Asking For a Friend

Asking For a Friend

By Louise Harper, Adam CzarnobajReligion & SpiritualityEducationSelf-ImprovementReligion
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Asking For a Friend episodes

  • S02 E03 Christmas and Cognitive Dissonance
     

    'When Prophecy Fails: a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World' by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter 

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

     

    1 hr 7 min
  • S02 E02 Apostate Member of the Governing Body

    'Crisis of Conscience' by Ray Franz: https://friendsofraymondfranz.com/

    'The Four Presidents of the Watchtower' by Edmond C Gruss: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jFDi5jGsyV8C&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

    Podcast interview with Howie Routledge Tran on JW Community Podcast: https://jwcommunitypodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/1a18bbfa

    $100 million lawsuit against WTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeEfJJPSBo
    Link to court document: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.652986/gov.uscourts.nysd.652986.1.0.pdf

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

     

     

    1 hr 10 min
  • S01E13 Additional Education

    Resources supporting this podcast:
    Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/

    Religion Watch: https://www.religionwatch.com/jehovahs-witnesses-educational-and-professional-deficit/

    Educational Attainment by sex and religion in the United States: https://paa2019.populationassociation.org/uploads/190745

    Jehovahs Witnesses and Higher Education: https://jw.support/blog/2019/12/02/jehovahs-witnesses-and-higher-education/

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1 hr 2 min
  • S01E12 Rutherford. Wine, Women and Hitler

    References: 

    'The Four Presidents of the Watchtower' by Edmond C Gruss. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Watch-Society-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/1594671311

    Photo of Christmas celebration at Brooklyn Bethel: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/zu71me/the_last_time_christmas_was_celebrated_at/

    Evidence of Nazi Flags at Rutherford's Berlin convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJEvw9pdAc

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ozzy and the Sisters

    An entertaining discussion about the carts compared to the perils of olden day field service, the role of the sisters and their legendary cleaning and catering skills, and then Adam gives us a detailed run down of what the Thursday meeting used to be like before the format radically changed into its current iteration.

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1 hr 10 min
  • Stand Up the real Charles Russell

    Books used to research this episode:
    The Four Presidents of the Watchtower Society by Edmund Gruss https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Watch-Society-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/1594671311

    Webpages used in this episode:
    https://loc.getarchive.net/media/the-evening-prayer
    https://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/russell.html
    https://archive.org/details/1880ZionsWatchTower

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    56 min
  • The Disgusting Thing that Causes Desolation

    Links to the articles and emails mentioned in the show are as follows:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/08/religion.world

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/15/religion.unitednations

    https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/united-nations-association.php

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1 hr
  • The Real Reason

    Adam looks at why the elders arrangement has been changed recently to allow men as young as 21 to become elders in congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses.
    Stephanie discusses why the book study meeting held in peoples home was removed and the team speculate as to the reasons behind the change.
    Louise discusses the court case that preceded the literature changing from having a fixed price printed on the covers, to being offered to householders for 'free', albeit it with strong encouragement to make a donation.

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    Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records
     

    57 min

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A show for people within high control groups who have genuine questions about the tenets they are being asked to accept on faith. This is a safe forum to respectfully investigate people's questions…