All things East Tennessee! Gatlinburg/Dollywood/Pigeon Forge. Tips, tricks, news, information, suggestions and recommendations! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/foothillsfamilyadventures/support
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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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The Centre for Independent Studies Research Collection. Stay up to date with the latest CIS research, policy papers and opinion pieces and commentary. CIS promotes free choice, individual liberty and the open exchange of ideas. We aim to make sure good policy ideas are heard and seriously considered so that Australia can prosper.
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HUNT LIFT EAT is dedicated to promoting an active lifestyle centered around training, hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. We aim to educate and inspire individuals to pursue this lifestyle and build a community of sportsmen who positively impact the outdoor world. We offer training programs, lifestyle apparel & merchandise, and a nationwide network & community through our Team Member App
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Black Tea is an audio and visual media organization that aims to raise political, social, and cultural awareness while engaging communities in a conversational and entertaining way. Our primary project is an educational podcast themed on discussing today's socio-political challenges from the perspective of two young black women. Co-founder Jami holds an undergraduate degree in public policy and a master's degree in global affairs. As a professional, she works in real estate, finance, and com ...
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Devoted to professional development, teacher wellbeing and all things positive in education - The aim is simple: to share the positive voices of teachers and school leaders from around the world. Each podcast covers a different topic, with guests sharing personal stories and their views on what can help. Although based in the UK, the themes of curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, behaviour and pastoral support are universal and can help to promote connected open dialogue with teachers around th ...
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If you believe as a sensitive person, you cannot master your emotions, and as an empath, you have to suffer instead of enjoying life, this podcast is for you. I’ll teach you how you can change your state and your emotional home: from fear and anxiety to trust and joy. I’ll help you to transform from feeling not good enough to believing in yourself and taking action. I’ll support you in going for your dreams and creating your life on your own terms. To know more, go here: https://swissmadesto ...
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Who wants to have another surface-level conversation? Not us! Join us as we have real, vulnerable conversation about the messiness of what life can bring at times. From transitioning out of college, to jumping into careers and families, figuring out relationships, and everything else in-between, we’re here to chat about the good, the bad, and the straight-up ugly of life in your mid-20s and early 30s. From our conversations, we hope that you leave feeling encouraged, known, and a little less ...
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What are you going to be when you grow up? A doctor, an astronaut, an engineer, a footballer? Very few people have ever dreamt that one day they would be an economist. It’s a profession on few young people’s radars, is barely understood and, let’s face it, has an image problem. Most people picture economists, if they think about them at all, as “men in suits who are crunching numbers, talking about interest rates and making money”.This series of podcasts aim to challenge – and change – your ...
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A podcast from the International Mission Board exploring international missions history hosted by David Brady and Scott Peterson. Remembering the past to inspire the future.
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Aaron Goldenberg - Homeschool, Conversion Therapy, and Finally Coming Out
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1:17:18Aaron Goldenberg, actor, comedian, and (hilarious) content creator, joins Lola and Meagan to talk about being gay as a Christian child, what it was like learning Bill Gothard’s IBLP homeschool curriculum as a boy, and how his parents discovered his queerness and sent him to conversion therapy. He talks about Exodus International, a now-disbanded “e…
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Mama Said, Be Mindful: With Our Words with Heather Cox
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38:07For two girls who co-host podcast, and are not often at a loss for words, this topic cuts deep! We are told in scripture that our tongue can bring death or life- oof! Join us and our friend Heather Cox, as we are reminded of the power of our words. We hope you are left with encouragement, conviction and hope that with God, we can be women who are m…
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Mama Said, Be Mindful: Why Mindfulness Matters
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17:53All throughout the Bible we hear the importance of our minds. We are told to "take every through captive", to "set our minds on things above", and to be "transformed by the renewing of our minds". But how do we do that? What does that mindfulness in practice actually look like? Introducing a 4-week mini-series about Mindfulness- focusing in our Wor…
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Living Without Fear - Overcoming Fear With Intuition | With Kai Cox & Esther Buerki
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32:27Kai Cox is the founder of Awaken Innate Healing, where she guides people to trust their inner compass and awaken the healing power within. A Spiritual Mentor, Intuitive Alchemist, and Certified Bio-Touch Healing Instructor, Kai blends intuitive readings, massage therapy, and heart-centered teachings to create profound transformation. Drawing on her…
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If you are like us, often you can feel defeated, overwhelmed and overcome. We believe, that one of the sweetest things about following Jesus is that in these moments, we are brought to our knees accepting who we are, and praising God for who He is. But how do we become women and a community of believers that can remember that and have that posture …
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Sarah Stankorb - Quiverfull, Christian Nationalism, and Why Evangelical Women Are Leaving
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1:13:38Journalist Sarah Stankorb comes on the show to talk about her book, Disobedient Women, and the deep dive she did on why a series of evangelical women in America began to leave their communities as the internet came into prominence. They discuss patriarchal teachings within cultures like the Quiverfull movement, including stories like Vyckie Garriso…
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We're a few days late posting a new episode but that's just who we are. Plus it's archery season so we've been playing hooky and sneaking out to the woods. Welcome back to another episode of the HLE podcast with our longtime host, Carter McKenzie, and our re-occurring co-host, Kerri, who's hat seems to get more curved each time we talk with him. Th…
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Living Without Fear - Healing Old Stories of Unworthiness | With Esther Buerki
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13:51In this episode, Esther shares a deeply personal story from her time as a crew member at Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within event in Cologne. When a conflict with catering staff triggered old wounds of “not being good enough,” she found herself back in tears, reliving painful moments from her corporate past. But through the support of a Tony Ro…
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We are all juggling many things- relationships, healthy living, friendships, marriages, raising kids, succeeding at a job, taking care of a home and abounding other responsibilities. In most of these areas of life we set goals we want to achieve. We make a plan & we work towards that goal. But what is the goal of the Christian life? What are we rea…
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Erika Lantz & Elin Lantz Lesser - Book Burnings, Rapture Drills, & the River Road Fellowship
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1:22:30Guests Erika Lantz and Elin Lantz Lesser join to discuss season 3 of their investigative podcast The Turning, which follows the journey of a young woman named Lindsay, a former member of a Christian group in Minnesota called River Road Fellowship. They talk about the background of the leader Victor Bernard, how Lindsay’s parents moved the family to…
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The Rule of Law, Excessive Regulation and Free Speech by Paul Taylor
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1:07:32Recent Australian laws risk undermining fundamental freedoms and weakening the principles that underpin a democratic society. In The Rule of Law, Excessive Regulation and Free Speech, Dr Paul M Taylor argues that government responses to challenges such as misinformation, online harms, privacy and hate speech are increasingly disproportionate and, i…
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EP 232: Echoes of the Hunt w. Zach Spicher
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1:02:09Welcome back to another episode of the Hunt Lift Eat podcast where our esteemed host, Carter McKenzie, is looking extra handsome with his headset and our co-host, Kerri Mcallister, somehow folded his hat brim even more. We're stoked to have Zach Spicher from Echoes of the Hunt with us today. Zach is a veteran of our armed forces and has since found…
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Living Without Fear - Letting Go Without Guilt | With Esther Buerki
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12:48Have you ever noticed that a friendship which once felt good suddenly no longer nourishes you? It can be painful to admit, but friendships also have seasons. In this episode, I share my own personal experience of realizing that the people I spent time with last year no longer felt aligned. At first, I felt confused and even guilty. But with time, I…
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The Expectations and Patterns That Keep You Stuck with Steve Cuss
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44:32If you're anything like us, you know what a missed expectation feels like. You may feel stuck, confused, or sad- but you are not alone! Join us and author Steve Cuss as we dive into his work and his incredible God-given ability to put feelings into words. Steve shares tangible tools for engaging with God in a deeper, more soul-satisfying way, filli…
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Jane Borden - Cults Like Us: Puritans, Demagogues, and America’s Doomsday Obsession
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1:01:56Journalist Jane Borden joins the girls to discuss her book Cults Like Us, a gripping investigation into how cultic thinking is woven into the fabric of American life. Jane delves into the radical roots of early Protestant settlers, how the deep-rooted American mythology of a strong rebel cowboy who can save us from the bad guys makes us more suscep…
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EP 231: Custom Antler Designs w. Nick Jefferies
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1:08:30Welcome back to another episode of the Hunt Lift Eat podcast where Carter is looking handsome as ever and Kerri is no longer homeless. We are stoked to have Nick Jefferies with Custom Antler Design out of Washington State. Nick is a seasoned hunter, having hunted since he was a young lad, served in the United States Marine Corps with multiple deplo…
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Living Without Fear - When Siblings Hurt, Choosing Love | With Esther Buerki
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13:36In this episode, I open up about a challenging family situation that arose while clearing out my parents’ home after my mother’s passing and my father’s move to an elderly home. What should have been a process of sharing memories became a source of tension, disappointment, and hurt. Instead of staying trapped in anger or continuing the cycle of rea…
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Reclaiming Real-Life Hospitality with Abby Kuykendall
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39:33Do you ever feel unsure of how to host others well? Do you feel insecure inviting others in to your home or life? Join us and our new friend and author, Abby Kuykendall as we talk about how to bring back real-life hospitality. Jesus was our greatest example of hospitality and caring for others, so how can we be Christians who do the same? Connect w…
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Megan Elizabeth Cox - The Remnant Fellowship, Gwen Shamblin, and the Worship of Skinny
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1:17:13Megan Elizabeth Cox–not to be confused with our Meagan Elizabeth–shares how she first started Gwen Shamblin’s weight loss program as a child, when her mom began listening to the cassette tapes in the 90s. She opens up about what it was like growing up in a family that was fixated on weight loss, how it felt meeting Shamblin, the high-haired woman b…
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EP 230: State of the Union w. Luke Cox
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1:09:14Welcome back to another episode of the Hunt Lift Eat podcast. Our founder, Luke Cox, is making a special appearance with us and is dropping some notes and life experience for us. Carter and Luke delve into a number of topics such as the wonderful and fulfilling life as an entrepreneur, upcoming hunts and tags they drew this year, and general Hunt L…
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Living Without Fear - Finding Calm in the Noise | With Esther Buerki
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13:39Have you ever prepared so well for something, only to feel your nerves take over at the last moment? In this episode, I share how I changed my way of preparing for concerts after years of sabotaging my own performance with stress, noise, and nervous habits. By introducing mindfulness, breathing, and silence into my routine, I discovered a new way o…
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The Tattooed Mennonite Pastor's Guide to Obadiah with Matt Walker Thrift
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40:29Have you ever been betrayed, carried bitterness, or struggled with the concept of justice (or the lack there of)? Join us and our new friend, Matt Walker Thrift as we learn more about his writing in his new book- Enemies of the Heart. This conversation is raw and convicting as we talk about the deadly effects to our soul of pride, silence, misplace…
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Claire Hoffman - The Rise and Vanishing of Evangelist Megastar Aimee Semple McPherson
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54:23Journalist Claire Hoffman joins us again, this time to discuss her new book Sister, Sinner: the unbelievable true story of Aimee Semple McPherson, a glamorous Pentecostal preacher who pioneered entertainment evangelism. McPherson was so famous in the 1920s she could have been a Kardashian. Claire talks about how the early televangelist used theatri…
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EP 229: Austin Stone w. Tactical Approach Outdoors
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1:05:29We are back and better than ever! Carter invited our podcast manager, Cole, to co-host with him - rookie mistake! We're stoked to have Austin Stone with Tactical Approach Outdoors back on the podcast with us. Long time listeners will remember Austin and we cannot be more excited to catch up with him. Tactical Approach Outdoors has a focus and empha…
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Living Without Fear - When Love Feels Missing | With Esther Buerki
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10:42I share my story of growing up in what I thought was a “normal” family—no divorce, no drama, no visible illness. Yet beneath the surface, there was a profound lack of emotional support and unconditional love. My mother struggled with untreated depression, my parents were emotionally immature, and I spent years feeling unseen, ashamed, and unworthy …
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When You're Overbooked and Overwhelmed with Tara Sun
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32:52In a world and culture that preaches and sells the lie of busyness=importance, it takes intentionality to function differently. It's too often that our relationships, jobs, kids, work and social life get the best of us and God gets the leftovers. But imagine a world where that was reversed? That our lives actually were an outpouring of God within u…
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Claire Hoffman - Levitation, Meditation, and a Childhood in a Transcendental Meditation Trailer Park
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39:56In Part 1 of our interview with journalist Claire Hoffman, Claire shares what it was like growing up in an Iowa trailer park community built around the Transcendental Meditation (or TM) movement and its charismatic leader, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi–whose followers included The Beatles. Claire shares what the daily routine was like in the TM community, …
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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away: Submission to Economic Reform Roundtable by Michael Stutchbury
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40:59Australia’s extraordinary modern prosperity, built on the supply-side economic liberalisation of the 1980s and 1990s and boosted by the China-fuelled resources boom, is being squandered. In Our Prosperity is Slipping Away: Submission to Economic Reform Roundtable, Michael Stutchbury writes that urgent reform is needed to stop the slump. “History sh…
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Welcome back to another episode of the Hunt Lift Eat podcast! Spearheaded by our fearless leader and host, Carter Mckenzie, who managed to scramble these bunch of degenerates together. This episode is all about planning on the execution of the recently drawn Wyoming mule deer tag. Because these boys are so prepared, they decided to have a live logi…
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Living Without Fear - Aiming for Joy | With Edit Kiss & Esther Buerki
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35:15Edit B. Kiss is a holistic mentor, success habit coach, #1 best-selling author, Humanitarian Award winner, and international speaker living in London. She specializes in guiding individuals from misery to peace within 30 days by integrating ancient healing techniques with neuroscience. Her journey from a 15-year career in petroleum engineering to h…
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If you have been following Jesus for any length of time, you may feel the tension between obedience and legalism. Obedience matters, we see this all throughout the Bible, but how do we practice and pursue obedience without falling in to legalism? Join us and our good friend, Alex Gray as we talk about the correct posture of obedience and what Chris…
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Carol Merchasin - The Cult Assassin: Suing High-Control Groups
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1:11:50Attorney Carol Merchasin didn’t set out to expose cults, but after investigating allegations about a high-control Buddhist organization and discovering that the abuse had run more rampant than she’d imagined, she became a lawyer and focused her practice on getting justice for survivors of cults and abusive groups. Carol discusses the legal ins and …
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The Productivity Problem. Australia’s Growth Slump Is Undermining Prosperity | Jim Cox
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44:07For all references and graphs, read the paper here: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/the-productivity-problem-australias-growth-slump-is-undermining-prosperity/ Key Findings: Labour productivity growth has halved, sliding from 2.4% a year in the late 1990s to just 1.2% in recent years. Australia is falling further behind the United States, with t…
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EP 227: Brian Krebs w. Drawn West Podcast
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1:11:47Welcome back to another episode of the Hunt Lift Eat podcast where we lift so many weights that Kerri tore his sleeves off and crimped his hat even more. We're stoked to have Brian Krebs, host of the Drawn West Podcast, on with us this week. Drawn West is for hunters who feel the pull of the mountains — chasing bugles, big country, and adventure. H…
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Living Without Fear - See Your Worth | With Esther Buerki
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11:58Have you ever felt like you needed to earn love by being someone you are not? I open my heart about a wound many of us carry—the deep longing to be seen, just as we are. I share how, as a child, I believed that doing what my parents wanted was the only way to deserve their love. Even now, moments with my 90-year-old father can trigger that old fear…
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All throughout the Bible we are given guidelines as to how to live our lives in line with the gospel. These guidelines are meant for our flourishing, abundance, joy and security. But often times in our human nature and the realities of living in a broken world, we see warning signs and simply blow past them. Join us as we talk about growing in wisd…
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Akina Cox - Part 2: The Moonies, ICE, and the Cult Tactics of Trump
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53:11Artist and writer Akina Cox returns to share more about her experience growing up in the Unification Church (also known as the Moonies), its physical punishment rituals, and where the church stands now. The girls then transition from the topic of her particular cult to a discussion on the cult-like patterns of the current American political landsca…
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Welcome back to another episode of the Hunt Lift Eat podcast! Back in the saddle is our host, Carter Mckenzie, returning after a brief stint over in Europe where air conditioning is non-existent. Sounds gross. This week we have Weston Homa joining us on the podcast. Weston is the host of his own podcast, Run The Rack, where he takes great interest …
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Living Without Fear - Rediscover Your Worth | With Deborah Weed & Esther Buerki
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28:35Deborah Weed is a creative force and founder of the Self-worth Initiative. Once a corporate high-flyer, a health crisis left her bedridden—until a rare penny sparked a mission to prove that even what seems worthless has deep value. Through books, musicals, and stories like The Luckiest Penny and Paisley The Musical™️, Deborah helps children and adu…
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Growing Their Family Through Embryo Adoption with Katelyn Skillman
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40:33You may be hearing the words "embryo adoption" for the first time, or maybe you or a close loved one have walked this journey before. Whatever your experience or exposure is, we were excited to sit down with our friend, Katelyn Skillman, to hear from her personal experience of how her and her husband Miles grew their family via embryo adoption. We …
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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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