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Amelia Miles on Leaving the LDS Church: Shame, Women’s Inequality, Trauma, and Alleged Abuse Cover-Ups | Jaden Jeffs Podcast On the Jaden Jeffs Podcast, Amelia Miles, a northern Utah mom of four raised in an orthodox LDS family in southern Utah, shares her experience leaving the church and the guilt, anxiety, and scrupulosity she says shaped her life. She discusses sheltered upbringing, learning to swear and drink without shame, cliquey Mormon culture, and marrying her husband in the temple in 2009 before later separating while both leave the church. Amelia describes being assaulted in high school and contrasts her parents’ support with stories of bishops blaming victims. She cites women’s inequality and her daughter’s bishop interview question about women leaders as major catalysts, and says researching “We Are the People” podcast led her to claims of church-related abuse cover-ups, including the Glenn Pace memo and allegations about Gordon Bowen, while urging belief and support for survivors and witnesses. 01:40 First Drinks And Mormon Guilt 06:57 Orthodox Mormon Upbringing 10:32 Moving Away And Finding Herself 16:32 Meeting Husband And Temple Marriage 27:03 Scrupulosity And Mormon Mom Cliques 33:25 Family Anxiety and Guilt 34:05 Deconstructing After Leaving 37:33 Swinging Rumors and Curiosity 41:25 Patriarchy and Women 45:41 Marriage and Church Pressure 48:25 Mormon Mom Social Mask 52:37 Home Feeling vs Spirituality 01:00:43 Podcast That Changed Everything 01:06:47 Survivors and Receipts 01:09:24 Gordon Bowen Allegations 01:13:47 Power Spirituality and Abuse 01:19:32 CIA Mormon Recruiting 01:24:22 Holy Ghost vs Morality 01:34:43 Coming Back to Body 01:50:26 Identity After Leaving 02:00:45 Final Thoughts and TikTok Guest links: Amelia's TikTok - straightouttamormonism https://www.tiktok.com/@straightouttamorm777?_r=1&_t=ZT-979fHwVKayb 👇**SHOP MERCH HERE FROM JADEN** fromjaden.com 👇 **FOLLOW + SUPPORT THE PODCAST** Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3GHUWDyJ5ZJ0QzVu8EihBH?si=hpDUxgqMR9CIkwei0Ghiew 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jaden-jeffs-podcast/id1795576157 ✉️ Newsletter (Substack): https://jadenjeffs.substack.com/ 👇 **MY Website** JadenJeffs.com 👇 **SOCIALS** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realjadenjeffs?igsh=cm9ybmY1dzk1dmNp&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadenjeffs100?_r=1&_t=ZP-91rDt1rkLz5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BtYdgFoS5/?mibextid=wwXIfr 👇 **WATCH NEXT** ➡️ Most Popular Videos: https://youtu.be/I-gZtaxMv9w https://youtu.be/3WIYe15Osts https://youtu.be/rNKg83fMuN4 ➡️ Podcast Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk3w3VkHlWzRgsNC_wNeOBxa0AEBnpsCz&si=izu5YMpxghxqO13m 👇 **BUSINESS** 📩 Contact: [email protected] Buy me a Coffee via Venmo ❤️ https://venmo.com/u/fitoj

Escaping a Cult at 15 to Becoming an Australian Rap Artist | Josepe’s Story #soberlife #mensmentalhealth #resilience In the final episode of season one, Danny Shannon sits down with Australian rap artist and creative content creator Josepe for a raw look at survival, music, and redemption. Josepe opens up about growing up inside a strict, isolated religious group that cut him off from the outside world. After a family breakdown left him completely homeless on the streets of Brisbane at just 15 years old, he found himself navigating a dangerous path before finding his true footing. This conversation pulls back the curtain on what happens when a young person is forced to grow up way too fast and how creative outlets can completely change a person's trajectory. What you will hear in this episode: The reality of growing up inside an ultra-strict religious congregation What happened the night he ended up homeless on the streets at 15 Turning to survival tactics and hard choices as a teenager The current personal battle he is fighting to stay in his son's life This conversation is a reminder that no matter how messy your background gets, you have the power to write your own final chapter. Josepe’s story shows that your past can either weigh you down or become the exact fuel you need to build a meaningful future and look out for the people you love. Stay tuned until the very end to catch an exclusive live studio performance that fully breaks down his journey. TIMESTAMPS: 07:43 – Josepe describes his childhood in a strict, small congregation that viewed common entertainment as "devilish". 09:08 – At age 15, Josepe becomes homeless in Brisbane after a family conflict in Western Australia. 09:59 – He recounts being found sleeping at the front of a church by a pastor and congregation. 13:51 – Josepe details the tragic moment his mother abandoned his 10-year-old brother at a police station. 18:48 – At 16, he is involved in armed robberies and uses speed for the first time. 22:24 – He discusses entering rehab at age 20 and spending his 21st birthday there sober. 25:01 – Josepe explains how his partner, Naomi, jump-started his music career by providing professional equipment and filming his videos. 29:25 – He touches on the pain of being separated from his son, Julius, for five years, and his current family court battle. 42:21 – Josepe performs a live rap of his song "Letter to My Brother". ✅ Subscribe To The Channel For More Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@AColourfulPastPodcast/?sub_confirmation=1 ✅ Important Links: 👉 Explore Rewire and Realign Rehab: https://rewirerehab.com.au/ 👉 Visit Encapsulator. A safe video journal space for growth, reflection, and honest self expression: https://encapsulator.io/ ✅ Stay Connected With Me: 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acolourfulpastpodcast 👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2rFHNtDa/?mibextid=wwXIfr 👉 Facebook (Danny Shannon): https://www.facebook.com/share/14N3vG76yA3/ 👉 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colourfulpastpodcast 📩 For business inquiries: [email protected] ============================== ✅ Other Videos You Might Be Interested In Watching: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JVIC2lYAk0 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgkdcs1gVrU 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5DR5e0JdYY 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhEtFty4tg 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4W-MdFwsaM ============================= #acolourfupast #josepe #australianhiphop #recoveryjourney #mensmentalhealth #breakingthecycle Escaping a Cult at 15 to Becoming an Australian Rap Artist | Josepe’s Story

In Episode 33 of Squirrel Brain Stories, Angela and Adria are joined by Niko and returning guest Michael, Angela’s brother, to continue unpacking life inside the cult after the group’s split and relocation to Hawaii.Michael and Niko share firsthand memories of the Hawaii homes, including the control dynamics, isolation, medical neglect, constant surveillance, spiritual manipulation, poverty, food insecurity, forced outreach, and the way members were turned against one another to maintain obedience.The conversation also explores Michael’s recovery after a traumatic brain injury, the lack of stability for children inside the group, the racial and cultural dynamics between Portland and Hawaii, and the long-term effects of growing up in an environment where abuse, secrecy, and survival became normalized.This episode continues the larger story of Manuel “Memo” Taboada’s group through the voices of those who lived it.Content Warning: This episode discusses cult abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, trauma, coercive control, medical vulnerability, neglect, and survivor experiences. Listener discretion is advised.

*CONTENT WARNING: *This episode contains discussions of child marriage, sexual assault, domestic abuse, homelessness, parental abandonment, and religious trauma. Please take care while listening.* Married off by her mother at thirteen. Abandoned in India. Sent back to America at sixteen with a one-way ticket and a hundred dollars. Part 2 picks up where the unthinkable left off, and follows Vilas through what comes after, which turns out to be harder, stranger, and more devastating than anyone could prepare for. But also braver, more defiant, and darkly funny. This is a story about what happens when no one is coming to save you. About strangers who showed more decency than your own family. About becoming a mother while still needing one. About breaking every cycle you were raised inside. And about why, in 2026, child marriage is still legal in most of the United States. Today, Vilas uses her experience to advocate for children and raise awareness about the lasting impact of child marriage and childhood trauma. This is the final chapter to her remarkable story of resilience and reclamation. A true badass, she is. _____ FIND VILAS: Website: vilaswright.com Instagram: @vilaswright / Facebook: @vilas.wright END CHILD MARRIAGE — GET INVOLVED: Unchained at Last — Advocacy and direct services to end forced and child marriage Tahirih Justice Center — Legal services protecting those fleeing gender-based violence Equality Now — Global action to end legal inequality for women and girls AHA Foundation — Protecting women and girls from forced marriage and honor violence ___________________________________ FOLLOW US → For more culty content — follow us on Instagram & TikTok → @wasiinacult SUPPORT THE SHOW Join our Patreon! Get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and behind-the-scenes conversations. (And our forever gratitude) HAVE A CULTY STORY? Email us → [email protected]

He's serving fifty years. He still picks up the phone every day. And the women he calls still pick it up on the other end. Samuel Bateman is in federal prison — and a meaningful number of the women Christine Marie risked everything to save have walked right back into his sphere.Some of his adult wives still call him their prophet. Some of the girls Christine helped pull out of his house have returned. The conviction didn't end his control. The sentence didn't end his control. He calls. They listen. Christine describes it as an IV of indoctrination — certainty flowing one phone call at a time into people whose entire identity was built inside a system designed to make leaving feel like death. Warren Jeffs did the same thing from a Texas prison cell for over a decade. Now Bateman is running the same play.Christine tells what she actually knows about what Bateman feeds his followers from inside. The split between the women who got out for good and the women who returned — and whether the ones who left are now seen as traitors, as fallen, as enemies. Why some women can walk out of a coercive group and build a real life the way Christine herself did, and why others can't. The ugly question she keeps coming back to: whether some adults can be reached at all, or whether some people only ever feel at home inside something broken.Short Creek is still standing. Same theology. Same isolation. Same obedience structure. Robin Dreeke and Shavaun Scott examine why the FLDS survives when other cults collapsed. They talk about Faith Bistline — who lost her entire family to Bateman and is now raising the children they helped destroy. What works to help children still inside high-control groups when pulling them out has devastating consequences and leaving them in has worse ones. And the question that hangs over everything: is Short Creek going to break the cycle, or is the machine just sitting there waiting for its next operator? Both experts answer directly. Their answers might not be the ones you expect.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#SamuelBateman #FLDS #ChristineMarie #TrustMeNetflix #ShortCreek #WarrenJeffs #RobinDreeke #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

Can detransition experiences teach us something about identity, gender dysphoria, neurodiversity, informed consent, and personal autonomy? In this episode of Cults, Culture, & Coercion, Dr. Steven Hassan interviews detransitioner, YouTuber, and author Alexander Linkowski for a thoughtful conversation about gender identity, detransition, autism, neurodivergence, medical transition, social influence, and the search for an authentic sense of self. Alexander Linkowski is a Norwegian-based writer, transhumanist, and gender detransitioner currently working on a book exploring identity, gender, detransition, and the philosophical questions surrounding human experience. Drawing from his own life journey, Alexander discusses the factors that contributed to both his transition and detransition, emphasizing that these experiences are often complex, deeply personal, and shaped by multiple influences rather than a single cause. In this conversation, Dr. Hassan and Alexander examine: - Alexander’s personal journey through transition, detransition, and self-actualization - The relationship between autism, neurodivergence, and gender identity - How bullying, social expectations, and social pressures can shape self-perception - The philosophical question of whether identity is fixed, fluid, or partly constructed through experience - Why detransition stories deserve consideration without being used to attack the trans community - The importance of informed consent, patient autonomy, and personalized care - Potential benefits and challenges associated with transgender healthcare - Social pressures, discrimination, and transphobia faced by transgender individuals - Psychological and physical experiences associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and gender affirming surgery Throughout the discussion, Dr. Hassan emphasizes his support for LGBTQ+ rights, opposition to discrimination, and belief that people deserve the freedom to make informed decisions about their own lives and healthcare. Together, he and Alexander explore how society can create space for both transgender and detransitioner voices without reducing their individual experiences to political talking points. The conversation also examines broader themes of influence, conformity, cultural narratives, and how individuals navigate questions of identity in an ever-evolving world. Whether you are interested in gender identity, detransition, neurodiversity, transgender healthcare, social influence, informed consent, personal autonomy, or the philosophy of selfhood, this episode will provide a nuanced exploration of some of today's most challenging conversations. 🔔 Subscribe for expert interviews and analysis on cults, undue influence, coercive control, identity, psychology, authoritarianism, propaganda, and mind control. #Detransition #GenderIdentity #GenderDysphoria #Transgender #Neurodiversity #Autism #Neurodivergent #Identity #CultPsychology #MindControl #CoerciveControl #Psychology #MentalHealth #StevenHassan ******************************************** Learn more at: https://freedomofmind.com/ Subscribe to The Influence Continuum podcast: https://freedomofmind.com/podcast-3/ Enroll in our courses - https://courses.freedomofmind.com/collections Download a .pdf of the BITE model here! https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Subscribe to the Freedom of Mind newsletter: https://freedomofmind.com/subscribe/ Read or listen to Dr. Hassan's books: https://freedomofmind.com/books/

This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp. Hoyt Richards joins the pod to talk about the double life behind his modeling fame and his nearly 20 years in Eternal Values, the high-control group also featured in HBO’s Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult. He reflects on how a seemingly glamorous world of fashion, access, and status got tangled up with grooming, identity loss, and a spiritual system that kept pulling him deeper in. Our conversation focuses on how recruitment worked: being flattered, singled out, made to feel special, and gradually separated from family, friends, and any outside perspective. Hoyt explains how Frederick von Mierers (Freddy) used charisma, mystique, and selective “truths” to make himself look enlightened while building a group that demanded loyalty, labor, and secrecy. We also talk about the psychological cost of staying, the “matrix” framing that made leaving feel spiritually dangerous, and why survivors often need both accountability and self-compassion in recovery. The real story is not just the cult leader, but the ripple effect on everyone dragged into the orbit, and why those warning signs can show up in cults, relationships, and other power dynamics. Stay tuned for Part 2 of our convo on Thursday. Follow Hoyt Richards at hoytrichards.com (http://hoytrichards.com) and on Instagram @hoytrichardsofficial (http://instagram.com/hoytrichardsofficial) , and Bring Me the Beauties on Instagram @bringmethebeauties (http://instagram.com/bringmethebeauties) . Trigger warning: This episode contains frank discussion of cults, coercive control, grooming, manipulation, emotional and spiritual abuse, and family estrangement. Also…let it be known that: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business, individual, anyone or anything. Nobody’s mad at you, just don’t be a culty fuckwad. Buy the A Little Bit Culty book on Amazon (https://amzn.to/4sMrxpx) or order a signed copy (https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLR16M1R576DP/checkout/25UI2OVABMV3RD4YF55WQ755) . Check out our amazing sponsors (https://alittlebitculty.com/sponsors) Join A Little Bit Culty on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/alittlebitculty) Get poppin’ fresh ALBC Swag (https://my-store-c9bd2a.creator-spring.com/) Support the pod and smash this link (https://donorbox.org/support-a-little-bit-culty) Check out our cult awareness and recovery resources (https://alittlebitculty.com/resources) Watch Sarah's TED Talk (https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_edmondson_how_to_spot_a_cult?language=en) and buy her memoir, Scarred (https://amzn.to/48PlcAT) CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson & Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound (https://www.citizensofsound.com/) Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Audio production: Will Retherford Production Coordinator: Lesli Dinsmore Writer: Sandra Nomoto Social media team: Eric Skwarzynski and Brooke Keane Theme Song: “Cultivated” by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: You don’t have to say yes to everything this summer. Find support in therapy. Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/culty (http://betterhelp.com/culty) . Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than 50% at SelectQuote.com/culty (http://selectquote.com/culty) . Download EarnIn on the App Store or Google Play. Spelled like earnING money without the G. Type in ALittleBitCulty under PODCAST when you sign up. It’ll really help the show. EarnIn is a financial technology company, not a bank. Access limits are based on your earnings and risk factors. Standard Cash Outs take 1-2 business days with no mandatory fees. Expedited transfers available for a fee. Tips are voluntary and don’t aﬀect the service. Available in select states. Terms and restrictions apply. Visit EarnIn.com (http://earnin.com) for full details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.