{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"GT Radio - The Geek Therapy Podcast","title":"IPV and Interview With a Vampire","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5daf1a9a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4286,"description":"#391: In this episode, the GT Radio team explores how media can help people understand, recognize, and talk about intimate partner violence. Starting with a client’s experience using Interview with the Vampire to explain a past abusive relationship to their partner, the conversation expands into how fiction, fantasy, memoir, television, film, music, and games can make patterns of abuse more visible and easier to discuss. The hosts examine why metaphor and exaggeration (like vampires and supernatural power dynamics) can sometimes feel safer and more accessible than realistic depictions, while also addressing the risks of romanticizing, trivializing, or mis-marketing abuse in media. Along the way, they discuss representation, accountability, marketing ethics, cultural narratives, and why naming abuse matters for survivors and for the people trying to support them.\nCharacters / Media MentionedInterview with the Vampire (AMC series)Louis de Pointe du LacLestat de LioncourtClaudiaA Normal Lost Phone (video game)Last Call (video game, Nina Freeman)So Much for Love (graphic memoir by Sophie Lambda)Marbles (graphic memoir)Game of ThronesWhite Lotus (Season 1)13 Reasons WhyIt Ends With Us (film and novel)Jennifer’s BodySilent Hill 2Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers“We Cry Together” (Kendrick Lamar)Themes / Topics DiscussedIntimate Partner ViolenceEmotional AbusePsychological ManipulationPower and ControlGaslightingIsolationTrauma RepresentationRomanticization of AbuseMedia ResponsibilityContent WarningsSurvivor-Centered StorytellingMetaphor and Fantasy as Coping ToolsRelatable Experiences DiscussedDifficulty Leaving an Abusive RelationshipExplaining Past Trauma to a PartnerBeing Targeted by AbusersRe-entering Abusive DynamicsSelf-Blame and ShameFeeling TrappedRecognizing Red Flags Too LateFinding Validation Through MediaWant to continue the conversation? Join the GT community and share the media that helped you recognize, understand, or talk about...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nK8jGBhqp23VbM6h1p3xq-iCjcPpVKAnBrYxyP9FNck/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MTI0/ZmI0MTUwNjFhMDJj/N2U0YjE2NmRlMTQw/ZjgwYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}