All Episodes
shunned — 234 episodes
219 – Shunned While Active – Treated Like A Leper For Reporting Elder Misconduct & Sexual Harassment
218 – Robbed Of Her Inheritance – The Daughter Who Stayed While Mom Refused To Help Her Own Parents
217 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Pushed Me and My Non-JW Husband Away From Their Religion
Jehovah's Witnesses Will Still Die Refusing Blood Transfusions After The Update Allowing Blood
216 – How Star Trek Helped Me Leave A Cult – For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky
215 – All Gas, No Brakes – The Relentless Expectations Forced Upon Young Jehovah's Witnesses
214 – A Harrowing Midnight Escape – Danny Checks Out Of The Hotel California – Leaving "The Move"
213 - Do Jehovah's Witnesses Fail To Protect Children From CSA & Shun Those That Report It?
212 – What I DIDN'T Say On Jubilee – Ex-Scientologists & Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses – Behind The Scenes
211 – "They Would Track Me": Why I Had to Run Away at 21 and Leave a Note on the Basement Door
210 – "I Was Petrified": Ex-Jehovah's Witness Experienced "Constant White Knuckle Paralytic Terror"
The Shunned Podcast Meets Jubilee To Discuss Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology
209 – Rising Above The Narcissistic Darkness Of Jehovah's Witnesses
208 - They Promised To Break Me Like A Horse; Turning "One More Day" Into Decades Of Breaking Cycles
What Did I Do??? - A quick announcement, something of interest, and a little update.
207 – How One Bullsh*t Comment Freed A Young Man From A Cult & The Extreme Response From Family
206 - Hidden From Her Father, Coerced To Let Her Own Son Die, Vicki Escapes Jehovah's Witnesses
205 - Jehovah's Witnesses Want Your Child - Dennise survives pregnancy, a brain tumor & the cult
204 – A Shocking Tragedy & Ultimate Freedom As Dianna Claims Life Outside Of Jehovah's Witnesses
203 – Sometimes You Do Your Best And Your Best Still Hurts – Even The Best JW Families End The Same
202 – Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse – Proud To Be 1st Generation Out Instead Of 4th Generation In
201 – Secret Abuse, Dangerous Dad, & Shocking Marriage – Johanna is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
200 – Hey ExJWs We Need To Talk … About Relationships, Moving Forward, & What Gets In The Way
199 – Let's Fix Chelynn – Overcoming Loss, Substance Abuse, & Jehovah's Witnesses
198 – God Wouldn't Let A Demon Get Baptized – Growing Up Ostracized In Jehovah's Witnesses
197 – The Shadiest People Rise At Bethel – Former Bethelite Shares His Story Of Moving On
196 – A Need-Greater's Coming Out Story – With A Surprise Ending
195 – Seventh Day Adventists & Jehovah's Witnesses – Looking In The Mirror With Cass, A Former SDA
194 – Everyone Knew But Me – What Else Is A Lie? – Waking Up Through Family Secrets
193 – Sam Survives Jehovah's Witnesses With Only Moments To Spare
192 – Unconventional Convention Activism – Dino's DIY Activism – Anyone Can Do This
191 – ExJWs Helping ExJWs – ExJwHelp Day 2024 & Garden of the Gods, Rim Rock, Cave In Rock Illinois
190 – Stalked by Elders – Running away from Jehovah's Witnesses
189 – But I'm The Good One – An ExJW Attorney Tells Her Story – Jehovah's Witnesses Shun Kenesha
188 – An Autistic Bipolar ADHD ExJW Comedian Tells His Story – Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
187 – The Strength To Take A Stand – Kelsi is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
186 – I Did Something Good – Megan is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Would You Like To Help Others? – Announcing ExJwHelp Day 2024
Episode 185 – It's Too Bad, So Wrong, So Long – Jason is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 184 – Announcing Becoming Jehovah – A NEW Free ExJW Book
183 – Black Sheep – The Worst Judicial Committee Ever? – NOBODY Should Be Treated Like This
182 – Layers Of Shame – Hali is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
181 – Trojan Horse ExJW Activism – Engaging Active Jehovah's Witnesses
180 – How DARE You Make Me Look Bad – Daisy and Jehovah's Witnesses
Takeaways & Tips From My 2024 One Man Protest – Evansville Indiana Convention Of Jehovah's Witnesses
178 – A Cult Blind To Abuse – Felicity is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
177 – Hypocrisy – Greg is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
176 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Controlling Your Relationships
175 – An Overseer Found Dead, Secret Memos, CSA Exposed, & A Brave Couple – Meet The 2x2s
174 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control Part 5 – Patterns, Positivity & Projection
173 – Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places – Catherine is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
172 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 4 – "The Truth" Creates Liars
171 – Child Custody – Waking Up In Court On The Witness Stand – Darrin is shunned
170 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 3 – Weaponizing Your Desires
169 – There's Nothing That Jehovah's Witnesses Can't Make Worse – Cherie Is Shunned
168 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 2 – The Denial
167 – Between Two Worlds – Abuse, Trauma; Jess is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
166 - What They REALLY Said - The 2024 Governing Body Update #2 - An ExJW Reenactment
165 – Looking Back – Cancer, Autism & Jehovah's Witnesses – Jacob is shunned
164 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 1 – The Setup
163 – What The Hell Did I Just Do? – Justin and Jehovah's Witnesses
162 – How Covid Changed The Face Of Jehovah's Witnesses (Well, Some Of Them)
161 – An ExJW Couple Leaves A Cult With Covid As A Catalyst – Walking Away Under The Cover Of Zoom
160 – Jehovah's Witnesses And The Holocaust – An ExJW Goes To The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Episode 159 – A Divided Household – Tana is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 158 – Smurfs, Demons, Bed Bugs and Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 157 - CSA, Trauma and Jehovah's Witnesses - Caressa's Story
Episode 156 – Announcing The Uprising Of Former Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 155 - The Little Girl Without A Smile - Dedicated To Yvette
Episode 154 – It Was Hell – Andrea is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
How To Start Your Own Ex-JW Cart
153 – Legal Considerations For Former Jehovah's Witnesses – Blood, Wills, Emancipation, Insurance
Episode 152 – Love Without A Home – Grief, Gaslighting and Jehovah's Witnesses
ExJwHelp Day 2023 - The Results - Former Jehovah's Witnesses Doing Good In The Community
Episode 151 - Religion Before Relationships - Daniel's Story with Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 150 - Showtime - Trish is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 149 - Chameleon - From Bethel To The Army - A former Bethelite is shunned
ExJwHelp Day 2023 Announcement
Episode 148 - Breaking Patterns - Tara is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 147 - Was It Worth It? - Alyssa is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 146 – We Get To Be Ourselves, Without The Fear Of Failure – An ExJW Family Story
Episode 145 - Invalidated - Arthur's Baptism Is Annulled By Jehovah's Witnesses
2023 International Cultic Studies Association Presentation - Prosocial Distancing - Jehovah's Witnesses and Covid
Quick Announcement - It's International Cultic Studies Association Conference Week
Episode 144 - You're Not My Homeland Anymore - Rachel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 143 - Spencer Saves The Day
Episode 142 - How Is This Fair? - Joel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 141 - You Don't Even Know Me - Jarvis is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 140 - Spiritual Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy - Israel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
2023 Update Episode
Episode 139 - Child Bride - Growing Up In A Sufi Community
Episode 138 - Kidnapped - Child Custody & Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 137 - Nazi Bedtime Stories - Johanna is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 136 - A Beautiful Process - Karen
Episode 135 - A Fork In The Road - Daniel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 134 - Careers Without College - ExJwHelp #2
Episode 133 - Adoption And Jehovah's Witnesses - Ashley Is Shunned
Episode 132 - Gaslight - Jehovah's Witnesses Edition - Lexi is Shunned
Episode 131 - California Dreamin' - Catherine is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 130 - Sincerity Is NOT Enough - Jose is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 129 - Being Noticed Was Bad - Trevor is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 128 - If I Do This, Maybe They'll Leave Me Alone
Episode 127 - "If he kills me, we won't be married in paradise anymore, right?"
Episode 126 - Gay At Bethel - Harrison is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 125 - Make It Be True - Elizabeth is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode 124 - Confusion - Escaping A Life Of Contradiction
9/2/22 - Your Chance To Help - ExJwHelp Day 2022
Episode 123 - Waiting On Death Row - A PIMO Speaks Out
Episode 122 - Family Matters
Episode 121 - Reading Apostate Material At The Meeting During The CO Visit
Episode 120 - How To Go To College - ExJwHelp #1
Episode 119 - Going Back
Episode 118 - Bethel Burnout
Episode 117 - Headship Hardships
Episode 116 - The Invisible Aubrey
Episode 115 - I Am Enough
Episode 114 - Never A JW But Still Shunned
Episode 113 - A Great Spiritual Heritage
Episode 112 - Paternity Fraud
Episode 111 - MTS Graduate Is Shunned
Episode 110 - Shattered Illusions
Episode 109 - What Do You REALLY Have?
Episode 108 - Family Secrets
Episode 107 - Cloak Of Secrecy
Episode 106 - No Safe Place
Episode 105 - In Memory Of Sarah
Episode 104 - Education Matters
Episode 103 - Threatened For Reporting Abuse
Episode 102 - A JW Misfit
Episode 101 - Don't You EVER Embarrass Me
Episode 100 - 100 Things You Need To Know To Heal From Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Ninety Nine - Role Play
Episode Ninety Eight - Human Kintsugi
Announcing Ex-JW Help Day 2021
Episode Ninety Seven - Save Yourself
Episode Ninety Six - AltWorldly Tells His Story
Episode Ninety Four - It Never Felt Right
Introducing: I Am Rama
Episode Ninety Three - Last Man Standing
Episode Ninety Two - Shunned During A Pandemic
Episode Ninety One - My Husband Said I'm A Sex Addict
Episode Ninety - How You Treat People Matters
Episode Eighty Nine - To The Moon And Back
Episode Eighty Eight - Do You Know Where My Family Is?
Episode Eighty Seven - It Felt Like Jehovah Hated Us
Episode Eighty Six - A Need-Greater In The Dominican Republic
Episode Eighty Five - Taking A Stand At 19
Episode Eighty Four - All She Did Was Ask A Question
Episode Eighty Three - Laurel - Growing up in and leaving Scientology
Episode Eighty Two - Geoff is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Eighty One - Suzanna is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Eighty - Ramil is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Nine - Allison is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Eight - Z is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Seven - Kim is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Six - Seth is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Five - Kayla is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Four - LaShanda is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Three - Jen is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy Two - Ramo is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy One - Mitch is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Seventy - Angela is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Success Stories - 3 - Like A River Cutting Through Rock
Episode Sixty Nine - Stephanie is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty Eight - Mario is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Success Stories - 2 - Using Your Time, Treasure and Talent
Episode Sixty Seven - Ryan is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty Six - The TRUTH About Disfellowshipping
Success Stories - 1- From GED to MIT
Episode Sixty Five - Daniel A. is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty Four - Karamat is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty Three - Dani is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty Two - Aaron is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty One - Joseph H is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Sixty - Laura is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Nine - Cassandra is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Eight - Derek is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Seven - Alexa is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Six - Nina is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Four - Rebecca is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Three - Joaquin is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty Two - Taira is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty One - Serena is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifty - Updates on guests from 2017 and 2018
Episode Forty Nine - Xitlalitl is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Eight - Kelsey is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Seven - The Fangsruds are shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Six - Candace is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Five - Tamara SW is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Four - Cassie is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Three - Matthew is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty Two - Daniel SP is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty One - Joseph is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Forty - Renee is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Nine - Corrie is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Eight - Nicole's Life With Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Seven - Adrian is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Six - Linda is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Five - Andie is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Four - Lyla is shunned by Die Uitverkore Volk (The Chosen People)
Episode Thirty Three - Naomi is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirty Two - James Schwartz - Growing Up Gay and Amish
Episode Thirty One - Dave Warnock - Dying Out Loud
Episode Thirty - Chloe is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Twenty Nine - Nico is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Twenty Eight - Yolanda and Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Twenty Seven - Georgia is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Twenty Six - Nicholas is shunned by Is, Was and Will Be
Episode Twenty Five - Daniel is a PIMO Jehovah's Witness
Episode Twenty Four - Silvers is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Twenty Three - Sherrie is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Shunned VIDcast #5 - 2019 Goals
Episode Twenty One - V - Shunning In A Racist Family Cult
Episode Twenty - Tamara is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Nineteen - Lyndi is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Eighteen - Torah Bontrager - Escaping The Amish
Episode Seventeen - Midwest Apostafest 2018
Episode Sixteen - Sydney is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fifteen - Jason is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Fourteen - Kacey is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Thirteen - Fernando is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Asking For Your Help
Episode Twelve - Mark is shunned by Jehovah's WItnesses
Episode Eleven - Brenda is shunned by the FLDS
Episode Ten - DJ is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Nine - Update - David Speaks Out
Episode Eight - Bonus Content - Sexual Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses - David's Story
Episode Seven - Part 2 - Sexual Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses - David's Story
Episode Six - Part 1- Sexual Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses - David's Story
Episode Five - Caleb is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Four - Mike is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Three - Emily is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Episode Two - Jerry is shunned by the Mennonites
Episode One - Jenny is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses