The Cult I Left Behind

Who's ready for 2024?! Amanda and Kyle start off the New Year with stories of young Amanda's panicked search for a Rhema (a special word from God) for each new year and, like, every other day of the y...

1 Tammi 202450min

Amanda and Kyle talk about Christmas traditions and ideology influenced by the IBLP cult. From Santa’s role as an agent of Satan to distract from Christ to annual research projects due on Christmas Ev...

18 Joulu 202350min

Join Amanda and Kyle along with special guest Tim Whitaker from The New Evangelicals as they explore the distinction between cults and religions. In response to a listener question, the trio discusses...

11 Joulu 202349min

In a deeply personal conversation, Amanda and Kyle discuss the ideology surrounding divorce in the IBLP cult. Amanda shares about her divorce, which finalized five years ago the day this episode was r...

4 Joulu 20231h 14min

Amanda and Kyle answer listener questions. As Kyle puts it, everyone and their mom wants to know if Amanda still believes in God. Listen to the episode to find out! And feel free to submit more questi...

27 Marras 20231h 5min

In the final installment of their Shiny Happy People review, Amanda and Kyle have an emotional conversation about episode four of the docuseries. They discuss the correlations between Josh Dugger and ...

20 Marras 20231h 2min

Amanda and Kyle review episode three of Shiny Happy People. They discuss Bill Gothard’s teachings on authority within the IBLP cult and the creepy dynamic the cult created between fathers and their vi...

13 Marras 20231h 23min

Amanda and Kyle recap episode two of Shiny Happy People. They discuss Josh Duggar's sexual assault of his sisters and the Ashley Madison scandal in which Josh was implicated. Kyle asks Amanda to expla...

6 Marras 20231h 9min