Leaving The Village

Leaving The Village

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Have you ever met someone who survived a CULT? Leaving The Village is a podcast about life inside Bill Gothard's cult IBLP/ATI. Host Jessica Goforth and her guests take you behind the scenes of growing up inside, how they left, and introduce an entire cohort of survivors of radicalized religion.

Episode List

Post-Election Roundtable

Nov 12th, 2024 6:08 PM

A few members of the Dauntless Media Collective team—Gail from *Full Mutuality*, Jessica from *Leaving the Village*, Maggie from *Hello Deconstructionists*, Nate from *Full Mutuality*, and Scott from *Chapel Probation* and *Horny Chapel*—shared their raw, unedited, and unfiltered reactions to the 2024 election results.If you're looking for Exvangelical community online, please feel free to join the Dauntless Media Discord server at dauntless.fm/discord-server.**Content Warning 2025 is taking place in Atlanta February 15-16. Sign up to attend at contentwarningevent.com and use the code DAUNTLESS10 at checkout for $10 off your admission. We'd love to see you there.**

Trailer: Leaving The Village Returns!

Jun 24th, 2023 11:04 PM

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.

Shiny Happy Who?? - Introducing The Duggar Docuseries

May 26th, 2023 8:08 PM

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

BREAKING: Sentencing for Josh Duggar

May 26th, 2022 7:57 PM

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.

Ding Dong, The Cult is DEAD!

Apr 28th, 2022 12:00 PM

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.

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