't come in. I'm like, okay, if this is not in they system, I just, I told my recruits to just lie. Vernon: That that's like most of the people I see who are lawyers that I not the ones that I personally know, but the stories I know of, of some people, I'm just like you're out here pushing these certain laws about drugs.And were you COPD out whereyou at De'Vannon: that party?OK. Okay. But go off people, people do it all the time. Every. It's a psychological thing. People like to try to restrict you [01:05:00] from doing the things that they're doing, because people have bad mental health and the people who make the laws and the people who run churches and stuff like that. Don't have to qualify and pass mental health examinations to have these positions.They just have to suck the right Dick have gone to the right school or some shit like that, but they don't have to be mentally qualified. Vernon: Child. I just wanna know what's the right dig to make sure that all my bills is paid. That's that's all I wanna know, like long as you cover that and you also add 500,000 on the books.We good. I only doing it once, because look, I'm not trying to suck your Dick on a regular basis. Oh, you can't pay me enough of that. I'm sorry, but just that one time I, I made sure I give you $500,000 service. That's all I know. De'Vannon: your lips gonna be laced with platinum Vernon: look gold. The fuck. Well, actually platinum's a little bit more expensive.You know what? Yeah, we go. You're right. You're right.[01:06:00]alright. De'Vannon: And so, and so, all right. So since we're talking about Texas and we'll begin to wrap it up, With with, with this, we, I wanted to ask you about, so y'all, we're gonna have this, this fine feisty beast man right here. Ooh, Vernon: beast, man. Yes. Had to say beast, man. Now I'm thinking of X man and beast man was still fine the next man.So in a storm, Chuck. Okay. I'm good. I'm gonna get you at blue. De'Vannon: So, you know,Vernon: it's big, you know, it's big. De'Vannon: It's got, so we're gonna have him back on if, to talk about his book, about, you know, the, the essential guy to being Ahoe. There was a port in there where you were [01:07:00] drawing a comparison between like obesity and abortion that I'm gonna ask you about in a minute, just to give a little teaser of the flavor of the book.But before we transition to that and close out, I wanted to say a couple of things. I wanna jump back for a second to about how we were talking about how it's June and how they focus on all the diseases and shit. When the spotlight is on the gay people. I just wanna remind the world just how kinky straight people are too, and how there's not really that many core straight people left.If ever there were, I've taken so much Dick from straight married men. Now, look, I'm not a thought anymore. I don't take any pride in being that whole over there. No more. That's what thought stands for. But there was a time in my youth where I was like, oh, well, I ain't my fault a bitch. And I do what she supposed to be doing.Come on over here and get this busty. But you know, I don't fuck marry men anymore, but all they, but I've had sex with so many married men is unreal, straight [01:08:00] acting masculine, married men. Nobody could know. So women. Try to fuck their gay friends. I've had this happen too. and you have all kinds of people who do not identify as anything other than straight, who seem to always find themselves in the company of non straight people trying to do shit.And they don't consider themselves not straight. I don't know. I mean, just cuz you have sexual experiences with people who are not straight, doesn't make you anything other than straight, but it makes you a freak for damn show. And so what I'm saying is the diseases. You know, it can affect us all because people who identify as straight, still like to have experiences that are not straight.And so I just wanted to remind people like that and let you know, it's not just men, the women like to get freaky Dey too. and the diseases go both ways. So yeah, straight people should be using prep and everything else. The messaging should be the same to the [01:09:00] whole world all the time. Not just to the gay people in June mm-hmmSo I wanted you to explain to people how your podcast, how the, the question structure is. Cause you're very categorized and you're very organized. So just kind of break that down for people. Vernon: So at, at first we all myself and my guests will meet up and we'll just talk about the topics that they chose.So I'm a very consent forward person. I don't invite people onto the podcast to ask them to discuss a specific topic. I let my guests choose whatever they want to, and then we'll meet, we'll discuss, okay. Why did you choose this one topic? And we'll, and within that conversation, I might get inspired by something.And I jot that down because that would be something that will be great to dig deeper into and then ask reflective questions during that time, too, so that we both can grow that conversation a little bit more. And that helps guide the episode. And while [01:10:00] we're actually recording and sit down and talking about things, I'll have that up so that we can still keep structure within the show.But we welcome tangents because that is what a true conversation is. A true conversation is something about. It's, it's having those 10 tangential conversations going into different things, unrelated to what you originally was talking about, and then somehow finding your way all the way back to that point.Regardless of how far left you went or how far right you went, you're just going through the motions. You're going through the flow of every day, everyday life, essentially. So that's pretty much how everything is structured. We also have our what is the word? Safe word of the show too.For any conversation that is too uncomfortable again, consent forward. And that safe word is red light disco. We haven't had to use it yet [01:11:00] but it is still there. One of my friends, she tried to us

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