Aspire: The I Have The Right To Podcast
Join the I Have the Right to team and thought leaders as we Aspire to eradicate sexual assault. Inspired by Co-Founder Chessy Prout’s courageous voice and memoir, I Have The Right To- A High School Survivor’s Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope, co-authored by investigative journalist Jenn Abelson, our mission is to create an ecosystem of respect, education, and support for all students! Aspire is meant to be a beacon of hope and opportunity for growth -- by offering a forum for dialogue - about issues affecting our culture and the way we live, interact, love, learn and gr...
E71: Civil Justice for Survivors | Amy Mathieu on Trauma-Informed Advocacy, Online Exploitation, and School Accountability - Advocacy in Action
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In this week's episode of Aspire - Advocacy in Action, hosts Chessy Prout and Katie M. Shipp join I Have The Right To intern Jonas and guest Amy Mathieu. Amy is a trauma-informed attorney who represents survivors of adult sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, and CSAM. They discuss how civil litigation can support accountability while keeping survivor choice, control, and healing at the center. Amy explains why her first conversations with clients are paced carefully, often include an advocate, and focus on building trust before asking deeper questions.
The conversation also...
E70: Teaching Kids Body Safety | Finley Muratova on Tricky Adults, Secrets, and Child Safety - Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire - Advocacy in Action, host Katie M. Shipp and co-host Ray Epstein speak with Finley Muratova, a childhood sexual abuse prevention specialist, teacher, and survivor, about turning lived experience into prevention-focused education. They discuss how survivor-centered, trauma-informed teaching can help young people build language, boundaries, and confidence around safety.
Finley shares how an anger-filled response to campus injustice led them from journalism into classroom-based prevention work, starting with Peer Health Exchange in Brooklyn. A pivotal moment with a student who needed help after a co...
E69: Aspire to Be Vulnerable (ft. John Stanczak) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week's episode of Aspire: Real Men, Real Conversations, host Alex Prout and co-host Jonas Wall sit down with John Stanczak, an educator, writer, and theology teacher at Seton Hall University, to explore what healthy masculinity really looks like. The conversation centers on identity, loneliness, vulnerability, faith, mental health, and how young men can grow into more emotionally honest and connected versions of themselves.
John shares how years of teaching and leading all-boys schools, along with his own lived experience with depression and anxiety, shaped his interest in men’s me...
E68: Naming the Harm | Dr. Susan Osborn on Incest, Power, and Breaking the Silence - Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire – Advocacy in Action, host Katie M. Shipp and co-hosts Ryan and Maria welcome Dr. Susan Osborn, award-winning author of She's Such a Liar: Incest, Knowledge & Power—A Manifesto. Dr. Osborn discusses how incest has been historically hidden, minimized, and dismissed, and explores the social, legal, and cultural forces that shape whether survivors are believed.
The conversation examines the power of language in confronting abuse and accountability. Dr. Osborn explains why she uses the term “incestor” to describe a father who commits sexual violence against his daught...
E67: Aspire to Be Honest (ft. Jon McLeod) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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This week’s episode of Aspire is a conversation about mental health, masculinity, and the power of asking better questions. Hosts Steve Peacock and Alex Prout, joined by student co-hosts Gabriel and Ryan, welcome Jon McLeod to the round table. Jon is an ESPN producer and mental health advocate who works at the intersection of sports, storytelling, and emotional well-being.
Jon shares how his upbringing in Brooklyn, his family’s values, and the pressures of traditional masculinity shaped his career and his understanding of burnout, self-worth, and vulnerability. He explains how many...
E66: Consent, Faith, and Masculinity (ft. Nathaniel Openshaw) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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This week’s episode of Aspire is a conversation about consent, faith, and what it means for young men to protect themselves and others. Host Alex Prout is joined by co-host Maria and guest Nathaniel Openshaw, a student at BYU-Idaho who is advocating for better health education, accountability for perpetrators, and healing for survivors.
Thaniel shares how hearing the experiences of friends and people he cared about pushed him to act, and how his own journey led him to recognize faults in society by analyzing his surroundings in his own life. He...
E65: Aspire to be an Upstander (ft. Jackson Katz) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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This week’s episode of Aspire is a conversation about what it means to be an active upstander in a culture shaped by silence, harm, and pressure to conform. Hosts Alex Prouts and Gabriel Viscogliosi are joined by Dr. Jackson Katz, educator, author, and one of the leading voices in the movement to prevent gender-based violence.
Jackson breaks down why violence against women is not just a women’s issue, but a men’s issue that demands men’s leadership, accountability, and courage. He explores the bystander approach, the importance of speaking...
E64: Own Our Voices | Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky on Changing the Law that Perpetuates Silence
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This week’s episode of Aspire is a conversation about breaking silences around workplace harassment and discrimination, and how survivors can turn personal pain into policy change. Hosts Chessy Prout and Alex Prout are joined by intern co-host Kalaya Hudziec-Leiva, and guests Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky, the co-founders of Lift Our Voices.
Gretchen and Julie share how their own experiences at Fox News led them to challenge the systems that kept people silent, including forced arbitration and non-disclosure agreements. They reflect on how difficult it can be to speak publicly, ho...
E63: Aspire to Speak Up (ft. Charlie Pillsbury) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week's episode of Aspire, host Alex Prout and student co-host Ryan welcome Charlie Pillsbury, a survivor, Quinnipiac law professor, and family friend to the Prouts, for a deeply personal conversation about his lifelong journey toward healing from sexual assault.
Charlie reflects on his early years at St. Paul's School, sharing a painful experience of sexual assault during his time as a young boarding student and the culture that allowed and encouraged the abuse. He speaks candidly about how he buried that experience until years later, a news story about...
E62: Aspire to Harness the Warrior’s Compassion (ft. Sean Harvey) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, Steve Peacock and Gabriel Viscogliosi welcome Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSED, founder of the Warrior Compassion Institute and author of Warrior Compassion: Unleashing the Healing Power of Men, for an honest conversation about men's healing, redefining masculinity, and driving systems change in hyper-masculine spaces like law enforcement, military, first responders, and beyond.
Sean shares his transformative journey from a "soulless" career in Wall Street consulting, where he led 150 people in superficial sessions, to discovering authenticity at Eileen Fisher, igniting his call to help men reclaim em...
E61: Aspire to Build Safe Waters (ft. Julian Bell) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this episode of Aspire, Steve Peacock and Gabriel Viscogliosi welcome Chief Warrant Officer Julian Bell, a Coast Guard veteran, survivor, advocate, and creator of Sailors Disgrace, for an honest conversation about military sexual assault, masculinity, healing, and the power of speaking out. Julian shares the long path from silence to disclosure, how a single safe conversation helped him begin telling the truth, and how his healing journey ultimately shaped the advocacy work he does today.
The conversation explores the culture of masculinity inside the military, the pressure to stay quiet...
E60: Aspire to Find Help (ft. Jim Maley) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this episode of Aspire, Steve Peacock and Hugh Eastman welcome Jim Maley, founder of The Maley Way, for an insightful conversation on masculinity, mental health, leadership, and the power of vulnerability. Jim shares his own story of struggling silently with depression in college, the role his mother played in helping him seek support, and how his experience shaped the work he now does with young men and students.
The conversation explores how boys are often taught to hide emotion, how that pressure can reinforce harmful behavior, and why accountability, empathy...
E59: Community as Justice | Lauren Weingarten on Survivor-Informed Care and Building Safe Spaces Online – Advocacy in Action
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In this episode of the I Have the Right to Aspire podcast, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout welcome guest co-hosts Maria and Kylie alongside Lauren Weingarten, founder of MTMV Community Support Network, one of the first social media-based support spaces for survivors of trauma, abuse, and sexual violence, plus their supporters. Lauren shares how she launched MTMV anonymously in 2019 amid her own healing journey, driven by isolation after assault and a stubborn belief that others needed connection too; it has since grown into global peer support groups, workshops, consulting, and events emphasizing "...
E58: Aspire to Care (ft. Cody Ragonese) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this episode of Aspire - Real Men, Real Conversations, hosts Alex Prout and Gabriel Viscogliosi sit down with Cody Ragonese, Associate Director of Programs at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice. Cody shares how his journey from academic work in public health and international development to Peace Corps service in Eswatini led him into engaging men and boys in gender equality, HIV prevention, and violence reduction, and eventually into global masculinity work at Equimundo. He describes how early “girls’ empowerment” programs revealed a critical missing piece, and how building boys’ clubs focused...
E57: A Survivor's Journey | Hilary Simon on Legal Reform and Protecting Students from Abuse – Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, host Chessy Prout is joined by co-hosts Maria and Steve Peacock for a powerful conversation with attorney, survivor, and advocate Hilary Simon. Hilary shares how, at 14, she arrived at Miss Hall’s School hoping for safety and support, only to be slowly groomed and sexually abused by a beloved teacher and coach. She describes how early patterns of putting others first and making herself small evolved into a survival response she later learned to call fawning; appeasing and performing in order to stay safe.
The g...
E56: Antiguan Justice | Derrick Hurley on Fighting for Justice and Redefining a Father’s Role – Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Alex Prout and Gabriel Viscogliosi are joined by special guest Derrick Hurley, a father of three, retired retail technology executive, and author of Antiguan Justice: A Father’s Fight. Derrick shares the story of his eldest daughter, who while studying in Antigua, was drugged and raped by an off-duty UK police officer.
Derrick talks about the moment he and his wife first learned what had happened, and how he moved from a rush of rage and a desire for revenge into a posture of c...
E55: Maya’s Magic Word | Ashley-Lauren Elrod on Using Storytelling to Teach Kids Consent - Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by guest co-host Maria and special guest Ashley-Lauren Elrod, a multi-assault survivor, Emmy-nominated producer, and nationally recognized leader in survivor advocacy and child safety education. Ashley-Lauren is the founder of Visionary Woman Productions and the creator of Maya’s Magic Word, a new children’s book and prevention platform designed to teach body autonomy and consent to kids in a non-fear-based, trauma-informed way.
Ashley-Lauren discusses how creativity and storytelling helped her survive childhood abuse and how those...
E54: Strong, Smart, and Brave | Dr. Charlotte Markey on the Next Generation of Body Image - Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by student intern Kalaya Hudziec-Leiva and special guest Dr. Charlotte Markey, a renowned psychology professor and leading expert on body image.
Dr. Markey discusses the updated edition of The Body Image Book for Girls and explores the critical intersection of body appreciation, mental health, and personal safety. The conversation delves into how caregivers can move past the “cringe factor” to have honest, age-appropriate conversations about puberty, navigate the impact of social media, and use anatomically correct langua...
E53: Beyond Shame and Blame | Leora Tanenbaum on Sexual Citizenship, Dress Codes, and Digital Harm - Advocacy in Action
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Today on Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by communications director Maria Villegas and student intern Jonas Wahl, along with this week’s guest, author and advocate Leora Tanenbaum. Leora is a pioneering writer on slut shaming, sexual agency, and young women’s rights whose latest book, Sexy Selfie Nation, explores how young people are navigating an increasingly toxic, sexist, and hyper-digital culture.
Leora shares how reading a 1993 report on sexual harassment in schools helped her finally name the abuse she experienced as a teen, and how that “lightb...
E52: I Have the Right to Fight Back | Laura Dunn on Saving Title IX, Survivor-Led Justice, and Running for Congress - Advocacy in Action
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Today on Aspire, hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout are joined by student interns Jonas Wahl and Kyleigh LeBoutillier, along with this week’s guest, Laura Dunn. Laura is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, survivor advocate, Congressional candidate, and the attorney who represented Chessy in her sexual assault case.
Laura shares how her own experience of campus sexual violence led her away from prosecution and toward representing survivors directly, challenging institutional failures and reshaping civil rights law to center those who’ve been harmed.
Laura explains that Title IX i...
E51: All We Want Is Everything | Soraya Chemaly on Dismantling Male Supremacy - Advocacy in Action
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This week’s episode of Aspire is a grounded conversation about dismantling male supremacy, reclaiming women’s anger, and building a consent-based culture amid political backlash and digital threats. Hosts Chessy Prout and Susan Prout are joined by intern Co-host Meghan Boudreau and award-winning author and activist Soraya Chemaly, whose new book All We Want Is Everything examines how patriarchy shapes our daily lives and the high cost of supremacist systems to everyone.
Together, they explore how male supremacy feminizes marginalized people to maintain control, why “male fragility” mirrors white fragility in defensi...
E50: The Future of Health Class | Stacey Balducci, Gabriela Cataldo, and Anthony Capozucca on Reshaping Health Education – Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, co-hosts Karen Udall and Chessy Prout are joined by Stacey Balducci, a longtime health educator at Syosset High School, along with her Adelphi University students, Gabriela Cataldo and Anthony Capozucca. Together, they explore how practical, experience-based health education can shape future generations and foster environments rooted in respect and consent.
Professor Balducci shares her nontraditional approach to teaching, one that moves beyond textbooks and quizzes in favor of storytelling, role-playing, and peer-to-peer engagement. These methods equip students with the skills to recognize when, where, an...
E49: Living Bravely | Dr. Adrienne Baldwin-White on Sexual Assault Prevention through Video Games - Advocacy in Action
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This episode of Aspire explores what effective, inclusive sexual assault prevention can look like when it is shaped by research, technology, and deep empathy for survivors. Hosts Katie Shipp and Ray Epstein are joined by Dr. Adrienne Baldwin-White, a social worker, researcher, and professor whose work focuses on preventing gender-based violence and transforming the systems survivors encounter.
Dr. Baldwin-White shares how her work as a rape crisis advocate led her to focus on prevention and to create “Once Upon a Party,” a text-message-based video game for college campuses that aims to shif...
E48: The ABCs of Sexual Health | Dena Moes on Agency, Boundaries, and Consent – Advocacy in Action
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This week’s episode of Aspire offers a grounded conversation about empowered sexual health, consent, and agency in a world where young people are often navigating confusing or harmful messages about sex and relationships. Hosts Katie M. Shipp and host Chessy Prout, along with student co-host Maria Halter, welcome registered nurse, certified midwife, and author Dena Moes, whose book It’s Your Body provides a judgment-free, inclusive guide to puberty, birth control, STIs, pregnancy options, and sexual pleasure for teens and young adults.
Together, they explore Dena’s ABCs of sexual health...
E47: Trouble for Good | Bari Harlam & Meredith Curran on Claiming Your Voice and Closing Gender Equity Gaps – Advocacy in Action
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This week's episode of Aspire is a conversation about making “good trouble” for gender equity, and how friendship, courage, and voice drive lasting change. Co-founders Susan and Chessy Prout, are joined by Georgetown student and intern co-host Maria Halter. They welcome guests Bari Harlam and Meredith Curran, the duo behind Trouble and proud “troublemakers for good.”
Bari and Meredith reflect on years in male-dominated spaces and how being “the only woman in the room” shaped their shared mission. The group explores what it means to claim your voice at work and in life. Bar...
E46: One in Ten is One Too Many | Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic on Ending Sexual Misconduct with Research, Facts, and Plans - Advocacy in Action
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, Hosts Katie M. Shipp and Chessy Prout, joined by student Co-host Maria Halter, speak with Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic, who discusses the new blueprint “Understanding and Preventing Sexual Misconduct and Abuse by K-12 School Employees”. She explains the continuum from low-level misconduct to criminal abuse, the visual, verbal, and physical forms these behaviors take, and why grooming appears in every case. The conversation dispels myths about “stranger danger,” outlines her data-backed grooming model and the “yellow, orange, red” risk indicators that highlight how crossing even small boundaries can progress t...
E45: I Cannot Not Do This (ft. Dave Roncolato) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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This week’s episode of Aspire features a deeply reflective conversation with retired Allegheny College professor and longtime Bonner Program mentor Dr. Dave Roncolato. He joins host Alex Prout and student host Gabriel Viscogliosi to explore what it truly means to grow into a whole, authentic man in a culture that often narrows masculinity to roles like “warrior,” “athlete,” or “breadwinner.” Drawing on his upbringing, campus ministry, and decades of work with Bonner service scholars, Dave shares how following his inner voice, even when it meant defying expectations, led him to a life rooted in mean...
E44: The Power of Connection | Tracy DeTomasi on Pathways to Justice - Advocacy in Action
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In this episode of Aspire, co-hosts Chessy Prout and Katie Shipp, joined by student co-host Maria, sit down with Tracy DeTomasi, CEO of Callisto and a longtime leader in the movement to end gender-based violence. Tracy traces her journey from supporting youth and survivors to creating Callisto’s encrypted platform, which discreetly connects people harmed by the same perpetrator so they can explore legal and healing options together, on their own terms.
The conversation explores what meaningful prevention education truly looks like, including the importance of engaging boys and men, teaching ho...
E43: Aspire to be Unapologetically Yourself (ft. Ben Maffa) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Hugh Eastman and Gabriel Viscogliosi talk with multifaceted artist, composer, rapper, and producer, Benjamin Maffa. Known in the music industry as Maffa, he talks about his journey from nationally-ranked student athlete to creative storyteller in the studio and on stage. Ben shares how his early passion for tennis gave way to making music, blending classical roots, hip hop, and honest emotion into a style all his own.
Ben discusses the challenges and rewards of switching identities as an athlete and artist, the impact of...
E42: No, You Can’t Touch My Hair | Erica Thompson on Consent and Boundaries - Advocacy in Action
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In this episode of Aspire, Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout welcome Erica Thompson, Assistant Head of School for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School, and her seventh-grade student Annalise. Erica shares how she uses hair, a public, personal, and changeable part of identity, as an approachable way to teach young students about boundaries, respect, and consent. Through stories, literature, and real-life examples, Erica’s workshops help students connect everyday experiences with larger lessons about autonomy and equity.
Annalise describes the impact of these conversations at school, explai...
E41: Aspire to be a Role Model (ft. Eli, Nathan, and Aaron from GDS) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, co-hosts Alex Prout and Hugh Eastman sit down with three juniors from Georgetown Day School (GDS) in Washington, D.C., Eli, Nathan, and Aaron, who are actively challenging outdated views of masculinity and building healthier school cultures. The group shares stories of how key experiences and educational initiatives helped them move from passive listeners to proactive leaders on issues like consent, identity, and social pressure.
The conversation addresses the real obstacles young men face, like the influence of the “manosphere” on social media, and finding...
E40: Aspire to Find Enduring Success | Trish Kendall on Boundless Love and Brave Healing - Advocacy in Action
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This week’s impactful episode of Aspire features keynote speaker and resilience expert Trish Kendall, who shares her journey from childhood abuse and addiction to healing and redefining success. Hosts Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout speak with Trish about surviving the trauma and addiction that nearly ended her life by age 20. Through her story, Trish explains the five critical choices that brought her hope, trust, and a life centered on love and belonging.
Trish highlights the importance of micro-choices, setting boundaries, and embracing “boundless love” as daily actions. She shares practical advice o...
E39: Aspire to Be Better (ft. James Smith Williams) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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In this week’s episode of Aspire, former NFL defensive end James Smith Williams joins Gabriel Viscogliosi and Hugh Eastman for a powerful discussion about masculinity, accountability, and what it means to be a "good man" on and off the field. Known for his advocacy work through Set the Expectation and partnerships with survivor advocate Brenda Tracy, James has made it his mission to challenge the culture of silence and complacency around sexual and domestic violence.
James shares how a single question — “If you are a good man, what are you doing to...
E38: The Cost of Fear | Meg Stone on Redefining Safety Through Resistance - Advocacy in Action
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Violence prevention expert and author Meg Stone joins hosts Katie Shipp, Chessy Prout, and Gabriel Viscogliosi for an unforgettable conversation about reclaiming safety, autonomy, and resistance. Drawing from her new book The Cost of Fear, Meg exposes how traditional “safety” advice, rooted in fear, control, and sexism, has changed little since the 1970s, and why it continues to harm more than it helps.
Meg challenges outdated, compliance-based models of personal safety that burden women and marginalized people with preventing violence against themselves. Instead, she offers an evidence-based vision of safety through resistan...
E37: Behind the Lens | Jack Spiegel and the Ethics of Telling Difficult Stories - Real Men, Real Conversations
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On this week’s episode of Aspire, hosts Alex Prout, Hugh Eastman, and Gabriel Viscogliosi welcome Jack Spiegel, a recent graduate of Quinnipiac’s media and journalism program, accomplished photographer, and new podcast producer, for an inspiring conversation about storytelling and advocacy. Jack shares how his upbringing and core value of “repairing the world” led him to a career centered around truth-telling, accountability, and using media for positive impact.
Reflecting on his master’s capstone, Jack describes diving into issues of sexual assault, justice, and survivor empowerment, using the language and photojourn...
E36: Beyond the Red Zone | Megan Boudreau on Prevention, Consent, and Campus Change - Advocacy in Action
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In this episode of Aspire, Katie Shipp and Chessy Prout sit down with Meghan Boudreau, a recent Allegheny College graduate and youth advocacy leader, for an insightful discussion about supporting young people through major life transitions. Meghan recounts her journey, sharing practical advice on navigating college, building supportive networks, and discovering her passion for advocacy through real-world experiences.
Meghan reflects honestly on finding her voice, embracing discomfort to foster growth, and utilizing a range of campus resources including mentors, professors, and counselors. The conversation highlights essential college topics like the “red zo...
E35: Aspire to Succeed (ft. Guy Adami) - Real Men, Real Conversations
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Guy Adami, CNBC’s Fast Money veteran and Wall Street trader, joins co-hosts Alex Prout, Gabriel Viscogliosi, and Hugh Eastman for a candid exploration of masculinity, money, and cultural change on Wall Street. Guy shares personal reflections on the pressures and rewards of working in a male-dominated trading culture, from bold risk-taking and stoicism to the slow evolution away from “bro culture.” The conversation dives into Guy’s formative years at home and in the industry, the impact of family financial stress, and how societal ideas of manhood shaped his career decisions.
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E34: When Healing Leads to Action | Karen Udall’s Journey to Advocacy - Advocacy in Action
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Karen Udall, program director and facilitator at I Have the Right To, joins Susan Prout and Katie Shipp to share her journey from parent to prevention advocate. After her daughter’s assault, Karen faced challenges with institutional support and healing, inspiring her to shape programs that have reached over 30,000 students, educators, and parents nationwide.
Karen shares how her experience as a mom both challenged and motivated her to change the way schools and communities respond to survivors. She opens up about rediscovering purpose through education, building tools and curriculum for healthy re...
E33: The Power of Campus Community | Ray Epstein on Expanding Justice and Allyship – Advocacy in Action
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In today’s episode of Aspire, Co-hosts Chessy Prout and Katie Shipp welcome new Co-host Charlotte Lee, a senior at Georgetown Day School interning with I Have the Right To. They sit down with Ray Epstein, a recent Temple University grad, survivor, and campus leader.
Ray recounts her experience founding Student Activists Against Sexual Assault at Temple, and creating a supportive community on campus for survivors and allies. The group discusses the importance of early consent education, how school responses shape survivor experiences, and the challenges of the "red zone", the cri...
E32: #WithYouToo | Finding Her Voice After Epstein: Jess Michaels on Trauma, Language & Healing - Advocacy in Action
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In this episode of Aspire, Katie M. Shipp, Chessy Prout, and student co-host Meghan Boudreau sit down with Jess Michaels, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, an outspoken advocate, and the founder of the #WithYouToo app.
Jess shares the deeply personal story that brought her from dancer and performer to sexual assault prevention advocate. She opens up about the often-misunderstood freeze response, what it meant for her self-identity, and how reframing that experience helped her reclaim her voice. Jess also explains why understanding trauma responses, and the language we use to describe...
