Sister Wives 5.4 - Polygamist Cults (W. Notes to Self 444)
The Sister Wives Professor
Dr. Adam
4.9 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
We're back to season 5, folks, and i'm tagging in some help.
I'll be honest, I was planning on taking a break from collaborations for a bit, but then this episode was a struggle for me right away. The Brown teenagers (or a few of them) go to meet with and help Holding out Help, the organization that helps former polygamists and cult members escape and establish their new lives.
Well, we all know a lot more about these things than we did when this first aired. So Melanie and Cory of Notes to Self 444 (themselves former members of the Browns' sect the AUB) were kind enough to come on and help me understand what's all going on beneath the surface here.
To me it's the most enlightening podcast i've ever done, thanks to them, so I hope you enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. |
| 0:03.6 | It does not reflect the views or opinions of my university or its affiliates. Hello, and as always, welcome to the Sister Wives Professor. |
| 0:29.1 | That is me. |
| 0:29.8 | I am Dr. Adam, Professor of Communication and longtime follower of the TLC series, |
| 0:34.5 | Sister Wives. |
| 0:35.4 | And welcome back. |
| 0:36.7 | Those of you that are sticking around after season 20 has concluded. |
| 0:41.4 | And what a conclusion. |
| 0:42.3 | I've said all I can say and more about season 20. |
| 0:46.3 | Hopefully you caught my second podcast last week where I was joined by Chris Farah of Vanity Farah. |
| 0:51.9 | She is brilliant and she is so much fun. |
| 0:53.8 | And if I hadn't |
| 0:54.9 | already gotten the blood from the stone that is season 20 before, I definitely did after that. So we are getting back to season five. So a lot of you are new. So let me, I realize this is going to be kind of confusing. I've gotten some emails lately of what kind of not knowing what I'm doing, which is that's on me, not on you. |
| 1:11.7 | So when we're in the off season, so to say, I go back to the old episodes. And when the new |
| 1:17.1 | seasons start up, I go back to the, I go to the new episode. So this is where I left off in season |
| 1:23.7 | five before season 20 started. And I know that's confusing and irritating to some of you, but it's kind of the nature of the beast. So if you're listening to this and you're not sure what's going on, that's what we're doing. I'm going to take you through, I'm sure, all of season five and into season six. And if there is a season 21, which I'm, unless I hear otherwise, I'm going to assume there is, we will pick back up with that. Here's the other thing, though. |
| 1:45.4 | And this is a big other thing. And y'all know I have guests. And yes, I am going to intro my guests. I'm not trying to be rude. But I wasn't planning on doing any collaborations for a while because I thought, okay, I'm in the offseason. I've got a lot more flexibility with the schedule. and if you listen to me, you know I feel this way. |
| 2:03.0 | I always love going back to older seasons. I've got a lot more flexibility with the schedule. And if you listen to me, you know I feel this way. |
| 2:03.0 | I always love going back to older seasons of sister wives because it's such a breath |
| 2:06.7 | of fresh air, typically, typically. |
| 2:11.2 | So I sat down and I had my A&W Diet Root Beer and I'm ready to watch Sister Wives season |
| 2:16.7 | five, episode four four and within two |
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