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Meg Applegate joins the Shawn Ryan Show to share her firsthand experience inside the troubled teen industry, detailing how she was taken from her home at 15 and placed into a series of abusive, unregulated programs. She breaks down the systemic issues behind institutional child abuse, including coercive tactics, heavy medication, isolation, and the pipeline that keeps teens trapped for years. The conversation also explores adoption, adolescent behavior, and how predators exploit positions around children, while highlighting Meg’s advocacy work, legislative efforts, and mission with Unsilenced to expose and reform these systems.
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