By the time her boyfriend became violent, Kim Dadou Brown was confident she could handle it. It was just one of those things the women in her family dealt with. It wasn’t until Kim found herself in prison that she realized how seriously the years of abuse had skewed her reality – and what little support the system offered women like her.

In Part 01, Kim meets us in her home in Rochester, New York, where she shares what ultimately led to a final act of violence and how much work she’s had to do in order to free herself from the trauma.

*This episode contains strong descriptions of domestic violence, please listen with care.

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Produced by Grace Heerman, Mike Martinez, and Tyler Wray.

Music by Mike Etten

Sound Design by Armen Bazarian

Intro/Outro music by Anand Wilder

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