STRONGWILLED

Is flying the most selfish super power? And can people change? This episode, DL and Krispin talk about S1E2 (“Flying”) of the Good Place and the philosophical questions that come with it!

DL mentions Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater.

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This is the FIRST EPISODE of This Is the Bad Place, a recap podcast of the NBC's Good Place TV show.

We’re covering the pilot episode, and talking about ethical conundrums, anxiety about the afterlife, religious trauma, and whether Ted Danson’s character is some form of Billy Graham. 

DL mentions The Good Place: the Podcast. 

They also mention How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur.

Also, Kesha’s song is actually just called Sleazy. 

Leave a voicemail ‪at (503) 912-4130‬ or send a voice memo to [email protected].

You can Join our patreon comamunity to support this podcast and gain access to two extra episodes each month, our facebook community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. 

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TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse, psychological abuse, retaliation for abuse allegations.

Most of this episode discusses sexual abuse and child pornography. There's a short section 13:55-22:55 that discusses the plan for Christian homeschoolers to go to Washington and republican politics, and also current youtube Christina influencers. Then, 39:40-end is free of triggers around sexual abuse, and discusses the hope of survivors of IBLP. 

The episode talks about how the Duggar family and friends respond to Josh Duggar's charges of child pornography and his previous allegations of sexual abuse. There's also discussion of abuse charges and also legal retaliation. There's a short portion about how conservative Christians are trying to hold cultural power through politics and social media. We also talk a bit about the survivors of IBLP and how they've been healing and recovering from trauma.

If you've experienced the pain of having family or friends fail to respond in a healthy way to disclosure of abuse, Krispin suggests the website: https://secondwound.com/

This is the last of a four episode series called Too Many Cults, where Krispin and Lindsay Strannigan (from The Holy Ghosting Podcast, and DL’s sister) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets on Amazon Prime.

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TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse, psychological abuse, harsh punishment of children), controlling parenting, grooming and sexual abuse. 

Here's a breakdown of the episode and the topics:

0:00 Introduction, brief non-specific mention on Josh's child pornography charges. 

2:00 Discussion of free labor in evangelical spaces

23:00 Discussion of sexual abuse from Gothard and sexual abuse within the IBLP.

This is the third of a four episode series called Too Many Cults, where Krispin and Lindsay Strannigan (from The Holy Ghosting Podcast, and DL’s sister) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets on Amazon Prime.

This episode we talk about how both IBLP and Jim Bob Duggar hold onto money while those with less power do unpaid work. We also talk about how Gothard created an environment in the IBLP that encouraged abuse to exist with impunity. Krispin shares a bit of the parallels he saw in his own evangelical community in response to his disclosure of sexual abuse by a family membr. 

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TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse, emotional neglect, psychological abuse, physical abuse (and violent punishment of children), intimate partner abuse

Here's a breakdown of the episode and the topics:

0:00 Introduction, overview of episode, discussion of why traumatized people can be drawn to fundamentalism

9:45 homeschooling

22:10 subjugation of women; abuse of girls & women, purity culture, gender roles

30:00 child abuse; discipline of children

47:30 sexual abuse

This is the second of a four episode series called Too Many Cults, where Krispin and Lindsay Strannigan (from The Holy Ghosting Podcast, and DL’s sister) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets on Amazon Prime.

This episode we talk about how Bill Gothard’s teachings about women's gender roles and parenting creating environments where abuse could occur with impunity.

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TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse

This is the first of a four episode series called Too Many Cults, where Krispin and Lindsay Strannigan (from The Holy Ghosting Podcast, and DL’s sister) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets on Amazon Prime.

We're calling the series Too Many Cults, inspired by the video Too Many Cooks, which you should go watch!

This episode we talk about how Bill Gothard’s teachings of the Institute of Basic Life Principles (IBLP) are incredibly similar to mainstream evangelicalism, and to the experiences of those of us who grew up with Focus on the Family. Bill Gothard and Dr. Dobson were incredibly similar, and created very similar dysfunctional family cultures (the latter just had fewer kids).

We’re recapping the episodes, talking about what stands out to us and processing some religious trauma along the way. We’re releasing episodes on both podcasts, a true crossover series.

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DL & Krispin finish the season discussing tracks "What Have We Become?" "Mind's Eye" and bonus track, "Alas My Love."

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TW: suicide, abuse

Krispin interviews Dr. Mark G. Karris, therapist and author of The Diabolical Trinity: Healing Religious Trauma from a Wrathful God, Tormenting Hell, and a Sinful Self. They talk about “In the Light” by DC Talk.

Mark has written other books, including Religious Refugees: (De)Constructing Toward Spiritual and Emotional Healing and Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer With The Uncontrolling Love Of God

In the episode Mark mentions Brian Peck and also Kristen Neff’s work in self compassion. Here’s a link to some of her guided mediations that I really like. 

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Krispin and DL talk about "Like It, Love It, Need It," and what it was like growing up being told that Jesus is answer to all your life's problems.

We reference When God Talks Back by T.M. Luhrmann

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Krispin and DL interview Grace Baldridge (who performs music under the name Semler). We talk religious trauma and cringe-worthy middle school stories.

We reference the songs Toby Mac and Wanna Grab Coffee? by Semler

We talk about the book about martyrs title Jesus Freaks, which DL talked with their sisters about a few episodes back.

Make sure to check out Grace's docuseries, State of Grace. Our favorite episode is "The Life Threatening Dangers Of Gay Conversion Therapy," where they interview Jackie Hill Perry.

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Thanks to Bonnie Downing for helping with transcription for this episode. You can find the transcript our website.