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Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

An ex-fundamentalist sheds light on the dark side of the church… from the pulpit to the pews.

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289: When Andrew Tate is Worshipped, Society Needs...

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2024/03/13

Full transcript: https://preacherboys.substack.com/p/when-andrew-tate-is-worshipped-societyDespite the arrests, Tate’s followers remain as loyal as ever - claiming that these arrests are just attempts by “the matrix” to silence them. As with any cultish following, perceived persecution tends to encourage rather than weaken.How has the former fighter-turned-polarizing social media influencer kept such a stranglehold on his audience? How did he get an audience in the first place when he has constantly

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288: Former North Valley Baptist Church Youth Pastor...

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2024/03/10

Link to full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/preacherboys/p/former-north-valley-baptist-church?r=15p355&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web✖️✖️✖️If you or someone you know has experienced abuse, visit courage365.org/need-help✖️✖️✖️CONNECT WITH THE SHOW:preacherboyspodcast.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@PreacherBoyshttps://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/https://twitter.com/preacherboysdochttps://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/https://www.tiktok.com/@preacherboyspodTo connect with a

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287: Took a DNA Test, Turns Out I’m 100% Mormon |...

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2024/03/03

Shelise Ann Sola was born and raised in Utah with a long ancestry in Mormonism. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was the only way to the highest level of heaven and she eagerly accepted the challenge.An unfortunate turn of events led her to feeling worthless, small, dirty and unloved. It was in those moments of desperate solitude, she finally asked herself if this is what God REALLY wanted for her. Desperate to find the truth, she uncovered pages and pages of LDS church history that

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286: David Gushee | Defending Democracy From Its...

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2024/02/28

Purchase a copy of Defending Democracy From Its Christian Enemies: https://amzn.to/3OS1ZpsAbout David Gushee:Rev. Prof. Dr. David P. Gushee (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York) is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, and Chair of Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit (“Free University”) Amsterdam, and Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Study Centre.Gushee is the elected Past-President of both the American Academy of

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285: NC Pastor Says Rapist Should Go Free if the...

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2024/02/25

Support the podcast on Patreon.com/PreacherBoys✖️✖️✖️A sermon clip posted by "BadSermons" on X, featured Pastor Bobby Leonard, Pastor of Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, North Carolina saying, "You’ll find more women with shorts than pants and dresses combined. If you dress like that and you get raped, and I’m on the jury, he's gonna go free."The clip got a lot of exposure on social media - at the time of this recording, it has racked up nearly 200k views.It caught the

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284: Building a Supportive Community | Ashley Easter

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2024/02/21

Eric Skwarczynski sits down with Ashley Easter, the founder of Courage365, to discuss how survivors can build healthy community.✖️✖️✖️LINKS MENTIONED:Let Us Prey Q&A: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-us-prey-a-survivor-forum-tickets-824504313597?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurlNic Corl Sentencing:

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283: The Election Cycle and Religious Trauma | Dr....

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2024/02/18

Support the podcast on Patreon.com/PreacherBoys✖️✖️✖️Dr. Laura Anderson is a psychotherapist, trauma resolution coach and consultant, writer and educator specializing in complex and developmental trauma, dynamics of power and control and religious trauma based out of Nashville, TN. On this episode we are diving in to the 2024 election cycle.We will not be discussing political candidates or encouraging you to vote for a certain person or with a certain party. However, we will be discussing the

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282: The Trauma of Purity Culture | Dr. Laura Anderson

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2024/02/14

UNLOCK my full conversation with Dr. Laura Anderson on Adverse Religious Experiences: https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-common-adverse-97677702Purchase a copy of When Religion Hurts: https://amzn.to/3uBgoiTAbout When Religion Hurts:Religious trauma is something that happens far more often than most people realize. But religious trauma is trauma.In When Religion Hurts You, Dr. Laura Anderson takes an honest look at a side of religion that few like to talk about. Drawing from her own life and therapy

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281: Angela J. Herrington | Deconstructing Your Faith...

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2024/02/11

Purchase a copy of Deconstructing Your Faith Without Losing Yourself here*: https://amzn.to/49afVTUAngela is a faith deconstruction coach and host of The Deconstructing Faith Summit who helps people break free from toxic religious culture & empowers them to recover from #churchhurt. She has led online ministries for a decade, enjoys working with clients 1:1, in groups, and is a dynamic conference speaker. She’s a Lark’s Song Certified Life Coach who reaches thousands of people in 40+ countries

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280: Bible Teacher Jared Kobernat Sentenced to Four...

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2024/02/08

Jared Kobernat went to school at West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, CA before becoming a staff member at First Baptist School in Plattsmouth, NE – a ministry of First Baptist Church.According to the First Baptist School website, they are a “K-12 educational institution” that recently added a pre-school.Jared Kobernat was ordained by the church and stepped into the role of 9-10th grade Bible teacher.On February 3rd, 2023, Kobernat was arrested for Intentional Child Abuse.Jared Kobernat was the

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279: Alice Greczyn | When God Becomes Chaos

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2024/02/04

Purchase a copy of Wayward here*: https://amzn.to/499MuB3When Alice Greczyn's parents felt called by God to exchange worldly employment for heavenly provision, they followed their faith into homelessness with five children and a cat in tow. Homeschooled and avowed never to kiss a man until her wedding day, Alice had plans to escape the instability by becoming a missionary nurse--plans that were put on hold with the opening of an unexpected door: the opportunity to be an actress in Hollywood

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278: Sadie Carpenter | We Shall All Be Groomed

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2024/01/28

✖️✖️✖️CONNECT WITH THE SHOW:- preacherboyspodcast.com- https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/- https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc- https://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/To connect with a community that shares the Preacher Boys Podcast's mission to expose abuse in the IFB, join the OFFICIAL Preacher Boys Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/preacher-boys-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries:

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[BONUS EPISODE] Kentucky Pastor and Hair Stylist...

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2024/01/26

The Associate Pastor at Bethel Independent Baptist Church and co-founder of the Cowan and Co. Salon in Glasgow, KY has been exposed for sending inappropriate messages and photos to multiple women – including at least one under 18 years old.Read article: https://open.substack.com/pub/preacherboys/p/pastor-and-hair-stylist-exposed-for?r=15p355&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web✖️✖️✖️CONNECT WITH THE SHOW:- preacherboyspodcast.com- https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/-

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277: Common Red Flags in IFB Churches

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2024/01/21

In this clip from my guest appearance on the Bible Uncut and Unfiltered Podcast, I discuss some of the common structural issues within IFB churches that make them far more susceptible to abuse cases happening.Join us in this eye-opening excerpt from The Bible Uncut and Unfiltered Podcast, where we delve into common red flags found in Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) churches. Our discussion sheds light on crucial issues, including the concentration of power around a single individual, the

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276: Lydia Joy Launderville | My Bitterness is a Gift

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2024/01/14

Lydia Joy Launderville was born and raised in the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement until leaving at the age of 21. More than half a decade later, she continues to speak about those beginning years, what life in the Church was like, her decision to leave her only community and fundamentalist faith behind in order to find safety, freedom, happiness and the ability to practice free will. She writes about the struggles cult survivors of all stripes experience when leaving one life for the chance

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275: Amanda Householder | Filming Let Us Prey,...

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2024/01/07

I initially interviewed Amanda Householder on June 10, 2020. During our conversation, she revealed that a staggering number of "troubled teen homes" existed across the United States.Despite purporting to assist at-risk youth, these facilities often functioned as unregulated prisons, particularly those with a faith-based orientation, enjoying even less oversight due to religious exemptions.Amanda detailed various forms of physical, sexual, and mental abuse, encompassing forced starvation,

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274: Nadine Macaluso | Run Like Hell

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2023/12/31

PRE-ORDER RUN LIKE HELL NOW*: https://amzn.to/48bWM2NAt age twenty-two, Nadine married Jordan Belfort, the nefarious stockbroker portrayed in the Hollywood blockbuster The Wolf of Wall Street. Their marriage began as a fairytale, but once they were bonded, Jordan’s ”mask” began to slip, and acts of infidelity, narcissistic abuse, insatiable greed, and uncontrollable drug addiction became Nadine’s nightmare.The horrific relationship gave Nadine the inspiration to become a psychotherapist specializing

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273: Hillary McBride, PhD | Navigating Disembodiment...

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2023/12/24

Purchase a copy of Practices for Embodied Living: https://amzn.to/3RU7DJzIn The Wisdom of Your Body, clinical psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride explored the ways many of us inherit a broken understanding of the body and offered a more compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied life. In this follow-up book, McBride takes the principles of The Wisdom of Your Body and puts them into action in practical, tangible ways.Practices for Embodied Living offers an

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272: Sarah Stankorb | Author of Disobedient Women

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2023/12/17

Purchase a copy of Disobedient Women*:https://amzn.to/3uRkS4QListen with a free trial of Audible*: https://amzn.to/3Ret8DqJournalist Sarah Stankorb outlines how access to the internet—its networks, freedom of expression, and resources for deeply researching and reporting on powerful church figures—allowed women to begin dismantling the false authority of evangelical communities that had long demanded their submission.A generation of American Christian girls was taught submitting to men is God’s

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271: Sharon Liese | Director of Let Us Prey: A...

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2023/12/10

Support the Preacher Boys Podcast:https://www.patreon.com/preacherboysPurchase a Preacher Boys shirt, mask, sticker, or other merch to rep the show! https://www.teepublic.com/user/preacher-boys-podcast✖️✖️✖️Sharon Liese is an Emmy® winning filmmaker who is known for having her finger on the Zeitgeist. Her documentary projects have aired on premium networks and streamers and screened at many prestigious film festivals.Sharon is the director of Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals, a docuseries

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