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Episodes
Episode Thirty One - Dave Warnock - Dying Out Loud
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a story that's different than the norm. We're going to get to know Dave Warnock, former pastor and member of a charismatic evangelical P...
Episode Thirty - Chloe is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
04 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chloe's family was in the circuit work as Jehovah's Witnesses, but her family also had a lot of pressure in the house, pressure that she'll describe i...
Episode Twenty Nine - Nico is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
20 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have Nico's story. Nico has actually already been on the podcast, at the end of episode 23 after Sherrie's interview. He told the story of hi...
Episode Twenty Eight - Yolanda and Jehovah's Witnesses
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I really had to think about how to describe this episode. A word kept popping out at me and that's "tough". Yolanda faced verbal, emotional, physical,...
Episode Twenty Seven - Georgia is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
16 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia grew up in what Jehovah's Witnesses often refer to as a "divided household". Her mother was a faithful JW, her father violently opposed. In th...
Episode Twenty Six - Nicholas is shunned by Is, Was and Will Be
02 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas was a member of an online ministry that seems to have some hallmarks of a cult called Is, Was, and Will Be. This is a really unique look into...
Episode Twenty Five - Daniel is a PIMO Jehovah's Witness
16 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
PIMO – \pee-moe\ noun – short for Physically In, Mentally Out, a person held captive to the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses because although they ar...
Episode Twenty Four - Silvers is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
02 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Homeless at just 13 years of age, married at 16, raised by extended family that claimed him as their own to create the young Jehovah's Witness that th...
Episode Twenty Three - Sherrie is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
19 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a really cool live recording from my living room. A listener to the show from Australia named Sherrie came to the Unites States with her...
Shunned VIDcast #5 - 2019 Goals
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the audio from my latest VIDcast that I do on my Youtube channel called shunnedpodcast. In it I outline where this podcast is headed...
Episode Twenty One - V - Shunning In A Racist Family Cult
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a fascinating interview with someone that was raised in a racist family cult. It was very small, just 14 people or so in actuali...
Episode Twenty - Tamara is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
03 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Narcissism is a trait that is both attracted to the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses as well as a byproduct of their culture. One begins to see others as o...
Episode Nineteen - Lyndi is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A young girl finds herself in a new life, with new exciting hopes and dreams as part of the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses, but with very real fears of d...
Episode Eighteen - Torah Bontrager - Escaping The Amish
15 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I was able to interview Torah Bontrager, a non-practicing Amish that is the founder of the Amish Heritage Foundation. Torah has been o...
Episode Seventeen - Midwest Apostafest 2018
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sadly no, there is not necessarily any pasta and an Apostafest. What there is constitutes a group of people that have all been shunned by everyone tha...
Episode Sixteen - Sydney is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
01 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a great look into the narcissism and authoritarianism that can be displayed by some inside the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. You will...
Episode Fifteen - Jason is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jason grew up in Amish Country but was raised in the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. This story has cars hidden in the woods for a getaway, living on boa...
Episode Fourteen - Kacey is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kacey grew up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in the same Kingdom Hall as I did, so this episode is personal for me too. In this episode you're going to...
Episode Thirteen - Fernando is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hallmarks of growing up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses is that feeling that you're never "good enough". It drives a lot of the depression se...
Asking For Your Help
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We have an opportunity here to help more people, but I need some assistance in two different ways. Listen to find out more. Find us online at shunne...
Episode Twelve - Mark is shunned by Jehovah's WItnesses
02 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is my first international interview for the podcast. Growing up poor in Liverpool, Mark and his family were Jehovah's Witnesses. This inte...
Episode Eleven - Brenda is shunned by the FLDS
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the border of the states of Utah and Arizona lies another world, a community known as Short Creek. A patriarchal world of polygamy with sister wi...
Episode Ten - DJ is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
07 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another person has their life impacted by the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. Listen as DJ recounts his life growing up in the cult as well as his ...
Episode Nine - Update - David Speaks Out
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear the audio of David's Kingdom Hall Crash and discuss the aftermath. The original video is below, but my commentary and some a...
Episode Eight - Bonus Content - Sexual Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses - David's Story
18 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is taken from the pre-interview process, before we got deep into David's story. In it we talk about the abuse, the way abuse is often o...
Episode Seven - Part 2 - Sexual Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses - David's Story
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
(see Part 1 for full notes) Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse Discussion In Part 2 you will learn more about Steve B. and his interactions with David....
Episode Six - Part 1- Sexual Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses - David's Story
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 – Part 1, you will get to know David a bit. This episode builds and will take you through David's upbringing and right up into the be...
Episode Five - Caleb is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes young people have to make very difficult decisions in order to stand up for what is right. We normally think about it terms of peer pressur...
Episode Four - Mike is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore Mike's story of being shunned at an early age while still living at home, and how even today although he isn't officially "...
Episode Three - Emily is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
04 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are many ways to be shunned as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Emily's story highlights a path that many take, a path of personal growth with stumbl...
Episode Two - Jerry is shunned by the Mennonites
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Download Imagine growing up in a very tight knit community where everyone is sheltered from the outside world. Your personal business is the busi...
Episode One - Jenny is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
03 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Download Follow Jenny's story from being raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, the only thing she had ever known, to her awakening to the realities...