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The Survivor Squad

Part 1: The Shiny, Happy Façade w/ Lindsey Williams

The Survivor Squad

Collier Landry

True Crime, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

2.9956 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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**For Ad-Free Episodes, sign up for our Patreon!** https://www.patreon.com/thesurvivorsquad This is part 1 of a two-part interview with Lindsey Williams. Lindsey Williams is a makeup artist, podcaster, and former Institute in Basic Life Principles member, Lindsey Williams (featured in Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets) delves into the Duggar family connection into the IBLP, being home-schooled using "wisdom booklets," how physical punishment was a tenant of the faith, why women lived under the authority of their fathers and husbands, Lindsey's time at the Advanced Training Institute, the organization's twisted teachings about sexual abuse, and being recruited by the leader Bill Gothard to work at IBLP headquarters. Lindsey’s links https://linktr.ee/Cultchronicles ***Join our Survivor Squad True Crime Podcasting Course!*** https://coaching.terranewellsurvival.com/ethical-true-crime-podcasting/ Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesurvivorsquad • Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell • Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links • Collier's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-collier-landry-show/id1551076031 • Book a 1-on-1 with Terra for trauma/ toxic relationship coaching: https://calendly.com/terranewell91/15-minute-coaching-consult?month=2023-06 • Join Terra’s Complementary Trauma Support Group: Every 1st and 3rd Monday 5:00 PM PT mailto: Terranewellcoaching@gmail.com It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath. •Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ •Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/ •American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/ •National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml •National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/ •National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Trigger warning. This podcast discusses themes centered around emotional, physical, and sexual violence.

0:07.0

While the stories of the survivors are meant to be inspiring and informative,

0:10.3

listener discretion is advised. If you are struggling with any of the

0:13.8

aforementioned issues, links to resources can be found in the show notes of today's

0:18.4

episode. The churches like like that denomination of faith, they want to control everything.

0:26.4

That was the same with Bill Gotthard, though he wasn't a church, he was just a teacher,

0:30.1

or maybe he'd see him as a prophet or something, and a a Billy Graham if you're familiar with who

0:34.1

Billy Graham is you know he's just or James Dobson you know he was another guy out

0:39.2

there with a grift who wanted to really entrench into people's minds, purity, isolation from the world.

0:47.9

The world is all bad, it is all sin, it has nothing for you.

0:56.0

Hi Survivors, I'm Tarenuel. And I'm Collier Landry, and this is The Survivor Squad Podcast.

1:00.0

Whoa, another episode. And we are making up for the editing guys I made a little bit of a curfuffle didn't I?

1:08.5

Yes but I think you were trying to match Marks I I don't know, like his tone?

1:14.0

No, I just everything got out of sync.

1:17.6

I literally just, no, there's no excuse.

1:20.3

There's no excuse.

1:21.5

So last week, so our first episode of part one of our interview with Mark Vissente,

1:26.3

the questions were out of line for like the first half of the episode, which I'm so sorry,

1:31.0

but I hit the wrong button on the editing software then I hit

1:34.0

export and basically it shifted everything so it was all out of whack so there was

1:38.4

only like a thousand downloads at that point so hopefully you guys got to hear it because we fixed it like

1:44.1

straight away as soon as we saw the the note on Instagram I was like oh my god so we

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