I escaped a cult - I spent a day with an EX-CULT MEMBER
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Published 2021-08-04
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🗯RELATED EPISODES…
▸ EX-MORMONS - • I spent a day with EX-MORMONS
▸ CONVERSION THERAPY SURVIVORS - • I spent a day with CONVERSION THERAPY...
🎥Crew
▸ Creator, Director, Writer, etc. - Anthony Padilla
▸ Executive Producer - Alessandra Catanese
▸ Producer, Co-writer & Research - Elise Felber
▸ Director of Photography/Gaffer - Kathy Sue Holtorf
▸ Camera Operator - Garrett McKenna
▸ Production Assistant - Cade Huseby
▸ Editor - Mike Criscimagna (twitter.com/MorkCrispy)
▸ Assistant Editor - Patrick Horba
▸ Post PA / Assistant Editor - Ash Duckworth
▸ Sound Editor - Gareth Hird
🎵Theme Music Composer - Matt Good AKA The King of Emo
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All Comments (21)
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I’m proud to call Calvin my son. I appreciate how well rounded he presented his life, talking about the good times and very difficult times. I’m grateful that he could see a better way to live his life and follow his heart with what he knows to be true.
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"a mind full of conclusion has no room for expansion" damn that's wise
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The fact that Anthony didn’t force him to continue talking about a certain subject just show how much respect he has for his guests
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I really appreciate that Anthony assured him he didnt need to talk about anything too difficult. many interviewers chase the story regardless of peoples feelings and seeing Anthony display that this was a safe place was heartwarming.
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"Righteousness can replace love" I was never in a cult, but very "religious" house hold. And that statement is very powerful
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Anthony is so respectful and patient. When Calvin was overwhelmed and crying, Anthony just waited and asked if he wanted to talk about it. He is an amazing interviewer.
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This one really upset me. He was so honest and raw. Sending him virtual love.
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Advice to cults: don’t send your members to philosophy classes.
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If anyone is interested in diving in deeper to what it’s been like for Calvin’s sibling growing up in this family, Calvin’s older brother Clayne Edward Wayman just published his memoir recently, “Echoes of Resounding Love.”
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A philosophy course saved this man's life. He's happier now and thriving. If that teacher didn't get the wheels turning in his mind and make him question things, how miserable would he be today? It just shows how integral knowledge is to us all.
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I prefer the deep dive into one guest. I'm always a little sad how surface level the multi interviews are, we don't get deep enough to really hear about the individuals. It's like a broad intro for people who know nothing about that experience.
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the fact he is crying and says it’s fine this needs to be talked about what a guy <3
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minus the polygamy, this reminds me so much of growing up as a jehovah’s witness. we’re taught that everyone else is lost and doing wrong things, and we have “free will” to make good and bad choices. college, long term careers, etc are discouraged. and you’re shunned if you make “bad” choices. it’s so hard to know who you are when you finally leave.
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He was so easy-going and could make a conversation flow very well. Calvin was a great guest, and I wish him all the best!
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“A mind full of conclusions has no room for expansion.” That cuts DEEP, dude.
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The “I hope I did enough” on her death bed really hit home for me I always still wonder if I’ll ever meet expectations of my family and for God.
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Anthony is such a great host! His guests always seem to be comfortable and open up like they trust him, that's so great and underrated
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when he started to cry I really felt for him ): I love how vulnerable he was willing to get in order to say the truth and reality of his situation
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I grew up in a christian cult and one thing that people always mistake about me is that I'm angry and have hate in my heart against the church...while yes I've been hurt by the church and parts of it do make me angry I have empathy for them. The Allegory of the cave is a perfect example of what it was like for me leaving the church. The one thing the story was missing is all the guilt you feel.
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I have a direct quote from Plato's Allegory of the Cave tattooed on the inside of my arm, because of how profoundly it influenced me the first time I ever read it. It says, "How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?" I got it to remind me to always be open-minded, since it's always possible that what I think is true is a mere shadow of reality, and I might simply not know enough to even realize it.
