You are Not Broken
In this bonus episode of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler sits down with Heather Barnett, whose story surfaced in season one. The full conversation went deeper than what made it into the season, and this is that conversation.
Because of, Not Despite: What the System Never Told Him
In this bonus episode of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler sits back down with Mark Dessau, whose story surfaced briefly in season one. The full conversation went deeper than what made it into the season, and this is that conversation.
Never Unpacking: What Instability Does to a Child
In this bonus episode of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler sits back down with Gabe Clark, whose story threaded through Season One of the show. The full conversation went deeper than what made it into the season, and this is that conversation.
Proving I Exist
In this bonus episode of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler shares an extended conversation with Ella, a young woman who aged out of foster care at eighteen and is working to change the system that raised her.\
Beyond Rescue: Reform, Hope & Choosing Joy
In Episode 4 of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler follows Priscilla Roman’s story to ask what happens after a rescue story ends. Priscilla doesn’t describe herself as “trafficked.” Her story is what it looks like when a former foster youth with almost no safety net steps into the strip club at twenty—and finds her body treated like a commodity. But this final episode widens the lens beyond one life.
Designed to Fail: Lost in the System
In Episode 3 of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler follows a single composite case file to show how a foster care system not designed around children can leave youth invisible, unprotected, and easy to traffic. Instead of starting with a trafficker, this episode starts with the paper trail: routine notes, missed court dates, closed runaway reports, copy‑pasted case notes, and the quiet ways warnings can die in separate inboxes. Along the way, you’ll hear how placement instability, isolation, and unmet basic needs can create the space where exploitation takes root.
Nobody Noticed: The Making of a Target
In the Season 2 premiere of Fracture to Flourish, host Bryce Butler traces how trafficking risk is often built long before a trafficker appears. Through survivor testimony and expert insight, this episode follows the pathway that can start with abuse and instability at home, continue through placement moves and missed warning signs, and end with a young person searching for belonging in the wrong places.
Breaking the Cycle: Resilience and Success
We're back with our third and final episode of Fracture to Flourish, where we turn our attention to hope and transformation. This episode builds on our previous conversations about youth aging out of foster care, but with a focus on solutions and change.
Caught in the System: Foster Care to Prison
What exactly do foster youth age out of? In this powerful episode, we step inside the foster care system to understand the lived reality behind the statistics—and why so many youth, especially young men, end up incarcerated after leaving care.
Surviving on the Margins: Foster Care to Poverty
In our debut episode, we follow three extraordinary journeys of resilience as former foster youth navigate life after aging out at 18. Ella, Mark, and Heather share how they transformed systemic challenges into personal triumph—from drafting a Foster Youth Bill of Rights to building a career at Microsoft. We explore the stark realities many face: 1 in 4 becoming incarcerated, 1 in 5 immediately homeless, and half struggling to find employment. Community leaders Lance Villio and Tom Baldwin reveal innovative approaches to support these transitions.