✨If you want to hear the rest of this episode and ALL FOURTEEN of the other Bible episodes, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! We started this segment over a year ago with Genesis (the first book, for my other Biblically-challenged friends)!✨Happy Good Friday! That works as a special holiday greeting to our friends who celebrate and also just a nice greeting for everyone else haha!In the Christmas episode, Ash first told her version of the story of the birth of Jesus and Christmas, and then Kristal and Ryan schooled her on what she got wrong (hint: there were three wise men, not twelve). In our Easter episode we're doing the exact same thing, Ash gets about 20% of the story right and Kristal tells the rest!Find Kristal on her Linktree, check her out on TheGram, and find more info about and tickets to for her live stand-up shows here.And PLEASE consider donating to her Kickstarter for her latest comic book "MUTINY: BLACK GIRL MAGIK#1"! It's "Star Wars" meets T"he Wiz" in this brand new action-adventure comic-book from a Black Femmes creative team!

PATREON EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Ash Learns The Bible- Ep. 10: Easter Eggs and Crucification

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We're officially back Cultlings!Today we're talking about a fairly new cult on the horizon, The University of Cosmic Intelligence, and its mysterious and problematic leader Rashad Jamal.  Fallon tells us how this group got on the public radar, their criminal actions, and what we know about the cult and its missing members. The gals also talk about cults growing online as a new danger. ✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access to over 200 episodes that aren't on the regular feed, and you'd like them all ad free, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! There is actually now a new FREE version that you can try with no commitment!

TSFU: Ep. 152- New Cult: The University of Cosmic Intelligence

Note: this season of TSFU Presents originally aired in February 2023. We will be back with a brand new episode next Friday! In this episode of "Jarring Japan", a TSFU Presents season where we explored the more interesting aspects of Japanese culture, Ash and guest co-host Alex of Weird Distractions Podcast talked about insane reality, game and prank shows.Skip to 22:03 to hear the story of Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi ("Eggplant"), a Japanese reality TV star who was left naked in a room for over a year, endlessly filling out magazine sweepstakes to win his basic needs, including food, water and clothing. While being unwittingly filmed 24/7. A new documentary about Hamatsu, The Contestant, is available on Hulu now.Find everything about Weird Distractions here! And follow them on Instagram!✨Check out our Patreon if you miss us and want access to over 200 ad free episodes that aren't on the regular feed!

TRENDING TOPIC: Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi/Eggplant, "The Contestant"

WE HAVE A NEW SEGMENT, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF THREE THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT! WE PRESENT TO YOU "TSFU INTERVIEWS..."! This is a new segment where Ash, Fallon and friend of the podcast Chauntee Pitts will interview survivors, authors and all sorts of other incredible guests!In this first conversation, Ash and Shelly Snow Pordea discuss Shelly's new book, 'The Cheating Wife,' which explores the themes of abuse, control, and the patriarchy within the context of a fictional story. They also touch on their own experiences with religious cults and the importance of raising awareness about the treatment of women within these systems. Shelly emphasizes the need for informed consent and proper training for counselors within religious organizations.The conversation highlights the importance of challenging societal norms and promoting empathy and understanding. Ash and Shelly also discuss the harmful messages and beliefs perpetuated by religious institutions, particularly regarding gender roles and sexuality. They explore the damaging effects of the patriarchy and the pressure it puts on both men and women. Shelly shares her personal experiences growing up in a strict religious environment and how it influenced her writing. They also touch on the importance of finding a safe and supportive community and the need to ask questions and challenge dogma.✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access to over 200 episodes that aren't on the regular feed, and you'd like them all ad free, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! There is actually now a new FREE version that you can try with no commitment!

TSFU INTERVIEWS: Author and Cult Survivor Shelly Snow Pordea

Hi friends! This episode is a hodgepodge of updates around our mental health, Ash's recent lapse in sobriety and why she's glad she's not in AA, and what's happening on TSFU in the coming weeks. We've got a special interview and Patrons are getting a brand-spanking new episode of Ash Learns the Bible!Ash also kicks off the show telling Fallon about a problematic singer that she recently discovered on the interwebs. Let us know if you're interested in more content like that, Ash is into it and wondering if y'all are on the same train. Please reach out and let us know! And as promised, we've provided some mental health and addiction resources below.Mental health and addiction resources:https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helplinehttps://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-helphttps://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/I've personally found DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) to be very helpful for my mental health and sobriety. It's about learning and utilizing skills including mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/sober-factionI don't have personal experience with this group but its come highly recommendedhttps://smartrecovery.org/I don't have personal experience with this group but its come highly recommendedhttps://alcohol.org/alcoholics-anonymous/alternatives-to-the-aa-approach/I have not tried or verified all of the groups on this pagehttps://www.oarhealth.com/resources/alternatives-to-aa-the-many-paths-to-sobriety-or-semi-sobrietyI have not tried or verified all of the treatment suggestions on this page, but it's a lot of useful information✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access to over 200 episodes that aren't on the regular feed, and you'd like them all ad free, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! There is actually now a new FREE version that you can try with no commitment!

TSFU UPDATES: Ash Relapsed and AA Sucks, Mental Health Stuff and Shanin Blake Shenanigans

Note: this episode originally aired in September 2021. Chad Daybell is currently on trial and the episode starts with an update of what's happened since our original episode aired.Cam covered the story of Lori Vallow and her fifth husband Chad Daybell, and the disappearance of several of those around them. Daybell is the author of several Doomsday books and was the leader of a small cult, of which Lori was a devout follower.  When Lori started to refer to her children, Tylee (16), and JJ (7), as zombies people began to worry a little, but not too much.Once no one could find or speak to the children, and Lori gave conflicting stories of their whereabouts, for six months, she was finally arrested in February of 2020. The story leading up to the disappearance of Tylee and JJ, and the elopement and subsequent arrest of Vallow and Daybell in Hawaii, is stranger than fiction.✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access to over 200 episodes that aren't on the regular feed, and you'd like them all ad free, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! There is actually now a new FREE version that you can try with no commitment!

PATREON EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Ash Learns The Bible- Ep. 10: Easter Eggs and Crucification

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