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198 – God Wouldn't Let A Demon Get Baptized – Growing Up Ostracized In Jehovah's Witnesses
It's hard enough growing up different than everyone else because your family is in the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. Everyone wants to fit in, to belong, to feel seen and heard and ...
197 – The Shadiest People Rise At Bethel – Former Bethelite Shares His Story Of Moving On
One of the highest goals for a young person that is one of Jehovah's Witnesses is to go to the Bethel headquarters located in New York, to work as a volunteer, serving their cult f...
196 – A Need-Greater's Coming Out Story – With A Surprise Ending
As a young teen, Maxwell had a unique opportunity to get into a Korean pre-group for need-greating locally as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Although that didn't ultimately pan out, s...
195 – Seventh Day Adventists & Jehovah's Witnesses – Looking In The Mirror With Cass, A Former SDA
In this episode I, once one of Jehovah's Witnesses, interview Cass, a former Seventh Day Adventist. Both religions were born in the same time period, out of the same disappointment...
194 – Everyone Knew But Me – What Else Is A Lie? – Waking Up Through Family Secrets
Much like in the movie The Truman Show, young Tara was living a lie. In the 8th grade, at the age of 13, Tara would be told something by one of Jehovah's Witnesses in her English c...
193 – Sam Survives Jehovah's Witnesses With Only Moments To Spare
Treated terribly by those that were supposed to protect and love her, Sam looked to things like baptism and being "The Bible Girl" at school to escape into serving a god that she w...
192 – Unconventional Convention Activism – Dino's DIY Activism – Anyone Can Do This
Dino, a Shunned Podcast veteran, came up with an idea to reach out to convention locations for Jehovah's Witnesses to challenge their messaging that is featured, at times, even on ...
191 – ExJWs Helping ExJWs – ExJwHelp Day 2024 & Garden of the Gods, Rim Rock, Cave In Rock Illinois
Thank you to all of the wonderful people that donated this year for our "day" of giving. Because so much is received, it takes more than a day, but we were able to do the following...
190 – Stalked by Elders – Running away from Jehovah's Witnesses
Imagine feeling that you have to run away from your family, leaving them physically, so that you can hope to continue to have them in your life through the bond of a cult. For Jodi...
189 – But I'm The Good One – An ExJW Attorney Tells Her Story – Jehovah's Witnesses Shun Kenesha
Young Kenesha knew from the time that she was a teacher's pet in school that she wanted to be "the good one". Growing up in a life that she hated as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, Ken...
188 – An Autistic Bipolar ADHD ExJW Comedian Tells His Story – Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Today we meet Mikey, aka Mikey J Havoc on the comedy stage, a stage that is very new for him in his life as he explores his past as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. In this episode we e...
187 – The Strength To Take A Stand – Kelsi is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
When Kelsi was a young girl growing up in the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses, her head was filled with fears of great tribulations and doomsday scenarios. As most faithful Jehovah's W...
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