The Balanced Voice with Rania Mankarious

WE ARE OFFICIALLY BACK!

Welcome to Season 7 of The Balanced Voice Podcast. We’re excited to welcome more local and national leaders to share perspectives on often polarizing issues in a balanced manner. Through these conversations, we hope to educate, empower, and equip our listeners to become active participants in local and national public safety initiatives.

➡ Listen or watch at 10 AM CST, as Rania and Jenn kick off Season 7 talking with Tena Lundquist Faust and Tama Lundquist, co-presidents of @houstonpetset. Together, they have been able to make a significant impact in the fight against animal homelessness and suffering. They also talk about the powerful and inspiring documentary, ‘For the Animals’, which follows their journey as they work to combat the stray dog epidemic in Houston.

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Don’t miss this week’s Season 6 Finale with Rania & Jenn!

Have you missed some episodes… don’t worry, together they will be recapping this season’s most compelling conversations – from community engagement for youth safety to school shootings to advocating for LGBTQ+ youth to online safety and the fentanyl crisis.

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Rania and Jenn have a powerful discussion about criminal rehabilitation with Reggie “OG1” Gordon. OG1 works to educate young people on the consequences of a life of crime and help them develop skills to constructively cope with fear and make habit forming decisions that pave the way to a brighter future.

The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

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Rania and Jenn talk with parents turned advocates, Samuel Chapman and Amy Neville, alongside the Founding Attorney of The Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC). In their fifth lawsuit against Snap, Inc., SMVLC alleges that certain features on Snapchat have allowed a dangerous "Snapchat Drug Cartel" to operate, tragically contributing to the loss of nine young lives. In March, they filed the suit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, marking the latest chapter in their ongoing fight for justice.

Don’t miss this important conversation!

The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

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Rania and Jenn chat with Life Coach Barrett Pall.

Barrett is an advocate for models in the industry who were sexually assaulted and was featured in Forbes magazine alongside other models for their work on the Adult Survivors Act. The Adult Survivors Act created a one year “look-back” window for survivors of sexual assault that occurred when they were over the age of 18 to sue their abusers regardless of when the abuse occurred.

The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

Thank you to our sponsor: Fliplok

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Rania and Licensed Professional Counselor Andrew Tessmer discuss the three things they look for when exploring differences around gender identity in youth. Andrew is a Certified Queer & Trans Affirming Professional and specializes in working with LGBTQ+ concerns, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, perfectionism, social skills, procrastination/motivation, career counseling, and adult ADD/ADHD.

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The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

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Rania and Jenn welcome Alicia Acuña.

Alicia is a Senior Correspondent for FOX News Channel based in the network's Denver bureau. She recounts her experience outside East High School in Denver during a shooting incident where her son attended which resulted two injured administrators. Alicia rushed to the school as a concerned mother, not at all assigned to report on the incident, but while onsite was asked to do an interview. As she was reporting, she reunited with her son in an emotional on-air moment that was watched across the Nation.

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The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

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🎤 Rania and Jenn continue the important conversation about community and youth safety with President and CEO of Goya Foods, Inc. Bob Unanue.

They discuss Goya Foods’ new initiative Goya Cares for HT, which reaches out to victims of child trafficking and children who are suffering from mental illness in partnership with local YMCAs in the Greater Houston Area.

Thank you to our sponsor: @fliplokofficial

The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube-TheBalancedVoice

Spotify: https://bit.ly/Spotify-TheBalancedVoice

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Rania welcomes Crime Stoppers of Houston Statewide Director of Safe School Institute Jenna Fondren to address the heart-wrenching issue of school shootings that continue to occur.

They discuss what Safe School Institute offers to aid in the fight of safety and security in schools, what districts should be doing as it relates to threat assessment and how administrators can utilize the Crime Stoppers of Houston Tip Line to support their students.

The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

📍Thank you to our sponsor: @fliplokofficial

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Welcome to the Season 6 premiere of The Balanced Voice Podcast!

Rania and Jenn kick off the season with YMCA CEO Steven Ives, about the organization's initiative called “Know. See. Respond.”

The initiative seeks to help staff, parents and guardians KNOW how abuse happens, SEE the warning signs, and RESPOND quickly to prevent child abuse.

The Balanced Voice Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday at 10 AM CST on the Crime Stoppers of Houston Facebook page, YouTube channel and now on Spotify.

➡Click below to watch and subscribe:

YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube-TheBalancedVoice

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