Latter Day Survivors

Latter Day Survivors

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Latter Day Survivors episodes

  • Ava Black

    Ava shares their unique story of being adopted into a Mormon family, their struggles with mental health disorders, and how the stigma around mental illness with in the culture of Mormonism exacerbated the issues.

    1 hr 53 min
  • Kenny Ballentine

    Kenny's shares his story about how he recently came to consciously identify what happened to him as a child was rape. While listening to the Latter Day Survivors podcast, he recognized the significance of what happened to him, how it informed many of his life choices, and is learning how to manage the PTSD symptoms that followed when acknowledging and processing the trauma. Kenny is a documentary film maker and activist for social change. 

    1 hr 50 min
  • Ari

    Ari tells her story of growing up with a narcissistic mother. She discusses religious trauma, how narcissism is taught and perpetuated within the church, and the price she paid to speak her truth.

    2 hr 14 min
  • Tom Stollings

    Tom has been through hell as an abuse survivor himself and he is a fierce advocate for justice for other survivors of abuse especially children including his own. He sheds light on the efforts by the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to silence victims and defend perpetrators in the legal system and in the media. Tom continues his efforts to secure justice for his own children and the other children abused by their perpetrator.

    2 hr 54 min
  • Kim Mayer

    Kim shares her story of abuse, betrayal, gaslighting from ward members, and religious trauma. When speaking up for someone who was being abused, she expected the church leaders to do the right thing. Instead she learned the efforts involved in keeping survivors silent and protecting sexual predators by the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

    3 hr 1 min
  • McKay Sparticus Johnson

    McKay tells his story about his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He shares his experiences on his mission and how another missionary groomed and abused multiple missionary companions. He shares his insight about the culpability of the church leadership in unsafe coniditions for young missionaries.

    2 hr 20 min
  • Cody Francis
    Cody is the singer songwriter for the song we found on Epidemic Sound... we had no idea about his story and how well his song would fit with the purpose of our podcast. Cody tells his story about his song and his experiences growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (We had no idea he was a member when we found his song).
    1 hr 33 min
  • Spencer
    Spencer's story clearly shows the ways in which Mormons gaslight themselves and deny their own intuition by justifying blatant bigotry and racist behaviors in order to maintain a sense of belonging in the community. His story is one of many in which the church exploits membership in other countries.
    3 hr
  • Alana Maiello - Chewed Gum
    Alana Maiello is an award winning documentary film director and producer. She is finishing up production on a documentary entitled, “Chewed Gum” which exposes the inordinately high rates of sexual assault and domestic violence in the state of Utah. Alana is herself a survivor of sexual assault and is using her experience to help other survivors find their voices and heal.
    1 hr 55 min
  • Christina Harris
    Christina grew up in the Mormon church in Hawaii in the 1980’s. Loss, trauma, and abandonment issues in childhood were exacerbated by religious trauma and indoctrination. These things would go on to inform much of her life and affect her relationships, marriage, parenting, and self worth. She is also a survivor of childbirth trauma and actively works to help other women understand and heal from their traumatic childbirth experiences.
    3 hr 21 min

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