📅 Release Date: 31 May 2025
🔥 New episode alert! This is the most powerful podcast episode of the year - and one that everyone in the UK (and beyond) needs to hear.
In this emotionally charged episode of Stardust Stories, hosts Philip Garcia and Jasper Whitlow delve into the true story behind one of Britain’s most extraordinary women: Maggie Oliver - the former Greater Manchester Police detective turned fearless whistleblower, campaigner, and founder of The Maggie Oliver Foundation.
If you watched the BAFTA-winning BBC drama Three Girls or the explosive Channel 4 documentary “Groomed: A National Scandal”, then you’ve seen her story told on-screen. But this podcast gives you the raw truth, the untold emotion, and the courage behind the headlines.
Maggie Oliver risked everything to expose the shocking child sexual exploitation scandal in Rochdale. She blew the whistle on police and institutional failures that allowed vulnerable girls to be silenced, shamed, and ignored. In doing so, she lost her job, faced public backlash, and sacrificed her own well-being, all to fight for the voices of victims who were abandoned by the system.
💔 This episode is not fiction. This is real. Raw. Relentless.
💡 Learn how Maggie turned her trauma into activism.
🎙️ Hear how she built a foundation that saves lives.
📚 Discover why her book Survivors is essential reading.
💬 And find out why "being a little more Maggie" might be exactly what the world needs right now.
Don’t Just Listen - Act.
Visit www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com to:
✅ Support survivors
✅ Donate or fundraise
Survivors - Maggie's Book: https://amzn.to/4jwcHy9
Groomed: A National Scandal: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/groomed-a-national-scandal
Three Girls: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08rgd5n/three-girls
✅ Book Maggie for a talk - https://maggieoliver.co.uk/
✅ Share this story far and wide - https://philipgarcia.com
💬 “If they’d done their job, I wouldn’t still be banging this drum.” – Maggie Oliver
💬 “She didn’t flinch. She fought.” – Stardust Stories
This is not just a podcast episode. This is a movement.
Share it. Save it. Stand with Maggie.
Helpful Hands Podcast Website: https://helpfulhandspodcast.co.uk
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