Unsilenced: Meg Appelgate on the Troubled Teen Industry

<p dir="ltr">Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">As a teen, Meg Appelgate was gooned – that is, legally kidnapped – from her home in the middle of the night and taken to a lockdown facility in Idaho, then shipped to Montana where isolation, chemical sedation, and brainwashing were the norm…for a day of underage drinking. She survived and went on to develop and recruit for similar organizations. Then she woke up and channeled her indignation toward making positive change. </p> <p dir="ltr">Right now, anywhere from 120,000 to 200,000 or more young people are institutionalized as private equity firms rake in tens of billions of dollars from the “Troubled Teen Industry.” Meg Appelgate shares her story and how Unsilenced, the organization she founded, can help. </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Note:</p> <p dir="ltr">Meg Appelgate is a survivor determined to empower other survivors of institutional child abuse. She’s founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.unsilenced.org/about/">Unsilenced</a>, a non-profit org serving victims caught in the web of the Troubled Teen Industry. She’s also VP, Trustee, and Managing Director of the Gochnauer Family Foundation that provides financial help for families and children. She serves on the boards of a domestic violence shelter and a therapeutic riding center. When she’s not funding and implementing new ideas to help people thrive, Meg loves to explore new places with her husband and four children.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">You can find her on the medes: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/megappelgate/">Personal Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/unsilenced_now/">Unsilenced Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@megappelgate">TikTok</a>, <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/megappelgate">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://twitter.com/megappelgate?lang=en">Twitter</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">And, for more on the Troubled Teen Industry, check out the Season 2 episode featuring Elizabeth Gi