Episode 12: The Big QuestionIf not the Troubled Teen Industry, then what else? Where can families, caregivers, schools, the justice... more

Episode 11: Lipstick on a PigIt all started with Paris Hilton: since 2020, legislation passed to regulate and oversee the... more

Episode 10: AfterwardsMany survivors can remember their very first day out – often, it’s their 18th birthday, a much-anticipated day when,... more

Episode 9: Pray the Gay Away Conversion therapy has been disavowed by nearly every major medical organization in the United... more

Episode 8: The System Gone Mad Parents aren’t the only ones who can send kids away. Learn about the government’s role... more

Episode 7: NATSAP Emma goes undercover at a conference for members of NATSAP, the preeminent trade organization for troubled teen industry... more

Episode 6: Money Talks The TTI is a multi-billion-dollar industry whose funding is nearly untraceable by design. Tracking where this money... more

Episode 5: Straight, Inc. Straight, Incorporated was one of the earliest troubled teen industry programs to take hold in the United... more

Episode 4: Drinking the Kool-Aid So, what’s the pitch? Despite growing public scrutiny towards the troubled teen industry, tens of thousands... more

Episode 3: Level Zero Troubled Teen Industry programs use a system of points and levels that award or revoke basic needs... more

Episode 2: The Hard Way With just a few clicks and a phone call, anyone can hire “goons,” or legal kidnappers,... more

Episode 1: The EdCon Educational consultants, or EdCons, are a first step in the pipeline into the Troubled Teen Industry. Meet... more

Gooned is a deep dive into an industry with blood on its hands.  The Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) is a network... more