The Gracie Gato Podcast

“Rape Kit Rights in New Hampshire: A Conversation with Rep. Ellen Read”

In this episode of The Gracie Gato Podcast, Gracie breaks down New Hampshire’s rape kit rights bill, HB1633, and asks a simple question: why is transparency around evidence still controversial? Forty-six states already have rape kit tracking or survivor notification laws. New Hampshire is still debating whether victims should have automatic rights to information about evidence collected in their name. Gracie contrasts the current bill with testimony from the 2023 version of the legislation (HB378), where confusion around definitions, survivor rights, and the role of evidence exposed a deeper tension: is the justice system centered on truth, or on protecting institutional control? State Representative Ellen Read joins the conversation as a key voice advocating for survivor access, accountability, and transparency. The episode explores how rape kit evidence should function in a justice system committed to both protecting victims and preserving due process — including the reality that evidence must serve truth, even when it complicates narratives. This episode sets the stage for a deeper investigation in the next installment, where Gracie follows the money, influence, and policy pipeline behind New Hampshire’s domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy ecosystem. Because evidence shouldn’t belong to institutions. It belongs to the truth.

Marsy’s Law, Money, and Power in New Hampshire

Marsy’s Law, Money, and Power in New Hampshire In this episode, I take a hard look at Marsy’s Law in New Hampshire—and the powerful network surrounding it, including Henry T. Nicholas III, Amanda Grady Sexton, and the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (NHCADSV). This is an examination of policy, funding, influence, and unintended consequences. We explore how victims’ rights legislation is shaped, who funds it, who benefits from it, and what happens when advocacy, politics, and money intersect without sufficient transparency. No conspiracy talk. No character trials. Just public records, ethical questions, and why scrutiny matters when laws affect due process, survivors, and the balance of power. Listen critically.

The Jay Asher Case: Power, Silence, and Who Gets Protected

The Jay Asher Case: Power, Silence, and Who Gets Protected In this episode, I examine the Jay Asher case—and the larger questions it raises about power, accountability, and how allegations are handled when influence and reputation are on the line. This is not a trial by podcast. It’s a look at patterns: who gets believed, who gets erased, and how institutions, media, and fandoms respond when harm allegations collide with fame. We talk culture, silence, and why nuance matters just as much as truth. A difficult conversation—handled with care, context, and clarity. Listen thoughtfully.

NHCADSV: When Advocacy Fails Survivors

NHCADSV: When Advocacy Fails Survivors In this episode, I examine the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (NHCADSV)—and ask hard questions about accountability, transparency, and who advocacy institutions are really serving. This isn’t about tearing down the mission of protecting survivors. It’s about what happens when systems meant to help begin gatekeeping, silencing, or retaliating against the very people they claim to represent. We talk power, funding, ethics, and the real-world consequences when survivors are treated as liabilities instead of humans. Uncomfortable. Necessary. Grounded in lived experience. Listen with care.

Minneapolis & Gaza: State Violence Has No Borders

Minneapolis & Gaza: State Violence Has No Borders In this episode, I connect the dots between Minneapolis and Gaza—two places separated by oceans but linked by the same machinery of state violence, militarized policing, and selective outrage. If you oppose cages at the border but stay silent about mass graves abroad, we need to talk. This is a reckoning with moral consistency, media silence, and what happens when some lives are treated as disposable—depending on who holds the power. No slogans. No party lines. Just the uncomfortable truth: state violence doesn’t become acceptable because it happens “over there.”