Robin Jackson: South African Ex JW Activist
What was it like to be raised a Jehovah's Witness during apartheid? What was it like to leave the organization? Robin Jackson is a podcaster with his show 'Cult Life' and the author of two books. He j...
19 Sep 202154min
Bonus: The MGTOW Men‘s Movement with Jexit
Riley from the Jexit 2020 channel joins Stephen to discuss the MGTOW movement - Men Going Their Own Way. Riley reached out after we talked about it during the Matrix episode and he provides an interes...
17 Sep 202159min
”What‘s your Weltanschauung? How your ‘worldview‘ affects your beliefs.
A Weltanschauung is a 'worldview', a way of making sense out what we see and experience. Each person has a specific way of making sense of life and leaving a high control group means rewiring our worl...
14 Sep 202153min
John Elson Ex JW Stand-up Comic and Caricaturist
A very special episode, John Elson is an old friend and fellow ex Jehovah's Witness. John is very important to us as he is our resident artist, producing the cool artwork we use to promote the podcast...
11 Sep 20211h 21min
Perfection
What do we mean by perfection? How do cults use the concept? What is its connection to sin? Where does excellence and achievement sit within this conversation and why can it be tricky for leavers of h...
7 Sep 20211h 6min
Bonus Short: Cults as Organizations - Change
In this series Stephen uses Organizational Psychological Theory to explore High Control Groups. In this episode Stephen explores whether high control groups (cults) respond favourably to external pres...
7 Sep 202117min
”I was stunned because no-one seemed to care at all”: Phd student and ex JW Ryan David Tuttle
Ryan David Tuttle talks about his life growing up on the edge of the Jehovah's Witness congregation, his efforts to embrace what he saw as his community and his eventual disenchantment and leaving. He...
4 Sep 202154min
Review of Unorthodox
Today we review 'Unorthodox', the short series on Netflix, inspired by the book by Deborah Feldman. The story follows a young woman fleeing a closed community that restricts her freedom to make her ow...
31 Aug 20211h 13min
