Deconstructing Rape

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Sarah and Diana were both groomed and sexually abused by the same English teacher in Iowa and Illinois.  They came together to hold him accountable.  Their podcast tracks their complex journey from police reports, to complaints to the state licensure boards, to civil litigation, and more.

Legal scholar Deborah Tuerkheimer discusses her book, Credible, as well as her legal scholarship on sexual violence and her efforts to reform the Model Penal Code.

Journalist, editor, writer, and crime fiction authority Sarah Weinman, who currently writes the monthly crime and mystery column for the New York Times Book Review, discusses her third non-fiction book, Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime.

Smith College Sociology Professor Nancy Whittier provides a social movement analysis to understand child sexual abuse, the antirape movement, feminism, and our post #MeToo moment

Feminist Criminologist, Regent's Professor, and Anti-rape Activist Cassia Spohn discusses her more than 50 years of advocating for and assessing the impact of rape law reform and the failures of the criminal justice system.

MIchelle Bowdler discusses her book, Is Rape a Crime? A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto  and her experience moving from victim to survivor to activist.  She provides a powerful critique of how police continue to fail to investigate and mistreat victims of sexual assault.

Amy Vorenberg, Jessica Durkis-Stokes, and Jessica Chandler Brown talk about their new textbook on rape law.

University of Windsor Distinguished Professor of Psychology Charlene Senn discusses her innovative and shockingly effective 12-hour empowerment self-defense program EAAA and its dissemination worldwide.

Leading feminist legal theorist and torts law expert Martha Chamallas explains E. Jean Carroll verdict and other recent developments in rape law.