web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:30:51 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) On Belief: A Podcast About Cults - Episodes Tagged with “Ex Jw” https://onbelief.fireside.fm/tags/ex-jw Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would always be equitable. On Belief examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. I ask people who have had first hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out. en episodic On Belief is about why none of us are immune from coercive thought reform Karen Geier We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would always be equitable. On Belief examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. I ask people who have had first hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out. yes religion, spirituality, cults, belief, quiverfull, FLDS, apostate, aum shinrikyo, Falun Gong Karen Geier info@onbelief.com Episode 116: Jehovah's Witnesses Part 2 with Jerry Minor https://onbelief.fireside.fm/116 e23b90dd-5fc5-4cb9-9efe-5175f85eedf5 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Karen Geier 116 Jehovah's Witnesses Part 2 with Jerry Minor full 1 Karen Geier Jerry Minor (SNL, Mr. Show, Arrested Development) joins me today to discuss his time in the witnesses and the rather unusual way he got out. 16:01 yes Before Jerry Minor was a successful actor in Los Angeles, he was a boy growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses. In this episode we discuss: What it feels like to have one parent in the Witnesses and one parent outside What kinds of pressures are put on Witness kids How real the threats of the Apocalypse and Demons are What he knew about the child abuse scandals that have plagued the witnesses What he knew about Jehovah's Witnesses lobbying the government for consideration And more... Content warning: there is a brief mention of suicidal ideation You can listen to Jerry's podcast here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cult-awareness-podcast/id1473344702) Special Guest: Jerry Minor. Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah, Ex-JW, Apostate Before Jerry Minor was a successful actor in Los Angeles, he was a boy growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses. In this episode we discuss:

  • What it feels like to have one parent in the Witnesses and one parent outside
  • What kinds of pressures are put on Witness kids
  • How real the threats of the Apocalypse and Demons are
  • What he knew about the child abuse scandals that have plagued the witnesses
  • What he knew about Jehovah's Witnesses lobbying the government for consideration
  • And more...

Content warning: there is a brief mention of suicidal ideation

You can listen to Jerry's podcast here

Special Guest: Jerry Minor.

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]]> Before Jerry Minor was a successful actor in Los Angeles, he was a boy growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses. In this episode we discuss:

  • What it feels like to have one parent in the Witnesses and one parent outside
  • What kinds of pressures are put on Witness kids
  • How real the threats of the Apocalypse and Demons are
  • What he knew about the child abuse scandals that have plagued the witnesses
  • What he knew about Jehovah's Witnesses lobbying the government for consideration
  • And more...

Content warning: there is a brief mention of suicidal ideation

You can listen to Jerry's podcast here

Special Guest: Jerry Minor.

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]]> Episode 115: Jehovah's Witnesses Part 1 with Dawn Wilburn-Saboe https://onbelief.fireside.fm/115 dc0e6d32-4513-4cda-94ba-28533ec5ce0b Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Karen Geier 115 Jehovah's Witnesses Part 1 with Dawn Wilburn-Saboe full 1 Karen Geier If your only exposure to the Jehovah's Witnesses has been at your door when they've been recruiting, you might not know about the rather extreme belief system Witnesses are forced to adhere to under threat of Disfellowshipment. My guest today describes her live inside and out of the Witnesses. 15:28 yes In this episode, guest Dawn Wilburn-Saboe explains what life was like in the witnesses, how traumatic and painful the process of disfellowshipment is, and what life is like on the other side. We discuss: How children are expected to contribute in services How children are expected to live What it's like to be 'the kid who has to sit in the hall for the national anthem' What it's like to be a teen in the Witnesses What it's like to have to answer to elders for normal sexual exploration What it's like to be disfellowshipped And more... Special Guest: Dawn Wilburn-Saboe. Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah, Ex-JW, Apostate In this episode, guest Dawn Wilburn-Saboe explains what life was like in the witnesses, how traumatic and painful the process of disfellowshipment is, and what life is like on the other side.

We discuss:

  • How children are expected to contribute in services
  • How children are expected to live
  • What it's like to be 'the kid who has to sit in the hall for the national anthem'
  • What it's like to be a teen in the Witnesses
  • What it's like to have to answer to elders for normal sexual exploration
  • What it's like to be disfellowshipped
  • And more...

Special Guest: Dawn Wilburn-Saboe.

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]]> In this episode, guest Dawn Wilburn-Saboe explains what life was like in the witnesses, how traumatic and painful the process of disfellowshipment is, and what life is like on the other side.

We discuss:

  • How children are expected to contribute in services
  • How children are expected to live
  • What it's like to be 'the kid who has to sit in the hall for the national anthem'
  • What it's like to be a teen in the Witnesses
  • What it's like to have to answer to elders for normal sexual exploration
  • What it's like to be disfellowshipped
  • And more...

Special Guest: Dawn Wilburn-Saboe.

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