Exploring Institutional Betrayal and Courage: Two Compelling Podcast Series
We are excited to highlight two powerful podcast series that have recently focused on the critical issues of institutional betrayal and institutional courage. These series provide profound and courageous examinations of real-life experiences, offering listeners valuable insights into these important concepts. One series originates from the USA, while the other offers an international perspective.
The series Deconstructing Rape, by Sally Kenney, has released 9 episodes. From the series website:
Political Science Professor Sally J. Kenney draws on her expertise as a scholar of gender, law and public policy, her consciousness as a survivor, and her savvy as an activist to interview the leading scholars on rape, starting with season one by interviewing leading scholars who are themselves survivors. Not just an expert but compassionate companion, Kenney joins the global movement to envision and create a world without sexual violence.
In Episode 5 Sally Kenney and Jennifer Freyd discuss institutional betrayal and institution courage including some of the ways these concepts have been relevant to Freyd’s experiences.
Deconstructing Rape, Episode 5: Interview with Jennifer Freyd by Sally J. Kenney, Deconstructing Rape Podcast, 16 July 2024.
The series The Adults in the Room, by Nastya Krasinikova for Libo Libo, focuses on allegations of sexual abuse at a prestigious school in Russia, and the ways the experiences students had at the school and the related institutional responses, have reverberated through Russia and beyond. From the series website:
Moscow’s School 57 is one of the best schools in Russia. It requires rigorous entrance exams, and its graduates include renowned scientists, economists and journalists. . . . In 2016, news broke of a scandal at the school. A long-serving history teacher had been accused of sexually abusing students. . . . The story spans many years and multiple countries. It asks what happens when a community refuses to atone for the crimes of its leaders.
An interview Jennifer Freyd provided is broadcast in part in Episodes 7 and 10 of The Adults in the Room.
The Adults in the Room [Freyd interview featured in Episode 7: Institutional Betrayal and Episode 10: What Happens Next.] by Nastya Krasilnikova, Libo/Libo, 15 May 2024.
Both podcast series are brave and informative. Both series represent an awakening awareness of institutional betrayal and appreciation for the potential of institutional courage.