
About this podcast
Newly-ish married couple, Amanda and Kyle, discuss Amanda’s upbringing in the IBLP cult of Duggar infamy – a story Kyle learns about along with listeners. Through sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking stories, Amanda and Kyle explore the cult’s ideology, the strange rules that surrounded Amanda’s childhood, and the abuse she endured before leaving the cult. Through it all, they talk about what it takes to break free from a cult and what gets left behind.
106 episodes · society
The Cult I Left Behind
About this podcast
Newly-ish married couple, Amanda and Kyle, discuss Amanda’s upbringing in the IBLP cult of Duggar infamy – a story Kyle learns about along with listeners. Through sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking stories, Amanda and Kyle explore the cult’s ideology, the strange rules that surrounded Amanda’s childhood, and the abuse she endured before leaving the cult. Through it all, they talk about what it takes to break free from a cult and what gets left behind.
Recent episodes
- 99 - What Kyle Knows Now2 Mar · 45 min
- 98 - Good Girls Don’t Scream23 Feb · 42 min
- One-Week Delay15 Feb
- 97 - Fear: The Foundation of Cults2 Feb · 26 min
- Emergency Statement: January 25, 202625 Jan · 1 min
- 96 - Exposure Isn't Change19 Jan · 45 min
- 95 - Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gothard, and the Architecture of Abuse5 Jan · 40 min
- 94 - Creating Joy When Life Has Been Heavy22 Dec 2025 · 31 min
- 93 – Am I a Bad Person? (Moral Scrupulosity OCD)8 Dec 2025 · 38 min
- First Family Sickness & Thanksgiving Wishes24 Nov 2025 · 2 min