Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guest: “Bethany” Topics include: PFA violations being ignored DA Dismissals of DV over and over again Children traumatized by DV About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine. The post Let’s Talk About It 4/12/24 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Bl ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Amy Judkins. Topics include:  Maine officials emboldening domestic abusers. No accountability for Maine domestic abusers. Domestic abuser rights trumping the safety of children. About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine. The post ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Gina Dobson, Sarah Graham, Jennifer Greensmith, Tiffany Pacin, and Mary Kamradt. Topics include:  How domestic abuse is worse during the holidays, road rage, when there is no joy for children due to the abuse. About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Commissioner of Corrections, Randall Liberty Topics include:  How growing up with a violent father impacts boys and men. About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine. The post Let’s Talk About It 11/10/23: Man Growing Up With a Viol ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production Assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Ashley and Dezarae Topics include:  How the military turned a partner mean, same-sex abuse, emotional abuse, impact on children. About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine. The post Let’s Talk About It 10/13/23: Two-Parter On Mili ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Technical assistance: Alex Wilder Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer. Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Jeannine Oren, Amber Hatch, Olivia Chilles, Patrisha McLean, Milli, Autumn Saldena, Bekah Martinez, Judy Godwin, and Betsy Thurston. All survivors on the Finding Our Voices domestic-abuse awareness posters throughout Maine. Topics include: The full range including physical abuse, emotional ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guest: Rebekah Lowell, illustrator and author of the middle grade book The Road to After, talks about how the man she met at 17 kept her and their two children captive for 10 years. Topics include:  Terrorizing, Isolation, having your creativity stymied, the incompetence of the District Attorney. About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organiz ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Dr. Kerry Roarke talks about how she was the breadwinner yet he controlled the money. Elizabeth Garber reads her poem about her abusive father. Topics include:  Financial abuse, coercive control, parental abuse. About the host: Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guest: Donna Kaz. Donna talks about being swept off her feet by the late actor William Hurt who terrorized her for three years. Donna is a feminist activist and the author of Unmasked: Memoirs of a Guerilla Girl on Tour.  Topics include: Being stymied, staunched, and brutalized by someone the public glorifies. The harmful silence of others. Getting out from the shadow of someone famous and finding ourselves.  The Johnny ..read more

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa Music: Jackie Lee McLean Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse Guests: Melody Rose Paul, author of Savaged to Wellness and The Road to Recovery and Melissa, who barely survived the violent rampage of her ex who was out on bail when he committed this. Melody is a Mi’kmaq native who says that being incarcerated was a relief from her captivity at home by her controlling ex. Topics: Incarceration, the link between substance abuse and domestic abuse, no justice for victims of domest ..read more