Talks & podcasts
A selection of talks and podcast interviews online. Conference talks that are not online are not listed but include those on why we turn away from sexual abuse; online forces conducive to abuse; sexual harassment in schools; organised ritual abuse; dissociation; sexual strangulation; abuse-related self-blame; trauma-informed police practice; and promising educational approaches.​
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Tomorrow is the Question: the Fully Human podcast
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The Epstein Trap: Inside the minds of elite abusers and their victims
In conversation with Bita Mafizadeh on the Share podcast (2026)
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Media interviews for example with ITV and Good Morning Britain on AI chatbots and children following work & research with Vodafone on the issue (2026)
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What makes the church vulnerable to abusers? John Smyth & the culture that enabled him
Matters of life and death podcast interview (2026)
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Pornography's colonisation of our sexuality
In conversation with Ian Henderson for The P-word Talks (2025)
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In discussion with Mark O'Sullivan on the Making Lemonade podcast (2025)
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The harms of the online sex industry
Can you hear me? podcast interview (2025)
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When buying sex becomes normal: corporate profit and human loss (a critical look at OnlyFans) Keynote at The Survivors’ Trust conference (46 mins in) (2024)
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Into view: How does online porn contribute to pathways to child sexual abuse?
Keynote at PIER24: Tackling online harms – a whole system response (2024)
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How freedom ideologies have fuelled tech-assisted abuse and what we can do about it
Keynote at PIER23: Tackling online harms - a whole system response (2023)
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The impact of tech-assisted child sexual abuse
Keynote at PIER23: Tackling online harms - a whole system response (2023)
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In conversation with Chris Tuck and Beverley Ann on the Breaking the Cycle to Step Forward podcast, in various episodes, for example on organised ritual abuse, sexual offending, sibling sexual abuse and relationships & sex education
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Whose Freedom? Ideologies of freedom and how they work to fuel abuse
Keynote at The Economics of Child Abuse & Neglect conference (2022)
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The problems and paradoxes of mainstream online porn - and what parents can do
In conversation with Geraldine Befell & Vicki Shotbolt on Parent Zone's Tech Shock podcast; related blog here
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Pornography, sex and subterfuge
In conversation with Mark Grixti on the Awe in Trauma podcast
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Reducing the odds of gambling harm through PSHE
In conversation with the PSHE Association
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Find what you'd die for and live for it
In conversation with Clover Hogan on the Force of Nature podcast; episode 5