
Have you ever met someone who survived a CULT? Leaving The Village is a podcast about life inside Bill Gothard's cult IBLP/ATI. Host Jessica Goforth and her guests take you behind the scenes of growing up inside, how they left, and introduce an entire cohort of survivors of radicalized religion.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 42 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | Religion & SpiritualityChristianity | ||||

A few members of the Dauntless Media Collective team—Gail from *Full Mutuality*, Jessica from *Leaving the Village*, Maggie from *Hello Deconstructionists*, Nate from *Full Mutuality*, and Scott from *Chapel Probation* and *Horny Chapel*—shared their... more
Have you seen the Amazon Prime docuseries Shiny Happy People? Were you shocked to hear the wholesome, American Duggar family was involved in a cult? A cult full of abuse, sex, and religious trauma. A cult that claimed to educate children and planned ... more
Jess and Kit return eager to talk all things IBLP with the new docuseries from Olivia Crist for Amazon Prime, called Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, dropping June 2nd. With fresh insights and boiling over anticipation, they sit down to dis... more
This time Jess is joined by fellow LTV team member and childhood friend, Alexis Grey, as they react to a roller coaster of emotions surrounding the sentencing trial in the Josh Duggar CSAM (child sexual assault materials) possession conviction. They ... more
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It’s fine. But honestly they spend a lot of time telling you what they are going to talk about instead of just talking about it. And the one host just talks all over the other one. It needs a lot of work.
But home schooling shows. Ignorant rundown on 70s politics and Shiny Happy People is a B52s song?? Lol.
I am really interested and fascinated to hear these stories of their experiences. However one host sounds great with good audio quality whereas the other one is very hard to hear and sounds like she is in a barrel. Try to invest in some better microphone equipment to improve your quality and listener’s experience. It’s hard to follow and I typically give up on listening to episodes due to the audio quality.
As a former member of “the village” I quite enjoy this podcast. It gives me more context Into how others experienced the cult and begins up memories that are a confusing mix of happy/sad/weird/traumatic
I found this podcast thanks to Katie Joy and I've been binging all of the episodes. Jessica and Kathleen are so inspiring and I commend them for their vulnerability and strength while telling their stories.






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