103 Episodes

  1. Season 6 Episode 6 Broken Blue Line: Confronting Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence

    Published: 4/22/2025

  2. Season 6 Episode 5: Coercive Control and Children 2025: Conference Insights from Melbourne

    Published: 4/9/2025

  3. Season 6 Episode 4: The Paradox of Proximity: Understanding Domestic Abuse in Rural and Remote Communities

    Published: 2/10/2025

  4. Season 6 Episode 3: Rethinking Gender-Based Violence Prevention: A Call to Action with Jess Hill and Michael Salter

    Published: 1/31/2025

  5. Season 6 Episode 2: Coercive Control and Children

    Published: 1/25/2025

  6. Season 6 Episode 1: "Just Leave": Examining Displacement-Based Responses to Domestic Violence

    Published: 1/2/2025

  7. Season 5 Episode 13: Coercive Control & Children Conference Podcast: The Role of Language in Global Responses to Domestic Abuse

    Published: 12/19/2024

  8. Season 5 Episode 12: Challenging the Gospel of Sacrifice: Faith, Domestic Abuse, and Institutional Transformation

    Published: 12/19/2024

  9. Season 5 Episode 11: Empowering Children: Healing from Domestic Abuse with Dr. Asha Patel

    Published: 12/11/2024

  10. Season 5, Episode 10: Beyond Presence: Redefining Responsible Fatherhood in a Domestic Abuse-Informed World

    Published: 10/23/2024

  11. Season 5, Episode 9: Partnering vs. Practicing: The Hidden Bias in Professional Crisis Work

    Published: 10/22/2024

  12. Season 5 Episode 8: The Myth of the Domestic Violence Incident

    Published: 7/29/2024

  13. Season 5 Episode 7: Childhood Domestic Violence Exposure is “Pivotal”: An interview with Professor Higgins, an Australian Childhood Maltreatment Study (ACMS) chief investigator

    Published: 7/23/2024

  14. Season 5 Episode 6: This Work is Sacred: An interview with Beth Ann Morhardt

    Published: 6/5/2024

  15. Season 5 Episode 5: A Trauma History is Not An Excuse for Acting Abusively

    Published: 5/20/2024

  16. Season 5 Episode 4: Unveiling the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: Beyond the Myth of the Child Witness

    Published: 4/16/2024

  17. Season 5 Episode 3: An Introduction to the David Mandel's Book "Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to transform the way we keep children safe from domestic violence"

    Published: 4/2/2024

  18. Season 5 Episode 2: Women’s Use of Force in Intimate Relationships: An Interview with Lisa Young Larance

    Published: 2/18/2024

  19. Season 5 Episode 1: Sexual and Domestic Violence In the Military: An Interview with Never Alone Advocacy

    Published: 2/11/2024

  20. Season 4 Episode 12: Research That Puts Survivors at the Center

    Published: 12/9/2023

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These podcasts are a reflection of Ruth & David’s ongoing conversations, which are both intimate and professional and touch on complex topics like how systems fail victims and children, how victims experience those systems, and how children are impacted by those failures. Their discussions delve into how society views masculinity and violence and how intersectionalities such as cultural beliefs, religious beliefs and unique vulnerabilities impact how we respond to abuse and violence. These far-ranging discussions offer an insider look into how we navigate the world as professionals, as parents and as partners. During these podcasts, David & Ruth challenge the notions that keep all of us from moving forward collectively as systems, as cultures and as families into safety, nurturance and healing. Note: Some of the topics discussed in the episodes are deeply personal and sensitive, which may be difficult for some people. We occasionally use mature language. We often use gender pronouns like “he” when discussing perpetrators and “she” for victims. While both men and women can be abusive and controlling, and domestic abuse happens in straight and same-sex relationships, the most common situation when it comes to coercive control is a male perpetrator and a female victim. Men's abuse toward women is more closely associated with physical injury, fear and control. Similarly, very different expectations of men and women as parents and the focus of Safe & Together on children in the context of domestic abuse make it impossible to make generic references to gender when it comes to parenting. The Model, through its behavioral focus on patterns of behavior, is useful in identifying and responding to abuse in all situations, including same-sex couples and women's use of violence. We think our listeners are sophisticated enough to understand these distinctions. Have an idea for a podcast? Tell about it here: https://share.hsforms.com/1l329DGB1TH6AFndCFfB7aA3a1w1