I've been building Kill the Precedent in writing — blog posts, training briefs, databases, research. And writing matters. But there are people who will never sit down and read an article who will absolutely listen to a conversation on a commute, during a night shift, while they're up at 3am after a court date that went sideways. There are practitioners who need to hear the dynamics explained out loud by someone who has lived them. There are survivors who need to hear their experience named in a voice that has been where they are.
That's what a podcast does that a website can't. And it's time.
Let's Kill the Precedent launches soon. We are building anticipation, finalizing structure, and lining up guests and story submissions now. Here's what you need to know.
The Hosts
Kristan and I go back. I was on some of The Rundown Live's earliest shows — still findable on YouTube if you know where to look. He was in this movement before most people had language for what they were fighting. He has professional studios, knows how to do this technically, and when he asked how soon I wanted to start — I knew this was the right call.
The first episodes of any podcast are intimidating. Having someone in the chair who has been doing this for over a decade, who has the equipment, who has been in courtrooms and protest lines and federal trial proceedings — that's not just a credential. That's the difference between a first episode that sounds like what it is and a first episode that sounds like what it's supposed to become.
We have the same roots. The same understanding of why this work matters. And enough history between us to have a real conversation rather than a performed one. That's what this show needs to be.
What the Show Is
Let's Kill the Precedent is not a true crime podcast. It is not a political commentary show. It is an accountability podcast — long-form conversations, survivor stories, practitioner spotlights, legal education in plain language, and documented investigation of the people and institutions that are failing families.
Two things about this show that matter: social ostracization is a peaceful and legitimate form of accountability — this podcast will name names when the documentation supports it, accurately and with sources on record. And it will equally and loudly name the people doing right — the caseworkers who pushed back on a removal that didn't need to happen, the officers who wrote reports that reflected what actually occurred, the judges and attorneys and advocates who chose accuracy over comfort.
The good ones inside these systems deserve to be seen. The predators who have been protected by institutional silence deserve to be named. This show does both.
The Timeline
We are targeting launch in approximately one month. That window exists for three reasons: to build anticipation so people are actually watching when episode one drops; to finalize structure and episode topics so we walk in with a roadmap; and to give you — the people who have been following this work — time to submit your stories, pitch collaborations, and help build the audience before we go live.
The podcast page is live now with submission forms for story submissions and collaboration pitches. If you have something to say, something to share, or someone you want to nominate for either kind of spotlight — the door is open right now.
Be Part of It Before It Launches
Submit your story. Pitch a collaboration. Sign up for launch day notification. The show grows with the community that builds it.
Go to the Podcast Page →Why Now
The site has been building for months. Nineteen blog posts. Seven printable training briefs. A 28-entry research database. A reform agenda. A recording guide. A philosophy statement that any court in the country can read and find nothing to argue with.
That work exists. It is real. And it deserves a voice — literally. The families who need this information deserve to hear it spoken out loud by someone who has been inside the system it describes. The practitioners who need this training deserve to hear it from someone who understands the pressure they're under and still believes most of them want to do the right thing.
The system counts on our silence. It counts on isolation. It counts on the fact that knowledge stays siloed — that survivors don't know their rights, practitioners don't have the training, and the people who could change things never find each other.
A podcast is the counter to all of that simultaneously. One conversation at a time, in people's ears, wherever they are, whenever they need it.
We're coming. Subscribe to notifications. Submit your story. Tell someone this exists.
— Toni Bones