The Plain People's Podcast

Lori Ann was adopted into the Mennonite Church as a young girl and spent the majority of her young adult life locked away, institutionalized, drugged and abandoned.

Sharon speaks out on the extreme abuse suffered as an adopted child in the Mennonite church. Her family were missionaries and mother a well known author, meanwhile at home, her life was a living hell.

We pick up where we left off with Meg struggling to overcome the loss of her family member, and dig into her relationship with her father, as well as hear Meg's beautiful letter to herself.

"I've been running from pain since I was in my mother's womb".

Today's episode is with Meg Delagrange, chief marketing officer of Urban Southern Bags, former Old Order Amish turned entrepreneur.

You can shop at www.urbansouthern.com to see more how Meg has turned pain into beautiful products with her former Amish cousins.

On this episode Marc and Jasper sit down to talk about the ongoing uncovering of the ranches and farms for "troubled" boys with Justin Sweeney.

Justin was in the Mennonite foster care system as a young man until he was sent away to a ranch in MO that is still running today.

The song at the end of the episode is Justin's request and is sung by The Hoppers, called Jerusalem. We do not own the rights to this song.

We pick up where we left off with Joanna Yoder when she is caught by the ministry with a radio in her room.

Joanna Yoder from TLC's Return to Amish shares her past experiences within the TN churches, some of the most rigid and conservative of all churches in the US. Trigger warning, extensive discussion on child abuse in this episode.

The third and final installment of Audrey's story, she speaks candidly about her multiple miscarriages and her struggle to hold fast to her faith while her marriage crumbled underneath her.

The third and final installment of Audrey's story, she speaks candidly about her multiple miscarriages and her struggle to hold fast to her faith while her marriage crumbled underneath her.

Part 2 of Audrey's story picks up in the beginning of her journey into the conservative Amish church along with her abusive family. Audrey discusses her rape at 17 (*trigger warning for abuse*) and her struggle to survive within the culture.