Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. Listener discretion is advised.

You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental, physical,

and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement. The testimonies shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective

of the survivors.

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Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.

Hey, what's up, guys? Welcome back to the Preach Boys podcast.

My name is, of course, Eric Swazinski, and I'm your host for the show.

And this is an impromptu solo episode, where I want to talk about the importance of having dialogue.

More specifically, the importance of having dialogue with people who disagree with you.

Now, on the show, I tend to have a variety of guests.

I've had on everyone from a deconstructionist to people who want to talk about political positions,

people who want to talk about racism, people who want to talk about, obviously, abuse.

I have people on from a variety of different categories. I have people on who are experts

in different fields, psychology, theology, therapy, trauma recovery, law enforcement. And undoubtedly,

every time that I have a guest on the show, I usually have someone who gets very upset that I

had a guest on the show. And again, this is not me referring to one specific

thing. There's actually, this is something I've thought about doing for the last couple weeks or

months. So if you're watching this and think it's about you, you may very well play a part in

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