Let’s Talk About It 9/10/21: Police as the Abuser

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Amy Burns. How she thought her ex would protect her because he was a police officer but he ended up terrorizing her and her son, and how nothing happened when she reported him to his bosses at the Maine State Police.

Topics include:
Weaponizing of children, police covering up for one of their own, financial abuse

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 8/13/21: Same Sex Domestic Abuse

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Tiffany Engelhardt. Because her first same sex intimate partner relationship felt so right, it was easy to overlook the red flags.

Topics include: 
Weaponizing children, dysfunctional court system, abuse specific to same sex relationship.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 7/9/21: Extreme Isolation

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Rebekah Lowell, illustrator and author of the middle grade book The Road to After, talks about how the man she met at 17 kept her and their two children captive for 10 years.

Topics include: 
Terrorizing, Isolation, having your creativity stymied, the incompetence of the District Attorney.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 6/11/21: Parental Abuse

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Elizabeth Garber and Sue Garrett of with readings by poets Linda Buckmaster, Ellen Sander, Marjorie Arnett, Kathleen Robinson and Karin Spitfire. All from Belfast, Maine

Topics include: 
Charismatic and controlling fathers, mothers as enablers and victims, healing through love and art.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 5/14/21: Police Response

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Hannah, Mandy, Lori, and Sarah talk about police response to the domestic violence and how this impacted their safety as well as their children’s.

Topics include: 
Lax sentencing, mental illness.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 3/12/21: Emotional Abuse

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Dr. Kerry Roarke talks about how she was the breadwinner yet he controlled the money.
Elizabeth Garber reads her poem about her abusive father.

Topics include: 
Financial abuse, coercive control, parental abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 2/12/21: Mother and Daughter

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Jackie Lee McLean, musician daughter of the host of this radio show talks with her mother about the abuse in the home while she was growing up.

Topics include: 
How domestic abuse impacts each family member differently, not talking about it and then breaking your silence, breaking free, turning trauma into art.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 12/11/20: No Accountability For the Perpetrator

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Hannah

Topics include: 
Mental Illness, Family Court dysfunction, Leniency for Perpetrators.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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