JW Podcast

In this episode of JW Podcast, the gang is joined by John Redwood and Professor Helen Bond, who is a professor in Christian Origins with specialisation in the New Testament and Director of Research at Edinburgh University. Helen recently appeared on the fantastic Channel 4 (UK TV) documentary "Jesus' Female Disciples: The New Evidence", which uncovers some really interesting facts about the women that played a role in the early Christian movement. We also reveal the winner of Lloyd's new book, and Helen asks a super-tough question in this week's book giveaway, where one lucky listener will win a signed copy of Helen's book, "Jesus: A Very Brief History". All that and more in this week's JW Podcast! ❤ Find JW Podcast on FacebookIf you've not yet "Liked" our Facebook Page, get on over to https://www.facebook.com/JWPodcast and while you're there, go ahead and join the Official JW Podcast Facebook Group too - https://www.facebook.com/groups/JWPodcastOfficial ✔ Find us on Twitter!Both Jaymes (@JaymesPayten) and Lloyd (@cedarsjwsurvey) are on Twitter, and JW Podcast has it's own Twitter account too - @JWPodcastShow. The guys are pretty active on Twitter. ❤ Getting JW Podcast on your phoneThousands of our listeners get JW Podcast on their phone, which makes it super easy for you if you want to listen to us ramble on about Watchtower while you're on your way to work. If you've got an iPhone, simply search for JW Podcast on your podcast app, or click this link https://itunes.apple.com/cy/podcast/jw-podcast/id931307617?mt=2. If you've got an Android phone, there are loads of podcast apps out there. Jaymes personally prefers the Podcast Addict app, although he now listens to the show on Spotify. See below for more details! ♫ Listen to JW Podcast on Spotify!JW Podcast is now on Spotify too, so you can listen to us there. Simply click on the Podcast bit in the Spotify app and search for JW Podcast. Click on Follow or Subscribe, and download the latest episode! Either way, make sure you subscribe to our show via your favourite podcasting app. ❤ Listening to the show on YouTube!If you don't want to listen to the show via your podcast player, you can listen to it via the JW Podcast YouTube Channel instead! Simply click on this link https://www.youtube.com/user/JWPodcast to get all the other episodes too. When you're on our YouTube Channel, go ahead and subscribe to this channel and click on the little bell. You'll then get all the latest shows we release on YouTube. ❤ Who JW Podcast is Aimed atJW Podcast is aimed at current and former Jehovah's Witnesses, and has now been around for near on 4 years, so remember to share this episode and all other episodes with your friends! ☎ Get in touch with usIf you've got any questions that you'd like us to answer on the show, tweet them to us via @JWPodcastShow, or send them into jwpodcast.org@gmail.com. Lastly, always allow yourself to think critically! Love,The JW Podcast Team ★ PS. Keep up the great reviews on iTunes! The more 5 star reviews you leave us on iTunes, the more Apple promotes JW Podcast!

In this episode of JW Podcast, Jaymes and Lloyd take a look at why Watchtower is getting the Elders in the congregations to ensure everyone has handed over their personal data. GDPR in the EU is massive right now and it looks like Watchtower isn't playing by the stringent EU laws. The guys answer some awesome questions from listeners, and cover the scientific aspect of Noah's Ark and the apparent global flood that happened 4,000 years ago in an action-packed Doctrine Debate. All that and more in this week's JW Podcast! ❤ Find JW Podcast on FacebookIf you've not yet "Liked" our Facebook Page, get on over to https://www.facebook.com/JWPodcast and while you're there, go ahead and join the Official JW Podcast Facebook Group too - https://www.facebook.com/groups/JWPodcastOfficial ✔ Find us on Twitter!Both Jaymes (@JaymesPayten) and Lloyd (@cedarsjwsurvey) are on Twitter, and JW Podcast has it's own Twitter account too - @JWPodcastShow. The guys are pretty active on Twitter. ❤ Getting JW Podcast on your phoneThousands of our listeners get JW Podcast on their phone, which makes it super easy for you if you want to listen to us ramble on about Watchtower while you're on your way to work. If you've got an iPhone, simply search for JW Podcast on your podcast app, or click this link https://itunes.apple.com/cy/podcast/jw-podcast/id931307617?mt=2. If you've got an Android phone, there are loads of podcast apps out there. Jaymes personally prefers the Podcast Addict app, although he now listens to the show on Spotify. See below for more details! ♫ Listen to JW Podcast on Spotify!JW Podcast is now on Spotify too, so you can listen to us there. Simply click on the Podcast bit in the Spotify app and search for JW Podcast. Click on Follow or Subscribe, and download the latest episode! Either way, make sure you subscribe to our show via your favourite podcasting app. ❤ Listening to the show on YouTube!If you don't want to listen to the show via your podcast player, you can listen to it via the JW Podcast YouTube Channel instead! Simply click on this link https://www.youtube.com/user/JWPodcast to get all the other episodes too. When you're on our YouTube Channel, go ahead and subscribe to this channel and click on the little bell. You'll then get all the latest shows we release on YouTube. ❤ Who JW Podcast is Aimed atJW Podcast is aimed at current and former Jehovah's Witnesses, and has now been around for near on 4 years, so remember to share this episode and all other episodes with your friends! ☎ Get in touch with usIf you've got any questions that you'd like us to answer on the show, tweet them to us via @JWPodcastShow, or send them into jwpodcast.org@gmail.com. Lastly, always allow yourself to think critically! Love,The JW Podcast Team ★ PS. Keep up the great reviews on iTunes! The more 5 star reviews you leave us on iTunes, the more Apple promotes JW Podcast!

In this episode of JW Podcast, Jaymes and James Lloyd Evans answer some excellent questions from listeners, take a closer look at the murder-suicide that took place in Keego Harbor in February 2018, and cover Noah's Ark in the Doctrine Debate. All that and more in this edition of JW Podcast! ❤ Find JW Podcast on FacebookIf you've not yet "Liked" our Facebook Page, get on over to https://www.facebook.com/JWPodcast and while you're there, go ahead and join the Official JW Podcast Facebook Group too - https://www.facebook.com/groups/JWPodcastOfficial ✔ Find us on Twitter!Both Jaymes (@JaymesPayten) and Lloyd (@cedarsjwsurvey) are on Twitter, and JW Podcast has it's own Twitter account too - @JWPodcastShow. The guys are pretty active on Twitter. ❤ Getting JW Podcast on your phoneThousands of our listeners get JW Podcast on their phone, which makes it super easy for you if you want to listen to us ramble on about Watchtower while you're on your way to work. If you've got an iPhone, simply search for JW Podcast on your podcast app, or click this link https://itunes.apple.com/cy/podcast/jw-podcast/id931307617?mt=2. If you've got an Android phone, there are loads of podcast apps out there. Jaymes personally prefers the Podcast Addict app, although he now listens to the show on Spotify. See below for more details! ♫ Listen to JW Podcast on Spotify!JW Podcast is now on Spotify too, so you can listen to us there. Simply click on the Podcast bit in the Spotify app and search for JW Podcast. Click on Follow or Subscribe, and download the latest episode! Either way, make sure you subscribe to our show via your favourite podcasting app. ❤ Listening to the show on YouTube!If you don't want to listen to the show via your podcast player, you can listen to it via the JW Podcast YouTube Channel instead! Simply click on this link https://www.youtube.com/user/JWPodcast to get all the other episodes too. When you're on our YouTube Channel, go ahead and subscribe to this channel and click on the little bell. You'll then get all the latest shows we release on YouTube. ❤ Who JW Podcast is Aimed atJW Podcast is aimed at current and former Jehovah's Witnesses, and has now been around for near on 4 years, so remember to share this episode and all other episodes with your friends! ☎ Get in touch with usIf you've got any questions that you'd like us to answer on the show, tweet them to us via @JWPodcastShow, or send them into jwpodcast.org@gmail.com. Lastly, always allow yourself to think critically! Love,The JW Podcast Team ★ PS. Keep up the great reviews on iTunes! The more 5 star reviews you leave us on iTunes, the more Apple promotes JW Podcast!

In this episode of JW Podcast, Jaymes and Lloyd answer 3 excellent questions from listeners, cover Sarah Marsh's outstanding article in the Guardian, and take another stab at the book of Genesis in the Doctrine Debate section. Phil Collins doesn't make an appearance, but we would love him to come on.   Podcast Links: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/08/have-you-experienced-abuse-in-the-jehovahs-witness-uk https://evelyndelombre.wordpress.com ❤ Find JW Podcast on FacebookIf you've not yet "Liked" our Facebook Page, get on over to https://www.facebook.com/JWPodcast and while you're there, go ahead and join the Official JW Podcast Facebook Group too - https://www.facebook.com/groups/JWPodcastOfficial ✔ Find us on Twitter!Both Jaymes (@JaymesPayten) and Lloyd (@cedarsjwsurvey) are on Twitter, and JW Podcast has it's own Twitter account too - @JWPodcastShow. The guys are pretty active on Twitter. ❤ Getting JW Podcast on your phoneThousands of our listeners get JW Podcast on their phone, which makes it super easy for you if you want to listen to us ramble on about Watchtower while you're on your way to work. If you've got an iPhone, simply search for JW Podcast on your podcast app, or click this link https://itunes.apple.com/cy/podcast/jw-podcast/id931307617?mt=2. If you've got an Android phone, there are loads of podcast apps out there. Jaymes personally prefers the Podcast Addict app, although he now listens to the show on Spotify. See below for more details! ♫ Listen to JW Podcast on Spotify!JW Podcast is now on Spotify too, so you can listen to us there. Simply click on the Podcast bit in the Spotify app and search for JW Podcast. Click on Follow or Subscribe, and download the latest episode! Either way, make sure you subscribe to our show via your favourite podcasting app. ❤ Listening to the show on YouTube!If you don't want to listen to the show via your podcast player, you can listen to it via the JW Podcast YouTube Channel instead! Simply click on this link https://www.youtube.com/user/JWPodcast to get all the other episodes too. When you're on our YouTube Channel, go ahead and subscribe to this channel and click on the little bell. You'll then get all the latest shows we release on YouTube. ❤ Who JW Podcast is Aimed atJW Podcast is aimed at current and former Jehovah's Witnesses, and has now been around for near on 4 years, so remember to share this episode and all other episodes with your friends! ☎ Get in touch with usIf you've got any questions that you'd like us to answer on the show, tweet them to us via @JWPodcastShow, or send them into jwpodcast.org@gmail.com. Lastly, always allow yourself to think critically! Love,The JW Podcast Team ★ PS. Keep up the great reviews on iTunes! The more 5 star reviews you leave us on iTunes, the more Apple promotes JW Podcast!

Jaymes and Lloyd are back and at it again, this time answering listeners' questions, discussing the Hot Topic of the Week, which is Pillowgate, and Jaymes finally gets to talk about Genesis in the Doctrine Debate section of the podcast. All in all, the guys are happy to be back and talking all things Watchtower, and Jehovah's Witnesses. ❤ Find JW Podcast on FacebookIf you've not yet "Liked" our Facebook Page, get on over to https://www.facebook.com/JWPodcast and while you're there, go ahead and join the Official JW Podcast Facebook Group too - https://www.facebook.com/groups/JWPodcastOfficial ✔ Find us on Twitter!Both Jaymes (@JaymesPayten) and Lloyd (@cedarsjwsurvey) are on Twitter, and JW Podcast has it's own Twitter account too - @JWPodcastShow. The guys are pretty active on Twitter. ❤ Getting JW Podcast on your phoneThousands of our listeners get JW Podcast on their phone, which makes it super easy for you if you want to listen to us ramble on about Watchtower while you're on your way to work. If you've got an iPhone, simply search for JW Podcast on your podcast app, or click this link https://itunes.apple.com/cy/podcast/jw-podcast/id931307617?mt=2. If you've got an Android phone, there are loads of podcast apps out there. Jaymes personally prefers the Podcast Addict app, although he now listens to the show on Spotify. See below for more details! ♫ Listen to JW Podcast on Spotify!JW Podcast is now on Spotify too, so you can listen to us there. Simply click on the Podcast bit in the Spotify app and search for JW Podcast. Click on Follow or Subscribe, and download the latest episode! Either way, make sure you subscribe to our show via your favourite podcasting app. ❤ Listening to the show on YouTube!If you don't want to listen to the show via your podcast player, you can listen to it via the JW Podcast YouTube Channel instead! Simply click on this link https://www.youtube.com/user/JWPodcast to get all the other episodes too. When you're on our YouTube Channel, go ahead and subscribe to this channel and click on the little bell. You'll then get all the latest shows we release on YouTube. ❤ Who JW Podcast is Aimed atJW Podcast is aimed at current and former Jehovah's Witnesses, and has now been around for near on 4 years, so remember to share this episode and all other episodes with your friends! ☎ Get in touch with usIf you've got any questions that you'd like us to answer on the show, tweet them to us via @JWPodcastShow, or send them into jwpodcast.org@gmail.com. Lastly, always allow yourself to think critically! Love,The JW Podcast Team ★ PS. Keep up the great reviews on iTunes! The more 5 star reviews you leave us on iTunes, the more Apple promotes JW Podcast!

In this episode we interview Jonas and Cael, both of whom were born as Jehovah's Witnesses and grew up to discover they were LGBT. They then had the terrible choice of having to naviate the difficult path of deciding if they wanted to remain in a cult they did not believe, or be true to themselves and leave, thereby losing all their family, friends and support network.

A light hearted look at Watchtower Society and the comedy gold they continue to issue. In this episode you meet my new co-host Chris, and between us we try to convince Kevin McFree, creator of Dubtown, to cast us as lego characters in one of his stories.Find out what happens to Sister Bonkisha, and whether Beard Fractions are permitted. And then go and subscribe to Kevin's brilliant lego series on https://www.youtube.com/c/kevinmcfree

In this episode we hear from a multi award winning education specialist and writer, who clearly describes the kind of damage that is caused to the children, and how their brain development is affected by being raised in a cult environment.Here are the links to Sam's two articles: https://www.facebook.com/notes/sam-fade/how-jehovahs-witness-teachings-damage-brain-development-in-children/201143003784595/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/sam-fade/jehovahs-witnesses-and-the-rights-of-a-child/193378584561037/ Also mentioned in the podcast are the eight places you might choose to write to in order to highlight the problems of the Jehovahs Witness cult: Inland Revenue The police statement for any emotional abuse and neglect Human Rights Commission Charities Commission Politicians Media Child safety departments, for instance Social Services Investigative journalistsHere is a link to the ACE test Sam mentions:http://stateofopportunity.michiganradio.org/post/if-you-want-measure-effect-your-early-life-your-health-now-take-aces-test  

A fascinating interview with Helen Travers, author of 'A Little Lower than the Angels', who describes how she went from pioneer to prostutute, and how she reclaimed her life again.She explains how she found the prostitute community way more supportive than the community at Kingdom Hall, and she discusses the many therapies and self help techniques ex cult members can try in order to find happiness and fulfillment after severe trauma.The link to her book is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Lower-Than-Angels/dp/1906561869TThe link to her second book which is free online is here: http://ex-jws.boards.net/thread/413/witch-chapters-1-4  

Listen to two Child Sexual Abuse survivors, Nick French and Jess, talk about the recent confidential leaked documents from Wathctowers secret files.Both hosts bring their own cases to bear on the truly appalling story revealed in this fascinating set of 34 documents, and how Watchtower policy and practise perpetuated and encouraged an abusive situation for over a decade.This show is a must listen as it takes you through the inner workings of Watchtower.

In this podcast we hear from Daniel, who served in the Australian Bethel, on the Hospital Liaison Committee, and around the world on WTS projects after graduating from Ministerial Training School. He explains to us how he was able to read from the original texts and books quoted in the Watchtower Literature and how this study helped him wake up, as well as the difficult situation he found himself in having to counsel a sister to return to her emotionally abusive husband. Daniel talks us through his careful exit from the cult after reaching the top of the cult heirarchy.

We hear Lara's incredible round up of the year of activism, where she summarises everything in the ex JW news. Then Alexandra explains what exciting new developments are in store for 2018. Louise just makes stupid comments as usual and hopes that nobody notices. Find the links below to many of the things we discuss in the show.https://www.facebook.com/ExJehovahsWitnessUKSupportGroup/?pnref=story https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/final-report http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-14/shelly-braieoux/9259192 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LczC5VsyPew (Dubtown; Kevin Free) https://jwvictims.org/2017/10/03/news-update-more-information-on-the-66-million-lawsuit-against-jws-in-canada-and-how-to-join-the-suit/ https://jwvictims.org/2017/09/06/breaking-news-from-australia-is-this-the-first-successful-liability-case-for-child-sex-abuse-filed-against-the-watchtower/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/sam-fade/jehovahs-witnesses-and-the-rights-of-a-child/193378584561037/ https://nltimes.nl/2017/11/28/dutch-foundation-gets-dozens-sexual-abuse-reports-jehovahs-witnesses http://www.academia.edu/34654607/A_LOVING_PROVISION_HOW_FORMER_JEHOVAHS_WITNESSES_EXPERIENCE_SHUNNING_PRACTICES    

In this additional podcast to our usual schedule, Neil Gardner and I discuss the protest that happened earlier in 2017 outside the new Jehovah's Witness Headquarters in Warwick New York. We also launch the UK Protest that we are planning for summer of 2018, which we hope will be the biggest ever protest by members of the cult who have woken up. We talk about the aims and objectives of protest, the legal and respectful manner in which we intend to proceed and the ways we can take the work of the Warwick Regressives and make it bigger and better. With thanks to every single person who was brave enough to stand up to the cult in Warwick, and with special thanks and respect to the brave women who reclaimed their voices inside Kingdom Hall and told their stories.

Listen to the story of how the ANZ support group was created by Sheree Dubois and how fast it has grown since the Australian Royal Commission started its work.We also hear about Eddie's own harrowing journey out of the cult, and we find out about the spin off groups including Jacen Walker's ex JW dating group.Also find out about the comedy cruise being planned, and hear Louise whinge about random stuff (well she is a Pommie).

In this episode we interview a lawyer in Australia who specialises in obtanining justice for abuse victims in religions including Jehovahs Witnesses, and explains the process involved in taking the Watchtower Society to court.If you live in Australia you will find out who to phone or email and the process involved in bringing a civil case against Watchtower Society. If you do not live in Australia, all the principles are the same and we would URGE you to contact a good solicitor, and to contact the police.You deserve justice, and we are NOT ready to make nice.