BRACE YOURSELVES, DISAPPOINTMENTS! This week we take you on PART 1 of a journey we’ve embarked on TOO many times… from wherever you are in the world, to a place we ne’r need return: SHILOH SUMMER CAMP! womp WOMP! As is tradition, our Shiloh Summer Camp plans got derailed and delayed, just like our flights to Cedar Rapids. You’ll have to bear with us through some technical difficulties, and let us trigger your memories and/or paint you a picture of:

• THE SHILOH COMPOUND!!
• Corn!
• Grueling & constant manual labor!
• Getting in trouble for things you DIDN’T EVEN DO!
• A great big show
• MORE CORN!

If you ever experienced Shiloh, you’re used to waiting unbearable amounts of time between things you care about, and on that note, come back in two weeks for Part 2.

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Ab*se, High Control Environments/Relationships, Forced Manual Labor, $*xually Inappropriate Behavior, Grooming by Authority Figures, Amphitheaters, Cornhole,🚨THE HIGHEST SHELF🚨

Hello, disappointments! This week we take a deep dive with the resting bitch queen herself, the eldritch terror: Anastasia! From what dimension did she emerge? Where was she in 2018? What about the rest of her life? Join us as we discuss:

• Cult Royalty: The Carol of it All
• Shiloh Psalm Trauma
• Dating?? In This Economy?
• Other trauma!

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Ab*se, High Control Environments/Relationships, Narcissistic Ab*se and Manipulation, $*xually Inappropriate Behavior and Grooming by Authority Figures, Being Called Dramatic, PSALMS

Ok, Disappointments, hold on to your butts. It’s the Roast of Uncle Icky 360. This week we’re diving into Leandra’s “360 Review” of Uncle Icky as a boss and pastor from back in October of 2018. From inscrutable expectations to labor exploitation, this review gives a peek into Leandra’s experience as an indentured—*COUGH cough* sorry, as an EMPLOYEE of the Living Word cult. FOR COMEDY PURPOSES! And also for healing purposes lol. Join us as we un-gaslight ourselves and unpack past-Leandra’s perspective on:

• Uncle Icky’s Management Style (fuckin’ L O L)
• The cost of dissent within the cult
• Conversational manipulation tactics
• CLASSIC cult information control structure
• How Uncle Icky treated women (and how uncomfortable that was)

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Ab*se, Labor Exploitation, Physical and Emotional Ab*se, High Control Environments/Relationships, Narcissistic Ab*se and Manipulation, $*xually Inappropriate Behavior and Grooming by Authority Figures, Childhood $*xual Ab*se, THE LITERAL ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF A CULT read from the perspective of someone who had no idea what a cult was, BARN. I repeat, BARN.

This week we have a particularly long episode for you, because we couldn’t part with any of the content we loved it so much. Listen at 1.5 speed if you must, but it is a great time the whole way through because this week our guest is Mike White! Former TLW member and “blow out,” he is also the guest of our sisterbrothermother podcast, Snapping Out Of It! Enjoy the madness as we get into topics like:

• RBF and its true meaning
• Reclaiming your creativity after musical trauma
• Recognizing red flags in relationships
• Realizing pastors can’t read minds

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Ab*se, Physical and Emotional Ab*se, High Control Environments/Relationships, Narcissistic Ab*se and Manipulation, $*xually Inappropriate Behavior and Grooming by Authority Figures, Childhood $*xual Ab*se, The Ever-Present Danger of Diddlers, Word For The World, Big Boney Energy, Mommy and Daddy Issues.

Ladies, Theydies, and Gentlefriends, we present: OUR FIRST GUEST! She is an incomparable multidisciplinary artist, she is the WICKedly talented host of the podcast “Oops I’m In A Cult!” She is the one and only: Charity Navalesi. Join us as we cackle, weep, hyperventilate, and emotionally regulate our way through topics like:

• The search for healthy healing tools
• Navigating pesky attachment patterns
• Rock bottom’s bottom
• Sweatin’ it out for Jesus
• Where not to put garlic

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Abuse, High Control Environments/Relationships, Narcissistic Abuse and Manipulation, Inscrutable Sexual Analogies, Heavy Meddling, Garlic Snatch

In our very exciting first episode, we'll be giving you, dear listener, some context on who we are, what the heck this show is, and why we can't stop crying at the grocery store! (It’s the trauma.) Tune in to hear us ramble on about all of this and more as we discuss:

• The cult from whence we came
• Leaving a harmful environment and the messy feelings that follow
• The power of sharing stories, even the painful ones
• The all-too-relatable story of getting groped in the Pope Room at Bucca Di Beppo (You know the one)

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Sexual and Physical Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Religious and Spiritual Abuse, Bucca Di Beppo

Just a lil blurb about what the heck is goin' on here!