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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Ep 28. Interview with Riley Ex Jehovah's Witness Activist
Ep 27. Child Rearing
Bonus: Film Review, Red Lights
Ep 26.The Supernatural
Ep 25. Learning to become assertive
Ep 24. Bonus Episode: Women, Men and Headship
Ep 23. The Truth
Ep 22. Life and Death
Ep 21. The struggle for self, after leaving a high control group
Ep 20. Veganism
Ep 19. Social Darwinism
Ep 18. Did humans get here through Evolution or by Creation?
Ep 17. Queen's Gambit
Ep 16. Contraceptive angst
Ep 15. "I didn't know who I was!" Part 3 of a Jehovah's Witness story.
Ep 14. Quick builds and slow fades - A Jehovah's Witness story Part 2
Ep 13. 'The Cult of Trump' - Book Review
Ep 12. Angels and Doubts - a Jehovah’s Witness Childhood.
Ep 11. Bounce-back-ability: How to be resilient
Ep. 10 Mind Body Separation
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