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Religious and cult ideologies often use the practice of shunning to silence their critics and to control their members through fear. This podcast sheds light on shunning through real life stories as told by the people that have lived through it. Learn what their lives were like and where they have ended up in life after being shunned. Featuring stories from Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientology, Amish, Mennonite, FLDS, the Moonies, and more, you will learn about the real lives of former members that have been shut out by their former communities. The host is an exJW himself, a professional cult recovery...

Jehovah's Witnesses Will Still Die Refusing Blood Transfusions After The Update Allowing Blood

20 mins; March 21, 2026

216 – How Star Trek Helped Me Leave A Cult – For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky

72 hours 52 mins; March 09, 2026

215 – All Gas, No Brakes – The Relentless Expectations Forced Upon Young Jehovah's Witnesses

114 hours 11 mins; February 23, 2026

214 – A Harrowing Midnight Escape – Danny Checks Out Of The Hotel California – Leaving "The Move"

125 hours 30 mins; February 09, 2026

213 - Do Jehovah's Witnesses Fail To Protect Children From CSA & Shun Those That Report It?

144 hours 42 mins; January 26, 2026

212 – What I DIDN'T Say On Jubilee – Ex-Scientologists & Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses – Behind The Scenes

60 hours 7 mins; January 07, 2026

211 – "They Would Track Me": Why I Had to Run Away at 21 and Leave a Note on the Basement Door

130 hours 41 mins; December 15, 2025

210 – "I Was Petrified": Ex-Jehovah's Witness Experienced "Constant White Knuckle Paralytic Terror"

100 hours 55 mins; November 17, 2025

The Shunned Podcast Meets Jubilee To Discuss Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology

8 mins; November 08, 2025

209 – Rising Above The Narcissistic Darkness Of Jehovah's Witnesses

185 hours 21 mins; October 20, 2025

208 - They Promised To Break Me Like A Horse; Turning "One More Day" Into Decades Of Breaking Cycles

145 hours 59 mins; October 06, 2025

What Did I Do??? - A quick announcement, something of interest, and a little update.

4 mins; September 22, 2025

207 – How One Bullsh*t Comment Freed A Young Man From A Cult & The Extreme Response From Family

101 hours 24 mins; September 08, 2025

206 - Hidden From Her Father, Coerced To Let Her Own Son Die, Vicki Escapes Jehovah's Witnesses

107 hours 48 mins; August 25, 2025

205 - Jehovah's Witnesses Want Your Child - Dennise survives pregnancy, a brain tumor & the cult

107 hours 9 mins; June 16, 2025

204 – A Shocking Tragedy & Ultimate Freedom As Dianna Claims Life Outside Of Jehovah's Witnesses

109 hours 38 mins; May 30, 2025

203 – Sometimes You Do Your Best And Your Best Still Hurts – Even The Best JW Families End The Same

197 hours 33 mins; May 16, 2025

202 – Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse – Proud To Be 1st Generation Out Instead Of 4th Generation In

147 hours 43 mins; May 02, 2025

201 – Secret Abuse, Dangerous Dad, & Shocking Marriage – Johanna is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

149 hours 23 mins; April 18, 2025

200 – Hey ExJWs We Need To Talk … About Relationships, Moving Forward, & What Gets In The Way

100 hours 32 mins; March 31, 2025

199 – Let's Fix Chelynn – Overcoming Loss, Substance Abuse, & Jehovah's Witnesses

124 hours 6 mins; March 07, 2025

198 – God Wouldn't Let A Demon Get Baptized – Growing Up Ostracized In Jehovah's Witnesses

139 hours 57 mins; February 21, 2025

197 – The Shadiest People Rise At Bethel – Former Bethelite Shares His Story Of Moving On

153 hours 21 mins; February 07, 2025

196 – A Need-Greater's Coming Out Story – With A Surprise Ending

123 hours 5 mins; January 24, 2025

195 – Seventh Day Adventists & Jehovah's Witnesses – Looking In The Mirror With Cass, A Former SDA

125 hours 18 mins; January 10, 2025

194 – Everyone Knew But Me – What Else Is A Lie? – Waking Up Through Family Secrets

137 hours 47 mins; December 20, 2024

193 – Sam Survives Jehovah's Witnesses With Only Moments To Spare

121 hours 32 mins; December 13, 2024

192 – Unconventional Convention Activism – Dino's DIY Activism – Anyone Can Do This

32 mins; November 28, 2024

191 – ExJWs Helping ExJWs – ExJwHelp Day 2024 & Garden of the Gods, Rim Rock, Cave In Rock Illinois

15 mins; November 14, 2024

190 – Stalked by Elders – Running away from Jehovah's Witnesses

231 hours 11 mins; November 01, 2024

189 – But I'm The Good One – An ExJW Attorney Tells Her Story – Jehovah's Witnesses Shun Kenesha

216 hours 27 mins; October 18, 2024

188 – An Autistic Bipolar ADHD ExJW Comedian Tells His Story – Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

83 hours 8 mins; October 04, 2024

187 – The Strength To Take A Stand – Kelsi is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

165 hours 57 mins; September 20, 2024

186 – I Did Something Good – Megan is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

112 hours 58 mins; September 07, 2024

Would You Like To Help Others? – Announcing ExJwHelp Day 2024

15 mins; August 27, 2024

Episode 185 – It's Too Bad, So Wrong, So Long – Jason is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

176 hours 54 mins; August 22, 2024

Episode 184 – Announcing Becoming Jehovah – A NEW Free ExJW Book

15 mins; August 18, 2024

183 – Black Sheep – The Worst Judicial Committee Ever? – NOBODY Should Be Treated Like This

149 hours 20 mins; August 08, 2024

182 – Layers Of Shame – Hali is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

111 hours 24 mins; July 26, 2024

181 – Trojan Horse ExJW Activism – Engaging Active Jehovah's Witnesses

16 mins; July 19, 2024

180 – How DARE You Make Me Look Bad – Daisy and Jehovah's Witnesses

173 hours 34 mins; July 11, 2024

Takeaways & Tips From My 2024 One Man Protest – Evansville Indiana Convention Of Jehovah's Witnesses

52 mins; July 06, 2024

178 – A Cult Blind To Abuse – Felicity is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

164 hours 13 mins; June 24, 2024

177 – Hypocrisy – Greg is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

166 hours 37 mins; May 30, 2024

176 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Controlling Your Relationships

16 mins; May 24, 2024

175 – An Overseer Found Dead, Secret Memos, CSA Exposed, & A Brave Couple – Meet The 2x2s

172 hours 47 mins; May 16, 2024

174 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control Part 5 – Patterns, Positivity & Projection

12 mins; May 09, 2024

173 – Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places – Catherine is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

187 hours 9 mins; May 03, 2024

172 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 4 – "The Truth" Creates Liars

19 mins; April 26, 2024

171 – Child Custody – Waking Up In Court On The Witness Stand – Darrin is shunned

129 hours 45 mins; April 19, 2024

170 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 3 – Weaponizing Your Desires

17 mins; April 11, 2024

169 – There's Nothing That Jehovah's Witnesses Can't Make Worse – Cherie Is Shunned

206 hours 6 mins; April 05, 2024

168 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 2 – The Denial

12 mins; March 28, 2024

167 – Between Two Worlds – Abuse, Trauma; Jess is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

90 hours 41 mins; March 22, 2024

166 - What They REALLY Said - The 2024 Governing Body Update #2 - An ExJW Reenactment

22 mins; March 16, 2024

165 – Looking Back – Cancer, Autism & Jehovah's Witnesses – Jacob is shunned

101 hours 16 mins; February 22, 2024

164 – How Jehovah's Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 1 – The Setup

15 mins; February 16, 2024

163 – What The Hell Did I Just Do? – Justin and Jehovah's Witnesses

199 hours 44 mins; February 09, 2024

162 – How Covid Changed The Face Of Jehovah's Witnesses (Well, Some Of Them)

12 mins; February 02, 2024

161 – An ExJW Couple Leaves A Cult With Covid As A Catalyst – Walking Away Under The Cover Of Zoom

137 hours 59 mins; January 26, 2024

160 – Jehovah's Witnesses And The Holocaust – An ExJW Goes To The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum

21 mins; January 19, 2024

Episode 159 – A Divided Household – Tana is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

159 hours 14 mins; January 12, 2024

Episode 158 – Smurfs, Demons, Bed Bugs and Jehovah's Witnesses

9 mins; January 09, 2024

Episode 157 - CSA, Trauma and Jehovah's Witnesses - Caressa's Story

99 hours 48 mins; December 29, 2023

Episode 156 – Announcing The Uprising Of Former Jehovah's Witnesses

33 mins; December 15, 2023

Episode 155 - The Little Girl Without A Smile - Dedicated To Yvette

114 hours 26 mins; December 01, 2023

Episode 154 – It Was Hell – Andrea is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

122 hours 32 mins; November 17, 2023

How To Start Your Own Ex-JW Cart

21 mins; November 07, 2023

153 – Legal Considerations For Former Jehovah's Witnesses – Blood, Wills, Emancipation, Insurance

55 mins; November 03, 2023

Episode 152 – Love Without A Home – Grief, Gaslighting and Jehovah's Witnesses

216 hours 41 mins; October 19, 2023

ExJwHelp Day 2023 - The Results - Former Jehovah's Witnesses Doing Good In The Community

14 mins; October 08, 2023

Episode 151 - Religion Before Relationships - Daniel's Story with Jehovah's Witnesses

145 hours 27 mins; October 05, 2023

Episode 150 - Showtime - Trish is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

113 hours 12 mins; September 22, 2023

Episode 149 - Chameleon - From Bethel To The Army - A former Bethelite is shunned

217 hours 21 mins; September 08, 2023

ExJwHelp Day 2023 Announcement

7 mins; August 28, 2023

Episode 148 - Breaking Patterns - Tara is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

166 hours 1 min; August 25, 2023

Episode 147 - Was It Worth It? - Alyssa is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

132 hours 54 mins; August 11, 2023

Episode 146 – We Get To Be Ourselves, Without The Fear Of Failure – An ExJW Family Story

154 hours 39 mins; July 25, 2023

Episode 145 - Invalidated - Arthur's Baptism Is Annulled By Jehovah's Witnesses

164 hours 0 mins; July 14, 2023

2023 International Cultic Studies Association Presentation - Prosocial Distancing - Jehovah's Witnesses and Covid

29 mins; July 10, 2023

Quick Announcement - It's International Cultic Studies Association Conference Week

2 mins; June 25, 2023

Episode 144 - You're Not My Homeland Anymore - Rachel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

188 hours 24 mins; June 16, 2023

Episode 143 - Spencer Saves The Day

210 hours 1 min; June 02, 2023

Episode 142 - How Is This Fair? - Joel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

222 hours 9 mins; May 19, 2023

Episode 141 - You Don't Even Know Me - Jarvis is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

145 hours 23 mins; May 05, 2023

Episode 140 - Spiritual Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy - Israel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

123 hours 23 mins; April 21, 2023

2023 Update Episode

34 mins; April 13, 2023

Episode 139 - Child Bride - Growing Up In A Sufi Community

158 hours 29 mins; April 07, 2023

Episode 138 - Kidnapped - Child Custody & Jehovah's Witnesses

167 hours 26 mins; March 24, 2023

Episode 137 - Nazi Bedtime Stories - Johanna is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

90 hours 6 mins; March 10, 2023

Episode 136 - A Beautiful Process - Karen

158 hours 41 mins; February 24, 2023

Episode 135 - A Fork In The Road - Daniel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

226 hours 30 mins; February 10, 2023

Episode 134 - Careers Without College - ExJwHelp #2

72 hours 59 mins; January 28, 2023

Episode 133 - Adoption And Jehovah's Witnesses - Ashley Is Shunned

133 hours 56 mins; January 13, 2023

Episode 132 - Gaslight - Jehovah's Witnesses Edition - Lexi is Shunned

129 hours 25 mins; December 31, 2022

Episode 131 - California Dreamin' - Catherine is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

119 hours 40 mins; December 16, 2022

Episode 130 - Sincerity Is NOT Enough - Jose is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

82 hours 22 mins; November 30, 2022

Episode 129 - Being Noticed Was Bad - Trevor is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

127 hours 11 mins; November 18, 2022

Episode 128 - If I Do This, Maybe They'll Leave Me Alone

172 hours 29 mins; November 04, 2022

Episode 127 - "If he kills me, we won't be married in paradise anymore, right?"

146 hours 53 mins; October 20, 2022

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