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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

E559 Laila Mickelwait

Mon, 03 Feb 2025

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Laila Mickelwait is the author of "Takedown: Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking". She is the Co-Founder/CEO of the Justice Defense Fund and the Founder of the #Traffickinghub movement. Laila Mickelwait joins Theo to talk about why she's taking on the biggest porn websites in the world, the issues of sexual crime and sex trafficking online, and what can be done to make the internet safer. Laila Mickelwait: https://x.com/LailaMickelwait https://www.instagram.com/lailamickelwait/ Her book “Takedown: Insight the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub”: https://bit.ly/3Cw18b3 (100% of author proceeds are donated to the Justice Defense Fund) Trafficking Hub Petition: https://traffickinghubpetition.com/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit  https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ  BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to https://betterhelp.com/theo to get 10% off your first month. Shopify: Go to https://shopify.com/theo to sign up for your $1-per-month trial period today.  Rocket Money: Go to https://rocketmoney.com/theo to cancel your unwanted subscriptions with Rocket Money. Valor Recovery: To learn more about Valor Recovery please visit them at https://valorrecoverycoaching.com/  or email them at [email protected]  ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Cam https://www.instagram.com/cam__george/  Producer: Colin https://instagram.com/colin_reiner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16.334 - 35.412 Jack Spear

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Migration and trade are dominating. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first trip as Trump's top diplomat in El Salvador. He's encouraging the government there to agree to hold Venezuelan gang members deported from the U.S. More from NPR's Michelle Kellerman.

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35.572 - 61.243 Michelle Kellerman

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele hosted Rubio at his lakeside villa about an hour outside the city. They looked out over the lake as a jet ski and boat came by with cheering fans. 90% approval rating. Bukele is popular here for his crackdown on gangs. He says he's working with Rubio on migration and hinted at a big, important deal.

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61.643 - 74.211 Michelle Kellerman

Secretary Rubio came here from Panama, where he says he had a frank discussion about the Panama Canal, which Trump wants back. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, with the secretary in El Salvador.

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74.591 - 96.046 Jack Spear

Billionaire Elon Musk, under the auspices of Doge, continues to move to consolidate control over large swaths of the federal government. Musk, who was not appointed by Congress, is working on behalf of President Trump. The entity tasked with streamlining government says it's shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was created by Congress to provide international aid.

96.467 - 102.011 Jack Spear

Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin-Munglow is at a protest in Washington, D.C., against the administration's actions.

102.131 - 114.819 Jamie

This is... billions of dollars of work that is being done all over the world, and they're trying to disrupt it and block it. And it comes from Elon Musk, and we don't know exactly what authority he's operating under.

114.839 - 134.253 Jack Spear

The Trump administration has placed two top security officials at USAID on leave after they refused to turn over classified material. The White House maintains Musk is working for Trump as a special government employee. State Farm says it is seeking an emergency rate hike in California. That's in the wake of devastating wildfires around Los Angeles.

134.733 - 142.056 Jack Spear

As Kevin Stark of member station KQED reports, the insurance company says it's already paid out more than a billion dollars on thousands of claims.

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