Currents: the Big Ocean Women Podcast

About Currents: the Big Ocean Women Podcast

Interesting discussions aimed at gathering women together to engage as powerful forces for good in their homes, communities, and world.

Publisher

Big Ocean Women

Category

business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Sept 2020

Latest episode

30 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

73 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Apr 2026

   5.8 It Stops With Us: Mothers and Families Disrupting Abuse with Shannon Russell, Carolina Allen, and Grace Raje

   Trigger warning: sexual abuse and suicide Host Shannon Russell opens Currents framing the episode around the Epstein case as a symbol of systemic injustice and the need for a cultural shift toward healing and accountability. Guests Grace Raje and Big Ocean Women founder Carolina Allen discuss survivor dignity, prevention, and recovery, with Grace sharing her childhood sexual abuse and the lasting impacts, including memory suppression, PTSD, chronic illness, and suicide attempts, alongside the validation she found through connection and therapy. They argue abuse is driven by power and dehumanization, not biology, and outline a “rape culture pyramid” versus a “life culture” model centered on empowerment, dignity, connection, and security. The conversation emphasizes educating children about grooming cues, prioritizing child protection over adult feelings, reducing shame through storytelling, and viewing strong relationships and families as key to prevention and healing, while also noting concerns about beauty trends, eating disorders, and infantilization. “We may not be able to fix every broken system overnight, but we can decide what kind of culture we want to contribute to.” Shannon Russell “Through strong families, it is possible to create a world where sexual violence is not simply punished, but actually unthinkable.” - Grace Raje “It’s worth it to heal. Life is worth living.” - Grace Raje “There’s nothing more powerful in disrupting abusive systems than healed mothers.” - Grace Raje “God loves children. Our creator has a special place for the most vulnerable, and special children who are looking to us for protection and guidance. And I'll do anything within my power to, to grow that. And I know that that's the ultimate litmus test: how we treat children.” - Carolina Allen “Darkness does not get the final word. It does not. Change doesn't always start in courtrooms, it rarely starts in headlines. It starts in everyday decisions, in how we treat people, how we speak up, how we create safe and honest space in our homes and our communities.” - Shannon Russell 00:00 Trigger Warning and Purpose 00:32 Epstein Case and Cultural Shift 02:00 Meet Grace and Carolina 03:31 Grace Shares Her Story 05:46 Justice Loopholes and CSW 08:12 Twofold Message Healing 10:49 Hope Through Connection 13:32 Trauma Aftermath and PTSD 19:49 Memory Suppression Explained 26:57 Believe Survivors Protect Kids 33:05 Healed Mothers Break Cycles 36:22 Talking to Kids About Grooming 40:54 Families as the Solution 41:56 Why Abuse Happens 42:31 Debunking Biology Myths 43:16 Masculinity and Control 44:35 Not All Men Accountability 45:48 Rape Culture Pyramid 49:30 Calling Out Rape Jokes 52:16 Guilt Versus Shame 55:45 Building Life Culture 01:02:07 Porn Addiction Healing 01:04:39 Trauma and the Brain 01:08:57 Parenting Without Shame 01:11:34 Eating Disorders and Trends 01:18:24 Protecting Children Closing Grace's Presentation at the UN:    • Big Ocean Women at UNCSW70: Stories of Sex... Find out more at www.bigoceanwomen.org.

2. 

   30 Apr 2026

   5.7 Building a Maternal Economy with Carolina Allen and Shelli Spotts

   Big Ocean Women on Global Sisterhood, the Maternal Economy, and Upcoming Summits Carolina Allen, founder and director of Big Ocean Women, and Shelli Spotts introduce our new monthly podcast series that applies the group’s tenets to current issues, beginning with “working side by side in the global sisterhood." They also celebrate our Big Ocean Women CSW team’s successful, safe return from sharing our maternal feminist message at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. They describe a “maternal economy” that decommodifies relationships and draws on abundance, creativity, and generational impact, contrasting it with hustle culture and profit-driven models. Carolina announces a May 9 summit (with more to follow) where Big Ocean will share lessons from years of attending UN forums and help mothers and families understand complex agendas, language, and how to respond with clarity, education, self-reliance, and safety. "And one of the things that strikes me about this, about the whole idea of women coming together from all over the world, is that it is truly a decommodification. Of the way we interact with one another. My daughter called it the "I know, a guy" economy. Yes. We call it the maternal economy." Shelli Spotts "I love the structure of the library, right? That you go and there's the wisdom of all of these people there and I think often that this type of thing is like a library of experience. We each bring our skills and our inspiration and our experience and our special interests. We have education in different areas. We know how to do different things and together we are creating this library, this maternal economy where we can metaphorically check out the knowledge that we need from one another.  And it's for a purpose. It's for the benefit of communities, and that is very exciting." Shelli Spotts "Every time we've attended, it's been a transformative experience for women because we get to see, it's like scales fall from your eyes and you're like, wow, this stuff is real. These agendas are real, and they're very calculated. These people are talking about my children." Carolina Allen "You have to rise up in power and not in fear, not in reaction, like you talked about, just in a very centered, grounded way that is generationally impactful." Shelli Spotts "And what we found though is that we're pulling farther and farther away from this human-centered familial roots of our humanity. We're just moving towards a technologically driven, isolated, and like an AI governance system that's really encroaching over the whole world that's transhumanist, that's very anti-human." Carolina Allen "Being a mom today poses a lot of challenges and Big Ocean Women—we're here to help mothers not feel alone. So we are a community that you can belong to and we're not just like a feel good, you know, sunshine and roses community. We're gonna help educate you so you know exactly what's happening out there and how to process it. And when you know how to process it, you stand in your power." Carolina Allen 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:25 Monthly Series and UN Update 01:27 Global Sisterhood Ripple Effect 02:25 Maternal Economy Explained 04:52 Living Abundance Not Scarcity 07:29 Library of Shared Wisdom 08:44 Summits and Podcast Direction 12:01 Education Self Reliance Safety 13:10 Wake Up and Rise Up 14:22 Inclusive Maternal Feminism 16:09 Family Power and Community Bonds 17:20 Tech Isolation and AI Concerns 18:56 Hopeful Support for Mothers 20:52 Resources and Closing May 9, 2026 Summit Information: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/awake-and-arise-the-big-oc www.bigoceanwomen.org

3. 

   29 Jan 2026

   5.6 Faith During Conflict with Fatima Njoku and Dana Robb

   Dana is joined by Fatima as they discuss the violence that has been plaguing Nigeria for over 20 years. As Dana said, “Our purpose today is not to sensationalize the suffering or assign political blame or leave us feeling overwhelmed, but we want to listen, understand, and know how as an interfaith community, we can come together and support the Nigerians in this suffering.” “We just have to be as close to God as we can.” - Fatima Njoku “There’s no limit to what is possible, and so every day we just keep praying that we are able to stay faithful.” - Fatima Njoku “There has to be a real awakening of patriotism, of human rights, values of respect and dignity of life, of human life, that people should be able to see one another as humans and not as competitors or rivals or any enemies because we’re not.” - Fatia Njoku “So there's hope. It's just for us to reinforce the right values. The bad people are not as many as good people. It's just because what bad people are doing is so loud that it makes it look like the world is so evil. No, there are a lot of good people, it’s just that they have refused to do anything good or they've been quiet. But if we pray for one another, if we help each other, do inter-religious workshops where we help to see that we have similarities, give each other hope and a reason to believe in one another. I think there's a lot of hope.” - Fatima Njoku “If every good person decides to stand up and, and to do something good and to be led by God, to know how to fill in that space. Then so much good will happen.” - Dana Robb “I love the catchphrase… ‘All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing.’ So if you want to be a force for good in the world, don’t do nothing. Do something.” - Fatima Njoku “That's perfect. Yep, exactly. Do something. And each of us has that capability to do something good in our homes, our communities, and it will branch out and affect the world.” - Dana Robb Fatima Njoku is a lawyer working in Nigeria and currently a doctorate candidate at the University of Jos. She has been a human rights advocate for over 11 years, in the course of her advocacy, she has been to the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva, she had meetings at Capitol Hill, House of Lords, Swiss Press Club and the like. She has been serving her community through Big Ocean Women in Nigeria where more than 50 women meet regularly for encouragement around the importance of faith, family, and motherhood. This group also carries out community development projects that have touched many lives. Whenever presented with the opportunity for adventure, Dana Robb is all in. Currently, this includes riding the local mountain biking trails with her husband, canyoneering, and climbing the hills of southern Utah. She loves to learn and explore with her six kids. She is drawn to the opportunities being involved with Big Ocean Women provides. Dana loves connecting to a global sisterhood where women’s issues are being addressed through reframing and an abundance mindset. This podcast is available with subtitles on Youtube.

Who has been a guest on Currents: the Big Ocean Women Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kawika Allen
• Nathan Ormsby
• Shelli Spotts
• Carolina Allen
• Alma Olaveson

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

17,698

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

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Quality

18

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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