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

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.

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

of the survivors.

Not all legal outcomes are known or final.

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

Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.

Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preach Boys podcast. I am currently sitting on the floor in my

room, if you're wondering, and leaning up against a wall, because currently we're preparing

for a big move, and so everything, including my desk and my microphone set up, have been taken down and are getting ready to get shipped to our new place.

And so it's starting to look pretty bare.

But I wanted to sit down and record a quick intro for my friend Tia Levings.

This episode's really incredible.

And you'll realize that right out of the gate, if you didn't already know it already from

reading Tia's writings or seeing her on a little series you may have heard of called

Shining Happy People. But I was one of the privileged first guys to read a well-trained wife.

And this book is incredible. And I've said it before, I'll say it again,

I feel so spoiled by just the plethora of incredible books that are being written, especially

autobiographies that are sharing perspectives and stories that for so many years were sadly

kept silent. And those of you that know Tia,

know she is an incredible powerhouse writer. And I mean, I feel no hesitancy to say, go grab a

copy of Well Chained Life right now. There's a link in the show notes of this episode where you can do

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