836- Growing Up in 3 Cults with Comedian Uriah Wesman
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Comedian Uriah Wesman shares a story no one should have to tell. He was brought up by his parents who were in 3 different cults. One of the cult leaders told his parents to have a baby and name him Uriah. So they did.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's storyworthy. |
| 0:02.2 | Today on the show, comedian Yeraya Westman talks about being brought up in three cults. |
| 0:09.2 | My parents were in a doomsday cult, and the leader of the cult told them they were twin flames, which is the cult version of soulmates. |
| 0:17.9 | So they need to get together in order to balance their karma and have three kids |
| 0:22.9 | and name one of them youriah and a stranger doesn't want to hear that so when I meet someone |
| 0:32.7 | I feel like I'm not saying the complete version of who I am, but at the same time, if I start, |
| 0:40.2 | if they ask me where I'm from and I say Montana, but actually moved around, I can start to |
| 0:44.5 | see their eyes gloss over. And I'm like, do you want to know who I am or do you not? |
| 0:50.9 | Today on the show, comedian Yeraii Westman talks about being brought up in three cults. |
| 0:57.1 | Stay close. |
| 1:01.2 | Hey, it's Yerai Westman, and you're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 1:04.8 | Okay. Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:20.5 | Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 1:25.3 | I hope you guys enjoyed this show last week with photographer and author Scott Nathan. |
| 1:32.2 | Holy cow, Scott Nathan. |
| 1:34.1 | What a talent. |
| 1:35.1 | What an interesting person. |
| 1:36.7 | He has a brand new book out called The Big Book of Bad Decisions, and it is damn funny. |
| 1:42.9 | I'm not kidding. |
| 1:47.2 | This book includes all these different essays from Scott and his life, but they include stories with Ivanka Trump and the Dalai Lama and |
| 1:54.7 | Paul McCartney. Like, it's intense. This guy is fascinating. So go back, you guys. Listen to Scott Nathan on last week's |
| 2:03.3 | storyworthy, but not today. Stick with me now because today I'm here with another very interesting |
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