Stand Up Speak Up
Tune in for the Stand Up Speak Up Podcast, with more than fifty inspiring stories from people who have beaten the odds and persevered through trauma and discrimination. Why listen? Because in listening to others’ stories of healing, we are reminded of the potential we all have to find the light, even in the darkest of moments. No matter what we are up against, we are all survivors worthy of finding healing and happiness.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2022
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 7 – Uncovering the Truth
Karla and private investigator Chris Williams of Canadian Private Investigation Services spent an entire day in London, Ontario in the area where Shelley was last seen. They speak with people who liv…
00:40:50 |
Sat 10 Jun 2017
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 6 – Stories from the Streets
Karla took to the streets of London, with Chris from Canadian Private Investigation Services, to see what they could find out with regards to Shelley’s disappearance. Karla talks about what that expe…
00:31:29 |
Mon 05 Jun 2017
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 5 – Pushing For Change
By now you’ve heard Shelley’s story. You’ve heard about her troubled childhood, her time in the foster care system, how she was trafficked into sex work, and everything we know about Shelley’s disapp…
00:43:59 |
Thu 01 Jun 2017
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 4 - Series Update
We take a look at the Finding Shelley Desrochers series so far.
You’ll hear some of Karla’s radio interviews, and then get an inside view of what it’s been like behind the scenes working on this po…
00:20:59 |
Wed 17 May 2017
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 3 - What Happened to Shelley?
Shelley Desrochers hasn’t been seen since January 2016. She’s one of three women who lived a “high-risk lifestyle” to go missing from London, Ontario, Canada in the last decade.
In this series, we g…
00:59:53 |
Sat 13 May 2017
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 2 - Shelley Goes Missing
Shelley Desrochers hasn’t been seen since January 2016. She’s one of three women who lived a “high-risk lifestyle” to go missing from London, Ontario, Canada in the last decade.
In this series, we g…
00:45:15 |
Wed 10 May 2017
Finding Shelley Desrochers: Part 1 - Getting To Know Shelley
Shelley Desrochers hasn’t been seen since January 2016. She’s one of three women who lived a “high-risk lifestyle” to go missing from London, Ontario, Canada in the last decade.
In this series, we …
00:46:12 |
Thu 04 May 2017
Overcoming MacLaren Hall
As a child, Michael James knew that life with his parents was not what it was supposed to be. Their drinking was taking its toll on his childhood and it led Michael to approach the police to take him…
01:09:58 |
Tue 02 May 2017
A Turning Life Around Story
Patricia Rodenbaugh was turned over to the L.A. foster care system at the tender age of 12. By her later teen years, she had given birth to two children and married just to escape the system. While P…
00:43:14 |
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Burst the Bubble: Harm Reduction
Reporter Drew Penner tracks down four very different but important perspectives on the evolving harm reduction movement. This episode will take you from the east coast of the United States to London,…
00:54:25 |
Tue 04 Apr 2017
Foster Kid to Happy Husband
While researching for our episodes on the foster care system, we came across Scott Inman and felt he deserved an episode all to himself.
Scott's story begins like so many others forced into the fos…
00:51:30 |
Wed 29 Mar 2017
The Disappearance of Delaine Copenace: Part 2
Reporter Drew Penner travels with Anita, the mother of a 16-year-old native girl named Delaine who went missing in 2016. We retrace her last known steps, in an effort to get a better understanding of…
00:59:37 |
Mon 13 Mar 2017
The Disappearance of Delaine Copenace: Part 1
This is the first episode in a series about missing and murdered native women in Canada. We head to Kenora, Ontario to tell the story of Delaine Copenace, a 16-year-old aboriginal girl who went missi…
00:36:00 |
Sat 04 Mar 2017
The House of Mayhem Story
There is a disproportionate number of homeless LGBTQ teens on the street, but most people don't talk about it.
House of Mayhem is talking about it. House of Mayhem is a new tv series about LGBTQ yo…
00:54:16 |
Mon 20 Feb 2017
Burst the Bubble: Serial Killer Poetry
We talk a lot about mental health and fighting your inner demons. But what happens when those demons take over? It's a sad conversation, but one that we need to have. That's why this episode takes a …
00:43:51 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
A Foster Care Survivor
Jenny Maher has been through a lot. Growing up with a mentally ill mother, she was in and out of the foster system. Jenny experienced some bad things in her childhood, but she managed to overcome the…
00:24:32 |
Wed 25 Jan 2017
A John's Story
Who pays for sex? Why do they pay for sex? Often, without even knowing it, Johns are supporting sex trafficking operations. In this human trafficking awareness series, we examine prostitution from Jo…
00:18:44 |
Sat 07 Jan 2017
A Pimp's Story
Part of our human trafficking series, this episode delves into the mind of a pimp. How does he think? How does he control the victims of sex trafficking? Listen for some answers. Understanding modern…
00:15:52 |
Fri 30 Dec 2016
Human Trafficking: A Victim's Story
Human trafficking is a hard conversation to have, but it needs to be spoken about. This episode is part of our human trafficking series, a series designed to spread awareness about the prevalence of …
00:13:47 |
Thu 29 Dec 2016
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