The Psychological Impact of Shunning with Dr Heather Ransom
The 'What should I think about..?' podcast goes 'sight & sound' this week on this special edition of the show, with an episode being shown on YouTube for the first time as well as a pure podcast. Step...
21 Touko 20221h 29min
Having Fun and Healing With Games: Guest Starring Germ
High control religious groups often discourage games, warning about the 'dangers' of being influenced by Satan or the world. But what about the benefits of playing games and their role in finding comm...
14 Touko 202258min
Living and dying (rebroadcast from the archive)
I (Stephen) had an online conversation recently with a friend who had recently experienced a family loss. We chatted and she suggested that the way we think about death changes after we leave a belief...
10 Touko 20221h 9min
Ex Jehovah’s Witness Poet and Podcaster Leon Helsby
Ex Jehovah's Witness Poet and Podcaster Leon Helsby tells his story of leaving the organization, why he finds poetry so important to him and describes the challenges of being creative within a high co...
7 Touko 20221h 9min
Learning Styles and Other Myths
Celine and Stephen get into some pop psychology to see what we know, what we think we know but don't, what we don't know and.... you get the picture. The importance of learning styles, the power pose,...
30 Huhti 202259min
Falling in love with an ex cult member
Today we interview Marcia and Riley (AKA Jexit) about falling in love with someone who was a member of a cult and still in the process of deconstructing, or as ex JWs call it POMI (Physically Out Ment...
23 Huhti 20221h 12min
Fight Club: Cult Reading and Movie Review
This week Celine and Stephen review, and do a cult reading of the 1999 movie, Fight Club, directed by David Fincher and starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf. If you ha...
16 Huhti 202255min
Making Sense of an Abnormal Normal: Life in the Children of God
Author, Mary Mahoney talks about her 31 years in the Children of God. She tells Celine and Stephen about her life as a young woman, believing she was called by God to missionary service, her travels a...
9 Huhti 20221h 9min
