Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJehovah's Witnesses Will Still Die Refusing Blood Transfusions After The Update Allowing Blood
Since the mid 1900s Jehovah's Witnesses have had a ban on blood transfusions. They would take biblical commands to "abstain from blood" literally ev…
20 hours ago
216 – How Star Trek Helped Me Leave A Cult – For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky
This episode documents the life of Hannah, a young woman who escaped the controlling environment of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the shadow of an abus…
1 week, 5 days ago
215 – All Gas, No Brakes – The Relentless Expectations Forced Upon Young Jehovah's Witnesses
In this episode Bernie, a 44-year-old former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, provides a poignant account of growing up within a restrictive religi…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
214 – A Harrowing Midnight Escape – Danny Checks Out Of The Hotel California – Leaving "The Move"
In this episode, Danny shares his harrowing journey of growing up in a high-control group known as "The Move." From being "autoshunned" alongside his…
1 month, 1 week ago
213 - Do Jehovah's Witnesses Fail To Protect Children From CSA & Shun Those That Report It?
In this episode, Ashley shares her harrowing journey as a fifth-generation Jehovah's Witness and exposes the systemic lack of protection for children…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
212 – What I DIDN'T Say On Jubilee – Ex-Scientologists & Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses – Behind The Scenes
When I got the chance to cast for the eventual October release of a video on Jubilee featuring former Jehovah's Witnesses and former Scientologists I…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
211 – "They Would Track Me": Why I Had to Run Away at 21 and Leave a Note on the Basement Door
This episode features the story of Darby, a 32-year-old former Jehovah's Witness, detailing a life shaped by generational indoctrination, intense fam…
3 months ago
210 – "I Was Petrified": Ex-Jehovah's Witness Experienced "Constant White Knuckle Paralytic Terror"
This episode is the personal testimony of Micah, a 42-year-old former Jehovah's Witness, detailing his life within the organization, his subsequent d…
4 months ago
The Shunned Podcast Meets Jubilee To Discuss Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology
I was very fortunate to be able to travel and record an episode of Jubilee along with other ExJWs and Ex-Scientologists as we discussed our lives a…
4 months, 1 week ago
209 – Rising Above The Narcissistic Darkness Of Jehovah's Witnesses
In this episode, Ezzi details the intense familial and organizational pressure that led to her baptism at age 15, despite her not feeling ready or un…
5 months ago