Episode 115: Jehovah's Witnesses Part 1 with Dawn Wilburn-Saboe
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08/13/19 • 15 min
In this episode, guest Dawn Wilburn-Saboe explains what life was like in the witnesses, how traumatic and painful the process of disfellowshipment is, and what life is like on the other side.
We discuss:
- How children are expected to contribute in services
- How children are expected to live
- What it's like to be 'the kid who has to sit in the hall for the national anthem'
- What it's like to be a teen in the Witnesses
- What it's like to have to answer to elders for normal sexual exploration
- What it's like to be disfellowshipped
- And more...
Special Guest: Dawn Wilburn-Saboe.
In this episode, guest Dawn Wilburn-Saboe explains what life was like in the witnesses, how traumatic and painful the process of disfellowshipment is, and what life is like on the other side.
We discuss:
- How children are expected to contribute in services
- How children are expected to live
- What it's like to be 'the kid who has to sit in the hall for the national anthem'
- What it's like to be a teen in the Witnesses
- What it's like to have to answer to elders for normal sexual exploration
- What it's like to be disfellowshipped
- And more...
Special Guest: Dawn Wilburn-Saboe.
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Episode 114: Quiverfull with Guest Heather Doney
In this episode, Heather Doney, raised in Quiverfull explains:
- What homeschooling was like for her
- The burdens and fears of children responsible for their younger (and infant) siblings
- What kinds of strains are put on Quiverfull families
- How boys and girls are raised differently
- Why Quiverfull families eschew medicine, even when it can save a mother's life
- And more...
Special Guest: Heather Doney.
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Episode 116: Jehovah's Witnesses Part 2 with Jerry Minor
Before Jerry Minor was a successful actor in Los Angeles, he was a boy growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses. In this episode we discuss:
- What it feels like to have one parent in the Witnesses and one parent outside
- What kinds of pressures are put on Witness kids
- How real the threats of the Apocalypse and Demons are
- What he knew about the child abuse scandals that have plagued the witnesses
- What he knew about Jehovah's Witnesses lobbying the government for consideration
- And more...
Content warning: there is a brief mention of suicidal ideation
You can listen to Jerry's podcast here
Special Guest: Jerry Minor.
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