Dangerous Liaisons

**Please note: This episode contains sensitive topics and listener discretion is advised.** This episode talks openly about rape, recovery, and the resilience needed to overcome fear and move forward in life. Please prioritise your wellbeing first. Madeleine's journey is truly remarkable. Despite facing adversity at a young age, she found the strength within herself to not only overcome her past but also to thrive and find happiness. Her incredible level of empathy and compassion is evident in her story and actions. She eloquently summarises her philosophy with these words: “It’s not what happens to us that is important, but what we do with what happens to us and if we choose to, we can get past anything that happens to us in life.” – Madeleine Black Madeleine also uses her experiences to inspire and motivate others, demonstrating that it is possible to transform pain into power and suffering into strength. Her story serves as a cultivator of courage and resilience for many women and girls who have been sexually abused. For more about Madeleine and her work, you can visit her website. Her book, Unbroken, is her personal journey, offering a powerful narrative of survival and resilience. You can also watch her TEDx talks here: Unbroken – Speaking the Unspeakable | Madeleine Black | TEDxGlasgow Why I'm Shaming Shame | Madeleine Black | TEDxUniversityofGlasgow

**Please note: This episode contains sensitive topics about child trafficking and listener discretion is advised.** In this episode, Hossam explains the differences between analysis and encryption in home smart technology, highlighting their impacts on privacy and security. We also discuss the hidden costs of mobile phone free apps and who can really access your information.

**Please note: This episode contains sensitive topics and listener discretion is advised.** With extensive research conducted in three countries and within maximum-security prisons, Kathryn brings a unique perspective to this conversation as we discuss the lives of women during incarceration We'd like to remind you that this episode contains discussions that may be triggering, particularly as we touch on sensitive topics such as Stalking, violence and murder. Kathryn's touches on her documentary "Until We Have Faces" that explores the spiritual and corporeal identities of women serving life sentences in a United States maximum security prison. Women tell their personal stories as they reflect upon their humanity, their past and incarceration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC34QOLmFRM Don't forget to subscribe to Dangerous Liaisons!

Today we're privileged to talk to Ady who is a dedicated Independent Stalking Advocate, working with victims and survivors of crime and traumatic incidents. Here he shares the work undertaken to keep people in the community safe.

**Please note: This episode contains sensitive topics and listener discretion is advised.** In this episode, Adam Zarnowski, a former US intelligence officer specialising in human trafficking, provides a pragmatic approach to understanding predatory behaviour, grooming and combating the various forms of exploitation. With expertise spanning intelligence, psychology, and social work, Adam discusses the realities faced by victims and emphasises the need for tailored interventions addressing root causes. By advocating for evidence-based strategies and collaborative efforts, Adam urges you to take practical steps towards ending human trafficking and promoting justice for vulnerable populations worldwide.

In this conversation, Criminal psychologist Linda Sage explains that while Mullen et al.'s 5 stalking typologies offer valuable insights, it's important to recognise that stalking behaviours are often complex and can't always be neatly categorised. She further explains that individuals may exhibit behaviours from multiple typologies or transition between them over time and can cause great social harms. Rather than rigid labels, these typologies should be used as tools for understanding and assessing stalking dynamics, allowing for tailored interventions and ongoing evaluation to ensure victim safety.

Join me for a conversation with Dr. Cliff Lansley, a body language analyst, on how to stay safe when meeting new people. Many of us rely on intuition when something feels off about others. In this episode, we will discuss subconscious signals that indicate deception or malintent. With extensive experience in military, intelligence, and law enforcement, where accurate judgement is crucial, his approaches are reliable. He also serves as a scientific adviser for the Discovery Channel's real crime documentaries, "Faking It." You can find his full bio below. Our discussion will cover strategies to use before, during, and after meeting someone face-to-face, ensuring you remain cautious without deterring genuine people. Body language and 6 channels Link   Cliff Lansley PhD in Emotional Role: EIA Group - Director.  Skills: Emotional Intelligence, Deception Detection, Casual Questioning Strategies. His first honours degree was in Education(Psychology) with the University of Manchester which he did post-experience whilst employed as a lecturer in leadership and management in higher education, following ten years in the industry. Seven years later he then returned to the private sector with a government research grant to develop competent-based approaches and diagnostic tools for leaders, managers and HR professionals under one of the companies he founded, named Development Processes Group plc (DPG), which is still leading its field in the UK as a multi-million-pound operation, with Cliff as Chairman, Director and a major Shareholder. He retired as CEO of DPG in 2008, at the age of forty-nine to follow his passion in Emotional Intelligence(EI), driven to join the research community to help convince leaders, police, teachers, social workers, etc. that EI is not a ‘soft skill’, but a key differentiator between competent and excellence. He has since sold DPG to enable a merger, making the joint enterprise the UK market leader in the HR business sector. He is motivated to draw on his experience as a successful business leader, an educationalist and a psychologist to leverage good scientific research and make a contribution to the excellent work being done by Mayer, Salovey, Caruso, Bar-On, Goleman, etc., to bring a new EI taxonomy and diagnostic methodology for EI that can stand up to the conflict and critiques across the existing models. He co-founded the Emotional Intelligence Academy in 2008 and partnered with Dr Paul Ekman on a ten year project to help Dr Ekman’s research reach all continents in eight languages as training courses. 

Dangerous Liaisons offers an educational platform where listeners uncover the realities of society, culture, and relationships, alongside exploring the perspectives of those seeking understanding of their personal experiences. This involves the motivations behind individuals perpetuating violence, stalking, emotional abuse, and the use of weapons or third-parties to terrorise others, often leading to homicide or femicide.