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Preacher Boys Podcast

291: Bob Jones University EXPOSED in New Podcast Series

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6701 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Pledger talks about his work exposing the dark history of Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, through his new podcast, Beyond BJU.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. Listener discretion is advised.

0:09.2

You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental, physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.

0:20.4

The testimony shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective

0:25.0

of the survivors.

0:26.8

Not all legal outcomes are known or final.

0:29.8

Any suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.

0:34.4

Now, here's your host, Eric Squarsinski.

0:38.3

Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast. Today, I'm sitting down with my good

0:42.5

friend Andrew Pledgeer to talk about his brand new podcast called Beyond BJU. I had Andrew on the

0:49.0

show a couple of years ago, and it's been incredible seeing him develop as an advocate

0:53.5

over the last couple of

0:54.8

years. And on today's episode, we talk about his reflections on doing his first podcast on

1:00.7

Bob Jones University, what it was like talking with so many different survivors from the

1:04.9

school, and what he's learned personally on his journey out of fundamentalism. You're not going to

1:10.2

miss a single second,

1:11.6

and be sure to check out Beyond BJU wherever you listen to podcasts. All right, let's get into today's show.

1:17.7

All right, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast. Andrew, welcome back.

1:22.4

Thank you so much for having me, Eric. I've been really looking forward to this conversation.

1:27.2

If I'm, if I'm incorrect, I've been thinking wrong all this time.

1:30.2

I think I was the first podcast that you went on.

1:34.5

You were in the beginning, like one of the first few, definitely.

1:38.5

I know I was thinking about that yesterday.

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