Life & resilience / Misti Spencer
Inside the conversation
Misti Spencer was between twelve and fourteen the first time she was trafficked, and the person who did it was someone her family trusted. In this conversation she walks through how it actually begins - slowly, in small pieces, long before anyone would call it abuse - and why the people who do it are almost never strangers. This episode is a survivor's account, told for the purpose of prevention. It discusses human trafficking, child exploitation, and sexual abuse. Misti serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Central Florida Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and is a published contributing author through that Center. Her memoir, "Drinking Beauty and the Seven Narcissists: A Musical Journey," is available at drinkingbeautyjourney.com. If you need help: Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, call or text 800.422.4453. National Human Trafficking Hotline, 1-888-373-7888 or text JOIN to 233733. Both 24/7. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Stay curious
▶ Watch + listen · 36 minPamela Topjian
At 50, exhausted from two abusive marriages and a career spent taking care of everyone but herself, Pamela Topjian sold almost everything she owned, bought a one-way bus ticket, and left home not knowing where she'd land. Ten years later, she's a published author, a podcast host, and living what she calls the first equal, respectful marriage of her life.
Sep 23, 2026
▶ Watch + listen · 38 minHunter Baughman
At nine months old, Hunter Baughman's parents were told he had a zero percent chance of surviving bacterial meningitis. He's now closing out his sixth season on the National Professional Fishing League.
Sep 9, 2026
▶ Watch + listen · 47 minBeth Sherman
What do you do when life genuinely isn't fair? Beth Sherman — a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, nurse, author, and speaker with more than 20 years of experience — joins Nick and Jason to talk through the framework she built from two decades of nursing, eight years working inside a state prison system, and her own fight with…
Aug 19, 2026