19 Cults and Counting: A Recap of Ep. 1 of Shiny Happy People

This is the first in a special four-episode series: Too Many Cults, hosted by Lindsay and Krispin (from the Prophetic Imagination Station). They recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets [Amazon Prime] TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse

We’re recapping the episodes, talking about what stands out to us, and processing some religious trauma along the way. Oh! And you can find episodes on both podcasts, a true crossover series!

We're calling the series Too Many Cults, inspired by the video Too Many Cooks, which you should go watch!

In this episode, we talk about how Bill Gothard’s teachings of the Institute of Basic Life Principles (IBLP) are incredibly similar to mainstream evangelicalism and the Focus on the Family we all grew up with. Bill Gothard and Dr. Dobson were incredibly similar and created very similar dysfunctional family cultures (the latter just had fewer kids).