The Balanced Voice with Rania Mankarious

Season 3 of @thebalancedvoicepodcast premieres this Wednesday, September 29th at 10am with Episode 36: ‘An Unlikely Alliance with David Berkowitz’. ☎️🎙✨

Join Rania, Sydney, and Andy, as they take you on a field trip to Shawangunk Correctional Facility in New York for an exclusive visit and interview with David Berkowitz, an American Serial Killer better known as the Son of Sam. In this conversation, we share the story of the unlikely alliance between nationally-known victim advocate Andy Kahan and David Berkowitz who partnered together to curtail the sale of murderabilia - an industry that was uncovered by Kahan in the fall of 1999.

Additionally, we ask important questions about the criminal justice system and learn what we can do as a community to reduce tragedies.

We hope you tune in for this fascinating conversation at thebalancedvoicepodcast.com.

This week on #TheBalancedVoicePodcast, our host Rania Mankarious and our executive producer, Sydney Zuiker sit down to review season two! We discuss some of #realsolutions that came from the #balancedconversations we had with local and national leaders on the podcast this season and reflect on the surprising things we have learned so far.

Thank you for all of our wonderful guests and sponsors who made season two such a success!! We are looking forward to all that is to come in season 3 this fall.

Join us this Wednesday, June 23 at 10am CST.

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We are honored to have Fran Drescher, beloved and best known as “The Nanny” on the podcast today! As a survivor of both sexual assault and uterine cancer, we were thrilled for the opportunity to sit down and hear about how she has transformed her trauma and illness into a national movement, Cancer Schmancer. Fran founded Cancer Schmancer with a mission to empower women to advocate for their health and wellbeing through prevention, early detection, and policy change. You can learn more about the movement at cancerschmancer.org!

In today’s balanced conversation we ultimately answer this question: "How can we transform hardship into positive societal change and leave a lasting legacy.”

We are so excited for you to join this conversation and hope that you also join Fran Drescher this Sunday, June 20th for FranJam 2021! In celebration of Peace, Love, and Fran’s 21 years of wellness, Cancer Schmancer presents a virtual concert filled with incredible talent including: Jackson Browne, Cyndi Lauper, David Foster & Katharine McPhee Foster, Hoobastank, Debbie Gibson, Cynthia Erivo, and so many more! You can stream the concert for FREE at CancerSchmancer.org!

Learn more about the podcast at Thebalancedvoicepodcast.com

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We have received a drastic increase in phone calls from parents and family members about tragic loss due to fentanyl overdose death. After our conversation on Ep. 24 with Dr. Laura Berman, whose son Samuel lost his life to a pill he purchased on snapchat, we were left heartbroken and passionate about finding, or creating, a real solution to this problem. We connected Dr. Berman with our Ep. 9 Guest, Titania Jordan, who is the Chief Parent Officer at BARK technologies and they, along with others, came up with #LetParentsProtect—A petition for Snapchat, TikTok, and other social media platforms to urge them to allow parents to use third party monitoring tools like BARK to protect children online. The petition argues that in order to save lives, parents need to be the ones who make the choice about whether they want to use third party safety apps, and we couldn’t agree more.

Today on The Balanced Voice we welcome Dr. Berman and Titania Jordan back to the podcast along with Dr. Berman’s husband, Samuel Chapman, Marc Berkman the CEO of the Organization for Social media Safety, and Roger Crystal, CEO of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc and the founder of NARCAN Nasal Spray to discuss the need for better regulations on social media and the dangers of fentanyl. We beg everyone to go to the link in our show notes to sign the petition and #LetParentsProtect!

SIGN THE PETITION: https://bit.ly/2SHN2vT

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Swimming, sports, time with friends, and making memories; summer camps should be filled with worry-free joy. Abuse, death, and drowning should NEVER be on the list of activities at camp.

This week on #thebalancedvoicepodcast we sit down with Doug Forbes and Elena Matyas whose six-year old, Roxie Forbes, tragically drowned at a camp in California in the summer of 2019. The California Department of Social Services later determined the camp to be an illegal child care facility with fraudulently certified lifeguards.

After their loss, Doug and Elena established the Meow Meow Foundation in honor of Roxie’s favorite stuffed animal, “Meow Meow”. They have worked tirelessly to put an end to preventable drownings and raise awareness about summer camp issues such as abuse and neglect. Support their mission at meowmeowfoundation.org.

In this episode, we discuss the dangers that can arise at summer camps, the lack of oversight of camp facilities, and share what parents take into consideration before choosing a summer camp.

Join the conversation Wednesday, May 26th at 10am CST. Learn more at thebalancedvoicepodcast.com.

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How do you think we should hold sex offenders accountable in our community? Does our current system truly keep our community safe?

This week, we sit down with Judy O’Brien, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Sex Offender Treatment Provider here in Houston. In this balanced conversation we discuss recent changes in predatory behaviors, the role of power and control for offenders, and the false sense of security that the sex offender registry could be providing.

Ultimately, we answer this question: Is there a better way to hold sex offender accountable and prevent victimization within our communities?

We believe that open dialogue about this sensitive topic is one of the best preventative measures, however, some may find our conversation about sex offenders to be uncomfortable, so viewer discretion is advised. We hope you will join this conversation by sending us your thoughts and questions after the show on Instagram or Twitter!

Learn more at thebalancedvoice.com

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Did you know that animal abuse is often the first sign of family abuse such as domestic violence in the home? Today on The Balanced Voice we are grateful to sit down with THREE incredible women bringing awareness to the intersection between animal abuse and domestic violence.

First, we sit down with the one and only Tamron Hall. She created the Tamron Heart Renate Fund in memory of her sister, Ranate’s life. Since creating the fund Tamron has spent much time raising awareness, helping survivors speak out, and raising money for domestic violence victims. We talk about her involvement in Purina’s #purpleleash project.

To learn more about The Purple Leash Project visit: https://www.purina.com/about-purina/purple-leash-project/

We then welcome two of our dear friends, Tena Faust and Tama Lundquist, co-founders of Houston PetSet. Tena and Tama work tirelessly #fortheanimals day in and day out. In this conversation, we take a deeper look at animal cruelty in our city.

To learn more about Houston PetSet visit: https://www.houstonpetset.org/

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Do you believe juvenile offenders should be treated as adults? What if you knew the part of their brain that regulates impulses does not fully develop until roughly 25? Does that change things?

This week on The Balanced Voice Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Professor at the University of California Irvine, whose research is vital to the conversation surrounding the rights and treatment of juvenile offenders.

Dr. Cauffman’s research addresses the intersect between adolescent development and juvenile justice. She has published over 100 articles, chapters, and books on topics in the study of contemporary adolescence, adolescent brain development, risk-taking and decision-making, parent-adolescent relationships, and juvenile justice.

As a mother herself, Dr. Cauffman approaches conversations about these incredibly challenging topics with clarity and compassion.

In today’s balanced conversation we ultimately answer THIS question: Can juvenile offenders stop offending and become healthy members of society?

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The visual episode premieres Wednesday, April 28 at 10am on our Facebook page.

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This week on The Balanced Voice Podcast, we sit down with someone who has proven to be a truth teller in the face of adversity for the entirety of her journalism career.

Diane Dimond gained national attention after breaking the story of child molestation allegations against Michael Jackson in 1993. She has worked as a correspondent for Hard Copy, Extra, NBC, Entertainment Tonight, Court TV, and Investigation Discovery where she covered events such as the O.J. Simpson case and conducted interviews with Hollywood Madam Heidi Flessi, Pamela Smart, Martin Luther King Jr. 's Assassin, Jeffery MacDonald, and so many more.

In our conversation we discuss Diane’s commitment to uncovering injustice and reporting on facts even when it reveals an unpopular opinion.

The visual episode premieres Wednesday, April 21 at 10am on the @crimestoppersofhouston Facebook page. Learn more and subscribe at thebalancedvoicepodcast.com.

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On and off air, this week’s guest is on a mission “to seek the truth, find the truth, and tell the truth”.

Shepard Smith is broadcast journalist best known for his 23-year career at Fox News Channel, which he joined at its 1996 inception and where he served as chief anchor and managing editor of the breaking news division.

He returned to the news desk this past fall with NBC News and CNBC, where he serves as chief general news anchor and hosts The News with Shepard Smith. @thenewsoncnbc

We could not be more thrilled that he agreed to sit down with us to discuss changes in news reporting and the effects that opinion presented as news has on our society. Ultimately we answer this question: “How do we as consumers balance news and opinion journalism to develop a more accurate worldview?”

The visual episode premieres Wednesday, April 14 at 10am on the @crimestoppersofhouston Facebook & YouTube page.

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