Kitchen Table Cult Pod
149 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 157 ratingsKitchen Table Cult unpacks all the things Kieryn and Eve learned at the kitchen tables of their childhoods in conservative Christian homeschooling families. Every week we take your questions and drill down on various topics about Quiverfull, the Religious Right, and our childhoods in high-demand groups (otherwise known as cults).
We’re not surprised about the rise of Trump, Christian fascism, or evangelical white women voting for someone like Mike Pence, and we want to take you back through the beginning of it all to explain why.
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S6E6: We Are All The Public Library with Eddie the Librarian
April 12, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWhat do censorship, homeschooling, intellectual freedom, and libraries have in common? We get into it today with Eddie Kristan about the fight libraries are seeing with parental-rights extremist groups trying to censor books and the impact that has on children's rights to access information. Show Notes: Institutions on the job: Freedom to Read Foundation (IF arm of the ALA): https://www.ftrf.org/ Emily Knox - Freedom to Read Foundation - [email protected] PEN American has been on the ...
S6E5: Rift with Cait West
April 05, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBEve and Kieryn chat with Cait West about her memoir, Rift, and what it's like to leave fundamentalist Christianity only to discover that the patriarchy is alive and well in the secular world and childhood pastors became politically active Christian Nationalists. **Find Cait and buy the book!!** https://bookshop.org/p/books/rift-a-memoir-of-breaking-away-from-christian-patriarchy-cait-west/20298441 https://www.caitwest.com/ https://www.instagram.com/caitwestwrites/ https://twitter.com/caitwes...
S6E4: Doing It For The Babies 2: IVF Bans and Mife
March 26, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWhat is the future of the pro-life movement without simplistic messaging focused on Roe v. Wade to galvanize conservatives? The nuances of reproductive health science and privacy laws are up for debate, and the unity that the pro-life movement once relied on is fissuring under the pressure to rally support around the details. Banning IVF in Alabama was a deeply unpopular move by the courts, and this week SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments about a case centered on the 23-year-old status of FDA a...
S6E3: The Exvangelicals with Sarah McCammon
March 15, 2024 13:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBThis week in the Book Club, Kieryn and Eve chat with Sarah McCammon about her upcoming book (March 19) the Exvangelicals! We talk about gatekeeping knowledge, rampant anti-intellectualism, and how changing your religious beliefs change your relationships. You can take the church kid out of the church but you can't completely take the church out of the kid. Follow Sarah: https://substack.com/@sarahmccammon https://www.instagram.com/sarahmccammon_journalist/ Buy the book! https://static.macm...
S6E2: Devout with Anna Gazmarian
March 01, 2024 14:30 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBKieryn and Eve are joined by Anna Gazmarian to discuss her debut memoir, Devout, which comes out on March 12, 2024. Growing up evangelical means growing up with shame much of the time. Add to that depression, anxiety, religious OCD, and bipolar, and you're in for a massive struggle of faith and self-worth. With Devout, Anna unpacks what worked and didn't work for her in her struggle to keep her faith in tact and get adequate treatment for the way her brain works. We discuss tolerating joy,...
S6E1: Tradwives 2.0 Say Fuck Capitalism?
February 17, 2024 14:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBEve and Kieryn discoverd the Stay At Home Girlfriend/Wife /Tradwife tiktoks and note their remarkable similarity to the Above Rubies and quiverfull mommy/daughter blogs from the 00s, but with a dash of late-stage capitalism dread as a twist. What's the motivation behind people outside of religion wanting to choose this? Listen to find out! Notes: https://www.aboverubies.org/images/stories/magazines/ARMagazine69.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_feminism https://politicalresearch.o...
S5E20: Mike Johnson Overview
November 17, 2023 15:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBKieryn and Eve try to overview everything we know so far about Mike Johnson, explain the general concept of Covenant Marriage, and discuss his wife's humurous counseling practice. Instead of posting 4 pages of notes, here's one link: https://tinyurl.com/mikejohnsonktc
S5E19: Counting The Cost
October 20, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBKieryn and Eve talk about Jill Duggar Dillard's book, Counting The Cost. How and why it felt different from Jinger's Becoming Free Indeed, and how difficult it is to escape high control environments when the stakes are so high. Also, for more info on Christian Zionism: https://kitchentablecult.com/2021/06/09/s3-e8-christian-zionism-with-amy-fallas-and-garrison-davis/ https://kitchentablecult.com/2021/07/22/s3-e11-christian-zionism-part-2-with-aidan-orly-and-marisa-siegel/ Get the book: htt...
S5E18 The Woman They Wanted with Shannon Harris
October 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBWelcome to book club, where Shannon Bonne, formerly known as Shannon Harris, joins Kieryn and Eve to talk about the writing process for her book, The Woman They Wanted. Shannon talks about embodiment, freedom, and following the joy after spiritual abuse. Links: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-woman-they-wanted-shattering-the-illusion-of-the-good-christian-wife-shannon-harris/19561719?ean=9781506483160 https://www.shannonbonne.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mJjeRIIxjVT1FAcwlBLUk?s...
S5E17: Back To School Right-wing Extremism Edition
September 07, 2023 11:02 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBEve and Kieryn chat about the right-wing extremist pivot to taking down all public education institutions. We've talked in prior episodes about radical right-wing groups taking over K-12 education, and today we explain dog whistles of "clasical liberal" education and how even well-meaning leftists are furthering the agenda to dismantle public universities and libraries. **Notes** https://time.com/6309612/christopher-rufo-public-universities-deceptive-essay/ https://www.city-journal.org/artic...
S5E16: Disobedient Women with Sarah Stankorb
August 25, 2023 14:31 - 55 minutes - 128 MBKieryn and Eve sit down with Sarah Stankorb to talk about her book, Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning. Covering the origins of the #ChurchToo movement (featuring some friends of the pod!) and how to approach telling stories involving religious trauma in a way that is healing. **notes** Buy The book (or a VPN sub then the book if you're in DE) https://bookshop.org/p/books/disobedient-women...
S5E15: Fringe of the Fringe with Aaron and Christina Beall
August 04, 2023 10:55 - 56 minutes - 130 MBEve and Kieryn are joined by Aaron and Christina Beall to talk about their experience leaving the christian fundamentalist homeschooling movement and shining a public light on abuse. Read the WaPo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/christian-home-schoolers-revolt/ Follow Aaron & Christina: https://www.instagram.com/apostate_aaron/ https://www.instagram.com/christinabeally/
S5E14: Shiny Happy People part 2, with Cori Shepherd Stern
July 14, 2023 15:39 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBKieyn and Eve chat with Shiny Happy People producer Cori Shepherd Stern about how the documentary was made and why it's important to tell stories this way. Follow Cori: https://www.instagram.com/girlseeksworld/ https://www.instagram.com/storyforceco/ https://twitter.com/girlseeksworld
S5E13: Shiny Happy People
June 30, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MBKieryn and Eve are IN PERSON and talking about Shiny Happy People and the evolution of sharing their stories as they heal through trauma. Contribute to the CRHE fundraiser: responsiblehomeschooling.org/donate Tell Amazon you want a season two of Shiny Happy People!
S5E12: You're Not a Stepford Wife, Jing
May 26, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBEve and Kieryn discuss Jinger's book Free Indeed, on disentangling (not deconstructing) christianity from the teachings of Bill Gothard, and share a bit about their paths out too. Show Notes: https://people.com/tv/duggar-family-prime-video-docuseries-shiny-happy-people-trailer-exclusive/ https://mxdarkwater.com/2016/01/03/preparing-a-visionary-daughter-to-do-hard-things-written-in-2010/ TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@bluepupboi/video/7221509868841340206 https://www.tiktok.com/@bluepupboi/...
S5E11: Parental Rights Extremism Part 4 With Carmen & Sarah
May 05, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBKieryn and Eve are joined by friends of the pod Carmen Longoria-Green and Sarah Jones to talk about the bit picture and the meaningful ways we can fight Parental Rights Extremism every day. Show Notes: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6324958910112 https://twitter.com/responsiblehs https://instagram.com/responsiblehomeschooling https://facebook.com/responsiblehomeschooling https://dayofthehomeschooledchild.org https://twitter.com/onesarahjones sarah.jones(@)voxmedia(.)com
S5E10: Parental Rights Extremism Part 3, A PAC is Born
April 27, 2023 13:24 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBIn the third part of the deep dive into Parental Rights Extremism, Kieryn and Eve connect the organizational and funding dots between the orgs working on limiting children's education today to the organizations that started it all in the 1970s. Show Notes: https://dayofthehomeschooledchild.org https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1995/11/religious-right-6os-and-7os/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1981/05/18/a-disciplined-charging-army https://california.parentsrightsineducation.com/#men...
S5E9: Parental Rights Extremism Part 2
April 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBHold on to your hats, Kieryn and Eve do a Deep Dive into the legal history of parental rights and what lays the groundwork for how children's rights are treated (or extremely not, as the case may be) in the US. Notes: https://web.archive.org/web/20150908152647/http://www.hslda.org/parentalrights/ https://parentalrightsfoundation.org/legal/parental_rights_tradition/ https://cite.case.law/wis/35/59/ https://casetext.com/case/people-ex-rel-sinclair-v-sinclair https://casetext.com/case/schoo...
S5E8: Parental Rights Extremism Part 1
April 14, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBThe first in a multi-part series we've been teasing about all season. We talk about Parental Rights Extremism and how to effectively combat the rhetoric that is banning books from schools and trans children from being able to be themselves without ceding ground to the extremists. Children have rights, parents have responsibilities. Show Notes https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-transgender-health-care-ban-legislation-bill-minors-children-lgbtq/ https://nymag.com/intel...
S5E7: Jesus is a P3n1s
March 10, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBSometimes episodes write themselves and we have The Gospel Coalition to thank for this gem. If you're part of our Slack community you know what's coming, what you don't know is that now we have tshirts (and mugs). Swag: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/40377534-jesus-is-an-eggplant?store_id=862793 Further Reading: https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Beautiful-Union-Preview.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20230301170931/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sex-w...
S5E6: Wycliffe with Anna Olson
February 25, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBEve and Kieryn chat with friend of the pod Anna Olson about the missionary and linguistic work of Wycliff --- one of the biggest bible translation/missionary organizations --- what they do, their influence on evangelism, and lack of transparency. Anna's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charis_channah/ Show Notes: https://trinityfi.org/investigations/just-how-broken-is-the-bible-translation-industry/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kaipetainen/2013/03/06/the-big-business-of-wycliffe-bi...
S5E5: Hands of Doom with Jack Holloway
February 10, 2023 13:30 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBKieryn and Eve are joined by Jack Holloway from The Heavens AKA, our intro/outro music, to talk about their book, Hands of Doom -- covering the religious connections in the lyrics of Black Sabbath songs. This is your reprieve before we dive into some heavy stuff, please enjoy! Playlist from the book: Apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/hands-of-doom/pl.u-r2yBBDBF9dV7jX Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5P85tCA5rPwVOJpkZCK35C?si=mi8NwBcGQp6r-noWNWFsPw Youtube: https...
S5 E4: Coups The Planet with Annika Brockschmidt
January 20, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBKieryn and Eve are joined by Annika Brockschmidt, author of Amerika's Gottskrieger and German reporter on the rise of Christofascism in the US to talk about where all these coups are coming from! We cover the recent attempted coup in Germany, how J6 is perceived outside the US, and the connections between far right extremists organizing coups across the planet. Grid Story https://www.grid.news/story/politics/2023/01/06/the-democrats-the-republicans-and-the-freedom-caucus-inside-the-rights-p...
S5E3: Club Q with Eleanor and Rian
December 16, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBEve and Kieryn chat with Eleanor Skelton and Rian about the impact of the Club Q shooting on Colorado Springs and the history and culture of Colorado Springs that gets missed in the mainstream coverage. Follow Eleanor & Rian: https://eleanorwritesthings.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@eleanorwritesthings https://www.tiktok.com/@rian_myles Support for ClubQ victims: https://linktr.ee/atrevidabeerco 12/6 Announcement on ClubQ/ News After Recording: https://twitter.com/cspdpio/status/159...
S5E2: God Forbid
December 02, 2022 15:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBKieryn and Eve watched the God Forbid documentary and Have Thoughts(tm) after talking about what it feels like to watch twitter become...what it has.
S5E1: When Radicalized Parents Homeschool with Weston Brown
November 17, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBEve and Kieryn are back and talking with Weston Brown about parents who homeschool forcing their views on the public school system. Weston's mom is trying to ban books from Public Schools in TX, we talk about how isolating your children to get specific outcomes doesn't work. Follow Weston on twitter while you still can - https://twitter.com/wstnbrwn
S4E20: I'm Glad My Mom Died
September 09, 2022 14:36 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBIt's the last episode of Season 4! Kieryn and Eve discuss the book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" and how it feels to realize you were abused by people you love. CW: Child Abuse & Eating Disorders Buy the Book: https://bookshop.org/books/i-m-glad-my-mom-died-9781797147963/9781982185824
S4E19: Detra Denise (HNY)
August 26, 2022 09:43 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBKieryn and Eve sit down with Detra Denise from Humans of New York and talk about what it was like to leave fundamentalism as a mother and make it in NY. Support & Follow Detra! https://www.instagram.com/Onewomannyc1/ https://www.facebook.com/detra.denise.520 https://account.venmo.com/u/Detra-Thomas https://cash.app/$Detra
S4E18: Fighting Parental Rights Extremism with Darcy
August 04, 2022 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Darcy about how to Protect Trans Kids and fight against Parental Rights Extremism in your school district. Show Notes: Darcy on twitter: https://twitter.com/Dragonfly_Darcy https://www.genderinclusiveschools.org/
S4E17: Release The Kraken
July 22, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBAKA Ginni Thomas Part 3: Jan 6th. After taking some time off to process Roe being overturned, Kieryn and Eve dive back in to Ginni Thomas' role in the Jan 6th attempted coup and how tolerating unethical behavior lead to this moment. Show Notes: - https://puck.news/whos-afraid-of-ginni-thomas/ - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/untold-story-ginni-thomass-anti-cult-activism-was-deprogrammed-rcna22131 - https://freebeacon.com/courts/exclusive-ginni-thomas-sets-the-record-straigh...
S4E16: When The Moon Turns to Blood with Leah Sottile
June 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Leah Sottile about her new book When The Moon Turns To Blood about Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell's religiously motivated violence and the threads of their theology that we see at play in congress today.
S4 E15: End of Roe with R.E. Fulton
June 02, 2022 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBR.E. Fulton (@rebfulton) joins KTC to talk about the history of abortion and dispel some myths, and tell us about the one who got away with actual murder.
S4 E16: End of Roe with R.E. Fulton
June 02, 2022 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBR.E. Fulton (@rebfulton) joins KTC to talk about the history of abortion and dispel some myths, and tell us about the one who got away with actual murder.
S4E14: Grove City College & (not) CRT with Cedric Lewis
May 20, 2022 10:14 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Prof. Cedric Lewis about Grove City College's Critical Race Theory "investigation". Listen to find out what's actually happening on campus and what you can do to support the students, staff, and faculty who are being impacted. Show Notes: Overheard post and chapel sermon https://www.facebook.com/groups/OverheardAtGCC/posts/10159923202569168/ Thread from Jennifer Trujillo Hollenberger https://twitter.com/Jennife23750394/status/1519667075496783875?t=_Pa0i_MKrG37ilErt4...
S4E15: Grove City College & (not) CRT with Cedric Lewis
May 20, 2022 10:14 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Prof. Cedric Lewis about Grove City College's Critical Race Theory "investigation". Listen to find out what's actually happening on campus and what you can do to support the students, staff, and faculty who are being impacted. Show Notes: Overheard post and chapel sermon https://www.facebook.com/groups/OverheardAtGCC/posts/10159923202569168/ Thread from Jennifer Trujillo Hollenberger https://twitter.com/Jennife23750394/status/1519667075496783875?t=_Pa0i_MKrG37ilErt4...
S4E13: Have You Heard The One About Schlafly?
May 06, 2022 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBTurns out, Lifespring was not the only cult Ginni Thomas has been a part of. Ginni's mom was an active part of Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, and never left that cult. Instead, she grew up to enact its agenda with Clarence's support as an "Equally Yoked" partner. WTF does that all mean? find out. Notes: NYT Expose: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/magazine/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas.html Politico on Ginni/Clarence/Eastman: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/26/ginni-thomas-west-win...
S4E12: Group Grope (aka Ginni Thomas Part 1)
April 15, 2022 13:01 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this first part of a multi-episode series on Ginni Thomas, Kieryn and Eve talk about what draws people into cults, why it isn't weird that Ginni Thomas was in one, and compare and contrast the Lifespring cult to experiences in the church. Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training https://www.gq.com/story/one-month-in-los-angeles-cult-of-betterness https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1987/10/2...
S4E11: Matt Shea Part 3
March 25, 2022 17:28 - 36 minutes - 28.7 MBJust when we thought were done with Matt Shea he goes off to Ukraine to """""rescue""""" some "orphans". We have words about it. Show notes: Opening Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xX3IfQEH_ https://www.rangemedia.co/matt-shea-poland-ukraine-lublin-orphan/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-wa-rep-matt-shea-accused-of-domestic-terrorism-working-to-secure-adoptions-for-ukrainian-children-in-poland/ https://againstthetide.tv/2022/03/04/62-ukrainian-orphans-evacuate...
S4E10: Catching Up and Culture Shock
March 11, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBIn this short and more low-key episode Kieryn and Eve catch up on the move to Berlin and compare notes about what it's like to experience culture shock in multiple ways from being homeschooled to moving to other countries. If you want to support Kieryn through this transition you can do so on patreon: patreon.com/kiery or paypal: paypal.me/mxdarkwater (USD) or paypal.me/kfdberlin (EUR) You can watch Kieryn's vlogs (and subscribe to their channel) on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?...
S4 E9: Monologues of an Abusive Husband aka Redeeming Love
January 28, 2022 17:34 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBThe new movie adaption of "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers is now in theaters, much to our chagrin. Eve and Kieryn discuss the story of Hosea, the "redemption" story of "Redeeming Love," and why this novel is a textbook abusive relationship story.
S4 E8: Monologues of an Abusive Husband aka Redeeming Love
January 28, 2022 17:34 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBThe new movie adaption of "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers is now in theaters, much to our chagrin. Eve and Kieryn discuss the story of Hosea, the "redemption" story of "Redeeming Love," and why this novel is a textbook abusive relationship story.
S4E8: The Invisible History of Homeschooling (Research Project) with Dr. Lindsey Maxwell
January 06, 2022 17:45 - 49 minutes - 34 MBThe homeschooling movement has always been more diverse than it seems! Eve and Kieryn chatted with Dr. Lindsey Maxwell about the invisible history of homeschooling as told through magazines and newsletters in the 80s and 90s. Learn some things you didn't know about the larger homeschooling movement and hypothesize about why women often buy into and enforce the Patriarchy. Follow Dr. Maxwell: https://twitter.com/LindseyBMaxwell http://lindseymaxwell.com/
S4 E7: Farminary and RHE with Jeff Chu
December 23, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Jeff Chu about finishing the book Wholehearted Faith that he & the late Rachel Held Evans co-authored. Listen to discuss what it's like to write through grief, learn about farmer's markets in Michigan, and wtf a Farminary is. Follow Jeff: https://byjeffchu.com/ https://twitter.com/jeffchu https://www.instagram.com/byjeffchu/ https://jeffchu.substack.com
S4E6: Roe
December 09, 2021 22:16 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBEve and Kieryn talk about the impacts of the SCOTUS hearing and what it could mean for Roe v. Wade and other personal rights in the future. **Show Notes** Prior episodes on the topic: https://twitter.com/kitchencultpod/status/1466477773439053826 Summaries https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/12/majority-of-court-appears-poised-to-uphold-mississippis-ban-on-most-abortions-after-15-weeks/ https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-at-scotus-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health/ Dona...
S4E5: God Told Me to be a Dick with Stephanie Drury
November 25, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Stephanie Drury about Christianity Today's podcast about Mars Hill and the importance of giving people room to grow. Notes: Twitter: https://twitter.com/StuffCCLikes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stuffchristianculturelikes/
S4E4: Don't Hit Your Kids! with Talia Lavin
November 11, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThis month, Talia Lavin's (author of Culture Warlords: my journey into the dark web of white supremacy) new Substack is allowing her to do a three-part series on the ouvre of fundamentalist parenting books which advocate for hitting kids. She joins KTC for a discussion of what that research experience was like, why it's so hard to get people to listen to you when you say "don't hit your kids," and how absolutely batshit these parenting books actually are. CW: Child Abuse *show notes* Talia's...
S4E4: Don't Hit Your Kids with Talia Lavin
November 11, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThis month, Talia Lavin's (author of Culture Warlords: my journey into the dark web of white supremacy) new Substack is allowing her to do a three-part series on the ouvre of fundamentalist parenting books which advocate for hitting kids. She joins KTC for a discussion of what that research experience was like, why it's so hard to get people to listen to you when you say "don't hit your kids," and how absolutely batshit these parenting books actually are. CW: Child Abuse *show notes* Talia's...
S4E4: Don't Hit Your Kids! with Tal Lavin
November 11, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThis month, Tal Lavin's (author of Culture Warlords: my journey into the dark web of white supremacy) new Substack is allowing Tal to do a three-part series on the ouvre of fundamentalist parenting books which advocate for hitting kids. Tal joins KTC for a discussion of what that research experience was like, why it's so hard to get people to listen to you when you say "don't hit your kids," and how absolutely batshit these parenting books actually are. CW: Child Abuse *show notes* Tal's Sub...
S4E3: These Are Not The Sex Traffickers You're Looking For with Melissa Gira Grant
November 05, 2021 15:32 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBNick Kristof is running for governor of Oregon and hopefully abandoning his crusade to save sex trafficking victims that don't exist, actually. Journalist Melissa Gira Grant joins KTC to discuss the religious right's war on porn, sex trafficking, and sex ed.
S4E2: Homeschooling and Neglect with Sheryl Ring
October 21, 2021 17:13 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBKieryn and Eve chat with Sheryl Ring about being homeschooled and neglected or abused by parent-educators. As with most episodes on the subject all major CWs for child abuse apply <3 Check out CRHE's Homeschooled Children Bill of Rights - https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/bill-of-rights/ Follow Sheryl: https://twitter.com/Ring_Sheryl sherylringlaw.com