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The Lila Rose Show

E142: How She Broke Free From Fundamentalism w/ Jinger Duggar Vuolo

The Lila Rose Show

Lila Rose

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4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

What is it like to spend your entire upbringing on reality TV? What are the dangers of a fundamentalist Christian theology? How can we expose false characterizations of God promoted by preachers who want to instill fear in their flocks as a means of control? In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Jessica Duggar Vuolo, former star of “19 Kids and Counting.” We discuss the blessings and struggles of her upbringing on TV, how her experience impacts her parenting decisions with her own children, how she and her family are faring after a painful revelation that led to the cancellation of the show, how to shed fear and embrace love as described in her bestselling book, “Becoming Free Indeed,” and much more.

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0:00.0

What would you say was the most challenging aspect of that kind of a life being a reality star from a young

0:06.2

Yeah, probably one of the hardest things was whenever you walk through challenges and trials and it's also public you You can be in that place where everybody's

0:14.7

praising you one day and then the next day they're all hating you and it reminds you

0:19.0

just how dependent you are on the Lord. What inspired you to write becoming free indeed?

0:24.4

The harmful teachings of Bill Gothard,

0:26.5

it needed to be exposed, and I wanted to be able to help people

0:30.0

who are still stuck in these teachings.

0:31.8

Did you wrestle with what to share and what not to share?

0:34.2

Was there times you're like, this is too personal?

0:41.6

Ginger Volo, welcome to the podcast.

0:43.6

Thank you so much for having me.

0:45.0

So you are, some people know your background,

0:47.9

some people may be just learning it.

0:50.4

You were a star of the hit reality, multiple hit reality TV shows and then you recently wrote a book

0:56.4

Becoming Free Indeed. I'm excited to dive into all of it because your story is so powerful. So let's just start with who is Ginger, tell us about your background.

1:05.2

Yeah, so I am probably most well known from growing up in the Dugger family.

1:11.2

I'm one of 19 kids, I'm number six of the kids and we grew up in

1:16.7

the public eye and we were on TV from the age. I was on TV from the age of like 10 all the way up until 27.

1:25.4

And so just like three and a half years ago, when the show ended, we had been filming all of that time

1:31.4

a reality show. So it's kind of crazy, crazy upbringing. A lot of fun

1:36.7

though my parents pointed us to Jesus, like they were such devout believers.

1:43.6

And so I was really thankful to have a foundation of faith

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