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Apr 2021
28m 54s

DISINFORMED We’re wrong about traffickin...

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Odds are, you’re probably not going to be kidnapped and sold into sex trafficking in a Target parking lot in broad daylight. On the fantastic podcast You’re Wrong About, Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall debunk the thinking that leads to moral panics.

Michael explains what we’re all getting wrong about trafficking and why it matters.

Listen to You’re Wrong About: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-trafficking/id1380008439?i=1000465289965

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