The 'What should I think about..?' podcast goes 'sight & sound' this week on this special edition of the show, with an episode being shown on YouTube for the first time as well as a pure podcast.
Stephen speaks to Dr Heather Ransom, who researches the experience of living in, and leaving a high control group often called a cult. Dr Ransom is a former 'born-in' Jehovah's Witness who left as an adult and now works in academia. She has written two published papers about the effect of disfellowshipping and shunning on the psychology of leavers. Heather first talks about her own life and the process of leaving and then about her work.
Dr Ransom's papers:
Grieving the Living: The Social Death of Former Jehovah’s Witnesses
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-020-01156-8
Life after Social Death: Leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Identity Transition and Recovery
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11089-020-00935-0
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Interview with Mark Jones, the Quora guy
Bonus Conversation: Born-in Cult Member Recovery
Avoiding the 'Pit of Despair'
A voice from inside: Interview with Geoffrey Wallis
Personality Profiles
Prophecy Special: England's Most Famous Prophetess
The Matrix as Metaphor
A life in the Moonies: Interview with Elgen Strait
Emotional Labour and The Kingdom Smile
Kamila Dydyna talks about Debutante
Bonus: Mental health of born-in cult members with Producer Bob and Jordan Robertson
Finding love in and out of a High Control Group
Sex and relationships: Interview with Jill Adams
Cognitive Biases and Cults
Bethan ex Mormon perspectives
Narcissism and cult leaders
Ep 51. Germ from the Mentally Diseased YouTube Channel
Bonus Short : Mental Wellbeing in Cults
Ep 50. Self Help
Ep 49. Jordan Robertson Ex Jehovah's Witness YouTuber
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