The Lionhearted Podcast

Jan 24 2024 11 ep. 43 mins 1
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The Lionhearted is a true crime podcast spotlighting the brave badasses who spend their lives fighting the one thing no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. Join your host, forensic interviewer Andrea Harner, as she gets up close and personal with these unforgettable stories.

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Introducing—The Lionhearted

Sep 24 2023 2 mins  
The Lionhearted is a true crime podcast spotlighting the brave badasses who spend their lives fighting the one thing no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. And that's why we call them the lionhearted. Join Host and Forensic Interviewer Andrea Harner as she gets up close and personal with these unforgettable stories.Hi there, it's Andrea, your host and forensic interviewer

Stephen's Story—This Guy Thinks I’m Special

Sep 26 2023 44 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. In this episode, Stephen Mills, winner of the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for his memoir Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood, joins host Andrea Harner to share his story as a survivor of ch

Episode 2: Patty's Story—Believe Children

Oct 02 2023 31 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. And that's why we call them the lionhearted.Before being tapped for her current role as the Executive Director of the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, Patty Dailey Lewis w

Episode 3: Nova's Story—From Victim to Detective

Oct 09 2023 57 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. And that's why we call them the lionhearted.In this episode, we get to hear Special Victims Detective Nova Simon in all her vulnerability and honesty, take us through a story, unlike any you h

Episode 4: Jennifer's Story—V is for Victim

Oct 16 2023 37 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. And that's why we call them the lionhearted.In this episode we focus on a filmmaker who spent decades thinking she was okay, and in fact, more than okay—successful— in everyone's eyes unti

Episode 5: Monica's Story—Listen Like a Detective

Oct 23 2023 43 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about—child sexual abuse. And that's why we call them the lionhearted.In this episode our guest is child abuse expert Monica Borunda who is a licensed therapist, Professor of Child Abuse, Trauma, Law and Ethics at Cal

Episode 6: Kevin's and Tashanna's Stories: Our Helpers Need Helpers Too

Oct 30 2023 46 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. In this episode, we feature two people, a lionhearted couple named Kevin and Tashanna McNeil, who share the very hard truth that you cannot outrun trauma. As they write so perfectly in their n

Episode 7: Kathryn’s Story—A Civil Rights Movement for Children

Nov 13 2023 55 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. It's hard to overstate the impact of the laws that Kathryn Robb, Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy has changed and continues to change in service of child sexual abuse victims.She knows t

Episode 8: Michael's Story—Civil Justice Warrior

Nov 20 2023 47 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. The story we are talking about today requires a longer than usual intro and a trigger warning right at the outset because of the shocking details of the crime. We will cover the case of the la

Episode 9: Jim’s Story—From FBI Profiler to Hollywood Creative | PART 1 of 2

Jan 16 2024 62 mins  
Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse. How many people do you know who host a massively popular true crime podcast called Real Crime Profile, have been writing and producing for the TV show Criminal Minds for all 16 seasons and cou