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The Story Night PodcastEpisode 46 - The Past, Present, and Future of Story NightWhat exactly is Story Night? What is the mission? How did it start and what's the future vision? Why should women tune in, attend events, get involved, or support the outreach?
In this special episode, the Story Night Board of Directors - Jessica Campbell, Charity Becker, Debbie Munson, Analiese Goforth, and Heather Maytum - talk about the history, purpose, and vision of Story Night. They remind listeners that we all have a story and that our stories matter.
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2026-01-1429 min
Boss Responses#71: From Employee to Freelancer with Jessica FarmerSend us a textIn this episode, Treasa and guest co-host Jessica Farmer tackle Paul's question: How do you transition from traditional employment to freelancing, and how do you find your first client? Treasa shares her intentional transition story, while Jessica reveals how getting laid off after nine years became her best career move. You'll learn why you shouldn't take too long making the decision, the finance setup Treasa wishes she'd done from day one, and why joining a freelancer community before you transition is helpful. ALSO TALKED ABOUTWhy everyone's transition lo...
2026-01-1314 minThe Story Night PodcastEpisode 4 - Analiese GoforthAnaliese is one of our amazing Story Night team members. Even from childhood, Analiese's life looked picture-perfect on the outside. But behind the scenes, her struggle to find security at home led her into two abusive marriages. But as Analiese learned, it was never too late to give up on a bright and beautiful future.
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2025-04-0445 min
Business is F'n HardBusiness Wisdom from the Field with Katrena Friel, Clay Goforth, and Jennifer James In this 24th episode of Business is F'n Hard, three dynamic entrepreneurs—Katrena Friel from Australia, Clay Goforth of Dark Horse Retail Group, and Arkansas rice farmer Jessica James—open up about the complexities of family businesses, the grind of entrepreneurship, and the unrelenting challenges in their industries.Key Chapters:00:00 - Introduction02:04 - Katrena on Becoming the Expert and Building Personal Brands 02:36 - Clay’s Retail Journey and Launching Dark Horse Retail Group 03:56 - Jessica’s Multigenerational Family Farm and Agricultural Advocacy 05:52 - What’s Kicking Your Butt Rig...
2025-03-2445 min
Full MutualityS2E16: Taking Christ out of Christmas — with Jessica Goforth and Zach MalmMerry Christmas, Exvies!Do you ever feel out of place at your deeply religious family's holiday celebrations? We know the feeling. For this special holiday edition of the podcast, we're joined by our friends Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm to talk about how Christmas has evolved over the course of our shifts away from Christianity and share some of our coping strategies when the religious traditions take over the festivities.Jessica's Naughty Holiday Playlist (Spotify)Jessica's Naughty Holiday Playlist (Apple)Zach's Original MusicZach's Holiday Playlist---Check out the Leaving the Village podcast...
2024-12-241h 39
Full MutualityS2E15: Defying Evangelicalism: Our Thoughts on WickedThe biggest Broadway musical adaptation has hit the big screen, and for some reason Evangelicals have some thoughts on it. Our dear friend Jessica Goforth from the Leaving the Village podcast sat down with us to chat about the new movie, Wicked: Part 1.We spend a chunk of the episode talking about musical theatre in general, along with some other Wicked-adjacent topics, so if you want to jump straight into our conversation about Wicked itself, skip straight to 37:40.Nate recently wrote an essay with even more thoughts on some of the political themes in Wicked...
2024-11-282h 15
Leaving The VillagePost-Election RoundtableA 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.If you're looking for Exvangelical community online, please feel free to join the Dauntless Media Discord server at dauntless.fm/discord-server.**Content Warning 2025 is taking place in Atlanta February 15-16. Sign up to attend at contentwarningevent.com and use the code DAUNTLESS10 at checkout for...
2024-11-122h 03
Full MutualityS2E08: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 2 — with Jessica GoforthOur good friend Jessica Goforth joins us to talk about her reactions to the Amazon Prime series Shiny Happy People, which exposes some of the abuses in the Christian cult known as IBLP or ATI.Jessica is the host of the podcast Leaving the Village, where she shares her own story of surviving IBLP and interviews others who have also escaped the cult she grew up in. You can subscribe to her podcast at dauntless.fm/leavingthevillage.---Follow us on Facebook at fb.com/fullmutuality and on Instagram at @fullmutuality. Join...
2024-01-021h 37
Chapel ProbationChapel Probation s3- Jessica Goforth- IBLP/ATI Nightmare SurvivorIf you've watched the documentary, Shiny Happy People, you know some of the horrific details of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and the Advanced Training Institute (ATI). Both are systems that drive a cult that became mainstream when The Learning Channel aired too many seasons of that insipid bullshit about the Duggar family. America ate that shit up and made the Duggars the placid faces of IBLP. Sickening. We've since learned of the abuse and grooming of young women to be used by the men in power at IBLP/ATI. Content Warning: a lot of talk of...
2023-07-251h 35
Leaving The VillageTrailer: 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...
2023-06-2501 min
Leaving The VillageShiny Happy Who?? - Introducing The Duggar DocuseriesJess 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
2023-05-2648 min
Coffee With CaregiversVance and Kristy Goforth: When Autism Is Severe“People need to understand the pain and the suffering before we’ll see change.” In this episode of Coffee with Caregivers, Jess chats with Vance and Kristy Goforth in an extremely vulnerable and honest conversation about life as a caregiver to Joshua, their son with profound special needs. They discuss the details from Joshua’s aggressive behavior to their mental health struggles as his caregivers and Vance’s eventual health problems which were stress induced. They also discuss why we need to desperately raise awareness for caregivers in order to gain the resources that are needed. To learn more ab...
2022-06-1546 min
Leaving The VillageBREAKING: Sentencing for Josh DuggarThis time Jess is joined by fellow LTV team member and childhood friend, Alexis Grey, as they react to a roller coaster of emotions surrounding the sentencing trial in the Josh Duggar CSAM (child sexual assault materials) possession conviction. They go over the details of the sentencing and what it means for his family as well as survivors.
2022-05-2641 minLeaving The VillageDing Dong, The Cult is DEAD!Can it be real? Did ATI really just finally... die?? Jess and Kit react to breaking news that the cult they grew up in and survived has officially shut down. Something they couldn't have imagined not that long ago.
Visit http://atii.org to read the full statement.
2022-04-2827 minLeaving The VillageAdulting as Cult Survivors - BONUSComing to you a little frazzled and a bit the worse for wear, Jess and Kit return with some hilarious late night girl talk, opening up about carving out their own lives post ATI, finding identity, and learning to cuss and swear with the best of them. ;) This episode is marked explicit but its all in good fun.
2022-04-1943 min
Full MutualityS1E10: The Cult of the Duggars: ATI and IBLP — with Jessica GoforthJessica Goforth from the podcast Leaving the Village returns to talk about ATI & ILBP, the cult with which the Duggars—the infamous family from the reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting—are associated.•Jessica's podcast: https://dauntless.fm/podcast/leavingthevillage•The BITE model of Authoritarian Control from Steven Hassan: https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/Follow us on Twitter at @fullmutuality, on Facebook at fb.com/fullmutuality, on Instagram at @fullmutuality, and on WordPress at fullmutuality.wordpress.com. Visit fullmutuality.com for more. Join as a partner on Patreon for exclusive content...
2022-03-161h 06
Leaving The VillageThe Handmaid's Tale Book Club - Part 11Picking up in Chapter 32 Jess and Kit continue their way through Margaret Attwood's Handmaid's Tale.
2022-03-0741 min
Full MutualityS1E09: Brainwashing: A Look Inside Bill Gothard's Cult of ATI & IBLP — with Jessica GoforthNate and Gail are joined by Jessica Goforth, one of the hosts of the podcast Leaving the Village and survivor of Bill Gothard's ATI and IBLP cult. She provides a look behind the scenes into the brainwashing and abuse that goes on in this Evangelical Christian cult.•Jessica’s podcast: https://dauntless.fm/podcast/leavingthevillage•Video of ATI student choir: https://youtu.be/LUSgPdX7W78•Image from large ATI/IBLP conference: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlKO91yf9AQAhYlPHD3OcHsiPW6XbQFollow us on Twitter at @fullmutuality, on Facebook at fb.co...
2022-03-011h 09
Leaving The VillageThe ATI Curriculum - FINAL Section - Inside Wisdom Booklet OneAnd we are back with the last section of Wisdom Booklet One. Last summer we introduced you to the convoluted reality of what constitutes a complete home schooling education in the Advanced Training Institute. There are over 50 of these booklets with this same format and style. To follow along with us go to: https://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/ati-wisdom-booklets/
2022-02-191h 01
Leaving The VillageThe Handmaid's Tale Book Club - Part 10Jess and Kit talk power differentials and the key role of HOPE in the toxic cocktail required for authoritarian control to work while continuing through chapters 30 and 31 of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale.
2022-02-1756 min
Leaving The VillageWe Have an Exciting Announcement!Leaving the Village is growing! We are excited to bring you along with us and introduce you to someone we hope you enjoy as much as we do.
2022-02-1228 min
Leaving The VillageThe Handmaid's Tale Book Club - Part 9We are back with fresh new episodes of our Handmaid's Tale book club, getting into chapters 27 through 29.
2022-02-101h 05Leaving The VillageBREAKING - We respond to IBLP’s statement to the mediaJess and Kit discuss IBLP’s most recent response to news media inquiries.
2022-02-0647 min
Leaving The VillageA New Year - A Fresh StartKicking off Season 3 with all the feels, Jess and Kit talk their latest life challenges, tell the story of meeting for they first time in early January, their impulsive decision to get matching tattoos, the meaning behind their tattoo, and announce tons of new content, interviews, and parts of their own story... all to come in this new year. New Year, fresh beginnings!
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Author Heather Heath - aka: @backsliddenharlot on TikTok and her new book Lovingly Abused, available on www.HeatherGraceHeath.com or wherever you get your books.
2022-02-0148 min
Leaving The VillageSpecial Edition - THE VERDICT - Josh Duggar TrialJess and Kit react to the Josh Duggar trial verdict.
2021-12-161h 46
Leaving The VillageSpecial Edition - The Duggar TrialGrab a drink and hang out with Jess and Kit as they talk the Josh Duggar trial. WARNING: Triggers may abound in this episode and it includes explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.
2021-12-051h 52
Leaving The VillagePart 8 - The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubWelcome back to our Handmaid’s Tale book club. Today Jess and Kit move into chapters 24 - 26. Topics of trauma bonds and the isolation that is inevitable in cult life come up as we move deeper into Margaret Atwood’s famous dystopian novel.
2021-11-3045 minLeaving The VillageWhy ATI is a Cult- Part 2Jess and Kit deep dive into the last two letters of the BITE model, as they leave no real room for argument against ATI being a real cult.
2021-10-311h 12Leaving The VillagePart 7- The Handmaid’s Tale Book ClubKit and Jess deep dive into the extremely dense chapters 22 and 23 of Margaret Atwood’s classic.
2021-10-2750 min
Leaving The VillageOkay but, what makes ATI a CULT?Annnnd we are back! On this episode Jess and Kit answer the number one most common question they get from listeners: what makes ATI qualify as a CULT? How does it meet specific criteria for a CULT? So using the BITE model of authoritarian control, as explained by Dr. Steven Hassan, Jess and Kit walk you step by step through exactly what makes ATI a cult. To follow along, click on the link below.
https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/
2021-10-131h 00
Leaving The VillagePart 6 - The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubThis is episode covers chapter 18 though 21 of Margaret Atwood's poignant book, The Handmaid's Tale.
2021-09-1536 minLeaving The VillageInterview with Andy - Romance & Marriage on the Other SideIn this episode, Jess interviews Kit and her husband, Andy, as they talk candidly about how they met, what it was like revealing Kit’s background, and how they were able to forge a relationship as Kit’s was shedding her purity culture upbringing.
*Some content may be inappropriate for younger listeners.
2021-08-051h 14Leaving The VillagePart 5 - The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubIn this section Jess and Kit tackle the difficult chapters 14-17 of Margaret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale. This part covers “the ceremony” so keep in mind the content warning: topics include sexual assault, rape, and religious abuse. Please use your discretion when listening and be aware that some topics may be inappropriate for children.
2021-07-2655 minLeaving The VillageBONUS - Q&A Time! And some fun stuff too...In this super candid 4th of July episode, Jess and Kit grab their mics to answer some listener questions and then dish about everything from their mutual obsession with Gilmore Girls, books and shows they are into lately, and on to how Kit's move is coming along.
2021-07-051h 11Leaving The VillagePart 4 - The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubContinuing our way through Margaret Atwood's book, The Handmaid's Tale. As Jess and Kit describe their experiences inside an authoritarian cult.
2021-06-2752 minLeaving The VillagePart 3 - The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubPicking up in Chapter 7 of Margaret Atwood's book The Handmaid's Tale, Jess and Kit share their observations and what stuck out to them. They talk honestly about motherhood and how its tangled up with fundamentalism and how that effected each of them in different ways. Grab your book and a cup of tea and join this intimate discussion.
2021-06-2149 minLeaving The VillageThe ATI Curriculum - Part TWO - Inside Wisdom Booklet OneAnd we are back, taking you inside what passes for "education" inside the Advanced Training Institute. Bill Gothard's homeschooling cult. This time Jess and Kit dive into the linguistics section as well as the "history" section (that oddly turned out to be straight up geography. Scratch that BIBLICAL geography? Yeah...) You can access a free version of this Wisdom Booklet here: https://homeschoolersanonymous.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/wbvol1-compressed.pdf
2021-06-1043 minLeaving The VillagePart 2 - The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubMoving further into the book The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, Jess and Kit invite you along as they unpack what they are reading. Themes of patriocentric control, ways the characters find to cope, and how Jess and Kit's own experiences with an authoritarian, patriarchal cult dovetails with the story. Grab your copy of The Handmaid's Tale and a cup of tea and join us for the continuation of our Book Club.
2021-06-061h 22Leaving The VillageCult Brainwashing 101Join Kit as she interviews Jess about her harrowing experience in solitary confinement within the ATI training center "Prayer Room". If you have ever wondered what textbook cult brainwashing looks like, you won't want to miss this episode!
2021-06-041h 07Leaving The VillageIntroducing The Handmaid's Tale Book ClubKicking off Season Two of Leaving The Village, join Kit and Jess as they discuss the introduction to the classic dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood. They bring their unique perspective as survivors of a patriarchal, authoritarian cult and unpack the ways the novel highlights the logical result of the teachings that we find all too familiar; teachings that are eerily similar to what we were immersed in while apart of Bill Gothard's IBLP/ATI program. Feel free to read along with us and share your thoughts on our social media or with the link below.
2021-06-011h 14Leaving The Village"Please Stop Telling Us Who We Can Talk To!"Jess and Kit sit down to chat candidly with our dear friend, author Heather Heath, about fan responses to Kit's LIVE interview with Katie Joy of Without A Crystal Ball on YouTube, May 22nd. We share our vetting process and our feelings about the outpouring of concern for us in light of the controversial nature of Katie Joy's platform. Heather sets the record straight and shares her timeless wisdom and the wit we love so much!
Kit's interview on Without A Crystal Ball can be seen here: https://youtu.be/tAKUngtvew8
2021-05-2324 minLeaving The VillageSPECIAL EDITION - The Latest Duggar News and its Connection to ATIWhile people are ultimately responsible for their own actions, Bill Gothard, ATI, and Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are in very real and practical ways responsible for the abuses Josh Duggar has been allowed to perpetrate, unchecked, for decades. Jess and Kathleen explain why in this timely episode of Leaving the Village.
2021-05-0158 minLeaving The VillageBONUS episode - Kit's ITC Horror StoryIn this fascinating BONUS episode Kit takes a break from her usual role of co-host as Jess interviews her about her cult training center nightmare experience. Kit will take us behind the scenes of the insular world inside the Indianapolis Training Center.
2021-04-201h 02
Leaving The VillageEpisode 6 - The ATI Curriculum - Jess and Kit Take You Inside Wisdom Booklet OneThis time, on Leaving The Village, Jess and Kit take you inside the curriculum of Bill Gothard's ATI program. Special thanks to the website Homeschoolers Anonymous for their open source copies of the Wisdom Booklets we used for this episode.
2021-03-201h 07Leaving The VillageEpisode 5 - Jess and Kit Watch "The Rookie"So, what do you think happens when a couple of cult survivors watch TV? You guessed it: we geek out like crazy over the portrayal of fictionalized cults on our favorite shows. Join us as we completely spoil the "True Crime" episode from Season 3 of "The Rookie". SPOILER ALERT!!
2021-03-191h 11Leaving The VillageEpisode 4 - Personality? What is that?In previous episodes Jess and Kit talked about how in Bill Gothard's cult, IBLP/ATI, one's personality could feel erased. In this episode they take a deeper look into their journey to recover from the mind control that even took their personalities from them.
2021-02-221h 02Leaving The VillageIn Which the Polar Vortex Screws Things UpJust an update on what’s going on around here, and what to expect!
2021-02-1812 minLeaving The VillageEpisode 3 - The ATI Modesty OlympicsModesty culture is everywhere in fundamentalism across the board but how exactly did ATI manage to take it to a whole other place? Jess and Kit talk clothing standards in the world of IBLP/ATI.
2021-02-091h 08Leaving The VillageBONUS episode with ATI mom Sandi GoforthWhat drew parents to enroll in ATI? How did they go from mainline evangelical to an isolationist cult? Jessica's mom shares her journey with ATI and how she came to the reality of what was really happening to their family. Don't miss this candid and intimate interview!
2021-02-0629 minLeaving The VillageEpisode 2 - Good Little ATI Girls?Did Jess and Kit become the good little ATI girls they were expected to be?? Well, not quite....
2021-01-3143 minLeaving The VillageBONUS Interview with ATI survivor Heather HeathFellow IBLP/ATI survivor, and author Heather Heath, joins us to introduce a bit of her story. You can hear her energy and determined sense of self as it propelled her out and into a whole new life.
2021-01-3021 minLeaving The VillageEpisode 1 - The CultThis is our opening episode! Here we explain the cult we grew up in and introduce you to the insular world of homeschool extremism.
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Mocs on the MicMocs on the Mic 35 - Soccer Preview with Gavin McKinney and Chloe ArnoldIt’s game week for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga soccer team and head coach Gavin McKinney and senior forward Chloe Arnold are the featured guests on the Mocs on the Mic podcast. These two join host Chris Goforth to talk about the lone match of the fall against Georgia State. Match time is set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 6:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) at the UTC Sports Complex. Fans will not be allowed at the game, but it will broadcast on ESPN+. Check out Atlanta United’s broadcast crew of Jason Longshore on play-by-play, with Jessica Charman as c...
2020-09-0921 min
Friend to Friend: Hope for your Heart and Help from His WordHome Is Where the Heart Is: Finding Joy In Christ Over Comforts of Home"Home Is Where the Heart Is", a feel-good phrase for sure, but a phrase that gives me food for thought. If home is where the heart is then I must ask, "Where is my heart?" the Bible says that out of the heart is the issues of life, therefore I must guard my heart. "From what", you ask? From anything or anyone that would seek to take the place of my Savior. Today, my guest Missy Shook, shares how God has taught her to find joy, safety and contentment in Christ alone. She shares how God's call to be...
2020-03-1645 min
Crucial ConversationEpisode 18: Jessica MarquezThis episode Bryan and Tony have a very unique conversation with Sis. Jessica Marquez. Hear her story where she and her husband have planted 17 churches in 4 different countries while battling the enemy physically and mentally. Since January 2014, over 10,000 people have received the Holy Ghost in the crusades and conferences she has been apart of.
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Larkspur UndergroundEpisode 2: The TakingHost Tara Bay walks you through the night of Jane Doe's abduction before a chance encounter at a college bar brings her into the clutches of a killer. You'll hear from those who last saw her, and hear excerpts from her journals detailing her terrifying first encounter with the serial killer known as The Scientist. [AUDIO DRAMA] Cast: Tara Kramer as Tara Bay Aleksandra Bienkowska as Jessica Laughton Rebekah Tripp as Jane Doe John Goforth as Jim Medford Brent Hand as Curtis Goforth The Newscaster: Gordon Highland Michael Paul G...
2017-09-2742 min
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