
On today’s episode, Young discusses her book Uncultured: a Memoir, wherein she details her cult-riddled childhood and how, shockingly, the US Army reflected comparable practices.īut how? Take a listen to part 1 of our interview with Daniella, with part 2 coming out next week. One would also hope for ponies and rainbows and a bigger tax return this year but HEY, life’s no cake walk.

If youre interested in cult psychology, the strength of the human spirit, and a brilliant womans insights into the power structures that ensnared her, this is a great book.

This book is fascinating, and I cant do the story and the authors struggles and triumphs justice here. One would hope that growing up in COG would be the last coercive, abusive, and negligent experience for today’s guest, Daniella Mestyanek Young, who is an American author, keynote speaker, and previous Captain in the US Army. 'Uncultured: a memoir' by Daniella Mestyanek Young. Still active under the name “The Family International,” the group is known for being a real-life manifestation of the shittiest of shitty macabre practices, such as child sexual abuse involving their “Law of Love,”-a mandate for females of all ages to show Jesus their love by letting men straight up rape them. ‘Uncultured:’ Daniella Mestyanek Young on COG and the US Military (Pt.

If hell is real, there is perhaps no circle of it as harrowing nor vile as the experience of growing up in the Children of God cult. Today’s episode is Sponsored by BetterHelp. Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir 2 likes Like My body was the strongest it had ever been, and no one knew there was really a six-year-old girl inside it, small and terrified.
