This podcast is dedicated to all things related to the process of waking up, walking out and moving on from life in a Christian cult or high control religion.Its host, Dr Ryan Lee, is a former Jehovah's Witness with a doctorate in clinical psychology and a practicing therapist, specializing in helping former JWs and other cult survivors move through the recovery and rebuilding processDr Lee covers a range of topics relating to coming to terms and healing from religious trauma and rebuilding a life after leaving a cult
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Welcome to the World is hosted by Ryan Lee. The show has published 58 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Cult of Personality...Disorders" (22 October 2026, 53 minutes), "#45 What if they were right?" (17 September 2026, 48 minutes), and "#44 Socializing Without a Script" (8 June 2026, 30 minutes).
Welcome to the World publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 58 episodes.
Booking probability for Welcome to the World is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Welcome to the World requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Welcome to the World's contact route on record: verified email.
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Ryan Lee hosts Welcome to the World, a religion podcast with 58 episodes published.
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Episode #48
I've mentioned before on the program how unusually high the rate of personality disorders is among Jehovah's Witnesses, which always begs the question: Why? Well today's guest, in addition to being an ex-JW, also...
Episode #45
If you're reading this, chances are you're already fairly certain that the cult you escaped from was a flaming pile of fecal matter. Well... fairly certain Because knowing the failed prophecies, the abuse scandals, and...
Episode #44
In this episode, I explore the strange social vertigo that can follow life in a high-control group, why authentic connection often feels riskier than performance, and how we can shift from to less theater, more improv...
Episode #43
Another underdeveloped muscle in former cult members: Discernment The cult taught us that every thought and action falls into a neat little black and white category of right and wrong, regardless of the situation. And...
Episode #42
We start by confirming what you already suspect: If you were raised in a cult or high control religion, you are most certainly not normal, and will most likely never achieve the status of such. We follow up with all the...
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A whole episode devoted to the feeling of being ghosted (transitive style) and how to sort through that grief
Episode #40
One of the worst things you could be in a cult is selfish . Pursue a career? Selfish. Go to college? Selfish. Skip a meeting because you're too exhausted to feign interest? Selfish. When you're handed the grandiose...
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Don't come back until you've tried em all
From time to time we all get sucked into the sunken place of depression, and some of us sink deeper than others. Until recent year, I'd been in and out of the clinical depression hole most of my life. Today, I walk you...
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More spiritual food to choke on... at the proper time
Today we're going to take the first of many stabs at the wonderfully awkward world of post-cult dating. Essentially, the challenge of learning things most people learned in high school at the age of 35. Here's the...
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Proper bullshit at the proper time
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A playful breakdown of the narcissistic deflection cascade
Episode #37
Prior to my work with ex-JWs, I would generally encounter clients with parents on the narcissistic spectrum maybe around 20% of the time. Once I started working with ex-JWs, that number went up to about 80%. This is no...
Fresh off the tail of our very first ex-JW ayahuasca retreat, I'm thrilled to report that it surpassed all expectations. Today we're going to give you a breakdown of all the joy, surprises, and personal lessons learned...
Today, we're talking about pain; more specifically Clean Pain vs. Dirty Pain : Clean pain is the sharp but necessary pain of ripping off the Band-Aid. It heals you. Dirty pain is the slow, grinding misery of avoidance...
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What the build up to an ayahuasca purge can feel like
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Hey guys, Sorry for the fake out, but for reasons I explain in this episode we decided to skip the episode on my worst psychedelic experience (for now) and instead focus an entire episode on ayahuasca. We focus on the...
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For all the Star Wars fans out there
Episode #33
This episode marks the first in a three part series in honor of our upcoming Ex-JW Ayahuasca retreat in March (DrRyanLee.com/retreat for more info). In today's episode we talk a little about the upcoming retreat, some...
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