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Belief is powerful, but in the wrong hands, it can become a tool for control. Step into the shadowy world of cults and high control groups, where manipulation masquerades as salvation and escape is never simple. This podcast holds space for the real stories with survivors and those who dared to walk away. Join our community and be part of the conversation that challenges the way we see belief, control, and recovery.Join us over on patreon.com/Cultturepod or Instagram at cult.ture.pod and thank you for the support!
cultturepod hosts The cult.ture podcast, a religion show with 34 episodes published.
In this episode of cult.ture, Derek sits down with author, speaker, and Stop the Shunning creator Bethany Leger. Raised as a Jehovah's Witness, Bethany shares her journey from questioning the organization to ultimately l
Show notesIn this episode of cult.ture pod, Derek and Trent sit down with artist, writer, and former Jehovah’s Witness Sean Miller for a raw, grounded, and deeply human conversation about life after high‑control religion. Sean gre
Show notesAudrey joins Trent and Derek to share her experience growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness and what ultimately led her to leave in 2025. In this episode, Audrey opens up about the emotional pressure of trying to live a “perf
Show notesIn this episode, we sit down with Lydia, a former Jehovah’s Witness who grew up in a fourth-generation family deeply rooted in the organization. From a young age, Lydia was seen as “exemplary”, giving talks at assemblies
Show notesRyan, host of The Truth That Heals, joins us to share his story of growing up Catholic and eventually being pulled into a high-control religious group that claimed legitimacy within the Church. What began as a calling ro
Show notesWhat happens when you choose yourself… and lose everything? In this episode of cult.ture, Derek is joined by Jordan, a former Jehovah’s Witness who shares his journey of waking up and walking away from a high-control rel
Show notesIn this episode of cult.ture, Derek and Trent sit down with Correen Hardin, author of Best Life After, to explore what life can look like after leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses. Correen shares her personal story of growing up
Show notesOn this episode of cult.ture pod we sit down with Katherine Spearing the author of A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts, founder of Tears of Eden, trauma recovery coach, and survivor of the Christian patriarchy movement. Katherine
Show notesIn this episode, we sit down with McKenzie and Marcell childhood friends who grew up inside Jehovah’s Witnesses, lost each other to shunning, and eventually found their way back to one another after deconstructing. Marce
Show notesStephanie spent most of her life carrying a fear she didn’t choose. Raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, baptized at just fourteen, and taught from early childhood that the end of the world was “right around the corner,
Show notesIn this episode, we sit down with Amy, who grew up deeply embedded in Mormonism as the daughter of a bishop and mission president. From early-morning seminary and strict behavioral rules to temple rituals that demand lif
Show notesLeo grew up Jehovah’s Witness in a home where abuse was happening and being ignored. In this conversation, Leo speaks about what it means to survive when harm is known, authority goes unquestioned, and silence is treated
Show notesJaime joins Derek and Trent to share what it was like growing up Jehovah’s Witness in a divided home never fully belonging in either world, and carrying fear long before she had words for it. Jaime talks about the slow u
Show notesIn today’s episode of cult.ture, Derek and Trinity sit down with Devan, someone who wasn’t raised in the Jehovah’s Witnesses Faith, but still grew up inside a high-control Christian system that shaped every corner of his
Show notesAbby’s story moves from love-bombing and baptized hope to grief, coercive control, boundaries, and finally freedom and family. She shares how vulnerability was targeted, why she pursued baptism after trauma, and the cost
Show notesContent note: Mentions religious trauma, suicide, and substance use. In the U.S., dial or text 988 for support. Derek and Trinity welcome back Dustin Jetmore for a raw check-in since disassociating from Jehovah’s Witness
Show notesJuan spent years PIMO—Physically In, Mentally Out, performing the part while hiding his truest self. We trace the pressure to baptize, the “bad association” rules that killed sports and friendships, and how family + cult
Show notesAuthor–poet Micah Allen Losh (Mentally Diseased, The Apostasy Trilogy) joins Derek for an unflinching look at life inside a doomsday faith and the long road out. Micah reads a poem written during 77 days in jail his firs
Show notesDerek sits down for a solo chat with Mitch (@exjdub) an elder’s kid who spent decades performing inside Jehovah’s Witnesses to talk about abuse, denial, power, and the long work of becoming real. For the first time publi
Show notesDerek reconnects with Erika for a solo chat to trace a complicated path through and beyond the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Loved at home yet the “black sheep” in the Kingdom Hall, Erika was baptized at 17 to ease expectations,
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