"Patriarchy Boys" | A Crossover Episode with Peter Bell, Host of the Sons of Patriarchy
Preacher Boys Podcast
Eric Skwarczynski
4.6 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
In this special crossover episode, Eric Skwarczynski, host of the Preacher Boys Podcast, and Peter Bell, host of the Sons of Patriarchy Podcast, come together for an in-depth conversation about exposing abuse within religious institutions. From the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement to the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) to the bizarre teachings of Doug Wilson, this discussion dives into the challenges of addressing spiritual abuse, the personal toll of advocacy work, and the shared mission of amplifying survivor voices.
Topics:
- The origins of both podcasts and their focus on exposing abuse in fundamentalist and reformed circles.
- Personal experiences that led Eric and Peter to start their respective shows.
- The intersection of theology, culture, and abuse in religious communities.
- How survivors are finding their voices and building supportive communities.
- The challenges of being a public advocate for change in faith-based spaces.
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| 0:00.0 | Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. |
| 0:06.1 | Listener discretion is advised. My name is Eric Skrinski. As a former religious fundamentalist, |
| 0:13.0 | I'm shedding light on the dark side of the church, from the pulpit to the pews. But I'm not |
| 0:18.5 | doing it alone. Each week, I'm sitting down with survivors, |
| 0:21.8 | advocates, authors, and more to uncover the inner workings of these abusive religious groups |
| 0:27.3 | to give tactical tips on how to escape and to find out what we can do to take them down. |
| 0:34.3 | You're listening to The Bridge Boys podcast. Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preachie |
| 0:39.0 | Boys podcast today on the show. I am talking to the host of the Sons of Patriarchy podcast, Peter Bell. |
| 0:45.0 | I connected with Peter right before the show was about to launch. We got connected through a mutual |
| 0:49.8 | friend, Sarah Stan Corb, who is an incredible journalist and the author of Disobedient Women, |
| 0:54.9 | have also added her on the show in the past and really respect and value her opinion. |
| 1:00.0 | And so when she said I needed to talk to Peter, I definitely set up a call as quickly as possible. |
| 1:04.9 | And really, we had a conversation for about an hour or so just talking shop. |
| 1:08.6 | I shared some of my experience doing a podcast about |
| 1:11.4 | religious abuse, what that was like, what he should expect. He already had some experience in the |
| 1:16.0 | podcasting world, so we just kind of talk shop for about an hour. And that's really what today's |
| 1:20.9 | conversation is as well. We're just two content creators tackling the issue of religious abuse. |
| 1:26.6 | For myself, I started with the |
| 1:28.0 | Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement and kind of widen my gaze a little bit to look at |
| 1:31.8 | fundamentalist religion as a whole. And Peter is focused on the CREC and the teachings of people |
| 1:38.3 | like Doug Wilson. The world is flammable. Everything that's fire these days. All you have to do is say something like |
| 1:45.0 | white babies or something like men shouldn't have sex with unstable women. Things that would have |
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