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Was I in a Cult?

Children of God: "You're Enough as You Are" [RE-RELEASE]

Was I in a Cult?

Liz Iacuzzi

Comedy, True Crime

4.53.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

**NOTE: This episode originally aired in 2021**


Welcome to the worst cult ever (in our humble opinions). This is a story of incredible resilience, bravery, and inspiration. Being born into a cult always comes with its challenges, but learning how to have an original thought in your mid-20s is a rare struggle that most people are fortunate enough to never have to face. This is just one of many obstacles Angel had to overcome as she ventured out of the cult and into the world.But when you've spent over 20 years of your life in a cult and it's all you know, the real world isn't always as sparkly as you hoped.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts, the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates.

0:19.5

Hey listeners, Tyler and I are on a little break for the holidays currently, prepping all of the incredible stories that are coming your way in 2026.

0:33.0

My co-host is also dealing with a last-minute emergency root canal, he's told me. So,

0:40.6

ouch, and get better soon, sir. Last week we shared a holiday tale about something called the

0:48.8

Christmas monster. Now, if you missed it, it is a culty belief that hails from the god-awful cult, the children of God.

0:57.7

Now, we mentioned last week that the children of God, also known as the family, which was run by David Berg,

1:04.8

is one of the worst, if not, I don't know, the worst cult to ever exist, possibly, in my opinion.

1:10.5

Now, we weren't able to get into all the

1:12.1

details of why but today's episode is a re-release from our very first season our guest today is

1:19.7

angel she is an incredible and very brave storyteller and she actually grew up in the children of god

1:27.4

so if you're wondering why we think

1:31.3

it's one of the worst cults ever, once you hear her story, you will understand exactly just why.

1:39.5

It is a harder listen at times, but she tells it with levity and she's incredible. You all will love her

1:47.7

and it's definitely a worthwhile listen. So with that, here is Angel and we wish you all a very

1:54.4

happy, healthy and safe new year. Thank you all again for supporting our show. We know you have a lot of choice when it

2:02.9

comes to what and how and where you consume your content. So we just want to say we're grateful

2:08.8

that you choose us to be part of your life. It means a lot. So that's it. We will be back in just

2:16.0

one week, 2006.

2:18.6

So we'll see you next year. Please note this episode My life

2:35.0

Crucify me

2:40.0

Please note this episode has strong sexual references

2:44.0

and multiple incidents of child abuse.

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