Introducing: Fracture to Flourish - Season 2: Aging Out: The Hidden Pipeline

Welcome to Fracture to Flourish, a groundbreaking podcast from Access Ventures that brings powerful, untold stories to the forefront.

In season two, "Aging Out: The Hidden Pipeline," investigates how foster care instability, isolation, and unmet needs can create a pathway to exploitation, and what it takes to interrupt that pathway before harm becomes a life sentence.

Season 2 out January 20 🎧

Across four episodes, host Bryce Butler follows the pattern from multiple angles: the early warning signs that get missed, grooming that hides in plain sight, system breakdowns that let kids disappear, and the reforms and relationships that make prevention real.

Through intimate survivor stories and candid insight from advocates, practitioners, and policy leaders, this season asks a hard question with urgent stakes:

What would it look like to build a system designed around children—so fewer are ever within reach of traffickers?

Content advisory:

This season includes frank discussion of abuse, exploitation, trafficking, foster care system failures, and related trauma. Please take care as you listen.

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