<b>What a Creep</b><br /><b>Season 31, Episode 2</b><br /><b>Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles</b><br /><br />Kristen Meinzer from The Nighty on Hatch Plus and Health Matters from the Mayo Clinic joins Sonia Mansfield to talk about creep Bill Gothard, a minister, writer, and the founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP). The IBLP is a fundamentalist Christian organization that encourages the submission of wives to husbands, procreative sex, the corporal punishment of children, homeschooling, and biblical literalism. Those who’ve escaped it say it goes much further, enlisting coercion, mind control, isolation, sexual abuse, and financial manipulation against its adherents.<br /><br />Sources for this episode:<br /><ul><li>RecoveringGrace.org</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quiverfull-Inside-Christian-Patriarchy-Movement/dp/0807010731" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Quiverfull: Inside The Christian Patriarchy Movement</a>, by Kathryn Joyce</li><li>A Well Trained Wife, by Tia Levings</li><li>Counting the Cost, by Jill Duggar Dillard</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Free-Indeed-Story-Disentangling/dp/1400335817" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Becoming Free Indeed</a>, by Jinger Duggar Vuolo</li><li>I Pray You Put This Journal Away, available on Spotify</li><li>The Sojo Files, available on Spotify</li><li>Leaving Eden, available on Spotify</li><li>Shiny Happy People, on Amazon Prime</li><li><a href="http://iblp.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IBLP.org</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/july-2016/institute-in-basic-life-principles-hinsdale/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chicago Magazine </a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/jinger-duggar-vuolo-evangelical-christians.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York Times </a></li><li><a href="https://people.com/who-is-bill-gothard-the-institute-in-basic-life-principles-founder-7506014" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">People magazine</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/01/06/new-charges-allege-religious-leader-who-has-ties-to-the-duggars-sexually-abused-women/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Washington Post</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/05/28/jim-bob-duggar-state-trooper-josh-duggar-fondling-sex-abuse/28058841/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">USA Today</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/01/childhood-in-cult-hard-imagine-survival-truly-unbelievable" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Guardian</a></li><li><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/jinger-vuolo-duggar-memoir-interview?d_id=5437680&amp;ref=bffbbuzzfeed&amp;utm_source=dynamic&amp;utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&amp;fbclid=IwAR23q2DAssDuGNK8D8zFvoWeZ2oubR36Ov9MK5HrNP4WdL2z9H7vUgjZiBk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BuzzFeed</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ministry-nourished-duggar-familys-faith-falls-grace-rcna14024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NBC News </a></li><li><a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/cult-of-character" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://inthesetimes.com/article/cult-of-character</a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sojo-files/id1587371447" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Sojo Files </a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast/id1525971285" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leaving Eden </a></li><li><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/grace-community-church-elder-biblical-counseling-abuse.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christianity Today</a></li><li><a href="https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/duggars-religion-151762/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer...

What a Creep

Sonia Mansfield

Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles

OCT 26, 202540 MIN
What a Creep

Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles

OCT 26, 202540 MIN

Description

<b>What a Creep</b><br /><b>Season 31, Episode 2</b><br /><b>Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles</b><br /><br />Kristen Meinzer from The Nighty on Hatch Plus and Health Matters from the Mayo Clinic joins Sonia Mansfield to talk about creep Bill Gothard, a minister, writer, and the founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP). The IBLP is a fundamentalist Christian organization that encourages the submission of wives to husbands, procreative sex, the corporal punishment of children, homeschooling, and biblical literalism. Those who’ve escaped it say it goes much further, enlisting coercion, mind control, isolation, sexual abuse, and financial manipulation against its adherents.<br /><br />Sources for this episode:<br /><ul><li>RecoveringGrace.org</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quiverfull-Inside-Christian-Patriarchy-Movement/dp/0807010731" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Quiverfull: Inside The Christian Patriarchy Movement</a>, by Kathryn Joyce</li><li>A Well Trained Wife, by Tia Levings</li><li>Counting the Cost, by Jill Duggar Dillard</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Free-Indeed-Story-Disentangling/dp/1400335817" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Becoming Free Indeed</a>, by Jinger Duggar Vuolo</li><li>I Pray You Put This Journal Away, available on Spotify</li><li>The Sojo Files, available on Spotify</li><li>Leaving Eden, available on Spotify</li><li>Shiny Happy People, on Amazon Prime</li><li><a href="http://iblp.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IBLP.org</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/july-2016/institute-in-basic-life-principles-hinsdale/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chicago Magazine </a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/jinger-duggar-vuolo-evangelical-christians.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York Times </a></li><li><a href="https://people.com/who-is-bill-gothard-the-institute-in-basic-life-principles-founder-7506014" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">People magazine</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/01/06/new-charges-allege-religious-leader-who-has-ties-to-the-duggars-sexually-abused-women/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Washington Post</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/05/28/jim-bob-duggar-state-trooper-josh-duggar-fondling-sex-abuse/28058841/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">USA Today</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/01/childhood-in-cult-hard-imagine-survival-truly-unbelievable" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Guardian</a></li><li><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/jinger-vuolo-duggar-memoir-interview?d_id=5437680&amp;ref=bffbbuzzfeed&amp;utm_source=dynamic&amp;utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&amp;fbclid=IwAR23q2DAssDuGNK8D8zFvoWeZ2oubR36Ov9MK5HrNP4WdL2z9H7vUgjZiBk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BuzzFeed</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ministry-nourished-duggar-familys-faith-falls-grace-rcna14024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NBC News </a></li><li><a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/cult-of-character" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://inthesetimes.com/article/cult-of-character</a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sojo-files/id1587371447" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Sojo Files </a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast/id1525971285" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leaving Eden </a></li><li><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/grace-community-church-elder-biblical-counseling-abuse.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christianity Today</a></li><li><a href="https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/duggars-religion-151762/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Touch Weekly</a></li><li><a href="https://www.duggarfamily.com/favorite/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Duggar Family website</a></li></ul><b><br /></b>Be sure to follow us on social media. 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