{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Public Policy","slug":"new-books-in-public-policy-671623","podcast_index_feed_id":671623,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ssMyj0Zi","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9aa0f1bb-a097-4f50-990d-432361b1630a/f7f90a07-58e9-4a6e-a1af-07c56c30e4b9/3000x3000/746defd0a8e281e3e6946bc6cd1b4cc1.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":600,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T22:19:16.166192+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-public-policy-671623"},"episode":{"title":"Elizabeth J. Letourneau and Luke Malone, \"One in Five: Why Child Sexual Abuse Is Our Biggest Public Health Crisis—And What We Can Do to Stop It\" (Basic Books, 2026)","slug":"elizabeth-j-letourneau-and-luke-malone-one-in-five-why-child-sexual-abuse-is-our-biggest-public-health-crisis-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it-basic-books-2026","published_at":"2026-08-28T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-public-policy-671623/elizabeth-j-letourneau-and-luke-malone-one-in-five-why-child-sexual-abuse-is-our-biggest-public-health-crisis-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it-basic-books-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-public-policy-671623","url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/9aa0f1bb-a097-4f50-990d-432361b1630a/episodes/5f75cce6-60f2-4745-b1ad-ec5ebded4ea1/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=9aa0f1bb-a097-4f50-990d-432361b1630a&awEpisodeId=5f75cce6-60f2-4745-b1ad-ec5ebded4ea1&feed=ssMyj0Zi","summary":"One in five children will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. This isn't a problem confined to a single country, city, or neighborhood. It's something that happens everywhere, and what it costs can be enormous: depression, PTSD, and elevated long-term risk for physical illness, including heart disease and cancer. In One in Five: Why Child Sexual Abuse Is Our Biggest Public Health Crisis—And What We Can Do to Stop It (Basic Books, 2026), Elizabeth Letourneau and Luke Malone make the case that child sexual abuse is not inevitable. It is preventable, and at this moment in time, we have the tools to stop it before it begins. Letourneau and Malone don't stop at describing the problem. The book creates a clear picture of how much of the harm is caused by other children. They lay out a road map, built on years of research and real compassion, for keeping kids safe and reaching young people at risk of causing harm before anyone gets hurt. In this episode of the New Books Network, we follow that road map and ask what changes when prevention rather than punishment becomes the organizing idea behind child safety. The conversation is energized and respectful of survivors and their families, and it projects an urgency that does not lose hope. I hope you find it worth your time. I think you will, if you are interested in what child sexual abuse prevention can look like in 2026. - Aniss Benelmouffok Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy","meta_description":"One in five children will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. This isn't a problem confined to a single country, city, or neighborhood. I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3178,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-public-policy-671623/episodes/elizabeth-j-letourneau-and-luke-malone-one-in-five-why-child-sexual-abuse-is-our-biggest-public-health-crisis-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it-basic-books-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-public-policy-671623/elizabeth-j-letourneau-and-luke-malone-one-in-five-why-child-sexual-abuse-is-our-biggest-public-health-crisis-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it-basic-books-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}