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.
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.
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24 Jun 2023
Trailer: Leaving The Village Returns!
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.
26 May 2023
Shiny Happy Who?? - Introducing The Duggar Docuseries
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
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71 ratings
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