The Modesty Files

In the second part of our interview with Liz, a former member of the Institute in Basic Life Principals, she shares how she began working at the IBLP headquarters as a teenager. She also walks us through her experiences with the church's infamous leader Bill Gothard. If you haven't listened to part one of Liz's interview, we highly recommend going back before listening to this episode, as it will provide a deeper foundation into IBLP church's beliefs and practices.

This episode does include topics on physical and sexual abuse, and other mature themes, so listener discretion is advised.

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In Part One of this two-part series, we speak to Liz, a former member of the Institute In Basic Life Principles, where TLC’s reality TV family the Duggars are active members. They hold strict modesty standards for women, limit outside worldly influences, and follow intense dating and relationship rules. As a teenager, Liz worked at the Advanced Training Institute (ATI) which is IBLP’s biblically-based home education program. In Part One, she will share her first-hand account of the church's beliefs. Next Monday, in Part Two, Liz will share her experience with IBLP’s infamous leader, Bill Gothard, who has faced over thirty allegations of sexual abuse in 2014.

Our topics include mature themes. Listener discretion is advised.

In this podcast, we speak with Shelly, who grew up in an Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Growing up, Shelly dreamed of pursuing missionary work, becoming a pastor's wife, and having numerous children. She attended a private school in the IFB community. However, during her years as a student, she became very wary of their questionable teachings, specifically in American history. We get into the details of what she was taught inside and outside of school and her journey to discovering the truth. Shelly also shares her thoughts on the current Black Life Matter Movement and COVID-19 and helps us understand the reasoning behind the fundamentalists' conservative viewpoint.

This episode involves mature adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.

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In this pilot episode of The Modesty Files, we speak with Laura, who was not born into the cult, but joined The Institute in Basic Life Principles on her own free will as a teenager. Laura talks about what drew her to their religion, her experience at IBLP’s conference "Journey to the Heart" and of course how many jean skirts she owned.

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Episode Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/y2w5jm44