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Mr. Podos is a life -long resident of Utica New York. In his early professional career, he worked for a number of non-for-profit entities as Executive Director. In 2000 Podos was part of the faculty of a private business college located in Utica and held the position of Adjunct Instructor. He furthered his teaching career in 2005 when he became a
faculty member at Mohawk Valley Community College, (also located in Utica New York), where he taught economics, marketing, and labor law till 2015.
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Karin was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness from the age of 4 years old when her mom converted to the religion in 1985. After being disfellowshipped at 16 and reinstated at 17, Karin spent an additional 19 years as one of Jehovah’s witnesses until leaving in 2017.

In 2021, she decided to speak publicly on social media about her experiences growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness and the problematic doctrines of the organization. Her goal in doing so is to educate people about the realities and dangers of...

Being born as a 3rd generation JW, I was unquestionably loyal to this high-control organization. I was the prototypical small town congregation 'Golden Child'. Starting at an early age as an Unbaptized Publisher at age 10 and Baptized at 15, I checked all the boxes, progressing from Pioneer to Ministerial Servant, and eventually an Elder at 29 years of age.

Carrying the weight of so many expectations in that life and also trying to be a good husband resulted in tremendous strains and mental str...

In this episode, we discuss self-worth, salary, lack of education, and the most difficult part of all of it.

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Former JW turned Mental Health Specialist Tyler Ahrens joins the show to talk with us about finding and navigating your way through the parenting path after waking up. Sadly, despite your best efforts to reverse the cycle, your children may be practicing the JW religion's teaching of shunning, which may be aimed directly at you.

What do you do? Listen to what Tyler would do differently if given the opportunity and how he turned it all around by a big career change. Now he funnels that pain into...

Season opener!

I'm back with a season chock-full of content, stories, and rebuttals.

On this episode:

During her journey of researching Jehovah's Witnesses, anonymous truth-teller "Joy" speaks with me about her wake-up from Scientology. As a mother and a wife, high-control groups are impartial when it comes to the emotional hold it has on members.