Silence Serves the Wrong People Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:31:14 +0100 en-gb © 2026 Silence Serves the Wrong People yes 6f67961c-9fa7-5018-992e-10789ab7550a iljaabbattista@gmail.com Ilja Abbattista episodic true Silence Serves The Wrong People is the podcast for the conversations people avoid, edit, soften, or shut down.

Hosted by Ilja Abbattista, survivor-advocate, speaker, consultant, and lived experience professional, this show explores what happens when people with lived experience are finally trusted to speak about the systems that shaped them.


This is not trauma dumping.
It's not sensationalism.
This is lived experience as expertise.


Each episode looks at the stories behind the headlines, the gap between trauma-informed theory and real-life practice, the cost of unpaid emotional labour, and the systems built “for us” that still fail to reach us.


From modern slavery and human trafficking to child abuse, care systems, domestic abuse, learning disability, child exploitation, criminal gangs, cuckooing, FGM, forced marriage, honour-based abuse, sexual violence, county lines, homelessness, mental health systems, and life after survival - this podcast asks the questions too many rooms are still avoiding.


With voices from lived experience communities, NGOs, government, journalism, frontline work, and systems change, Silence Serves The Wrong People challenges tokenism, names what needs naming, and makes space for the voices that should have been centred all along.


Because silence serves the wrong people.
 And we’re done being quiet.

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Episode 1: The Manifesto

Silence serves the wrong people.

In the first episode of Silence Serves The Wrong People, Ilja Abbattista explains why this podcast exists and why the conversations that need to happen are still not happening.

Using a recent rape case that sparked national outrage as a starting point, Ilja explores what happens when systems fail the very people they are supposed to protect, what survivors hear when decisions are made about their lives, and why silence continues to benefit those with the most power.

This is not a legal analysis.
This is not political commentary.
This is the lived reality behind the headlines.

In this episode:

• Why Silence Serves The Wrong People was created

• The difference between being consulted and being heard

• What trauma-informed practice looks like in reality

• Why tokenism continues to harm survivors

• The cost of performative inclusion

• Why lived experience must be recognised as expertise

• The gap between policy, systems and human impact

• What this podcast will challenge, explore and expose moving forward

This podcast covers lived experience across modern slavery, human trafficking, child abuse, care systems, learning disability, domestic abuse, child exploitation, county lines, criminal gangs, cuckooing, FGM, forced marriage, honour-based abuse, sexual violence, neurodivergence, trauma, recovery, and life after survival.

Because silence serves the wrong people.

And we're done being quiet.

Connect with Ilja:

Website: www.iljaabbattista.co.uk

Speaking, Consultancy & Training Enquiries:
www.iljaabbattista.co.uk

Subscribe, follow and share with someone who needs to hear this conversation.

]]> Content Note: This episode discusses rape, sexual violence, child exploitation, trauma, and systemic failures. Please listen in a way that feels safe for you.

Episode 1: The Manifesto

Silence serves the wrong people.

In the first episode of Silence Serves The Wrong People, Ilja Abbattista explains why this podcast exists and why the conversations that need to happen are still not happening.

Using a recent rape case that sparked national outrage as a starting point, Ilja explores what happens when systems fail the very people they are supposed to protect, what survivors hear when decisions are made about their lives, and why silence continues to benefit those with the most power.

This is not a legal analysis.
This is not political commentary.
This is the lived reality behind the headlines.

In this episode:

• Why Silence Serves The Wrong People was created

• The difference between being consulted and being heard

• What trauma-informed practice looks like in reality

• Why tokenism continues to harm survivors

• The cost of performative inclusion

• Why lived experience must be recognised as expertise

• The gap between policy, systems and human impact

• What this podcast will challenge, explore and expose moving forward

This podcast covers lived experience across modern slavery, human trafficking, child abuse, care systems, learning disability, domestic abuse, child exploitation, county lines, criminal gangs, cuckooing, FGM, forced marriage, honour-based abuse, sexual violence, neurodivergence, trauma, recovery, and life after survival.

Because silence serves the wrong people.

And we're done being quiet.

Connect with Ilja:

Website: www.iljaabbattista.co.uk

Speaking, Consultancy & Training Enquiries:
www.iljaabbattista.co.uk

Subscribe, follow and share with someone who needs to hear this conversation.

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