On this episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with POMO Isabel. Isabel had an eye opening experience at 6 years old after watching the films The Gods Must Be Crazy. We discuss art journaling as a part of her healing journey and being the daugther of immigrant parents. She is a Latina woman in tech who left the cult at 18 and moved 3000 miles away to live with a stranger in order to escape. Her story is both unique and motivational. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast Chev listens to Eri's story as they explain starting to question the JW faith at 5 years, being baptized at 16 and what led to their exit. They attended what I believe to be a unique school seeing as it was a JW only private school. Have you ever heard of those? They also discuss how their partner went along in pretending that they were also studying to be a JW - just to keep the peace a little longer. Eri hopes to write a memoir eventually and I...

On this BONUS episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with POMO Scott the documentarian behind the new film Witness Underground please check out his Patreon by clicking here and show support to Scott who has went above and beyond on his mission of advocacy. On this episode we talk about his first prayer to Jehovah being zero waste of time as he dove right into questioning the 144,000. He also discusses music in the JW community, the film festival industry and how JW magazines and books are no...

On this episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with POMO Joaquin who started questioning the cult very young but had his critical thinking shut down. We discussed lying on timecards, going to a convention while disfellowshipped and questioning the 1919 storyline. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at [email protected], DMing me on Instagram @badassociationspod or schedule time for us to chat by clicking HERE The views...

On this episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with POMO Diana who has been out of the cult for almost 10 years. We chat about feeling trapped by baptism and ending a JW engagement. She also makes a great point of why she thinks the public announcement should be different for disassociating versus disfellowshipping. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at [email protected], DMing me on Instagram @badassociationspod or...

On this episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with Jason. He was baptized in 1995 and disfellowshipped in 2001. He is most known for being the creator of AVOIDJW.ORG my go to source for all things JW. We talk about the site, and how he went from a true believer to one of the loudest exJW advocates and how there is "great freedom in leaving". If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at [email protected], DMing me on...

On this episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with POMO Martin. He was baptized at 12, pioneered, was a ministerial servant for 12 years and an elder for 5. He discusses the effort of "praying the doubt away" and his more recent efforts of advocacy. Watch the documentary The Witnesses by clicking HERE Read Martins April 2018 Philadelphia Inquirer article HERE Watch The Silent Witness HERE If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at...

On this episode of Bad Associations Chev chats with 5th generation JW, April, who is an active apostate. Baptized at 15 years old, April now identifies as "PIMO + scheming" and shares her story starting at 8 years old. Her story is one of questioning authority, living a double life and the process of reinstatement. Links about Bethsarim, California click HERE and HERE If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at...

On this episode of Bad Associations Podcast Chev talks to Emily about the pressure of child baptism, moving out of the house in order to feel safe in leaving the cult, going to college while being a JW, the pressure of her leaving that fell on her parents and more. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at [email protected], DMing me on Instagram @badassociationspod or schedule time for us to chat by clicking HERE The...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast Chev listens to POMO Alex share his story of code switching, therapy and leaving the cult. To watch Vice's documentary called Crusaders click HERE. Suicide article can be found HERE. This episode has a brief mention of child sexual assault. If you need personal assistance please contact the National Sexual Assault hotline at 800-656-HOPE . Take care. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast Chev talks to Hannah about marrying young, shunning, being part time at Bethel and more. This episode has a brief mention of sexual assault. If you need personal assistance please contact the National Sexual Assault hotline at 800-656-HOPE . Take care. Articles mentioned in today's episode: About oral and anal being forbidden even in marriage - the original article (1972) link HERE , when they doubled down click HERE when they took it back but only...

In this episode of Bad Associations Podcast Chev talks to Renee about her story of how the org views single women, speaking up against the unfair treatment of disfellowshipped people and questioning the faith before she left for the second and final time. Renee's website is WitnessNoMore.com link and she can be contacted at [email protected] or by clicking HERE. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast is of Chev chatting with Sierra who is less than a month out of the cult. They discuss loneliness, betrayal and more. Sierra briefly mentions a story of a JW man who was accused of trying to solicit sexual acts from underage children during an online undercover campaign, that link is HERE in reference to Bryan Kasey Austin If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast is of Chev chatting with Troy about his life story from 6 years old to today at 33. He was a JW on the rise as a teen but SPOILER ALERT it was all a façade. Listen in to hear about what happens when the public announcement has already been made. This episode has a brief mention of domestic violence. If you need personal assistance please call 800-799-7233 or text START to 88788. Take care. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast Chev shares emails from two anonymous listeners about birthdays and being PIMO/PIMQ followed by a transparent conversation about the good and the bad of deciding to leave.  This episode has a brief mention of child sexual assault. If you need personal assistance please contact the National Sexual Assault hotline at 800-656-HOPE . Take care. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at...

This episode of Bad Associations Podcast is of Chev sharing her earliest memory of questioning the practices she was raised in, her baptism, her attempt to force herself to believe and ultimately her choice to disassociate herself.  If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at [email protected], DMing me on Instagram @badassociationspod or schedule time for us to chat by clicking HERE The views expressed on the Bad...

Our stories of the Jehovah’s Witness Cult… in our own words. If you’d like to share your story you can send a voice memo by clicking HERE , by emailing me at [email protected], DMing me on Instagram @badassociationspod or schedule time for us to chat by clicking HERE The views expressed on the Bad Associations Podcast are solely from the recollections of the guest themselves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...