E024 Felicia Rodriguez, Part 1

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08/01/23 • 51 min

Passionately Wrong Podcast

Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E024, Part 1

Interview with Felicia Rodriguez

We hear about sexual assault quite often, but what do we really understand about victims, offenders, the legal system and how our culture, gender roles and unconscious biases influence us in this controversial topic? Join Felicia Rodriguez, former Sexual Assault specialist in the Army, Victim Advocate, Command Sergeant Major with 25 years in the Army, and retiree as she discusses with James and Randy what she learned while working as a Sexual Assault specialist. Felicia will share some interesting insights and examples of the things that challenged her, as well as many people, about Sex Assault and the military justice system.

Topics covered in this video:

Why Felicia joined the military, and her background growing up
On joining as a mechanic and attending Airborne School
On being driven and motivated, getting promoted
Felicia’s move into the sexual assault realm (SHARP)
Her personal experience with sexual assault
Why predators get away with their bad deeds
What happened when Felicia started broad training programs
Details of some of the reports she got and how she handled them
How she built support for the program, and why she was suited to the role
Training Special Forces operators versus the conventional army
On becoming the first female Sgt. Major in the 173rd Airborne Brigade
On dealing with sexual harassment herself soon after starting
On the fallout from having made her own SHARP complaint

Resources in this video:

National Sexual Assault Resources (RAIN): https://www.rainn.org/resources

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Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E024, Part 1

Interview with Felicia Rodriguez

Topics covered in this video:

Why Felicia joined the military, and her background growing up
On joining as a mechanic and attending Airborne School
On being driven and motivated, getting promoted
Felicia’s move into the sexual assault realm (SHARP)
Her personal experience with sexual assault
Why predators get away with their bad deeds
What happened when Felicia started broad training programs
Details of some of the reports she got and how she handled them
How she built support for the program, and why she was suited to the role
Training Special Forces operators versus the conventional army
On becoming the first female Sgt. Major in the 173rd Airborne Brigade
On dealing with sexual harassment herself soon after starting
On the fallout from having made her own SHARP complaint

Resources in this video:

National Sexual Assault Resources (RAIN): https://www.rainn.org/resources

Support the show

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E023 Fitness Habits

Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E023
Fitness Habits
Key takeaway: Randy and James share their personal fitness journeys and what they’ve learned along the way about how to cultivate a healthy attitude toward fitness.
Topics covered in this video:
James’s experience with fitness, and how he came to it in middle age
Randy’s experience with fitness, from school days onwards
People can do more than they think they can with the right motivation
The Hard 75 Challenge
How to keep going despite stumbles
Why Randy got abs for the first time only after leaving the military
James talks about IronMan training and running streaks
How a trainer can help keep you going and keep you from going overboard
How exercise contributes to quality of life
Fitness advice is all over the map, frustratingly
Walking backward through a Romanian mall
Resources in this video
75 Hard Challenge
https://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info

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E025 Felicia Rodriguez, Part 2

Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E024, Part 2

Interview with Felicia Rodriguez

Topics covered in this video:

Tailoring the message to the culture of the group you’re operating in
Discussion of the UCMJ laws and regulations Felicia dealt with, Art. 120
What happened when responsibility was given to O6 commanders
What the military does better than the private sector in handling tough social issues
Felicia’s advice to women coming into the military
Felicia’s current plans, nursing studies
Resources for sex assault victims

Resources in this video:

National Sexual Assault Resources (RAIN): https://www.rainn.org/resources

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Passionately Wrong Podcast - E024 Felicia Rodriguez, Part 1

Transcript

Felicia00:00:00.000

Also personality matters. Who, who you are and how you present things matters. If you come with a doom and glue and everything's horrifying. But if you can come in and say, Hey, let's talk about sex today, you know, it's different. It's, it's how you present it too.

James00:00:16.228

Greetings, friends. I'm James.

Randy00:00:18.568

And I'm Randy. You're listening to The Passionately Wr