Tia Levings, Part 1 - A Well-Trained Wife in the Christian Patriarchy

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Today is part one with Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy. We talk about the church her family joined when she was young, how it was connected to Bill Gothard and the IBLP - which is why you may have seen her in the Amazon docuseries Shiny Happy People - how it grew more fundamentalist, and how she met her ex-husband Allen, who was abusive from the beginning. Tia tells us about the culture of domestic abuse in the heavily patriarchal evangelical communities, including practices like wife spanking, and how various church leaders would enable the abuse. Trust me is sponsored by ZocDoc! Find and book a top-rated doctor at Zocdoc.com/trustme and download the Zocdoc app for FREE! BUY OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with
0:04.8	manipulation or abuse of power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number at
0:09.6	34786 trust. That's 347-868-78 or shoot us an email at trust me pod at gmail.
0:19.0	Trust me.
0:20.0	Trust me.
0:21.0	Dude you trust me.
0:22.0	Trust me I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never lied to you. I never have lied.
0:28.0	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't.
0:32.0	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and
0:36.5	manipulation from two childless cat ladies who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blanc.
0:41.5	And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:42.8	Today is part one of our interview with our guest,
0:44.9	Tia Leavings, author of a well-trained wife,
0:47.5	My Escape from Christian Patriarchy.
0:49.9	We're going to talk about the church, her family joined when she was young, how it was connected to Bill Gothard and the IBLP, which is why you may have seen her in the Amazon docket series Shiny Happy People.
0:59.2	How that church and others she was in grew more fundamentalist and how she met her ex-husband Alan who was abusive from the beginning.
1:05.5	She'll tell us about the culture of domestic abuse and the heavily
1:08.8	patriarchal communities including practices such as wife spankings and how various church leaders would not only not
1:15.2	support her but would enable the abuse.
1:18.3	And next week we will talk about how much she believed in it too
1:21.2	until motherhood began to change her. This is such a beautiful
1:24.5	book. We love her writing. I mean I wouldn't be surprised if this is on some Oprah list or something.
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