Meet Jaimie Beebe & Jake Deptula

We recently connected with Jaimie Beebe & Jake Deptula and have shared our conversation below.

Jaimie Beebe , we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
We found our purpose to create the podcast, Strictly Stalking, in a roundabout way! Both being true crime fans, we knew we wanted to start a true crime podcast but weren’t sure what direction to go. – there’s a lot of crime we could’ve covered! Through our research we learned that stalking is not only a very underreported crime, but also one without much awareness. Our purpose in creating Strictly Stalking was not only to raise this awareness, but also to give survivors a safe platform to tell their story.
As hosts, we’ve learned about the dangers of stalking along with our listeners, which brings a unique angle to our interviews. In starting our 4th season of the podcast, we’ve realized that what we’ve started goes beyond being hosts of a true crime show and we’ve now become advocates in our journey to help stalking victims.
The purpose of Strictly Stalking and our personal mission is to help others by creating awareness, reaching victims with our resources, giving advice, being mental health advocates, and hopefully one day changing global laws pertaining to the horrific crime of stalking.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
Jake and Jaimie both have hobbies and careers outside of podcasting, but when they come together to advocate for stalking victims and survivors they are 100% focused and unstoppable. The pair met while both working in film production a few years before officially launching Strictly Stalking. They are both true crime fans and formed a quick friendship because of that, but they have a lot going on outside of the podcast world as well.
Jake is also a writer and producer, lover of 1970s and 80s pop culture, and has amassed over fifteen years of television and film credits. Jake lives in Los Angeles and spends his free time developing and producing creative content based on his fascination with true crime, pop culture, and dating drama. He’s also vegetarian, enjoys living a healthy lifestyle, and taking great pride in the work he does for advocacy.
Jaimie also works as a Casting Director for film and Television, and owns a bikini company called The Boyfriend Bikini. In her spare time she travels every chance she gets, hangs out with her Golden Retriever, and loves to create content for social media!

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Our best quality is teamwork and compromise. We both have the same goals in our careers as well as the advocacy we want to do. But we don’t agree on everything and that’s for the best! By having different viewpoints we’re able to grow within our company and ourselves. It’s important to take each other’s ideas and thoughts into consideration when making decisions, and through brainstorming together we’ve been able to come up with some great ideas. We also both come from creative and business backgrounds – and those qualities make us unstoppable when it comes to production and content. A lot of people have great ideas, but lack the business sense to put those ideas into the world. Luckily, we push each other to explore new business avenues, while still keeping our creativity at the top of what we do.
Lastly, having a partner is great because we’re completely opposite people! Jaimie likes to jump into things right away and try everything until she finds something that works and then go full force, while Jake is more of a quality control manager. He enjoys the thought process behind getting things done and makes sure the details are taken care of. With all those qualities they make an unbeatable team!

How can folks who want to work with you connect?
We are always collaborating! With advocacy work it takes everyone working together to make a difference. When we started Strictly Stalking, we really didn’t know much about stalking, or stalking laws, or even anything about podcasting! We just had an idea that we knew we were ready to pursue. We met with other advocates, met with survivors, and law enforcement to learn the best way to help others using the platform we had. And luckily, we got a lot of help along the way! We learned from those around us to form the most effective way to produce our podcast. We also collaborate with other podcasters. We’ve found that meeting with, interviewing, and learning from other podcasters in the industry has helped the most with growing our audience.
Lastly, we are truly thankful for our survivors. Our stalking survivors are the ones opening up and telling the world about the worst thing that’s happened to them and it’s through them that we are able to help other people.
If you’ve been stalked, or are being stalked, we’d love to give you a platform to tell your story. Our guests are welcome to remain anonymous on the show because we know there is always a safety concern, and it’s a priority for our guests to remain safe. While we know it’s often very difficult to talk about, the only way we can change the laws and make things safer for other people is to get these stories out. Please feel free to email us at strictlystalkingpod@gmail.com or DM us on IG @strictlystalkingpod

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