All Episodes

More Jehovah's Witnesses Will Die After The Blood Transfusion Changes From Their Leadership

226 – How Starting A Fire Trapped A Family In A Cult And The Questions That Set Andrew Free

The Toxic Parent Trap, A Fatal Flaw Of JW Self-Worth, Comply Or Die (In Memoriam)

225 – I Spent $10,000 in Secret Just to Prove My Own Religion Was a Lie

The Shunned Podcast Is Changing

224 – Lethal Hopes & Manila Envelopes – Surviving The Manipulation Of Jehovah's Witnesses & Thriving

223 - The Depressing Life Of Jehovah's Witnesses - Like Planting A Full Sun Plant In The Shade

222 – How Rhett & Link Helped Me Wake Up From The Cult Of Jehovah's Witnesses & My Midnight Escape

221 – The Exodus Of Genesis – Because Happiness Comes From Within, Not From Abusive Relationships

220 – Jehovah Is Slow To Protect Children – How JW Policies Protect Predators And Punish Victims

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