• 16th June 2026
  • By Jess Hill

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Co-creator, host & writer Jess Hill
Co-creator, producer & editor Georgina Savage
Producers Mary Crooks AO, Ally Oliver-Perham, Maria Chetcuti
Production manager Ally Oliver-Perham, Maria Chetcuti
Sound design & mix Romy Sher, Pariya Taherzadeh-Desovski
Research Leah McPherson
Production assistance Sanduni Hewa Katupothage, Esther Davies-Brown, Alexandra Collins, Amanda Barbour, Max Favetti, Georgia Lazarakis, Georgia Shepherd, Aaryn Melzer
Art direction Aimee Carruthers
Video The Social Parade
Animation Mari Frith
Photography Saskia Wilson

This project has been made possible thanks to the support of the Phyllis Connor Memorial Trust of Equity Trustees Limited, Jo Baevski and a private donor. The Trap is a harm prevention podcast, created by the Dugdale Trust for Women & Girls (of which the Victorian Women’s Trust is Trustee).

© The Dugdale Trust for Women & Girls 2021

We are indebted to everyone who courageously shared their stories and wisdom with us. Thank you all.

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This is a series about love, abuse and power. Hosted by Jess Hill, this podcast looks deeply at abuse that happens in private, and in public, searching the world for answers to the questions that continue to confound us.

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Jess Hill
Jess Hill is an investigative journalist, the author of See What You Made Me Do and The Reckoning, and one of Australia’s most recognised and respected thinkers on gendered violence. In addition to her broadcast work – two highly acclaimed docuseries on SBS and The Trap – she has spoken at almost 400 events across the country. Her work has won three Walkley Awards, an Amnesty International Award and the Stella Prize in 2020. In 2023, she was named Marie Claire Changemaker of the Year and in 2024, the NSW Premier’s Woman of Excellence.