Leaving The Village

Have you seen the Amazon Prime docuseries Shiny Happy People? Were you shocked to hear the wholesome, American Duggar family was involved in a cult? A cult full of abuse, sex, and religious trauma. A cult that claimed to educate children and planned to use them to take over the world.Have you wished you could sit down with an IBLP survivor and hear more of the story? Join hosts Jessica Goforth and Alexis Grey on Leaving the Village, a podcast by IBLP survivors centering their lived experiences and shining a light on all the hidden torment and harm they endured growing up in the cult shown on the groundbreaking docuseries. We have exclusive interviews with cast members where we laugh and cry and go behind the scenes with them as we discuss our shared experiences. If watching the documentary left you wanting more, check out Leaving The Village on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit return eager to talk all things IBLP with the new docuseries from Olivia Crist for Amazon Prime, called Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, dropping June 2nd. With fresh insights and boiling over anticipation, they sit down to discuss their reactions to the trailer and kick off the new season of Leaving The Village. The trailer for Shiny Happy People on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Tw1rAMzPf70 The docuseries on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8TR94MK/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

This time Jess is joined by fellow LTV team member and childhood friend, Alexis Grey, as they react to a roller coaster of emotions surrounding the sentencing trial in the Josh Duggar CSAM (child sexual assault materials) possession conviction. They go over the details of the sentencing and what it means for his family as well as survivors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Can it be real? Did ATI really just finally... die?? Jess and Kit react to breaking news that the cult they grew up in and survived has officially shut down. Something they couldn't have imagined not that long ago. Visit http://atii.org to read the full statement. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Coming to you a little frazzled and a bit the worse for wear, Jess and Kit return with some hilarious late night girl talk, opening up about carving out their own lives post ATI, finding identity, and learning to cuss and swear with the best of them. ;) This episode is marked explicit but its all in good fun. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Picking up in Chapter 32 Jess and Kit continue their way through Margaret Attwood's Handmaid's Tale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

And we are back with the last section of Wisdom Booklet One. Last summer we introduced you to the convoluted reality of what constitutes a complete home schooling education in the Advanced Training Institute. There are over 50 of these booklets with this same format and style. To follow along with us go to: https://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/ati-wisdom-booklets/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit talk power differentials and the key role of HOPE in the toxic cocktail required for authoritarian control to work while continuing through chapters 30 and 31 of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Leaving the Village is growing! We are excited to bring you along with us and introduce you to someone we hope you enjoy as much as we do. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

We are back with fresh new episodes of our Handmaid's Tale book club, getting into chapters 27 through 29. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit discuss IBLP’s most recent response to news media inquiries. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Kicking off Season 3 with all the feels, Jess and Kit talk their latest life challenges, tell the story of meeting for they first time in early January, their impulsive decision to get matching tattoos, the meaning behind their tattoo, and announce tons of new content, interviews, and parts of their own story... all to come in this new year. New Year, fresh beginnings! Mentioned in this episode: Author Heather Heath - aka: @backsliddenharlot on TikTok and her new book Lovingly Abused, available on www.HeatherGraceHeath.com or wherever you get your books. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit react to the Josh Duggar trial verdict. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Grab a drink and hang out with Jess and Kit as they talk the Josh Duggar trial. WARNING: Triggers may abound in this episode and it includes explicit language. Listener discretion is advised. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Welcome back to our Handmaid’s Tale book club. Today Jess and Kit move into chapters 24 - 26. Topics of trauma bonds and the isolation that is inevitable in cult life come up as we move deeper into Margaret Atwood’s famous dystopian novel. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit deep dive into the last two letters of the BITE model, as they leave no real room for argument against ATI being a real cult. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Kit and Jess deep dive into the extremely dense chapters 22 and 23 of Margaret Atwood’s classic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Annnnd we are back! On this episode Jess and Kit answer the number one most common question they get from listeners: what makes ATI qualify as a CULT? How does it meet specific criteria for a CULT? So using the BITE model of authoritarian control, as explained by Dr. Steven Hassan, Jess and Kit walk you step by step through exactly what makes ATI a cult. To follow along, click on the link below. https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

This is episode covers chapter 18 though 21 of Margaret Atwood's poignant book, The Handmaid's Tale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

In this episode, Jess interviews Kit and her husband, Andy, as they talk candidly about how they met, what it was like revealing Kit’s background, and how they were able to forge a relationship as Kit’s was shedding her purity culture upbringing. *Some content may be inappropriate for younger listeners. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message