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The Jordan Harbinger Show

823: Daniella Mestyanek Young | How to Disengage from a Lifelong Cult

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Talk Radio, Business, Science, Education

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Daniella Mestyanek Young joins us to share what it was like growing up in the abusive Children of God (aka The Family) cult, and how she got out.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we start this show, I want to let you know it has some adult themes in it,

0:03.0

so no kids in the car for this one.

0:04.8

And if you leave the kids in the car and you still play the episode,

0:07.3

don't blame me when they have nightmares.

0:09.3

Special thanks to US Bank for sponsoring this episode of the Jordan Harbinger Show.

0:13.5

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show.

0:16.3

Cults become really popular in times of social confusion,

0:20.0

and when systems are coming down and people are looking for guidance.

0:23.6

And so globally, right, we saw it go 60s and 70s,

0:27.5

was America's time of cult, 80s was Asia,

0:30.7

and then 90s was Latin America.

0:33.0

And the children of God, the family, another creepy name,

0:37.0

they followed that trajectory just growing and growing in places that were friendly.

0:48.1

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger.

0:50.2

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0:52.6

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0:55.3

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0:58.4

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1:00.5

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1:04.0

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1:07.3

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1:10.8

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