{"podcast":{"title":"Welcome to the World","slug":"welcome-to-the-world-6946670","podcast_index_feed_id":6946670,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/535592/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/535592","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/3/2/7/1327c99352b03320d959afa2a1bf1c87/Logo_CULT_survival.png","author":"Dr Ryan Lee","episode_count":53,"summary":"This podcast is dedicated to all you ex-JWs out there looking for guidance on navigating life after leaving the Jehovah's Witness Its host, Dr Ryan Lee, is a former JW with a doctorate in clinical psychology and a practicing therapist, specializing in helping former JWs and other cult survivors move through the process of waking up, walking out and moving on from life in a high control religion. Dr Lee covers a range of topics relating to coming to terms and healing from religious trauma and rebuilding a life after leaving a cult","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670"},"episode":{"title":"#38 Crash Course in Dating for Cult Survivors","slug":"38-crash-course-in-dating-for-cult-survivors","published_at":"2025-04-24T08:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/38-crash-course-in-dating-for-cult-survivors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670","url":"https://3ad08279-baf4-4355-9c81-89db1b883bbf.libsyn.com/38-crash-course-in-dating-for-cult-survivors","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/3ad08279-baf4-4355-9c81-89db1b883bbf/dating.mp3?dest-id=4609667","summary":"Today we're going to take the first of many stabs at the wonderfully awkward world of post-cult dating. Essentially, the challenge of learning things most people learned in high school at the age of 35. Here's the thing, you can't skip the mess. The mess builds the muscles. But we've put together some of the most common lessons learned for all you late bloomers that will hopefully make the leveling up process just a little bit easier. In this episode, we'll be starting, as usual, with the mess left to us by the cult, then moving on to the shame of feeling inexperienced, the most common pitfalls we'll likely fall into, and why it might be a good idea to fall into them anyway","meta_description":"Today we're going to take the first of many stabs at the wonderfully awkward world of post-cult dating. Essentially, the challenge of learning things most…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2645,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/episodes/38-crash-course-in-dating-for-cult-survivors/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/38-crash-course-in-dating-for-cult-survivors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}