Until All Are Free

UAAF Revisited: Pin Drop 26.06.2026 22mnt

“It wasn’t the only alley I was going down, it was just the alley I couldn’t figure out how to get back to.” - Matt ParkerThis summer, the world is watching the World Cup. Soon, we’ll be releasing a two-part series called The Cost of the Cup, examining two very different stories tied to the tournament: the trafficking myth you’ve heard a thousand times, and the human cost you’ve heard almost nothing about.But first, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes, originally released in July 2020.Seven years before we recorded Pin Drop, co-founder Matt Parker was in a taxi speeding through Bangkok at midnight when he glimpsed an obscure back alley where young girls were being sold. By the time he understood what he’d seen, it was gone, and he couldn’t find his way back to it.Seven years later, a chance encounter on another taxi ride brought him back. Listen to hear the full story, and the operation that was underway to free these trafficked victims.The Cost of the Cup is coming soon.

Stolen Lives Documentary with Laura Parker 12.06.2026 57mnt

In this special episode of Until All Are Free, host Preston Goff sits down with The Exodus Road’s co-founder and CEO, Laura Parker, for an exclusive "watch party" and behind-the-scenes breakdown of the major Newsmax documentary, Stolen Lives: America's Human Trafficking Crisis. What started nearly 15 years ago as late-night conversations at a kitchen table has morphed into a global movement , recently reaching a nationwide stage with a viewership of over 16 million people. Together, Preston and Laura revisit key moments from the film, unpacking the complex, rapidly evolving landscape of human trafficking and highlighting the critical voices fighting on the front lines. Defining the Crisis: Breaking down the realities of human trafficking—which affects an estimated 50 million potential victims globally and roughly 1.1 million individuals in the United States alone—and dismantling the myth that it only happens in foreign countries. The Digital Battlefield: Exploring how over 70% of The Exodus Road's cases now involve an online or social media component. Laura and Preston discuss how modern traffickers have traded physical recruitment for smartphones, utilizing apps to target, groom, and blackmail vulnerable youth. A Parent's Nightmare: Listening to the heartbreaking and powerful testimony of South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffey, a parental survivor who lost his son, Gavin, to an online sextortion scam. Brandon shares his journey of turning immense grief into legislative action to protect children in digital spaces. The Triple Threat of Investigation: A look into how The Exodus Road marries human intelligence, open-source intelligence, and advanced digital forensics. Co-founder Matt Parker shares his insights on leveraging AI and technology from partners like Cellebrite to mine crucial electronic data, build ironclad target packages for overwhelmed law enforcement, and successfully prosecute trafficking networks. Stories of Triumph: Hearing directly from Brandy, a Colorado-based survivor and advocate, who bravely shares her harrowing escape from a trafficker and discusses how she now extends a hand backward to help other women heal and thrive. The "Influenced" Program: An overview of The Exodus Road’s federally funded prevention education program designed to equip students, families, and schools with the digital resiliency skills needed to combat online predation. Watch the Documentary: Stolen Lives: America's Human Trafficking Crisis is available for streaming on Newsmax+ (theexodusroad.com/stolenlives)Join the Community: Follow the podcast on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @UntilAllAreFree to vote on upcoming stories and see behind-the-scenes content.

Writing a new story in Kensington with Edwin Desamour 29.05.2026 38mnt

What do human rights actually look like at street level? Not in a courtroom or a policy brief — but on a single block in one of America's most misunderstood neighborhoods?In this episode of Until All Are Free, Preston Goff sits down with Edwin Desamour, Executive Director of The Lighthouse — a Kensington institution serving North Philadelphia youth and families since 1893.Edwin grew up on these streets, survived the hardest version of them, and built his life's work around making sure the next generation gets a different story. We talk about what it means to defend the rights of kids the world has already written off, how a neighborhood becomes more than its headlines, and why the fight for safety, dignity, and childhood is won or lost block by block.A raw, hopeful conversation about community, resilience, and the people who refuse to leave.

Making Trafficking Dangerous in a New Era with Matt Parker 15.05.2026 1j 14mnt

The face of human trafficking is changing. Transnational criminal networks, scam compounds operating across borders, and the rise of "pig butchering" fraud have reshaped what exploitation looks like — and what it will take to disrupt it.On this episode of Until All Are Free, Preston sits down with TER Co-founder Matt Parker to talk about the organization's strategic pivot toward disrupting transnational trafficking. Drawing on nearly fifteen years on the front lines, Matt unpacks the architecture of trafficking in 2026, including operations where victims are trafficked into forced criminality and made to run cyber-enabled fraud schemes targeting people around the world. It's a form of trafficking that doesn't look like what most people picture, and it's growing fast.The conversation also gets specific about what it actually takes to make trafficking dangerous for traffickers — not just symbolically, but operationally. From evidence-gathering and law enforcement partnership to the technology now reshaping intervention work, Matt offers a clear-eyed look at the playbook TER is deploying to meet this moment.Bring Matt to your stage. Matt is a sought-after speaker translating fifteen years of front-line anti-trafficking work into talks on technology and modern slavery, leadership lessons from undercover operations, and the story of building a global movement. To book Matt for your event or learn more about his speaking, visit iammattparker.com.Until All Are Free is a podcast produced by The Exodus Road, a nonprofit dedicated to the strategic fight against human trafficking. The podcast is hosted and produced by Preston Goff.

A Father's Fight to Stop Sextortion | Tim and Do it for James Foundation 01.05.2026 48mnt

In November 2022, 17-year-old James Woods came home from school and signed onto Instagram. Within hours, he was being extorted by someone he'd never met. By the next morning, he was gone.In this episode, Preston sits down with James's father, Tim Woods, co-founder of the Do It For James Foundation. Tim shares — with extraordinary courage — who James was as a son, a runner, a chess player, and a friend. He walks us through the night that changed everything. And he tells us what he and his wife Tamia have done with their grief in the years since: speaking to hundreds of thousands of students, partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, receiving the FBI Director's Award, and most recently, watching the Senate Judiciary Committee advance the James T. Woods Act — a crucial piece of legislation named for James.This is one of the most important conversations we've had on the show. It is heavy. It is also deeply hopeful. And it is a clear-eyed look at one of the fastest-growing crimes targeting kids in America today.A note for listeners: This episode includes discussion of sextortion, child exploitation, and suicide. If you or someone you love is in crisis, you can call or text 988 anytime to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.Resources mentioned in this episode:Do It For James Foundation: letsdoitfj.orgFollow @DoItForJamesFoundation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTokLearn about The Exodus Road's prevention education program: influenced.org988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (call or text)Until All Are Free is a production of The Exodus Road, a global anti-trafficking organization with a vision for a world where no human is ever bought, sold, or exploited. Learn more at uaafpod.com

Neon Veil 17.04.2026 29mnt

Content Warning: Contains descriptions of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Listener discretion advised. Not suitable for young listeners.A humid night in Southeast Asia. A tuk tuk driver, a laminated menu, and a corner of the world where exploitation hides in plain sight under neon light.In this episode, host Preston Goff takes listeners inside the red light districts of Thailand. Through the streets, the history that built them, the economics that sustain them, and the recruitment pipelines that pull vulnerable women and girls from rural Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos into a system designed to hold them there. Not everyone working in these spaces is a trafficking victim. But trafficking lives within the veneer of this industry, protected less by secrecy than by indifference. This episode is an invitation to bear witness and to believe that what can be understood can be dismantled.

Until All Are Free Returns! 27.03.2026 3mnt

We're back!Until All Are Free is returning reimagined, re-energized, and ready to go deeper. After years of telling stories from the frontlines of the fight against human trafficking, we're expanding our lens to shine a light on human rights violations and injustices around the world. From survivor testimony to investigative storytelling to conversations with the people closest to the fight, this is a podcast for people who choose not to look away.New episodes drop starting in April. Subscribe now so you don't miss the relaunch.Follow us on Instagram for behind-the-scenes updates, episode announcements, and ways to join the fight: https://www.instagram.com/_untilallarefreeUntil All Are Free is a podcast by The Exodus Road. theexodusroad.com

Debt Bondage in Pakistan's Brick Industry 31.12.2022 28mnt

On this episode of Until All Are Free, Preston sits down with Drew and James, two volunteer investigators with The Exodus Road. The two recount their recent travels to Pakistan, where they assisted a separate nonprofit organization in securing the release of a family from debt bondage in Pakistan's brick-making industry. Debt bondage is inherently complex, like many of the topics discussed in Until All Are Free. Many individuals ensnared in Pakistan's debt-bondage schemes are suffering from generational enslavement where the possibility of freedom from debt is unrealistic. In the landscape of human rights organizations addressing debt bondage worldwide, conversations often arise about the best tactics for intervention efforts to dismantle systems of exploitation that prop up this mechanism of trafficking. This episode is intended as an educational source about the nature of human trafficking in this region of the world. As an organization, The Exodus Road does not participate in transactional exchanges with traffickers to secure the freedom of a survivor of human trafficking.

Interview with an Anti-Human Trafficking Director in Asia 29.08.2022 40mnt

Joining Preston on this episode of Until All Are Free is Daniel*, the Asia Regional Director at The Exodus Road. Daniel has investigated more than 1,000 locations in Asia for human trafficking. He'll share with us about what that's like and about the immense sacrifices law enforcement and our national staff make to do this work. Before transitioning to the international space, Daniel worked as a lawyer in Colorado where he focused on child abuse and neglect cases in Jefferson County. Today, Daniel oversees The Exodus Road's international programs in India, the Philippines, and Thailand. *Pseudonym used to ensure safety.

The Exodus Road and The Rohingya of Myanmar 03.08.2022 39mnt

Oftentimes, the stories that we share focus on one single individual. One story. One Case. Episode 27 is a little different in that regard. We're bringing you a glimpse into the exploitation of the Rohingya Muslim people group of present-day Myanmar. In 2015, The Exodus Road had a unique opportunity to assist in a case that garnered international attention, thrusting the Rohingya's plight into the spotlight again.  Responding to the request of law enforcement and another nonprofit organization in Thailand, The Exodus Road was able to provide cyber-forensic technology developed by Cellebrite that would eventually work to crack open a case resulting in the arrest of more than 100 and the successful rescue of hundreds more from a large trafficking ring in SE Asia. Joining us to recount the story on this episode is The Exodus Road Co-founder, Matt Parker. Episode Sources Digital data helped take down a Thai General in the country’s largest human trafficking case The Survivors of the Rohingya Genocide Thailand: Mass Graves of Rohingya Found in Trafficking Camp Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Burma Documentation of Atrocities in Northern Rakhine State Muslims of the Land of Arakan - A Rohingya Song

Ezekiel Rain and The Fight Against Trafficking 11.07.2022 39mnt

In this episode of Until All Are Free, Preston is joined by Joel Karum of Ezekiel Rain. Joel is the co-founder of the Thai nonprofit Ezekiel Rain, and he’s also on the board of The Exodus Road Thailand. Through over a decade of working with Ezekiel Rain, Joel Karum has become a leading expert in building resilient communities to prevent exploitation in Thailand. The organization emphasizes models that center around building strong families, including combating pornography’s role in perpetuating cultural and individual harm. Joel has also been a friend of The Exodus Road since its inception, and the podcast proved to be inspiring and enlightening!

Ethical Storytelling with Amber Van Schooneveld 08.06.2022 38mnt

In this episode of Until All Are Free, Preston is joined by Amber Van Schooneveld to discuss what ethical storytelling looks like for nonprofits. Amber Van Schooneveld is the Senior Marketing Director at The Exodus Road. She has an extensive background in nonprofit marketing and storytelling, having worked as Managing Editor (among other roles) with Compassion International for nearly 13 years. Amber leads the Marketing Department in the process of identifying stories from our countries of operation in order to share updates and celebrations with our community. Preston and Amber chat about what it means to commit to ethical storytelling at The Exodus Road and why we have chosen to not use real imagery of survivors from raids in our communications. They also discuss a few specific cases and the opportunities that they presented to our team at our U.S. office. All of this and more!

UPDATE : Maria Is Home! 18.05.2022 43mnt

UPDATE EPISODE : In EP 11 of Until All Are Free, we introduced you to the story of Maria, a young Kenyan woman who was exploited in a labor trafficking scheme that saw her separated from her family and living in Saudi Arabia. The big news is that Maria is now back home with her family in Kenya and employed as an elementary school teacher as a result of The Exodus Road's Survivor Fund! This episode features more exclusive audio from Maria and also looks back on the circumstances of her story as told in EP 11. 

Training Brazil's Law Enforcement with Gabriela Aquino & Cintia Meirelles de Azevedo 14.04.2022 27mnt

"Making trafficking dangerous." It's a phrase that we often use to describe our work at The Exodus Road, and it refers to the way that the process of investigation, intervention, arrest, and prosecution discourages traffickers by making the crime riskier. The guests on this episode of Until All Are Free are doing just that. Preston had the honor of hearing from Gabriela Aquino, Chief of Investigation of Organized Crime with the Brazilian Federal Police, as well as Cintia Meirelles de Azevedo, the Brazilian Liaison for The Exodus Road. Gabriela is a lead presenter in TraffickWatch Academy, a training platform developed by The Exodus Road and deployed amongst law enforcement in Brazil. The curriculum of TraffickWatch Academy is actively helping to train law enforcement to see and respond to the crime of human trafficking throughout the country and is already having tangible effects as several successful rescue operations have occurred as a result of the training. Learn more about TraffickWatch Academy by visiting: theexodusroad.com/traffickwatch

Social Media + Human Trafficking with Karn Thanaklit 14.02.2022 30mnt

EP 22 in two acts: First, Preston introduces you to Karn, Country Director of The Exodus Road's operations in Thailand. Karn shares stories from his teams' experience in the fight against human trafficking on social media in 2021 –– including investigations that have begun on Twitter and Facebook and led to successful rescue and arrest operations. Then we bring the conversation back to the United States and talk with The Exodus Road CEO and Founder, Laura Parker, to hear about one practical step that everyone can take to help protect those vulnerable to human trafficking in our families, neighborhood, community, and world.

No Longer Untouchable Book Interview 31.01.2022 35mnt

On this episode of Until All Are Free we are thrilled to welcome Devisara Hannah Badi and Sarah Davison-Tracy, the authors of No Longer Untouchable: A Story of Human Trafficking, Heroism, and Hope. No Longer Untouchable brings you into the appalling reality of modern-day slavery in Nepal as Devisara Hannah Badi and her sisters tell their stories. They have each overcome unimaginable odds to survive, and today they are bravely fighting to bring freedom, hope, and love into the darkest corners of the world. ______ PURCHASE THE BOOK : No Longer Untouchable: A Story of Human Trafficking, Heroism, and Hope is available for purchase on Amazon.com. ______ Sarah Davison-Tracy is an impassioned human rights advocate, author, speaker, and founder of Seeds of Exchange (SeedsofExchange.org) and Rooted and Beloved (RootedandBeloved.org). Connect with Sarah on her website, SarahDavisonTracy.com. Devisara Hannah Badi is CEO of Himalayan Entrepreneur Resources (HER), an empowerment initiative in Nepal that provides health, safety, and autonomy to marginalized women so they can live free from sexual exploitation and abuse.

On-Site At An Aftercare Shelter with Fundación Renacer and Luz Stella Cardenas Ovalle 19.11.2021 21mnt

Recorded on-site with heroes of the anti-human trafficking movement, this episode of Until All Are Free features first-person interviews with survivors of human trafficking as well as the founder of Fundación Renacer, Luz Stela Cardenas Ovalle. Fundación Renacer contributes to the eradication of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys, Girls and Adolescents (ESCNNA), through support programs and comprehensive care for victims, prevention, research, training, and advice to organizations and communities, from the perspective of protection, defense, and restitution of children's rights.

Dismantling Digital Exploitation with Emily Kennedy and Marinus Analytics 08.10.2021 38mnt

Emily Kennedy is a Co-Founder and Advisor to Marinus Analytics, an artificial intelligence company focused on protecting the vulnerable and ending systemic exploitation by serving those who work on the frontlines of public safety by developing technology that disrupts human trafficking, child abuse, and cyber fraud. Emily previously served as President of Marinus and has been recognized and celebrated as a Forbes 30 Under 30, a Toyota Mother of Invention, and one of Entrepreneur’s Most Powerful Women. Joining us on this episode of Until All Are Free, Preston had the honor of talking with Emily about the development of Marinus’ flagship ai-powered platform, TrafficJam, which saved law enforcement an estimated 70,000 investigative hours in 2020 alone. We also talked about her journey with the issue of human trafficking, the podcast that she hosts (The Empower Podcast), and what healthy nonprofit leadership can look like amidst the demands of our modern world.

Our Only Weapon is Our Courage: Fighting Human Trafficking in Latin America 18.08.2021 26mnt

Recorded on site with Arturo* – The Exodus Road's Country Director in Latin America – this episode explores the challenges and joys of the work of intervention through the experiences of a front-lines operative. To learn more about The Exodus Road's work in prevention, intervention, and aftercare visit theexodusroad.com. Until All Are Free is a podcast produced by The Exodus Road, a nonprofit dedicated to the strategic fight against human trafficking. The podcast is hosted and produced by Preston Goff. Music heard on the outro of this episode was produced and generously donated by City of Sound. *Name changed to protect identity.

A Filmmaker's Experience on the Front Lines of the Fight Against Human Trafficking 26.07.2021 33mnt

This episode Preston is joined by DELTA* operative and TER board member, Nate Griffin. Nate is an Executive Producer working within the film industry. His company, Grateful Inconvenience Inc., most recently produced the television series, Connected: A Search for Unity. The series features Monty Moran, former CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, as he travels across the U.S. and Canada talking with people about their unique perspectives on life, culture, the environment, politics, immigration and social media. You can follow Nate's work on Instagram at @kanakanate. *The Exodus Road primarily supports police in evidence gathering for cases of human trafficking. Working with teams of nationals, we deploy trained and highly vetted Western operatives to help with identifying current victims, gathering intelligence, building evidence packages for police, and supporting operations. We call this team DELTA Team. While the process and work is challenging and daunting, it is also highly effective. Evidence is gathered, cases are delivered, rescues and arrests are empowered on the front lines.