TRUTH: NO CHASER, LLC established April 2019, is an Atlanta-based multi-media company providing a viewable streaming podcast. Our flagship production and name sake, TRUTH: NO CHASER, is a shot of TRUTH stirred with BOLD opinions reversing the miseducation of the Black community as it relates to HEALTH, POLITICS & CULTURAL IDENTITY. Please visit our full website for updates, merchandise and our visual content at thetruthnochaser.com
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Jay brings his unique ideas and approach to one of the few things that brings so many people together, sports. Ways to interact with the podcast: Twitter: @JayStephens07 Email: [email protected]
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Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between. Each week, they invite these guests al ...
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Hi everyone! Welcome to The Far Out Wisdom Podcast! Where we will explore unconventional ideas with the underdogs of the world. This podcast is a place of unorthodox individuals coming together to share their wisdom in hopes that we will teach each other lessons from our life experiences. My name is Boonn, I am the founder and host of F.O.W. My articles have appeared on social media pages like Uplift Connect, Educate Inspire Change, Collective Evolution, GoalCast and Jay Shetty's FB page. I ...
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Akina Cox - Part 1: Unification Church, Mass Weddings, and Unpaid Labor
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1:03:31Artist and writer Akina Cox shares about her childhood growing up in the Unification Church, also known as the Moonies. They discuss the background of the church and its late leader Reverend Moon, how her parents both joined after hitchhiking in the 70s, and what it was like growing up in the group. She shares how it felt participating in a mass we…
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Introducing Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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1:24Trust Me is the podcast that pulls back the curtain on cults, high-control groups and the psychology of belief. Hosted by cult survivors Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features raw, first-hand accounts from people who’ve been manipulated, love-bombed and pulled into systems of control—and lived to tell the tale. Each week, Lola and Meaga…
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REWIND: Dianne Lake - The Manson Family, Part 1: Meeting Charlie
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1:06:36Trust Me has joined Exactly Right Media. Hosts Lola Blanc & Meagan Elizabeth will be back with new episodes on Wednesday, July 30th. You’re a teenage girl in the late 60s, bouncing between communes, when a charismatic man and his group of young women welcome you with open arms. You were looking for a family, and now you’ve found one. In part one of…
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Is this It for Chris Paul? | Knicks Land Mike Brown | Wild NIL Deal Rocks College Football
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37:27On this episode of The Jay Stephens Podcast, Chris Paul hints that next season could be his last—are we nearing the end of a legendary career? The Knicks make a bold move, hiring Mike Brown as their new head coach. And in college football, a massive NIL deal is sending shockwaves across the sport. Tap in as we break it all down.…
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REWIND: Glynn Washington - The Worldwide Church of God
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57:59Trust Me has joined Exactly Right Media. Hosts Lola Blanc & Meagan Elizabeth will be back with new episodes on Wednesday, July 30th. End time prophecies? Memorizing the bible? Required church vacations your family can't afford? Snap Judgment host and creator Glynn Washington shares his experiences growing up in the apocalyptic religion the Worldwid…
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REWIND: Hoyt Richards - From Supermodel to Cult Member
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1:19:50Trust Me has joined Exactly Right Media. Hosts Lola Blanc & Meagan Elizabeth will be back with new episodes on Wednesday, July 30th. What do you model your life after? For producer, actor, and former supermodel Hoyt Richards, it was the teachings of a charming man from Nantucket who spoke about the impending apocalypse and a distant star named Arct…
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REWIND: Lola's Mom - Mormon-Offshoot Cult
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1:13:39Trust Me has joined Exactly Right Media. Hosts Lola Blanc & Meagan Elizabeth will be back with new episodes on Wednesday, July 30th. In their first ever episode, Lola and Meagan interviewed Christine Marie, Lola's mom, about her and Lola's experiences believing in a self-proclaimed Mormon prophet. They discuss how they came to believe in him, their…
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The rumors are true—Trust Me is coming back this summer on the Exactly Right podcast network! This teaser has everything you need to know about our next chapter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
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Black Men's Top 5 Flaws: Acknowledging Our Queens Relationship Struggles w/ Us & Providing Solutions
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40:47Men Being Transparent Men's Top 5 Flaws that provide challenges to our women. We take accountability and challenge ourselves to better respond, relate and understand our women. Guest, Brandon Watlington of "A Love Like That" podcast and author of "the Marriage Bubble" joins us to share excellent perspective and insight. Support the show youtube.com…
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Weight Loss & Overcoming Obesity w/ Dr. Cee Nicole - Facts, Tips and Myths
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58:41Weight loss expert, Board Certified Pediatrician and Obesity Medicine Physician, Dr. Cee Nicole of the 'Weight a Minute' Joins us to discuss the following: 1. Facts & Myths about Weight Loss/Gain 2. Challenges for Weight Loss in the Black community 3. Ozempic, Zepbound, Wegovy & Mounjaro: The differences how they work. 4. Why it is more difficult t…
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Shedeur Sanders' NFL Draft Fall Was His Own Fault
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22:50Shedeur Sanders' slide in the 2025 NFL Draft shocked a lot of people — but it shouldn’t have. On today’s episode of The Jay Stephens Podcast, Jay breaks down why Shedeur’s draft day disappointment was the result of his own decisions, not bad luck. From pre-draft choices to on-field concerns, Jay dives into the full story behind one of the draft’s b…
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Amanda Rae - The Kingston Clan and Escaping Polygamy
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1:19:13Today our guest is Amanda Rae, host of YouTube channel by the same name and former member of the Kingston Clan, or the Order, a polygamist group in Utah, not to be confused with the FLDS. Some of you may remember our previous guest Priscilla from the same group - both of these gals were on Escaping Polygamy. Amanda’s going to tell us who the Kingst…
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Maggie Rowe - Sinning Bravely and Moral Scrupulosity
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1:20:12Today our guest is Maggie Rowe, former writer on Arrested Development and author of Sin Bravely, a book about her experiences with moral scrupulosity, or sin-focused OCD. We talk a lot about OCD on this show, so here’s a guest who wrote an entire book about growing up with religious obsessions! She’ll tell us about her first obsessions about what w…
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Caleb Ward, Part 2 - Disneyland for Christians and Exiting the Church
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54:14Former evangelical Christian and pastor's son Caleb Ward continues his story of growing up in evangelical culture in the early 2000s. We discuss some of the touchstones of his youth including Heritage USA (Disneyland for Christians) and Christian rock event Creation Festival, as well as his fear of losing his virginity before marriage, what hell to…
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Caleb Ward, Part 1 - Kingdom Life Ministries and Evangelical Youth Culture
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57:07Former pastor's son Caleb Ward joins Lola and Meagan to share his experience about the height of evangelical culture in the early 2000s in a church called Kingdom Life Ministries. Caleb discusses growing up in an environment where everyone was speaking in tongues and having loud prophecies in the middle of church, the pressures that come with being…
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Uriah Wesman, Part 2 - Growing Up in Three Cults (The Hearts Center and The Ideal Society)
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1:05:00Today is part 2 with Uriah Wesman, former member of THREE different cults. This week he’ll talk to us more about cult #2, the Hearts Center (which was an offshoot of cult #1 from last week), what it was like being a rebellious emo kid slowly starting to realize inconsistencies in the church, and how his dad discovered cult #3 in Canada, the Ideal S…
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Uriah Wesman, Part 1 - The First Cult: Church Universal and Triumphant
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53:05Creator of the one man show 3 Cults Walk Into a Bar, Uriah Wesman, shares about his FIRST cult experience in Church Universal and Triumphant, how they combined Christianity and New Age ideas, the paranoia that was created by beliefs surrounding demons, his mom's mental deterioration that led her to accuse his father of being a demon, and his parent…
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Philip Deslippe & Stacie Stukin - 3HO,Kundalini yoga, & Yogi Bhajan
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1:33:07Today our guests are historian Philip Deslippe and writer Stacie Sutkin, who together have done investigative reporting on 3HO (“happy, healthy, holy organization”), Kundalini yoga, and Yogi Bhajan. They’re going to tell us how they got started writing about 3HO, both interacting with Kundalini yoga in different ways, who Yogi Bhajan was and whethe…
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REWIND: Frank Lyford - Heaven's Gate, Part 2: Breaking Away
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34:45Episode 23: Lola Blanc & Meagan Elizabeth continue to interview Frank Lyford, former member of Heaven's Gate. In part 2, they discuss the growing number of red flags he began to notice after one of the leaders died, including talk of castration, and what led to his decision to finally, after 18 years, break away. He also tells the girls what it was…
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REWIND: Frank Lyford - Heaven's Gate, Part 1: The Nomadic Lifestyle
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43:37Episode 22: Lola & Meagan interview Frank Lyford, survivor of Heaven's Gate who left after 18 years--just a few years before discovering his friends and loved ones in the group had died by suicide. In part 1, he tells the girls how he began following the leaders Ti and Do, what it was like living a nomadic lifestyle with his "check partner," and wh…
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Ashlen Hilliard - The Evolution of Cult Intervention Practices
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1:21:28Cult interventionist and founder of People Leave Cults, Ashlen Hilliard, talks about her path to working in cult intervention and recovery, her personal religious experience that led her to this work, how interactions with Mormons in Utah affected her worldview, how she defines what a cult is, why accusing a group of being a cult isn't always helpf…
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REWIND: Joann Vaega: Waco Survivor and Former Branch Davidian
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1:03:09You're a child living on a remote compound in West Texas. One day authorities show up at your front door and an exchange of gunfire breaks out. Just as you expected would happen. Survivor of the Branch Davidians and the Waco massacre, Joann Vaega, discusses her earliest memories of living on the compound, what cult leader David Koresh was like in p…
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Carolyn Costin - The Link Between Cults and Eating Disorders
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1:19:17FOR OUR 200th EPISODE, we are joined by eating disorder therapist, author, and expert Carolyn Costin to discuss her own experiences that led to her starting her practice, why so many cults control the eating habits of their members, why having an eating disorder is like having a little cult leader in your brain, and how Carolyn helped Meagan with h…
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Yoni Shrira, Part 2 - Hard Labor, Isolation, Running Away, and a Dark Legacy
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55:38Today is part 2 of our interview with Yoni Shrira, former student at the Family Foundation School, also known as Allynwood, the remote troubled teen program known for a series of lawsuits brought against it as well as over a hundred deaths from overdose or suicide by its former attendees. Last week, we talked about how and why Yoni ended up in the …
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Yoni Shrira, Part 1 - The Family Foundation School, Troubled Teens, and Snitching Culture
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46:35Today our guest is Yoni Shrira, friend of the show and survivor of the Family Foundation School, a troubled teen sobriety school that became notorious for how many of its former students died after going through the program. In part one today, he’s going to talk about what he was like as a teenager, how he was genuinely out of control when it came …
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The Mother Wound ft. Kandice Stover
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1:10:01Author, Motivational Speaker and Mentor Kandice Stover joins us to talk about "the Mother Wound." We have identified this as emotional scarring from certain aspects stemming from a relationship with a mother that appear differently with each person who has this wound. Kandice shares her story, how she recovered, what the other side it like and dire…
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Tory Hess - From Second Life to Wilderness Commune
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1:20:48Today our guest is Tory Hess, former member of a small rural group in upstate New York she calls Crazyland. She tells us about how she always loved reading and fantasy growing up, never went to public school, and didn’t connect easily with folks in real life when she was young, and how she found connection in the online gaming community Second Life…
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME: Understand, Identify & Overcome
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44:26Guest Alicia Williamson joins us to help us properly define Imposter Syndrome so that we can identify it within ourselves and keys to overcoming this struggle. Right away! Alicia defines the different "types" of Imposter Syndrome from the "Soloist" to the "Perfectionist" and more! We take an even deeper dive and discuss how Imposter Syndrome id qui…
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REWIND: Jay Van Bavel - Groupthink, Social Identity, and Cult Psychology
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1:03:07Groups!... I did it again. Jay Van Bavel, NYU Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Director of the Social Identity and Morality Lab, and co-author of The Power Of Us, discusses how our social identities change depending on our environment and context, how the groups we identify with affect our decisions and perception, and the impo…
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Bethany Joy Lenz - One Tree Hill, a Secret Cult, and Living a Double Life
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1:15:16Today our guest is actor, musician, and now author Bethany Joy Lenz, whom we will just call Joy. Joy was the star of hit TV show One Tree Hill, and today she’s going to talk to us about how she was in a Christian cult the whole time she was filming the show. She’ll tell us about her upbringing and her career as a young actor, living in LA on her ow…
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Anne - Psychosis, Delusions, & the Cult of Your Own Mind
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54:36Today, our guest is a friend who we'll call Anne. We discuss the connection between psychosis and cults, the mental changes Anne experienced when her episode started, the delusions that grew stronger, how she felt like she was communicating with spirits, the paranoia that grew inside her, and how a psychiatric mental health professional helped pull…
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REWIND: Jitarth Jadeja - Former QAnon Believer
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1:16:48Episode 15: Lola and Meagan interview Jitarth Jadeja, former QAnon believer. He tells the girls about how, despite being Australian, he first was a Bernie supporter, then shifted his support to Trump before becoming obsessed with conspiracy theories. They discuss the two years of his life in which he believed in Q, the moment he realized it was all…
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As black man now in their 40's, Frankie and Jay chop it up about the importance of prostate checks for black men. We address the myths, provide some facts and some real life perspective addressing the apathy that often surrounds men when it comes to being proactive about our healthcare. Support the show youtube.com/thetruthnochaser thtruthnochaser.…
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Gareth Gore - Opus Dei, Human Trafficking, & Project 2025
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1:08:28Today our guest is Gareth Gore, journalist and author whose new book Opus is about Opus Dei, an ultra-conservative Catholic sect, its harmful practices, its history of dark money, and its connections to modern day right-wing American politics. Gareth shares how he came to this story while investigating the shady practices at a bank in Spain, the hi…
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Norah - Girls Night In: L.A. Facebook Group Gone Culty
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1:28:21Today our guest is a woman whom we’ll call Norah. She tells us about a Facebook group for women in Los Angeles that ended up getting very culty. We’ll talk about why it was exciting in the beginning to connect with other women in a new way, how other subgroups began to form (including one secret, exclusive one) and how the admin, who we’ll call Viv…
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Demetria, Part 2 - Twin Ray Mysticism, Spiritual Retreats, and the Necessity of Rage
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1:06:55Today is part two with Demetria, survivor of the Oregon new age cult, Twin Ray. This week she shares more about the wild claims that the leaders made about their mystical backgrounds, how deeply rooted the culture of self blame was (including blaming one woman for her own cancer), and the massive property they purchased in Oregon which was financed…
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Demetria, Part 1 - Online Gurus, Mysterious Elixirs, and Joining the Twin Ray Cult
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1:03:51Today we're joined by Demetria, survivor of an Oregon new age group called Twin Ray (not to be confused with Twin Flames). She describes the beginning of her spiritual journey including reading the works of Eckhart Tolle, how one specific online guru captured her imagination, and how this guru's partner made the claim that they were Twin Rays with …
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Joelle Tamraz, Part 2 - Meeting The Elders, Emotional Manipulation, and Moving On
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1:09:26This week is part two of a fascinating discussion with Joelle Tamraz, author of The Secret Practice: 18 Years on the Dark Side of Yoga. The story gets more wild! Joelle shares how her spiritual partner, Arun, became her husband, and how he brought her deeper into his world, including the strange visions he revealed to her. PLUS, the financial abuse…
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Joelle Tamraz, Part 1 - Traveling to India, Meeting a Swami, and "Past Lives"
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1:03:52Today is part one of our interview with Joelle Tamraz, author of the book The Secret Practice: 18 Years on the Dark Side of Yoga. She will tell us about her introduction to different yoga practices at a young age including TM, or transcendental meditation, the hunger she felt for a deeper spirituality that landed her in India when she was fresh out…
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#307 NFL Quarterback Rankings 1-8 "Nobody's Doing the Things Mahomes is Doing"
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32:02#307 NFL Quarterback Rankings 1-8 "Nobody's Doing the Things Mahomes is Doing"
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Sara Teitelman - The Culty Elements of Technology
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1:11:13Today’s guest is Sara Teitelman, tech consultant and author of a forthcoming book about tech who’s going to talk to us about the culty elements of technology. While Sara’s specialty lies more in optimization of the nonprofit workplace, we’re going to have more of a philosophical discussion about how we’re expected to just trust in our tech overlord…
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#306 NFL Quarterback Rankings 9-16 "I'm Not Saying That Will be CJ Stroud."
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25:03#306 NFL Quarterback Rankings 9-16 "I'm Not Saying That Will be CJ Stroud."
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Min Zhou, Part 2 - Labor Camps, Persecution, and Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution
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48:50In part 2 of our interview with Min Zhou, survivor of the Cultural Revolution and Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA, we’re going to talk more about Professor Zhou’s personal experience. We’ll discuss why her dad was a target of the Red Guards, what it felt like knowing her family was in danger at such a young a…
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#305 2024 Ultimate College Football Road Trip
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Min Zhou, Part 1 - The Cult of Mao Zedong, and Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
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52:53Today is part one with Min Zhou, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA, who also grew up during the Cultural Revolution: a decade of social chaos in China in the 1960s and 1970s where intellectuals, artists, and anyone perceived as representing capitalism or the "old ways" were persecuted and murdered in the hundre…
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#304 NFL Quarterback Countdown 17-20 "I Didn't Know What to do With Him" w/ Stewart Brooking
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22:38#304 NFL Quarterback Countdown 17-20
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Tia Levings, Part 2 - Questioning Fundamentalism, Motherhood, and the Dangers of Christian Nationalism
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48:16In part 2 with Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy, Tia she discusses how, in the midst of a church-sanctioned abusive relationship, motherhood began to change her beliefs - at first making her more zealous. She’ll talk about how her time trying to save her baby in the children’s hospital, plus working wi…
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#303 NFL Quarterback Countdown 21-24 "with Russ, there's a lot of questions." w/ Stewart Brooking
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Tia Levings, Part 1 - A Well-Trained Wife in the Christian Patriarchy
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46:26Today is part one with Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy. We talk about the church her family joined when she was young, how it was connected to Bill Gothard and the IBLP - which is why you may have seen her in the Amazon docuseries Shiny Happy People - how it grew more fundamentalist, and how she met h…
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