We bought a strip club to send a message to the world about protecting women. In episode 872 of the Savage Perspective Podcast, host Robert Sikes sits down with Caleb Altmeyer to uncover the dark reality of fighting sex trafficking. Caleb shares the shocking personal stories that led him to start a nonprofit focused on survivor recovery, explaining how easily coercion begins and the truth about what it takes for women to break free. This conversation exposes the hidden truths behind the world's fastest growing criminal industry and the cultural changes required to end it.

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Chapters

0:00 - Why We're Turning a Strip Club Into a Recovery Center

0:56 - The Shocking Family Story That Started a Global Mission

2:50 - My First Encounter With Trafficking: The Girl Next Door

6:03 - My Staff Member's Secret: "My Dad Sold Me to Prison Guards"

9:32 - How We Stumbled Upon The Fastest Growing Criminal Industry

11:13 - How Common Is Sex Trafficking? (It's In Your Neighborhood)

13:01 - What Is The Legal Definition of Sex Trafficking?

13:53 - How a "Boyfriend" Becomes a Pimp: The 3 Stages of Grooming

16:09 - The Terrifying Story of a 13-Year-Old Runaway

18:40 - The Average Age of a Trafficking Victim Today

20:05 - Why We Pivoted to Emergency Stabilization Care

21:54 - How We Bought The Local Strip Club

22:46 - Is Pornography Grooming an Entire Generation?

25:13 - The Shocking Rise of Fentanyl in Our City

26:17 - The First 24 Hours: A Survivor's Escape Plan

28:41 - Do Pimps Hunt Down Women Who Escape?

29:45 - How Traffickers "Make an Example" of Women Who Leave

30:42 - Why So Many Women Relapse & Return to "The Life"

33:22 - The 3-Step Vision: From Victim to a Thriving Survivor

38:54 - A Message From The Host (Robert Sikes)

40:35 - Why I Dropped Out of High School & Started Selling Drugs

44:22 - How a Drug Dealer Starts a Youth Ministry

46:54 - My Dad's 40-Day Fast That Changed Everything

48:17 - The #1 Thing That Will Fix Our Broken Society

54:42 - How Fatherhood Changes a Man's Mission

59:14 - How Do You Stay Hopeful When Surrounded By Evil?

1:03:20 - How You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking