Nightmare Fuel: Confronting The Horrific Reality Of Child Sex Trafficking

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Guys, this is on us and you might
say, I'm not out there buying sex with

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anybody, especially a 12 year old.

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Are you kidding me?

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Like I'm not doing that.

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I'm going to say great.

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Good.

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That's a good place to start.

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I'm glad you're not.

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Most guys aren't the worst mistake
that we could make is saying I'm

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not doing that really bad things.

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That means I'm not part
of the problem, right?

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I'm gonna say no, that's
not what I'm saying.

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I'm saying we're all part of the problem
because if you're not actively down that

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dark path, Participating in this brutal
crime, then you are passively allowing

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it to happen right under your nose.

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And that's, that isn't any better.

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We're complicit in the very things that
we detest if we know about it and we don't

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do anything to combat it or to stop it.

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Here's the million dollar question.

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How do men like us reach our full
potential growing into the men

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we dream of being while taking
care of our responsibilities?

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Working, being good husbands, fathers,
and still take care of ourselves?

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Well, that's the big question.

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In this podcast, we'll help you
answer those questions and more.

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My name is Brent and welcome
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I'm really excited.

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Because this episode, we're welcoming
back a former guest and an old friend.

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He's the CEO of saving innocence, which
I'm going to let him tell you all about.

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Alan Smith, Alan, welcome back
to the founding man podcast.

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Great, Brent.

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Thanks for having me.

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It's fun to be back
after a couple of years.

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I'm, I'm really excited about
this followup because you guys

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got some exciting things going on.

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Alan, we start things a little
bit lighter these days, just to

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kind of ease our way into things.

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So, in your own words, today, in
this moment, who is Alan Smith?

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Well, that's a great question.

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I'll give you the highlight.

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In this last year, I became a
grandfather for the first time.

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So, uh, Alan Smith, to answer
your question, is a grandpa

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for the first time ever.

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Congratulations, bro.

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That's awesome.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, it's, uh, it's all the cliches
are correct and, uh, it's, it's fun

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to watch and fun to be part of and
fun to watch your son who, you know,

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it's just like a split screen in my
brain, my son, who's the father, but

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I'm also seeing him as a knucklehead,
breaking everything and ruining

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things and driving as crazy as a kid.

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And now he's got his own kids.

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So that's pretty crazy.

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That's, that's so cool.

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I love seeing people make that journey.

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I thought my own parents personally,
like lost their mind when

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they started having grandkids.

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I was like, Who are you?

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This is not the same
person that raised me.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Yeah, no, it's very fun.

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But beyond that, you already mentioned it.

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Uh, I lead an anti human
trafficking agency based in

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LA called saving innocence.

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So my day job is, uh, doing everything
I can do to make that organization

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thrive and do all the work that's
in front of us, which is too much.

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I wish it was shrinking.

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I wish we had less to do, but
sadly that's not the case.

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We have more to do all the time.

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And, uh, And it keeps me busy to say that

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guys, like I said, Alan is coming back.

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This is the second time or actually
third time, uh, somewhere in there.

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Uh, I got to do a series with
him and his coauthor of the book.

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Jessica make a couple of years
ago in season three, we're going

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to dive deeper into that in a
little bit, Alan, if you could have

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any superpower, what would it be

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if I could have any superpower?

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Wow, that's a great question.

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Um, I think I'd want to fly
like Superman so I could get

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around and get away from the L.

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A.

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Traffic.

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How's that sound?

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I've only been to L.

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A.

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Once, but I totally get that.

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And I'm sure it's gotten
worse since I was there.

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It's never getting better.

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That's for sure.

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It's only getting worse.

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If I was to sit down with your family
for dinner, what's one embarrassing

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story they were telling you on me?

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Hmm.

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That's a great question.

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What would the family?

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What embarrassing story?

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My wife just walked in sharing.

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What embarrassing story with
the family tell about me?

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I

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don't know if your audience is ready
for this, but there was one moment

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when I had a bowel misfunction.

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We could call it that and was driving home
on the freeway and stuck in all this L.

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A.

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traffic.

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And pulled off the freeway and almost made
it to the bathroom of the quick stop, but

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barely not quite, and it was not good.

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Oh, okay.

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Yeah.

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How about that?

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Yeah, no, that's good.

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That's good,

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right?

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But you know what?

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It wasn't truly embarrassing
in the moment because no one

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knew about it except for me.

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So, um, in order for it to be actually
embarrassing, other people would have

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had to known and seen it, but it was
just me living out that brutal moment.

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Um, but yeah,

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now it's on public record.

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So

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yeah, it is exactly.

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It can be truly embarrassing later.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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What's your best playground insult?

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My best playground

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insult.

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You're going to get me in
trouble on this, on this podcast.

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I didn't know you're coming
to incriminate me on things.

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Uh, this isn't truly mine, but what
came to my mind is, uh, from one of

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the great all time movies, The Sandlot.

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Tell me you've seen The Sandlot.

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Oh, yeah.

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And, uh, I don't actually mean
this for real, trust me, whoever's

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listening to this, but one of the
great, one of the great lines, when

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the two groups of boys were arguing
about who's had the better baseball

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team, and, uh, one of the boys said
to the boy, you play ball like a girl.

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And for those boys in that setting, and
for any 10 or 12 year old boy, pretty

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much that's That would be an insult,
even though, you know, there's a lot

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of great people out there for sure.

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Well, it's not like we are all original.

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I mean, right, right.

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We have like an entire generation,
like Gen X, the go to, like every

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time I ever ask that anybody born
in Gen X is generally your mom.

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Yeah.

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It's your mom joke, always.

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Right, right.

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That's good.

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Purchase of 100 or less that you
made in the last year has had

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the biggest impact in your life.

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The purchase of 100 or
less, is that what you said?

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Mm hmm.

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So I spent a hundred dollars
or less on something.

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And what was the impact of it?

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Is that what you're telling me?

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Biggest impact in your life,
most useful thing you bought.

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Oh boy.

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I should've got the notes
before we were meeting here.

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And in the, in the six minutes of time
that I would have had since we, since

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we set this meeting up and now we're
doing it, um, the biggest impact of

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my life on a hundred dollars or less.

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I don't know that I have a
thing that I had purchased that

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would answer that question.

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But, um, how about last.

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Last weekend, my wife and I went
out for a great dinner and, uh,

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had a wonderful evening together
and it was about a hundred dollars.

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How's that?

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That's, that's more than fair, right?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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You know, it's one of those things,
everybody has their scale of what

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really moves the needle for them.

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Right.

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There is no wrong answer
in this first part.

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Yeah.

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Biggest pet peeve.

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Uh, my biggest pet peeve, um, probably
when I'm driving on this LA traffic that

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we've mentioned to a couple of times.

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When you have people in the wrong
lanes, they're driving too slow in

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the fast lane or they're like, they
generally don't know what to do.

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They're, they're overwhelmed with all
the traffic and they're not doing well.

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And it's struggling.

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They're causing a problem for everybody.

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That's probably it.

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That'd be orange juice,
pulp, no pulp, some pulp.

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I'm good with some pulp.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I'm good.

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I'm not anti pulp, but I'm fine.

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Whatever you put in front of
me, if I'm drinking orange

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juice, I'll be good with it.

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But I think a little bit, say
kind of half pulp would be great.

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All right.

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What's one thing that everybody should
know about you before we dig in today?

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Before we begin.

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So we haven't begun yet.

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Is that what you're telling me?

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Yeah.

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Um, what should they know about me?

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Well, I already told you
I'm a new grandfather.

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I already told you I'm
married, uh, to my wife.

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Um, let's say that I, I care
about what's right in the world.

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And I'm going to do my best to
make the wrong things right.

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Uh, I had a, a friend actually, and
we'll get to the book we're gonna talk

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about, but the, the gentleman who wrote
the, um, the Forward, John Richmond is

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a former US ambassador, and he actually
talks about it in the forward of the book.

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He and he, he talked about his
definition of justice is making

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wrong things right, and very simple.

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And, um, and I said, I, I ascribe to that.

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That's, that's what you
should know about me.

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So I'm trying to make wrong things, right?

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Not every wrong thing out
there, I can't do it all, but.

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In this one space of human trafficking
and exploitation, I'm trying to make

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the wrong things right in the lives
of those that have been affected.

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Guys, we've been getting spent a
little time with Alan in case you

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missed him back in season three.

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And I will be sure and have those
shows directly linked under this show.

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So you can go back to that series
that we did a couple of years ago.

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You absolutely will want to follow up
with those episodes because it will

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give you more context to what we're
talking about today and the next

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part of the show, we're going to dive
into Alan's book men fight for me.

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Um, you guys know, I read
a lot of books for my show.

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This is the most important
book I've ever read, period.

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And so I absolutely love
having Alan back on.

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We're going to talk about what's
going on with human trafficking

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and how you can get involved and
how you can make a difference.

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We'll be back in just a few
minutes with Alan Smith.

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I'm calling on all men right now to stand
up and stand against this horrific crime.

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It is estimated over 300, 000
children are being sex trafficked

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in the United States alone.

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Every single day.

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It is time for us to fight and stop this
horrible thing known as human trafficking.

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Guys, we're back with Alan Smith from
saving innocence, and we just spent a

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few minutes to get to know him as we
like to do on the show and who he is.

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Now, Alan, I'm going to give you
a couple of minutes here and just.

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For people who haven't heard you
before who people who haven't heard

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your episode previously, tell us about
saving innocence and what you guys do,

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uh, saving innocence is a 14 year old
anti human trafficking agency based in

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Los Angeles and we are boots on the ground
partnered with law enforcement and others

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showing up, uh, in moments of crisis.

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Um, for the 1st 12 of the 14 years,
we were specifically focused on

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Child victims of sex trafficking.

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Um, there are different
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There's different ages that it affects.

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But we, our specialty, have been minors,
children, average age of entry is around

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12, 13, 14, in that range right there.

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That's the average age of entry
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And, um, it's been our honor to walk
with those kiddos and help them get

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back on their feet and reclaim, uh, the
life that has been stolen from them.

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And, um, there's a lot that goes
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the main effort that we've done.

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I said the first 12 years, uh,
two years ago, we stepped into co

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leadership of the LA County Regional
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with about 60 different agencies, a
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federal agencies, Homeland Security
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agencies on the ground in LA and, um,
working together to disrupt this crime.

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And then make sure that those have
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well from a kind of a national level.

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Uh, and then the third part of our work
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within Saving Innocence, specifically
focused on these kids that have had this

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brutal experience of, of being trafficked.

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Looking for families, healthy,
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families that can be trained by us.

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And then we can, um, join them with one
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And sort of give them a shot
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family that they've been denied.

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So that's, that's the main,
uh, answer to saving innocence.

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And, um, we're, we're
doing all that we can do

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to,

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to, uh, to help those that have
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crime before it even happens.

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Now, earlier this year, the movie
Sounds of Freedom came out and I'm

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grateful because it, it brought
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something that a lot of people aren't
really intentionally conscious of.

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I think most people look at
human trafficking and we think

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outside our country, right?

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That's happening other places.

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That doesn't happen here.

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And so that brought it to the main stage.

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Has that helped you guys
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Yeah, maybe.

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Um, I'm sorry, were you done?

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Have a little more spotlight on it?

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Yeah, it, well, it did.

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And there was some, there was
initial push of, uh, conversations.

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We were getting emails and.

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People who hadn't thought about
trafficking before a lot of people are

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seeing that movie as surprised Hollywood
and everybody else how much attention

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it was getting and, um, while the movie
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human trafficking than we face here
domestically, it still was shocking to

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sort of sitting for two hours and see
what was happening, even if it looks

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different than it does here, which it
does, but, um, we definitely got a bump in

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interest and people saying, what can I do?

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How can I help?

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And, um, you know, I was grateful
for the movie in that regard.

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Um, now I'd love to see a high quality
version of a movie made, uh, for movie

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number two of, um, you know, domestic
sex trafficking here in our cities

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and, you know, with the American kids.

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Um, and now that, now they softened
up the market, now people are

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willing to, you know, make and
then go watch this other movie.

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They might be willing to do a
second one that is more applicable

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to what's happening here.

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And that'll be a great
day when that happens.

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Do you guys have any ends to get contact
with like angel studios who did that

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one or something might, you might
be able to talk to him about that.

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Yeah, we've been in contact
with him a little bit.

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And, um, I joined a panel with, uh,
along with Tim Ballard, the guy who,

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the real life guy and some other
people, you know, a couple months ago.

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And, um, so I, you know, we're not
the ones who are going to be making a

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movie, but we'll, uh, we'll cheer them
on when whoever else, you know, gathers

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all the money and the actors and all
the Hollywood stuff to make it happen.

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We'll be cheering them on when they do.

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Well, yeah, but hopefully you guys will
be a great resource for them in that.

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Yeah,

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we'd

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be, we'd be happy to.

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We care that it's done correctly and
if they wanted to bring us, anybody

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wanted to bring us into that, we'd
love to put our eyes on it and help

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it, help it be told the right way.

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That would be important for us.

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Now, you said.

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Sound of freedom portrayed something
that's different than here for a lot

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of people that is their limit, right?

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That's this is the newest exposure
they have to this world I know when

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I read your book two years ago, my
heart was so Pained at realities.

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I had no idea happened In my community, in
my area, you say that movie was different.

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So tell us more about what we're seeing
here in our country and our communities.

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Yeah.

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Well, if any of your listeners
haven't seen that movie, it's, it's

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a hundred percent and a international
portrayal of human trafficking.

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And, um, so it looks very different.

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They, they, they portrayed, cams
showing, you know, kids getting

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just kidnapped, taken off the
street by a car that drives by.

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And then sort of sold away in a cargo
ship and going to some other distant land.

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And, and then there, you know, in some
mountain village, you know, working and

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being available for sex trafficking.

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So while all that stuff, I don't, I'm
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things didn't happen or hasn't happened,
but what's different is in our, you

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know, big, uh, American cities and
really the small ones too, but in our

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setting in, in LA and other cities like
that, um, you don't see a lot of just.

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Kidnapping off the street grab throw
somebody in a van and whisk them away.

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Although that has happened It's a
more insidious Usually a kid that's

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in the foster care program already.

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They've already had their family
blown up and Some older boy comes in

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portraying Looking like he's a boyfriend
of sorts, maybe even a father of sorts,

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depending and kind of groom, sir, is
the term there's a grooming process.

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It could take weeks or months
to get her to trust him.

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And they start a relationship and
he tells her everything that she's,

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you know, always wanted to know that
she's beautiful and, and worthy and

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how he wants to have a life with her.

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And, and he sort of subtly.

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Slides in this idea of getting paid to
have sex and he can bring in customers,

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but it won't be very long, just
for, just for a little bit of time.

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We just have to make some money so we
can run away and have this great life

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together, which she's always dreamed
of having a great life with somebody

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who's going to take care of her.

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So it's, it's, it's, it's this, like I
said, this insidious, um, evil, you might

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call it, there's predators out there
that are preying upon the vulnerable, and

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usually that means someone that's younger.

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And, uh, when, when that young girl has
this charming boy come into her life.

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He has bad intentions from moment
one, but because largely she hasn't

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seen a good example of a healthy
male in her life at, of any age, she

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can't really tell the difference.

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It may or may not be obvious, but
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So that's what, that's what's happening
a lot, um, via human trafficking.

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Yeah, I love the movie Taken, you know,
Liam Neeson and, and, uh, you know,

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it's kind of the father's pursuit and
he sort of blows up everybody in the

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movie that should get blown up and
like, you know, like I'm in on all that.

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But it's not a great, accurate
picture of what typically

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human trafficking looks like.

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It's not usually that shocking kidnapping.

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Um, it's not usually being handcuffed,
you know, to a mattress somewhere.

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It's usually, uh, this relationship.

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And the young girl doesn't
even necessarily think that

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she's being trafficked.

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She just thinks maybe she's in a
domestic violence relationship.

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And he'll be her, he'll make her do
things she doesn't want to do, and then

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he'll come, I'm so sorry, I'll apologize
to you, and it'll never happen again.

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And then it happens again, it's sort
of this domestic violence cycle of

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abuse, that, um, she has no way out of.

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She can't figure out how to get
out of it, and if she tries to

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run, then it will get real violent.

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If it hasn't already,
it'll get real violent.

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She's not allowed to leave,
she's not allowed to choose.

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And, um, that's the cycle
that's happening in our American

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cities, with our American born U.

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S.

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citizens.

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And, um, it is happening in a
shocking way overseas, but that's

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not the only place it's happening.

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Alan, uh, we're going to talk
about the book in a minute, but

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guys respond to stats, right?

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And Padromalee, as you know, my
listeners are male for the most part.

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We do have a couple of girls who listened
to us and we do appreciate you ladies.

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Thank you.

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Uh, stats help men process things.

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So give us some numbers to put this

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in perspective.

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Yeah, if you, if you pull back
and zoom out to globally, um, the

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international justice mission who
worked internationally predominantly

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or exclusively, they recently said
they think there's 45 to 50 million,

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um, slaves worldwide, meaning human
trafficking, human trafficking victims.

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It's called the modern day slavery.

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And so some 45 to 50 million
vulnerable people around the world.

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I don't know how that compares the
different sizes of countries, but,

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um, it's, that's not a small number.

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If you come into our country.

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People that count things usually all agree
upon the fact there's at least 300, 000

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children being, um, trafficked for sex
here in our country, predominantly U.

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S.

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born American citizens.

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We did some work with the state
of Texas several years ago.

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They came to us and
said, we got a problem.

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Can we talk to you?

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We'd love some help.

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So we consulted with them for a
couple of years and they determined

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through their metrics and their
study that in Texas they had 90, 000.

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victims, minors being trafficked
for sex just in Texas.

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So, you know, you start adding that up.

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You go to Los Angeles, go to Miami, you
go to New York and everywhere in between,

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um, I think 300, 000 is really low.

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It's, I think it's a lot bigger.

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It's, it's a hard crime to
quantify because it's, it's in

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the shadows, it's in the darkness.

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And, um, you know, it's not like,
Somebody robbing a 7 Eleven.

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They know exactly how many 7
Elevens got robbed last year.

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You know, there's an address,
there's security footage, like,

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they know where the stores are,
they know when they get robbed.

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Uh, this is different.

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These are, these are kids that
are in the system already.

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Uh, some would call them throwaway kids.

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When they go missing, nobody
goes looking for them.

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So it's hard to know exactly
how many are out there.

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But, um, I think there's
easily a half a million.

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Of our kids out there from our
communities, um being brutalized

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and abused in this horrific way

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guys Let that let that register
and sink in okay For sure.

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You're saying the experts
are agreeing on 300, 000.

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Alan's been doing this for a while now.

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He is deep in this world and is
thinking the numbers at half a million.

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That's that's every month
in the United States.

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00:23:00,444 --> 00:23:01,025
Is that correct?

469
00:23:01,925 --> 00:23:03,975
Well, it's just at all times.

470
00:23:03,975 --> 00:23:05,874
I mean, it's, it's every day basically.

471
00:23:05,874 --> 00:23:06,154
Yeah.

472
00:23:06,154 --> 00:23:10,634
Because when they're working, when
they're quote working, um, as you met my

473
00:23:10,634 --> 00:23:14,114
co author, Jessica, last time we were on
together and then the book, uh, men fight

474
00:23:14,175 --> 00:23:17,335
for me, she talks about the fact and the
little promo, I don't think I show it

475
00:23:17,335 --> 00:23:18,614
here, just put it on your other channels.

476
00:23:18,615 --> 00:23:22,330
But, um, She even says I
typically have between 10 sexual

477
00:23:22,330 --> 00:23:23,440
encounters every single day.

478
00:23:24,340 --> 00:23:31,550
And so that's just one girl, one young
girl, 10 a day, times 365 days in a year.

479
00:23:31,580 --> 00:23:34,040
Maybe, maybe a slow day here
or there, but not really.

480
00:23:34,849 --> 00:23:37,550
So you measure, you know, multiply
that by hundreds of thousands

481
00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:38,909
and the numbers go off the chart.

482
00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:40,109
It's mind boggling.

483
00:23:42,169 --> 00:23:47,110
And guys, we're going to talk
about the book a little bit.

484
00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,080
And then I am going to share that promo.

485
00:23:49,790 --> 00:23:55,210
Uh, But before we get to this promo,
because part of the, part of the occasion

486
00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:59,570
for Alan jumping back on is they've
taken the boat to a whole nother level.

487
00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:02,600
But before we go to there, I want
to talk about the book a little bit.

488
00:24:03,079 --> 00:24:10,199
So Alan coauthored this book, men fight
for me with not just one of his coworkers

489
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,220
there, Jessica's survivor, but also
he, he talks to a lot of survivors.

490
00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:18,180
He, women he's worked with to officials.

491
00:24:18,785 --> 00:24:24,175
And put together, you even, you even
talked to a trafficker, which was

492
00:24:24,205 --> 00:24:26,945
mind boggling in the book, because.

493
00:24:27,565 --> 00:24:29,835
I, I wanted to hate them just instantly.

494
00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:34,935
And that part of the book just
caught me off guard so much.

495
00:24:36,205 --> 00:24:37,645
Tell us about the book.

496
00:24:37,704 --> 00:24:38,845
Tell us about Mimphi for me.

497
00:24:39,955 --> 00:24:40,255
Yeah.

498
00:24:40,255 --> 00:24:44,585
About, um, I don't know, five years
ago or six years ago, I was at a, an

499
00:24:44,585 --> 00:24:49,694
awareness training event, uh, at a church
on a Saturday and Jessica, who you just

500
00:24:49,695 --> 00:24:54,235
mentioned was on a panel along with
Kim, our founder of Saving Innocence.

501
00:24:54,275 --> 00:24:56,205
And there was a number of other
people there that are, you know,

502
00:24:56,205 --> 00:24:58,085
having this conversation, a
couple hundred people in the room.

503
00:24:59,105 --> 00:25:02,580
And, uh, Right, sitting next to
Jessica was a woman named Rachel

504
00:25:02,590 --> 00:25:04,180
Thomas, who since has become a friend.

505
00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:06,840
I didn't know her until
that, that moment, that day.

506
00:25:07,430 --> 00:25:13,179
Um, but she was telling her story and
how she had been lured in and swept into

507
00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,000
trafficking when she went away to college.

508
00:25:15,390 --> 00:25:19,920
Um, and she's in the middle of
telling her story and her trauma.

509
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,090
And at one point she said, you know,
I, I gave, I began to, I gave up.

510
00:25:24,139 --> 00:25:25,190
I could see no way out.

511
00:25:26,050 --> 00:25:28,270
And she said, I could no
longer fight for myself.

512
00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:30,340
I needed someone to fight for me.

513
00:25:31,070 --> 00:25:35,660
And those words rang in my
ears, uh, penetrated my, my

514
00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:37,100
mind and my heart and my soul.

515
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,310
And here's a young trafficking victim
saying, I needed someone to fight for me.

516
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,995
And I love there's a bunch of men on
this, this, you know, In your audience

517
00:25:46,025 --> 00:25:50,245
because that resonates with me and I
know it resonates with a lot of men.

518
00:25:50,665 --> 00:25:53,995
Um, and I thought to myself, I'll
fight for you and I'll fight for you

519
00:25:53,995 --> 00:25:56,895
and you and you and we'll see how many
good men I can get to fight with me.

520
00:25:57,025 --> 00:25:57,945
That's kind of my lane.

521
00:25:57,955 --> 00:26:01,034
There's a lot of great women
out there battling this crime.

522
00:26:01,035 --> 00:26:01,355
Great.

523
00:26:01,355 --> 00:26:01,895
Keep going.

524
00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:03,834
The missing ingredient is men.

525
00:26:03,844 --> 00:26:06,145
We don't have enough men out
there fighting enough good men.

526
00:26:06,985 --> 00:26:10,034
And so I didn't know it in that moment,
but the book was born in that moment.

527
00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,889
And she said, I needed someone
to fight for me and I was kind of

528
00:26:12,889 --> 00:26:14,130
wrestling with that for a while.

529
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:15,820
I thought, what am I going to do?

530
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,110
I have a male voice.

531
00:26:17,570 --> 00:26:18,679
I can say things to men.

532
00:26:18,679 --> 00:26:20,830
I can challenge men in a
way that others can't maybe.

533
00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:25,339
And so that's when I approached a number
of people, um, and shared the idea.

534
00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:29,970
Let's, I want to communicate this
important challenge in charge to men.

535
00:26:29,970 --> 00:26:35,140
And Jessica on our savings team at the
time as a survivor, a number of others.

536
00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:38,830
There are six really prominent, amazing
survivors that jumped at the chance.

537
00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:39,459
I'd love to.

538
00:26:40,345 --> 00:26:41,805
Collaborate with you on this book.

539
00:26:41,835 --> 00:26:43,545
I'm so glad you're writing a book for men.

540
00:26:43,905 --> 00:26:49,674
Their lived experience says,
um, mostly men are the buyers,

541
00:26:49,695 --> 00:26:51,345
and mostly men are the sellers.

542
00:26:51,355 --> 00:26:53,975
It's mostly men that are the
problem with human trafficking.

543
00:26:54,185 --> 00:26:55,004
Not even close.

544
00:26:55,055 --> 00:26:55,685
Indisputable.

545
00:26:56,395 --> 00:26:58,854
So we have to get a message
right to the heart of men.

546
00:26:59,494 --> 00:27:02,215
Now, women are reading the book, and
I've gotten so much great feedback.

547
00:27:02,535 --> 00:27:04,565
You know, probably 70 percent of
the book, doesn't matter if you're a

548
00:27:04,565 --> 00:27:07,775
man or woman, it's breaking down the
crimes, explaining it, hearing stories.

549
00:27:08,324 --> 00:27:11,014
But there's a good 30 percent of the
book that's me and my male voice.

550
00:27:11,565 --> 00:27:15,535
Sort of looking guys in the eye
figuratively as I'm reading this

551
00:27:15,535 --> 00:27:19,185
book saying we have to be better
and, and here's what's happening and

552
00:27:19,195 --> 00:27:20,514
here's how you're contributing to it.

553
00:27:21,055 --> 00:27:24,414
Um, and there's some action items,
you know, about things to do and not

554
00:27:24,414 --> 00:27:28,245
do moving forward and a good healthy
challenge to all men everywhere.

555
00:27:29,465 --> 00:27:30,744
So that, that, that's the book.

556
00:27:30,744 --> 00:27:31,705
It's found at fight for me.

557
00:27:31,915 --> 00:27:34,175
net little website where the book is.

558
00:27:34,245 --> 00:27:36,855
And, um, you can find
it for sale on Amazon.

559
00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:38,355
You can type it in there, but
if you go to fight for me.

560
00:27:38,545 --> 00:27:40,304
net, there's biographies of these.

561
00:27:40,975 --> 00:27:44,415
People, a lot of contributors
and these survivors and, and, and

562
00:27:44,735 --> 00:27:46,155
their websites and their books.

563
00:27:46,155 --> 00:27:48,485
You can buy a book, you know, that
they wrote, uh, tell them their own

564
00:27:48,485 --> 00:27:52,825
story and, and it just kind of be
part of the conversation and, um,

565
00:27:53,245 --> 00:27:55,574
it's been really well received out
there in the last couple of years.

566
00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:59,025
Now, tell us about your
exciting announcement,

567
00:27:59,414 --> 00:27:59,764
right?

568
00:28:00,274 --> 00:28:00,675
Yeah.

569
00:28:01,155 --> 00:28:04,475
So, uh, Tuesday, March 5th, I think
your audience is going to see parts

570
00:28:04,475 --> 00:28:08,465
of this on Tuesday, but maybe this
entire episode will air on Wednesday.

571
00:28:09,074 --> 00:28:11,574
So Tuesday, March 5th, um,
there's a big announcement.

572
00:28:12,105 --> 00:28:15,635
And we're making it right here,
right now, that, uh, this book,

573
00:28:15,845 --> 00:28:19,975
uh, is now going to be released
as an audio version of the book.

574
00:28:19,975 --> 00:28:23,884
So many people, they drive a lot,
or they go, they exercise a lot, and

575
00:28:23,885 --> 00:28:27,924
they're walking or jogging, or, or,
you know, they just don't really like

576
00:28:27,924 --> 00:28:31,734
to read as much, and, and they need,
they consume their content better by

577
00:28:31,774 --> 00:28:34,395
listening to podcasts and listening
to books and those kinds of things.

578
00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:39,280
So the goal is to get as many people
consuming this content as possible

579
00:28:39,330 --> 00:28:42,010
and with a special emphasis on the
male audience and most guys that

580
00:28:42,010 --> 00:28:43,110
I know don't like to read a lot.

581
00:28:43,159 --> 00:28:44,310
You're probably an anomaly, Brent.

582
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,309
You said you like to read a lot.

583
00:28:45,309 --> 00:28:46,340
Most guys don't like to read a lot.

584
00:28:46,879 --> 00:28:48,010
So it's not a long book.

585
00:28:48,020 --> 00:28:49,959
It's like 230 pages or
something like that.

586
00:28:49,959 --> 00:28:52,120
It's, it's, it's an easy
read from that standpoint.

587
00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:54,935
Maybe some of the stuff is challenging
on the inside of the book, but

588
00:28:54,955 --> 00:28:56,205
it's not over the top challenging.

589
00:28:56,205 --> 00:28:56,645
I don't think.

590
00:28:56,675 --> 00:29:00,855
We could have gone, we could have gone
more, but we wanted to keep it on the

591
00:29:00,855 --> 00:29:03,865
right side of the line where people are
going to continue reading it and not be,

592
00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:06,795
you know, turned off when they hear some
of the stuff that we could have said.

593
00:29:07,465 --> 00:29:10,965
But here's the unique portion of this
book, which I'm super excited about.

594
00:29:11,644 --> 00:29:14,635
So a couple of years ago, I
actually had knee surgery and it's

595
00:29:14,635 --> 00:29:15,815
kind of laid up, not doing much.

596
00:29:15,815 --> 00:29:17,335
And I wanted to read some,
I'm one of those guys that

597
00:29:17,335 --> 00:29:18,145
doesn't like to read a lot.

598
00:29:18,850 --> 00:29:23,500
And two of the amazing experts of
survivors that are, that are in this

599
00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,590
book we're talking about, they already
had their own book and they already

600
00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:31,290
had made an audio version of their
book, them reading their book on audio.

601
00:29:31,859 --> 00:29:34,759
And I listened to both of those books,
just as I was kind of rehabbing my

602
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,220
knee, and I was really impacted.

603
00:29:37,845 --> 00:29:42,555
It was so powerful to hear them in
their voice, telling their story,

604
00:29:43,445 --> 00:29:46,195
maybe partly because I knew them by
now and they were, you know, friends.

605
00:29:46,605 --> 00:29:49,945
And so it meant more to me than maybe just
a stranger, but it was very impactful that

606
00:29:49,945 --> 00:29:51,914
it was their voice telling their story.

607
00:29:51,914 --> 00:29:53,225
And so I had this idea.

608
00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:57,945
What if we, what if we got as many
of the contributors as possible?

609
00:29:57,945 --> 00:30:01,435
There's 15 or 20 people contribute,
contributing to this book and, and some

610
00:30:01,435 --> 00:30:04,955
are just really short anecdotes and others
are much more, you know, substantial.

611
00:30:05,715 --> 00:30:09,645
And I had a friend who's, you know,
has a studio and, you know, I paid him

612
00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:12,715
a couple of bucks, but he basically
just donated the recording of it.

613
00:30:13,225 --> 00:30:16,185
And, um, through the course of about
a year, I mean, it took about a year.

614
00:30:17,110 --> 00:30:22,490
To bring everybody into the studio,
particularly these six women, these

615
00:30:22,490 --> 00:30:26,380
survivors, uh, big time, but then a
bunch of others, like I told you, the U S

616
00:30:26,380 --> 00:30:29,510
ambassadors in there and a bunch of bunch
of guys that contributed their picture.

617
00:30:29,910 --> 00:30:31,850
Of what authentic masculinity is.

618
00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:33,300
They made their way into the studio.

619
00:30:33,950 --> 00:30:38,470
So now we just finished, uh, the sound
engineering of it, the, you know, the

620
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:42,530
editing of it, and it came out phenomenal,
just the right amount of sound effects to

621
00:30:42,530 --> 00:30:44,150
add some realism, but not over the top.

622
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,910
And, um, you know, just some siren
in the background, something's

623
00:30:46,910 --> 00:30:49,700
happening and a door closing, just
some interesting little sound effects.

624
00:30:50,350 --> 00:30:54,370
But we have this conversation, you
know, a lot of, a lot of audio books.

625
00:30:54,655 --> 00:30:56,025
They're read not even by the author.

626
00:30:56,045 --> 00:30:57,605
A lot of authors will
read their audio book.

627
00:30:57,625 --> 00:30:59,645
It's just one person usually
reading their audio book.

628
00:30:59,815 --> 00:31:02,435
And sometimes again, just
someone they hired in some cases.

629
00:31:03,285 --> 00:31:07,905
Well, this is some, I don't know, 15
different voices, the actual people

630
00:31:07,905 --> 00:31:10,155
that actually contributed to the book.

631
00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:14,365
And like I said, Jessica, who's my
coauthor, shares a lot of her personal

632
00:31:14,365 --> 00:31:15,715
story and a lot of her personal life.

633
00:31:16,135 --> 00:31:19,985
Um, she's in reading her
story, telling that story.

634
00:31:20,655 --> 00:31:22,815
So it's pretty powerful,
incredibly powerful.

635
00:31:22,815 --> 00:31:24,695
And I'm hoping that
everybody's going to get it.

636
00:31:24,755 --> 00:31:25,955
You can, it's available anywhere.

637
00:31:25,955 --> 00:31:28,495
You get your audio books, audible
and all these other places.

638
00:31:28,975 --> 00:31:35,045
Um, look for it, get it, listen to it,
listen to it again, listen to it a third

639
00:31:35,045 --> 00:31:36,815
time and pass it along to somebody else.

640
00:31:36,815 --> 00:31:37,695
Cause it's really powerful.

641
00:31:38,895 --> 00:31:40,205
Now guys, I wasn't exaggerating.

642
00:31:40,225 --> 00:31:42,185
I read a lot of books for my podcasts.

643
00:31:42,645 --> 00:31:46,045
As you know, we've had a lot of authors
on over the years we've been doing this.

644
00:31:46,485 --> 00:31:47,785
I read a lot of books personally.

645
00:31:47,785 --> 00:31:51,555
I'm highly into reading
and I love audio books.

646
00:31:51,585 --> 00:31:55,675
So I'm super excited about this because
I, I didn't know, like, I never listened

647
00:31:55,675 --> 00:31:57,265
to audio books until about two years ago.

648
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,360
I was like, Oh my gosh, I've
been missing out for so long.

649
00:32:01,070 --> 00:32:05,270
Uh, it, it more than increases the amount
of how I can read and books I can read.

650
00:32:06,340 --> 00:32:12,160
But the fact that you got these
people to read their stories, to

651
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:17,450
put it in their voice, I've already
seen the preview you guys put out.

652
00:32:17,690 --> 00:32:21,480
Uh, I, I got, I was tearing up just cause
I remember those portions of the book.

653
00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:26,320
As I'm hearing it in their words, and
I will be buying an audio book myself.

654
00:32:26,530 --> 00:32:29,430
Uh, I, I read the book,

655
00:32:30,310 --> 00:32:30,530
it

656
00:32:30,530 --> 00:32:32,240
changed me forever.

657
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:34,890
Now I want to hear it in their voices.

658
00:32:34,890 --> 00:32:36,000
I'm very excited about that.

659
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,030
So guys, we're going to roll this
promotional clip for the book, and

660
00:32:40,030 --> 00:32:41,480
we'll be right back with Alan Smith.

661
00:32:41,670 --> 00:32:45,240
I look at the tattoo on my neck as a
battle scar, the pimp who kidnapped

662
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,470
me, branded me like I was his slave
and it was done against my will.

663
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,130
I began to prepare for my death.

664
00:32:50,890 --> 00:32:53,870
He grabbed me by my hair and
dragged me down the street with

665
00:32:53,870 --> 00:32:55,090
my knees scraping the ground.

666
00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:58,050
This world and these kids need you.

667
00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:01,760
I typically had over 10 sexual
encounters every single day.

668
00:33:02,070 --> 00:33:05,360
This was my life and I was now
living it one moment at a time.

669
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,410
And I would do whatever I
had to do in order to live.

670
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,120
I thought that people
valued me most based on sex.

671
00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:15,110
I thought sex was the most valuable
thing I had to offer this world.

672
00:33:15,530 --> 00:33:19,770
It was despicable and degrading,
but I felt like I had no way out.

673
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,570
I needed someone to fight for me.

674
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,640
I discovered that I was
not alone in my pain.

675
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,320
I experienced incredible breakthroughs.

676
00:33:32,990 --> 00:33:35,790
I see myself making strides
and growing stronger every day.

677
00:33:35,860 --> 00:33:38,460
It is a constant battle
and daily decision to heal.

678
00:33:38,860 --> 00:33:42,780
Those old vulnerabilities of being
alone and unimportant resurfaced.

679
00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:48,850
Understanding God's love and being able to
believe and receive that love is critical.

680
00:33:49,130 --> 00:33:53,590
Justice demands that traffickers
not commodify and dehumanize

681
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,070
inherently valuable people.

682
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,670
I trust that my story will
help motivate you into action.

683
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:04,380
How can I possibly turn my back on
thousands of young girls and boys in

684
00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:05,880
need of strong men to fight for them?

685
00:34:06,350 --> 00:34:07,930
The answer is, I can't.

686
00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:11,990
Children and young women like
me need you to fight for them.

687
00:34:12,660 --> 00:34:17,010
It starts right here, right
now, with you and with me.

688
00:34:17,470 --> 00:34:18,160
It's go time.

689
00:34:19,230 --> 00:34:22,670
There is so much more to my life, and
my story is not done being written.

690
00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:30,970
Alright guys, now,
that's just the trailer.

691
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:37,955
The audiobook is out, and If you're
not a big reader, you know what?

692
00:34:38,025 --> 00:34:43,035
I I'm, I wasn't always a big
reader, but I've loved audio books.

693
00:34:43,045 --> 00:34:44,555
So I started listening to audio books.

694
00:34:44,555 --> 00:34:49,235
I'm so glad I found that medium
and the best books read by

695
00:34:49,345 --> 00:34:50,305
are read by their authors.

696
00:34:50,305 --> 00:34:54,995
Usually this, this is incredible that you
managed to get all these people together

697
00:34:55,055 --> 00:34:58,025
to do this and put it in their own voice.

698
00:34:59,525 --> 00:35:01,705
So guys, I highly encourage
you to go check it out.

699
00:35:02,385 --> 00:35:07,815
Alan, what are you hoping to accomplish
with this besides just raising awareness?

700
00:35:08,995 --> 00:35:16,385
I'm hoping that millions of men will,
uh, either read the paperback or, but now

701
00:35:16,395 --> 00:35:17,705
at this point we made it easy for you.

702
00:35:17,705 --> 00:35:18,515
I have no excuse.

703
00:35:18,595 --> 00:35:22,145
I'm hoping that millions of men
will consume this book, either the

704
00:35:22,145 --> 00:35:23,905
written form or now the audio form.

705
00:35:24,065 --> 00:35:25,205
Audio form is easy.

706
00:35:25,315 --> 00:35:28,145
You're driving and, you know, in the
commute to traffic or you're, you're

707
00:35:28,145 --> 00:35:30,875
going for a walk, you know, put
your, your headphones on, whatever.

708
00:35:31,535 --> 00:35:32,935
However, you do want to do that.

709
00:35:33,535 --> 00:35:35,655
I'm hoping that millions
of men will do that.

710
00:35:35,905 --> 00:35:41,035
And by the way, um, Any possible
profits from this we're splitting that

711
00:35:41,035 --> 00:35:42,775
up the survivors that are in the book.

712
00:35:43,005 --> 00:35:48,105
Um, You know are benefiting financially if
and when should you know, some resources

713
00:35:48,105 --> 00:35:53,950
come in because of these sales If that
helps so I would uh I want millions of men

714
00:35:53,950 --> 00:35:56,380
to listen or read to this, read this book.

715
00:35:56,670 --> 00:35:57,840
You can find it at fight for me.

716
00:35:58,070 --> 00:35:58,390
net.

717
00:35:58,430 --> 00:36:02,720
And the video that you just saw in this
podcast is already posted at fight for me.

718
00:36:02,890 --> 00:36:03,170
net.

719
00:36:03,690 --> 00:36:07,490
Go back and look, look at it, look
for it, share it on your social

720
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,230
media, email it to your friends.

721
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:15,040
We need an army of men to step into this
battle and different people have different

722
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,420
capacity and some people can be all in.

723
00:36:18,305 --> 00:36:20,915
Other people, they don't have
a lot of time or energy and

724
00:36:21,235 --> 00:36:22,015
they're still learning about it.

725
00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:22,515
That's fine.

726
00:36:22,605 --> 00:36:24,855
Just take another step
forward wherever you are.

727
00:36:25,385 --> 00:36:29,515
At the very least, buy the book or
listen to this book, Eat Better Yet,

728
00:36:29,515 --> 00:36:31,205
because I've already talked about today.

729
00:36:31,295 --> 00:36:33,985
It's really, really powerful
to have the real people.

730
00:36:34,645 --> 00:36:38,695
Uh, we're telling their stories,
saying it, um, in this audio

731
00:36:38,695 --> 00:36:39,935
book, it's incredibly powerful.

732
00:36:40,375 --> 00:36:40,855
Do that.

733
00:36:41,025 --> 00:36:44,045
And, and then, um, and then, and
then let it be what it is, uh,

734
00:36:44,075 --> 00:36:46,635
be impacted how you are impacted.

735
00:36:46,735 --> 00:36:48,175
I'm not trying to orchestrate that part.

736
00:36:48,175 --> 00:36:51,735
That's between you and your maker
and your spouse or whatever.

737
00:36:52,315 --> 00:36:58,205
And, um, I would hope that, um, millions
of men and others, but the lane right

738
00:36:58,205 --> 00:37:03,365
now is men, the fallible man, um, I would
hope that millions of men would spring

739
00:37:03,365 --> 00:37:09,165
into action, read the book, pray about
what you heard, lose sleep at night,

740
00:37:09,245 --> 00:37:13,075
have an upset stomach, uh, bloodshot
eyes because you're not sleeping,

741
00:37:13,075 --> 00:37:16,045
whatever that might be, rest in that.

742
00:37:16,945 --> 00:37:20,415
And somewhere in the
darkness, you'll be motivated.

743
00:37:20,910 --> 00:37:26,930
To move into act and there's a lot of,
a lot of ideas of how you can do that.

744
00:37:26,930 --> 00:37:28,040
There's the macro and the micro.

745
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,430
You got to read the book
and listen to the book.

746
00:37:30,140 --> 00:37:33,620
You spell out all the different
ways that you can get involved.

747
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:36,030
And that's my hope and my prayer
that you would get involved.

748
00:37:36,430 --> 00:37:37,690
Don't just be a reader of the book.

749
00:37:37,690 --> 00:37:38,920
Don't just be a listener of the book.

750
00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:40,080
Do those things.

751
00:37:40,750 --> 00:37:47,190
But then I challenge you to get off
the couch, get in the game and do

752
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:49,760
something about this horrific crime.

753
00:37:50,230 --> 00:37:57,420
Of human exploitation and sex trafficking,
often, which is of minors of children.

754
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:02,600
That's what I'm hoping consume the
book and get involved and do something.

755
00:38:02,610 --> 00:38:03,600
Go to saving innocence.

756
00:38:03,850 --> 00:38:04,350
org.

757
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,970
If you want to check out the organization
that I lead in LA, uh, but you know,

758
00:38:07,970 --> 00:38:11,750
there's probably a anti human trafficking
agency, not far from wherever you're

759
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:16,980
listening to this, uh, Google anti
trafficking agency near me and make

760
00:38:16,980 --> 00:38:18,730
a difference in their organization.

761
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,860
Look at their website, see how
many people they have, give

762
00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:23,180
them a call, send them an email.

763
00:38:23,540 --> 00:38:24,330
How many staff do you have?

764
00:38:24,330 --> 00:38:24,359
8?

765
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:24,620
10?

766
00:38:24,780 --> 00:38:25,480
20?

767
00:38:25,530 --> 00:38:25,790
What?

768
00:38:25,830 --> 00:38:26,140
5?

769
00:38:27,010 --> 00:38:30,030
And the next time you go to the store,
buy an extra Starbucks gift card or

770
00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:33,060
something, and just send it to them
all, just with a handwritten note.

771
00:38:33,070 --> 00:38:35,500
They don't get handwritten notes
anymore, but a handwritten note.

772
00:38:35,530 --> 00:38:38,230
Thanks for your hard work, we appreciate
what you're doing, we're cheering you on.

773
00:38:38,715 --> 00:38:40,495
To the, you know, the eight
or 10 staff that are there.

774
00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:41,135
Oh, it'd be great.

775
00:38:41,135 --> 00:38:43,105
I mean, incredible people
know that we're doing this.

776
00:38:43,125 --> 00:38:43,465
Wow.

777
00:38:43,855 --> 00:38:45,045
Like everybody can do that.

778
00:38:45,345 --> 00:38:46,105
Y'all can do that.

779
00:38:46,895 --> 00:38:49,335
You know, maybe you buy a 5 gift card.

780
00:38:49,335 --> 00:38:50,225
Cause that's all you can do.

781
00:38:50,255 --> 00:38:50,465
Great.

782
00:38:50,505 --> 00:38:51,735
They can get a cup of coffee.

783
00:38:52,135 --> 00:38:56,615
Everybody can do that or go big and,
um, see, ask them what they need.

784
00:38:57,405 --> 00:38:59,485
You know, what, what do you guys
need and start pushing it out?

785
00:38:59,485 --> 00:38:59,895
Okay.

786
00:39:00,225 --> 00:39:01,215
The holidays next fall.

787
00:39:01,225 --> 00:39:01,775
What can I do?

788
00:39:01,775 --> 00:39:02,885
Well, we're having a big Christmas party.

789
00:39:02,885 --> 00:39:03,445
We're having a thing.

790
00:39:03,445 --> 00:39:04,435
We're doing this, we're doing that.

791
00:39:04,445 --> 00:39:05,325
We're gathering items.

792
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:09,640
There is something for
everybody and, uh, to do.

793
00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:13,630
And, and so my hope is that everybody
would do something and it all adds up.

794
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,940
Now, if you don't know, right,
if you're sitting here listening

795
00:39:17,940 --> 00:39:20,450
to this going, What can I do?

796
00:39:21,380 --> 00:39:22,660
Alan didn't leave you hanging.

797
00:39:23,410 --> 00:39:25,320
There are appendices in
the back of the book.

798
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:30,400
First thing you run into when you
finish the book is things you can

799
00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:35,010
do at an individual level followed
by things your church can do.

800
00:39:35,050 --> 00:39:36,780
You can get your church involved in this.

801
00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:36,910
Bye.

802
00:39:38,050 --> 00:39:41,560
Uh, I appreciate the foresight
in that because I finished the

803
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,000
book the first time and it was,
that was my immediate reactions.

804
00:39:45,510 --> 00:39:46,140
What can I do?

805
00:39:46,460 --> 00:39:47,470
What, what can I do?

806
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:50,940
And so I was really glad you had that
in there because like the immediate

807
00:39:50,940 --> 00:39:53,210
responses, God, I need to do something.

808
00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:54,860
Yeah.

809
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:55,960
I have little girls.

810
00:39:56,050 --> 00:39:58,860
I've been, I have so many little
girls in my family, worked

811
00:39:58,860 --> 00:40:00,130
with teenage girls for years.

812
00:40:01,530 --> 00:40:02,720
Guys, it's nightmare fuel.

813
00:40:03,060 --> 00:40:03,630
Honest to God.

814
00:40:03,630 --> 00:40:06,330
If you're a father, if you
have women in your life, it's

815
00:40:06,340 --> 00:40:07,870
nightmare fuel when you read this.

816
00:40:09,215 --> 00:40:12,235
Because you think this
is some far world away.

817
00:40:12,955 --> 00:40:16,765
And when you read the stories
to some of these survivors, they

818
00:40:16,765 --> 00:40:18,965
weren't in downtown New York.

819
00:40:19,825 --> 00:40:23,285
This happens in small towns all the time.

820
00:40:25,035 --> 00:40:26,855
This isn't somewhere on the
other side of the world.

821
00:40:26,855 --> 00:40:30,965
This is happening in your community,
whether you want to believe it or not.

822
00:40:33,005 --> 00:40:36,415
Uh, the Polaris project runs
the national hotline and you can

823
00:40:36,415 --> 00:40:37,565
go to find them on the website.

824
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:43,835
And, um, they have, uh, calls regularly
every year, annually from all 50 States.

825
00:40:44,605 --> 00:40:46,095
So it's happening in every state.

826
00:40:46,095 --> 00:40:49,085
I won't say every zip code because
that might not be true, but it's

827
00:40:49,085 --> 00:40:53,055
happening all over the country,
whether it's a dense urban center like

828
00:40:53,205 --> 00:40:57,205
LA or if it's out in the oil fields
of Fargo, North Dakota or something

829
00:40:57,205 --> 00:40:58,475
like that and everywhere in between.

830
00:40:59,055 --> 00:41:01,485
And, um, you know, I think, you
know, there's stuff that we can do.

831
00:41:01,505 --> 00:41:04,845
Like I said, buy some gift cards
and, you know, become a monthly

832
00:41:04,845 --> 00:41:08,285
donor of whatever amount to the
trafficking agency that of your choice.

833
00:41:08,415 --> 00:41:08,735
Sure.

834
00:41:08,745 --> 00:41:09,515
Do those things.

835
00:41:09,565 --> 00:41:10,035
That's easy.

836
00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:14,125
But what I'm hoping for is that
when millions of men consume

837
00:41:14,125 --> 00:41:16,165
this content, they're going to
be shaken like you were, Grant.

838
00:41:16,765 --> 00:41:21,885
And that, um, you know, the, the
solution starts with us as we look

839
00:41:21,885 --> 00:41:25,175
in the mirror, you know, one of
the later chapters in the book, it

840
00:41:25,185 --> 00:41:26,495
talks about looking in the mirror.

841
00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:32,745
Um, we have to sync up our life,
uh, What are we thinking about?

842
00:41:32,795 --> 00:41:35,375
What are we doing in the shadows,
in the dark, when the light's

843
00:41:35,375 --> 00:41:36,905
not on, when our wife is in bed?

844
00:41:37,475 --> 00:41:40,875
What are we doing to contribute
to human exploitation?

845
00:41:41,865 --> 00:41:43,815
What kind of music are
we allowing in our house?

846
00:41:43,845 --> 00:41:47,615
What kind of images are we allowed
on our own personal devices?

847
00:41:47,765 --> 00:41:51,665
Or, if we have kids old enough, what
are we allowing them to look at?

848
00:41:52,855 --> 00:41:54,015
It starts at home.

849
00:41:54,025 --> 00:41:56,255
Be the right husband for your wife.

850
00:41:56,645 --> 00:41:58,775
Be the right dad for your kids.

851
00:41:59,945 --> 00:42:02,615
You're, you're young girls when
they get to a certain age, they're

852
00:42:02,615 --> 00:42:05,365
desperately looking for a healthy male.

853
00:42:05,375 --> 00:42:06,265
What does it look like?

854
00:42:06,855 --> 00:42:08,095
Like, what does it mean out there?

855
00:42:08,095 --> 00:42:09,045
What should I expect?

856
00:42:09,705 --> 00:42:11,695
I'm watching my dad and my mom interact.

857
00:42:11,725 --> 00:42:15,545
I'm watching my dad as he interacts with
the, the waitress at the restaurant.

858
00:42:16,565 --> 00:42:19,805
They're learning about life and you
don't have to talk about it that much.

859
00:42:20,035 --> 00:42:24,515
And if you're the right kind of man,
looking them, these, you know, women you

860
00:42:24,515 --> 00:42:27,195
interact with in the eyes, saying please
and thank you, treating them with respect.

861
00:42:28,570 --> 00:42:29,790
That's going to send a message.

862
00:42:29,850 --> 00:42:32,100
Not only to your daughter is going
to send a message to your son.

863
00:42:32,740 --> 00:42:38,600
He needs a role model that he can
emulate and he's looking to emulate you.

864
00:42:40,315 --> 00:42:43,685
So what kind of dad, what kind of
father, what kind of man are you?

865
00:42:43,685 --> 00:42:47,615
And this book, um, is going to poke
you and nudge you along that track

866
00:42:47,825 --> 00:42:52,565
and cause you to think about all those
things start there and then sure.

867
00:42:52,575 --> 00:42:55,985
Send us a few gift cards and, and, you
know, send a couple of bucks somewhere,

868
00:42:56,545 --> 00:43:02,165
but starting the home and, um, we
could make a giant impact in this

869
00:43:02,165 --> 00:43:05,025
area if we focused and got after it.

870
00:43:12,195 --> 00:43:12,315
I

871
00:43:12,315 --> 00:43:18,455
feel like there's almost a mic drop there,
but instead of me saying that outright,

872
00:43:19,375 --> 00:43:22,485
guys, you've seen it in the movies.

873
00:43:22,485 --> 00:43:24,435
Now you've heard about it on the news.

874
00:43:26,005 --> 00:43:27,315
This is the world we live in.

875
00:43:28,435 --> 00:43:30,935
This is insane.

876
00:43:32,685 --> 00:43:38,825
The estimates are that there are more
people in some form of slavery, whether

877
00:43:38,925 --> 00:43:45,835
that's forced labor or sex trafficking
more now than there was historically

878
00:43:45,835 --> 00:43:47,535
a hundred years ago or 200 years ago.

879
00:43:50,085 --> 00:43:51,695
I live in Washington state.

880
00:43:52,685 --> 00:43:55,415
We actually have a task force
on this because we have a lot

881
00:43:55,415 --> 00:43:57,185
of slave labor in Washington.

882
00:43:57,985 --> 00:44:00,975
Uh, people don't want to talk about
it, especially cause I live in an

883
00:44:00,985 --> 00:44:02,625
agricultural area of Washington.

884
00:44:03,825 --> 00:44:10,095
We have a lot of slave force traffic and
that's a minute number compared to the sex

885
00:44:10,105 --> 00:44:11,555
trafficking in the state of Washington.

886
00:44:12,805 --> 00:44:17,295
Uh, I, I looked into it after our
last conversation about this and

887
00:44:17,985 --> 00:44:23,625
I was horrified to find out that
Washington state ranks very high in

888
00:44:23,645 --> 00:44:26,355
human sex trafficking in the United
States as far as the states go.

889
00:44:27,310 --> 00:44:29,540
Uh, the prevalence just.

890
00:44:30,385 --> 00:44:31,495
It was mind boggling.

891
00:44:32,305 --> 00:44:34,945
I knew Washington and
has some issues, right?

892
00:44:35,055 --> 00:44:42,855
Every state has their issues, but I
never would have for a minute that

893
00:44:42,865 --> 00:44:45,265
that was such a massive thing here.

894
00:44:48,165 --> 00:44:52,025
Guys, this will open your eyes, but
as Alan saying, it starts at home.

895
00:44:52,035 --> 00:44:52,815
It starts with you.

896
00:44:54,615 --> 00:44:58,515
We don't think we contribute to this,
but trust me, read the book, listen to

897
00:44:58,515 --> 00:45:05,605
the book, it starts with you in your
home, in your heart, in your choices.

898
00:45:08,425 --> 00:45:13,335
And those choices are going to affect
your children and somebody else's

899
00:45:13,335 --> 00:45:21,815
children and your grandchildren,
Alan, what do you want people to

900
00:45:21,835 --> 00:45:23,645
take away from this conversation?

901
00:45:25,415 --> 00:45:29,035
I want them to get this book, read
this book, listen to the book.

902
00:45:29,575 --> 00:45:34,615
And then, as I mentioned earlier, I want
them to do something, get, get involved.

903
00:45:35,185 --> 00:45:38,205
We can no longer be asleep at the switch.

904
00:45:39,305 --> 00:45:41,175
We have to take responsibility.

905
00:45:41,990 --> 00:45:44,730
For the world that we're leaving for
our kids and our grandkids, and I got

906
00:45:44,730 --> 00:45:49,050
this little nearly one year old little
grandson like I, I feel that deeply,

907
00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:53,340
what kind of world am I leaving for
him, and all the other little ones that

908
00:45:53,340 --> 00:45:56,310
are too young to know anything about
anything, and they're going to grow up

909
00:45:56,310 --> 00:46:00,920
in a state of the world in the state of
their city that they didn't create that

910
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,220
we are responsible for leaving them.

911
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:07,020
And so I want, I want guys
to take this personally.

912
00:46:07,690 --> 00:46:10,550
I'm convinced that people
don't take it seriously because

913
00:46:10,550 --> 00:46:12,010
they don't take it personally.

914
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:19,950
Uh, guys, this is on us and you might
say, I'm not out there buying sex with

915
00:46:19,950 --> 00:46:22,390
anybody, especially a 12 year old.

916
00:46:22,390 --> 00:46:23,030
Are you kidding me?

917
00:46:23,050 --> 00:46:23,960
Like I'm not doing that.

918
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:25,720
I'm going to say great.

919
00:46:25,830 --> 00:46:26,070
Good.

920
00:46:26,170 --> 00:46:27,090
That's a good place to start.

921
00:46:27,090 --> 00:46:27,700
I'm glad you're not.

922
00:46:27,700 --> 00:46:33,480
Most guys aren't the worst mistake
that we could make is saying, I'm

923
00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:35,140
not doing that really bad things.

924
00:46:35,140 --> 00:46:36,510
That means I'm not part
of the problem, right?

925
00:46:37,010 --> 00:46:38,740
I'm going to say, no,
that's not what I'm saying.

926
00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:44,500
I'm saying we're all part of the because
if you're not actively down that dark

927
00:46:44,530 --> 00:46:51,890
path, participating in this brutal
crime, then you are passively allowing

928
00:46:51,890 --> 00:46:53,850
it to happen right under your nose.

929
00:46:54,870 --> 00:46:56,850
And that's, that isn't any better.

930
00:46:57,230 --> 00:47:01,690
We're complicit in the very things that
we detest if we know about it and we don't

931
00:47:01,690 --> 00:47:04,480
do anything to combat it or to stop it.

932
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,990
So read the book, listen to the book,
let your heart be moved and then get

933
00:47:08,990 --> 00:47:11,620
involved because we must do something.

934
00:47:12,465 --> 00:47:15,675
And I'll let you guys figure out
what that makes sense for you.

935
00:47:15,795 --> 00:47:16,425
Got a lot of money?

936
00:47:16,425 --> 00:47:16,685
Great.

937
00:47:16,685 --> 00:47:17,455
Give a lot of it away.

938
00:47:17,775 --> 00:47:18,775
Are you good at graphic design?

939
00:47:18,775 --> 00:47:19,005
Great.

940
00:47:19,025 --> 00:47:22,185
Offer to make a video or a flyer
for some organization like this.

941
00:47:22,255 --> 00:47:22,725
Like, what is it?

942
00:47:22,735 --> 00:47:23,565
You can do something.

943
00:47:24,295 --> 00:47:28,085
Do something, guys, because our
children are hanging in the balance.

944
00:47:28,125 --> 00:47:30,275
The future is hanging in the balance.

945
00:47:30,725 --> 00:47:33,345
The soul of our society
is hanging in the balance.

946
00:47:33,345 --> 00:47:37,245
We can no longer let women and children
and boys and vulnerable people be

947
00:47:37,275 --> 00:47:38,625
bought and sold like a commodity.

948
00:47:39,125 --> 00:47:40,255
It's all hands on deck.

949
00:47:40,775 --> 00:47:44,035
We don't have a minute to waste, and we
need all of you to jump in on this thing.

950
00:47:44,315 --> 00:47:45,105
Go to fightforme.

951
00:47:45,115 --> 00:47:45,405
net.

952
00:47:45,845 --> 00:47:46,785
There's resources there.

953
00:47:46,805 --> 00:47:47,595
Go to savingmisses.

954
00:47:47,635 --> 00:47:48,025
org.

955
00:47:48,415 --> 00:47:49,805
You can email me off of fightforme.

956
00:47:50,175 --> 00:47:50,445
net.

957
00:47:50,645 --> 00:47:51,185
There's an email there.

958
00:47:51,185 --> 00:47:51,985
You can get a hold of me.

959
00:47:52,475 --> 00:47:56,315
Um, and, and do something about this.

960
00:47:57,385 --> 00:47:58,785
Do something, guys.

961
00:47:58,955 --> 00:47:59,435
Something.

962
00:48:00,145 --> 00:48:00,785
You must.

963
00:48:03,205 --> 00:48:03,555
How's that?

964
00:48:04,665 --> 00:48:06,655
I'll get me, get me fired up here, Brent.

965
00:48:08,095 --> 00:48:08,495
Guys.

966
00:48:09,210 --> 00:48:10,520
Would that be better tomorrow?

967
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,370
Because what you do today,
we'll see on the next one.

968
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:19,840
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969
00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:27,439
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970
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:27,920
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971
00:48:28,410 --> 00:48:32,170
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972
00:48:32,170 --> 00:48:36,655
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