Get A Life - Ex-Cult Conversations
Episodes
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 114 with guest Joey Green with excerpt on Myles Admiraal & Lee Admiraal
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What a story this is! Born into an intensely homophobic and misogynist cult, Joey Green comes to the realization that she is a lesbian – and to make...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 113 with guest Andrea (MacKinnon) Becker
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get-a-Life smashes through the Brethren’s “wall of separation” with this first ever interview of a current and participating member of the Plymo...
Get A Life Ep. 112 with guest Matthew, ex-employee of a PBCC business
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For a community of compassionate and caring Christians, the PBCC businesses tend to get the opposite reviews from former non-community members. Matthe...
Get A Life Ep.111 with Guest Chris Jones (Barber)
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Jones’s last view of God’s Chosen People was from the balcony of the London meeting hall in Park Lane, as the Aberdeen crisis split JND’s ...
Get A Life Ep.110 Priestly visit with Mick Strange Rod Diplock, Local Priests and Therapist Shanelle
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- Listen in as 4 Plymouth Brethren “priests” subject a lone teenager to a vicious and humiliating hour-long Gestapo-style interroga...
Video Diaries & Discussions Ep. 6 Anonymous Insider shares abuse story
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this video, an anonymous PBCC insider bravely opens up about their experience of childhood sexual abuse, revealing that their perpetrator continues...
Get A Life Ep. 109 with guest Malcolm Hart
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This raw, emotional interview brought us to tears as Cassie Davies and Cheryl Hope witnessed Malcolm Hart share his journey within the PBCC and his ex...
Get A Life Ep. 108 with Anonymous OneSchool Global Teacher Pt.2
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This was a tear jerker episode as "Jane" continues telling her experience of teaching at OneSchool Global. We hear the all too familiar stories of alc...
Get A Life Ep.107 with Anonymous OneSchool Global Teacher Pt.1
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Ben Woodbury, a former OneSchool student and another former teacher and discuss the horrors within this establishment. Our anonymous ...
Video Diaries and Discussion Ep.5 Anne Hamilton makes a life changing decision
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Hamilton's videos are a very real and authentic account of her journey leaving the PBCC. In this video diary she shares on TikTok, she goes throu...
Get A Life Ep.106 with guest Neville McCallum Part 2
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Part 1 of Neville and Pip's story didn't shock you, part 2 will. Neville dives into his mom's heart wrenching story and how disposable she was to t...
Get A Life Ep. 105 with guest Neville McCallum Part 1
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the next 2 episodes, be prepared to hear history that sets up the toxic behavior we see escalated today, in the PBCC. Neville and Pip McCallum wrot...
Get A Life Ep. 104 Hales Money Dynasty
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's not the money, it's the LOVE of money that drives the Hales dynasty. Instead of loving people, the Hales are proving to many that they love money...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.103 with Ben Woodbury's TikTok Volume 2
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Woodbury is known as @excultboy on TikTok and has helped inform thousands of people about the Exclusive Brethren/PBCC. Ben's vulnerable conversati...
Get A Life Ep. 102 with Beth Seed's TikTok Volume 1
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we dive into the captivating world of Beth Seed’s enlightening TikTok ‘PBCC Fact Of The Day’ videos! Through her storytelling, she sh...
Get A Life Ep. 101 Australian Tax Office raid UBT
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in a stunning sequel to Steve Simmons revelation of multi-million dollar tax fraud and money-laundering in New Zealand, over 120 Australian...
Get A Life Ep.100 Who is Bruce D. Hales
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EDIT**Craig has asked for a minor correction to be added. In this podcast he says that Eva Hales was withdrawn from in 1965, but she was actually nev...
Get A Life Ep. 99 with guest Beverly Richardson
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Beverly Richardson takes us on a thought provoking journey from the Open Brethren to the Exclusive Brethren. As an only child, when the separation rul...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.98 with Sarah Douglas
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- This podcast contains discussion on sexual abuse. The ripples of harm from the PBCC extend beyond their own church. Meet Sarah - an e...
Get A Life Ep. 97 Tax Fraud, Embezzlement and the end of a Dynasty
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode we explain exactly how Bruce Hales and his family embezzle tens of millions of dollars of both the brethren and the government ...
Get A Life Episode 96 Homophobia in the PBCC
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
his a powerful and honest podcast of what it is like if you are born gay in the PBCC. Craig, Ben, Fritz & Paul, Stephane, Ross, Jacky, Gilli and Abi n...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 95 with Guest Steve Simmons
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One week ago, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin had anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny murdered. Navalny had already been confined to a remote ar...
Get A Life Ep. 94 One School Global / Unispace Money Laundering Scandal
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former school trustee, Steve Simmons, explains how a huge OneSchool Global money laundering operation could have put up to $100 million into Gareth an...
Get A Life Ep.93 with an Anonymous Recent Lesbian Leaver
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Religious communities must embrace diversity and support LGBTQIA+ individuals. The impact of discrimination on mental health is too great to ignore. O...
Get A Life Ep.92 with Ben Woodbury's TikTok Volume 1
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Woodbury is known as Excultboy on TikTok and has helped inform thousands of people about the Exclusive Brethren/PBCC. Ben's vulnerable conversatio...
Get A Life Ep. 91 Animal Abuse within the PBCC
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- Discussion and videos on animal abuse. One of the strangest and saddest features of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is its ap...
Get A Life Podcast Episode 90. With Mick Dover
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
magine scars of abuse that run so deep the story moves us all to tears. As our special guest Mick Dover shares the story of his childhood stained wit...
Get A Life Ep.89 Year end 2023 celebration Pt.2 with the UK team
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Abi, Gilli, Ross and Jacky as they go through their holiday season and what it is like for them now vs when they were in the PBCC. They touch on ...
Get A Life Ep.88 2023 year end celebration Pt.1
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl, Richard and Lane sit down with Jill Mytton, Stephane Vergnon, Pam Danylchuk, Ben Woodbury, Craig Hoyle, Lynette Diener, Lindy Jacomb, Tom Grac...
Get A Life Ep.87 with guest Martina Sharp (Lyons)
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Martina's parents, Jerry and Alona Lyons, decided to finally leave the toxic cult of the PBCC, she was only 15. Martina shares with us her st...
Get A Life Ep. 86 Discussing the labelling of an "Opposer"
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leave the brethren and stay silent and you are not allowed a meaningful relationship with family in the brethren. Leave the brethren and speak out and...
Get A Life Ep. 85 with Steve Edwards
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- This podcast contains discussion of sexual abuse and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. Imagine finding yourself excluded from t...
Get A Life Ep.84 with James DiFiore
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the beginning, James created the ex-peeb podcast! The concept of the Get-A-Life podcast, surprisingly, did not originate with former members, but...
Get A Life Ep. 83 Aberdeen Evidence with Bradley McCallum
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Aberdeen becomes a hot topic inside the PBCC, we created a podcast for insiders to access relevant information to help you come to your own conclus...
Get A Life Ep. 82 with Drue Wiggins
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Aberdeen scandal was portrayed as a ‘test of the fellowship’ to those inside the brethren. Yet ,some who were close to those involved, witness...
Get A Life Ep. 81 with Tom Grace
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Get A Life shares the captivating story of Tom Grace from Adelaide, Australia who left the Exclusive Brethren at age 17 in 1970, after the Aberdeen in...
Get A Life Ep.80 with Paul Flowerdew
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Older brethren look back on the 1950s as the Golden Age. No UBT, no OneSchool, no 6am suppers, no meeting every night, no mandatory “volunteering”...
Get A Life Ep. 79 Alcohol within the PBCC
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we explore a deeply significant issue within the PBCC: Alcohol dependency and addiction. Join our UK team as they share personal con...
Get A Life Ep.78 with Jackie Davies re Bethany chapel
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a small hamlet just outside Newtown in Wales stands an old chapel with a graveyard in its grounds. Despite the graves being old they are still trea...
Get A Life Ep. 77 with Ailsa Schlaudraff
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- This podcast contains discussion on sexual abuse. In this powerful episode, we witness a harrowing account of heart wrenching abuse ...
Get A Life Ep.76 with guest Alona Lyons
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this tear jerker episode with our guest Alona Lyons, we witness the true inspiration of dedication, patience and love of family. Join us, as she sh...
Get A Life Ep. 75 with Richard Marsh
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of the Chicago meeting hall controversy. Episode 74 is part 1. Links to articles referred to in podcast- https://drive.google.com/fi...
Get A Life Ep. 74 Chicago Mtg Hall Final Decision
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is a 2 part series, Ep. 74 and 75, where ep.75 extends into Richard's story and rebuttal of their accusations. The battle of Barrington...
Get A Life Ep. 73 Happy Birthday Get A Life!
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a blast from the past as the original founding podcast team of Cheryl, Carman, Lane and Richard get together to celebrate Get-a-Life’s first...
Get A Life Ep.72 with Dr. Alex Stein
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Alex Stein is a social psychologist who specializes in cults and totalitarian groups. In this podcast Alex describes her own experience of being i...
Get A Life Ep. 71 with guest Julie Fletcher
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Left alone on the ferry ride to Victoria, our guest Julie Fletcher describes growing up in Vancouver, Canada. After arriving in Victoria, Julie was t...
Get A Life Ep.70 with Lindy Jacomb and Craig Hoyle re Funerals
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Simmons lived her whole life in the Exclusive Brethren/PBCC, but never agreed with their harsh doctrine of separation. She was unable to leave b...
Get A Life Ep.69 with Craig Hoyle and Lindy Jacomb re Palmerston Party
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Palmy Party was an event like no other – was this just a dying convulsion of Bruce’s alcohol pickled brain, or was there some cold hard reaso...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 68 with Richard Marsh Sr.
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Richard Marsh had a stellar career starting as an engineer on the famous Concorde supersonic aircraft, moving on to found a pioneering robotic sub...
Get A Life Ep. 67 Re. Ken Symington
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered- how accurate all the stories told to us and shared with us are? In this episode, we share pieces of a JHS documentary that re...
Get A Life Ep.66 with Lynette Diener/Barrington Community
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Residents of the Chicago suburb of Barrington turned to the Get-a-Life team for help when the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church came to town. The se...
*Barrington protest PBCC church and school plan
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church plan to build a 17,000sq ft church, plus a school and superstore in Barrington IL, a suburb of Chicago. here a...
Get A Life Ep.65 with Tiffany Taylor
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- Suicide, self harm, abuse Join the Get A Life team and our special guest Tiffany as she shares her story, beginning at the age of 6...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 64 with Stephane Vergnon
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Stephane gets ready to celebrate his 30th year of freedom from the PBCC/Exclusive Brethren, he walks us through his journey that led him up to fin...
PBCC/Exclusive Brethren Survivor Stories
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking for more information on the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church? Are you needing a video to send someone to inform them of the PBCC pr...
Get A Life Ep.63 UK Team with Charity Commission
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2009 The Preston Down Trust applied to the Charity Commission of England and Wales to renew its charitable status. In June 2012 the Char...
Get A Life Ep. 61 with a former OneSchool Global teacher Part1
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to work at OneSchool Global? A former teacher in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church’s global schooling system courageously spe...
Get A Life Ep.62 with former OneSchool Global teacher Pt.2
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to work at One School Global? In Part 2 a former teacher from OneSchool Global explains the legal imperative on teachers to report s...
Get A Life Ep. 60 with guest Sarah Rowlands
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you are in the PBCC and fall in love with an outsider? Sarah describes what happened to her and how she and her family were so har...
Get A Life Ep.59 with guest Jono Thomas
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING!-Discussion regarding suicide, bullying and sexual harassment. A podcast guest that hails from the Land Down Under, Jono Thomas joine...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 58 with Jeremy Indika
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING- Discussion on sexual abuse How do we make a change in systems and organizations that are very avid in covering up sexual abuse? How ...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.57 with guest Emily Victoria
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, The PBCC in their charity commisions review declared that they would allow outside members to join and attend their meetings. Emily Victoria...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 56 with Floss (worked at UBT)
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning-Discussions on suicide A drastic look from an outsiders perspective while working at UBT, Floss learned very fast where she was on t...
Get A Life Ep. 55 with guest Todd Coulter
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1978, after the Jonestown massacre in which 900 people died, police searching the cult’s compound found tens of thousands of doses of mood alter...
Get A Life Ep. 54 Discussion on OneSchool Global
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Woodbury joins us for a discussion on OneSchool Global. He shows us very disturbing messages he's received from concerned teachers and citize...
Get A Life Ep. 53 with guest Fergus Howard
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Malcolm Rawlings and his young family were wrongly excommunicated in the 1970s. For 28 years, the family kept faith with Brethren doctrine, practicin...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 47 with guest Rowan Scott
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
3 years ago, Rowan Scott was asked to record on video an attempt to get a message to Bruce Hales (the leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Churc...
Get A Life Podcast Carman addresses Walt, Vern, and Ron Symington.
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1975, Roy Symington killed his brother Kenny in a moment of reckless foolishness. His father, J H Symington laid it on Roy to take care of Kenny...
Get A Life Ep.52 with guest Dean Wheeler
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly all members of the PBCC are born into the community and know no different – unless they leave. However, Dean Wheelers’ parents left the PB...
Get A Life Ep 51 with guest Abi Thompson Part 3
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 3 of a 3 part series. Trigger warning! This podcast contains discussion regarding sexual abuse. Viewer discretion is advised. We merge...
Get A Life Ep. 50 with guest Abi Thompson PART 2
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS PART 2 OF A 3 PART SERIES TRIGGER WARNING! THIS PODCAST CONTAINS DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL ABUSE. Abi takes us through some crucial points of wh...
Get A Life Ep. 49 with guest Abi Thompson PART 1
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS PART 1 OF A 3 PART SERIES TRIGGER WARNING! THIS PODCAST CONTAINS DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL ABUSE. We welcome Abi Thompson, a very recent leaver,...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 48 with guest Murray Chattell
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was just another day at the office, but as Murray Chattell arrived, he burst into a torrent of tears. A sympathetic work colleague covered for him...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 46 with guest Stephen Gear
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you pick yourself up when you lose the family you love? Stephen Gear had to do just that when he left the control of the Plymouth Brethren Chr...
Get A Life Ep 45 with guest Lindy Jacomb
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*EDIT*- The whitebook Lindy refers to in this podcast is #603 not #161. The crime: a teenage girl, writing to PBCC leader Bruce D Hales with some ge...
Get A Life Ep. 44 with guest Cassie Davies
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie’s story will seem utterly unbelievable to anyone who has never been in the PBCC, but sadly familiar to the rest of us. One of 10 children ra...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 43 with guest Fritz Penney
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another brave young man speaks out about how it feels to be gay in the brethren. Fritz talks openly about how different he felt in an very closed com...
Get A Life Podcast Ex-cult Conversations Episode 42 Damian Hasties
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Damian Hastie's investigations in to the PBCC have already been published in The Times - probably the most famous newspaper in the world. Here he...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 41 with guest Ross Turner
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING This podcast contains discussions about suicide. Viewer discretion is advised Join us as we explore with Ross Turner how it feels to...
Get A Life Podcast Ex-cult Conversations Episode 40 Ben Woodbury
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We can't get enough of Ben Woodbury! Here is the much anticipated Part 2 of the podcast where Ben exposes how the Hales dynasty deleted a whole c...
Get A Life Podcast ex-cult conversations. Episode 39 Michael Bachelard
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Bachelard is Bruce Hale's nemesis. Having blown the cult's appalling history of political, financial and sexual crime wide open in nu...
Get A Life Podcast Ex-cult conversations Episode 38 The Beresfords
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity is the key to the "Get A Life" podcast's success. Persons who escape from the "penguin colony" uniformity of the PBC...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 36 with guest Ben Woodbury
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Woodbury from Windsor, Australia has an incredible and damning story about his life in and out of the PBCC. He also has a mind-blowing talent for ...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 35 with Guest Gilli (John Gilliland)
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING This podcast contains discussions about sexual abuse and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. Join us as we listen to Gilli’...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 34 with John Spinks and the NEW UK team
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to how our guest John Spinks decided as a young man to make his escape from the PBCC cult and what his plan for leaving looked like. John...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 33 with Daniel Mounter
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Mounter’s brothers and sister were unjustly torn taken from their gentle and unworldly parents and fostered out to other families for years, ...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 32 with Dennis Wragge
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Wragge shares his experiences with the so-called "great men" JTJr and JHS. His eyewitness accounts shatter the illusion of perfection that has ...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 29 Sydney Seminar 2023 Review
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listening to the Sydney Seminar recordings from our insiders brought to light how far away from Christianity the PBCC really have gotten. Their ruthle...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 31 Aberdeen
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in digging up a very pivitol part of the Exclusive Brethren/PBCC's past. Aberdeen is an unspoken time within the Brethren that has been locked...
Get A Life Ep. 30 with guest Dan Middleton
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dan Middleton as he takes us on a refreshing journey of his travels across the world. His presentation is sure to inspire anyone have doubts abou...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.28 with Rob McLean
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Could you imagine waking up one morning and being told not to come to a church service and then finding out after someone had the power to play God wi...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.27 with Carman Drever re Ken and Roy Symington
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny Symington’s death shook the very foundations of the PBCC – but the truth about who killed him has been a carefully guarded secret until now....
Get A Life Podcast Ep.26 with David and Nicé Shorto
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join our special guests Dave & Nice’ Shorto as they share their inspirational journey leaving the PBCC. This beautiful couple kept their f...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 25 with guest Mike Kropveld
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Mike Kropveld from infosecte.org to discuss the help they can offer. Michael Kropveld is Founder and Executive Director of Info-Cult,...
Get A Life Podcast Ep 24 with Guest Bradley McCallum
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us and our special guest, Bradley McCallum as we walk through Brad’s attempts to leave the PBCC. To try to prevent Brad leaving, the PBCC...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.23 with special guest Tina Nystrom
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Nystrom walks us through her families journey when they decided together to leave the PBCC. Tina has been extremely effective in holding the PBCC...
Get A Life Podcast EP 21 with Guest Jen Hope, Tracy Hope and Dennis Hope
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where there is Hope, there is Life and in this episode we have a lot of Hope happening. Join our 3 guests as we discuss 40 years of cultic abuse! Imag...
Get A Life Podcast Ep.19 Strive 23/One School Global*
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OneSchool Global is the PBCC school system where 9000 students are educated according to the cult's "ethos". Not a single one of those students will a...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 18 with guest Ros Atmore
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We knew this story had to be told to inspire those marriages that get separated by the indoctrination of the PBCC. Ros show us that it is possible to ...
Get A Life Podcast Ep. 17 with guest Jacky Hart
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us and our special guest Jacky Hart as we discuss the Charity Commission and the time period when the PBCC lost their charitable tax status! Coul...