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78: What does it take to feel safe?

78: What does it take to feel safe?

Update: 2025-09-02

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A shocking real-life incident prompts a conversation about feeling safe, trusting your gut and the politics of public safety. Plus: advice on finding friendship after leaving a conservative religious community. TW: sexual assault (at 43m)

Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com

Music by Matt Huxley.

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