Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchQuick Announcement - It's International Cultic Studies Association Conference Week
I'll be speaking at the conference on Friday July 30 and there won't be a regular release of the podcast this week. I do hope to record my presentati…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 144 - You're Not My Homeland Anymore - Rachel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Growing up, Rachel moved roughly 15 times between the ages of 5 and 19. Without much stability other than the consistency of the cult of Jehovah's Wi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 143 - Spencer Saves The Day
Behind the scenes of a rock concert for Saves The Day, Spencer gets to interact with these "worldly" people that weren't Jehovah's Witnesses, and he …
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 142 - How Is This Fair? - Joel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
While some religions speak about the concept of grace, the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses has another term for it… "undeserved kindness". This is the un…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 141 - You Don't Even Know Me - Jarvis is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
If your true thoughts and feelings were put on display in a lineup of Jehovah's Witnesses, would your own parents be able to pick you out? Like so ma…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 140 - Spiritual Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy - Israel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a form of mental illness and child abuse whereby a caretaker may make a child think that they are sick or may cause r…
2 years, 11 months ago
2023 Update Episode
In this episode I talk about what's in store for 2023. From what's going on with This JW Life and Shunned to new projects and old, I let you in on t…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 139 - Child Bride - Growing Up In A Sufi Community
Today Tamara MC, PhD is an author and activist for women and girls. Growing up, Tamara's father joined a Sufi cult that took her father away and left…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 138 - Kidnapped - Child Custody & Jehovah's Witnesses
A little girl on a bike ride. A car with a man in it that seems familiar in an unfamiliar place. The result is a long custody battle, a lot of brainw…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 137 - Nazi Bedtime Stories - Johanna is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Imagine being five years old and having your dad reading you scary stories about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses to send you off to sleep…
3 years ago