The Ex-Baptist Sisters Podcast

Taniya is taking the week off to move, so Vikki is joined by her husband, Sean, to celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary. In this preview of their full Patreon bonus episode, they look back 20 years to where it all began: meeting at First Baptist School, secretly passing spiral notebooks, hiding hugs under security cameras, and navigating young love inside high-control fundamentalism. Hear how...

Connect & Support: Patreon & Discord Community: [Patreon Link / patreon.com/exbaptistsisters ] Email Us Your Story: exbaptistsisters@gmail.com Instagram: [@exbaptistsisters] TikTok: [@exbaptistsisters] Facebook: [The Ex-Baptist Sisters Podcast] In this continuation of Taniya’s story, Vikki and Taniya dive deep into the emotional and psychological realities of leaving the Independent Fundam...

Connect & Support: Patreon & Discord Community: [Patreon Link / patreon.com/exbaptistsisters ] Email Us Your Story: exbaptistsisters@gmail.com Instagram: [@exbaptistsisters] TikTok: [@exbaptistsisters] Facebook: [The Ex-Baptist Sisters Podcast] In Part 1 of Taniya’s personal deep dive, the sisters unpack what happens when deconstruction leaves the realm of theology and collides with real l...

https://www.maddiezahm.com/ Connect & Support: Patreon & Discord Community: [Patreon Link / patreon.com/exbaptistsisters ] Email Us Your Story: exbaptistsisters@gmail.com Instagram: [@exbaptistsisters] TikTok: [@exbaptistsisters] Facebook: [The Ex-Baptist Sisters Podcast] In this episode of the Ex-Baptist Sisters podcast, Vikki and Taniya explore how the rigid, exclusionary culture of the...

In the continuation of the previous episode, Vikki and Taniya dive into the very real grief and neuro-chemical withdrawal of losing a built-in church village. They break down the concept of "collective effervescence," ditching the quiet shame of missing church routines, and practical, low-pressure ways to build authentic community outside the walls of high-control religion. From community theater...

In Part 1 of this two-part series, Vikki and Taniya tackle a hard and quiet part of deconstruction: unlearning the loaded language and spiritual bypassing ingrained by high-control religion. They break down how fundamentalist platitudes force premature closure, suppress real grief and anger, and shift blame onto victims. Plus, the official launch of the Ex-Baptist Sisters Patreon! Join our communi...

Vikki and Taniya take a step back after their heavy two-part series on corporal punishment for a raw, unscripted decompression session. The sisters unpack the emotional impact of re-listening to their own trauma, share a powerful and triggering listener story highlighting the link between physical abuse and sexual trauma, and examine the ways fundamentalist religious environments normalize violenc...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr Our Sponsor: LOTRAMAPOD, hosted by Matthias Austin https://lotramapod.carrd.co/ In Part 2 of this deep dive into corporal punishment, Vikki and Tanya continue the conversation on the heavily normalized culture of physical abuse, spanking, and spirit-breaking within the Indepe...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr Our Sponsor: LOTRAMAPOD, hosted by Matthias Austin https://lotramapod.carrd.co/ This week, Vikki and Taniya dive deep into one of their most highly requested and heaviest topics yet: the deeply normalized culture of corporal punishment and the deliberate breaking of a child's...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr In this week's solo episode, Vikki shares a deeply personal open letter and safe harbor for survivors navigating life after fundamentalist church abuse. She explores a profound recent realization: even if we could completely erase a primary individual perpetrator from our his...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr This week, we react to TikTok comments from former fundie and IFB listeners sharing the surprisingly ordinary things they were taught were dangerous, sinful, or “gateways to hell” growing up. From Harry Potter and Halloween to roller skating, public school, and saying “oh my...

TPUSA Women's Summit Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSz1txJEyv8&t=75s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr This week, Vikki and Taniya revisit an episode they thought was lost and unpack Christian nationalism, patriotic culture in church, and the ways politics and religion became deeply intertwined in...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr Polished Shaft Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr0UpQXYkGs In this solo episode, Vikki shares powerful listener stories about growing up in Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) spaces and the lasting impact of religious trauma, modesty culture, and spiritual control....

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr In this episode of the podcast, the sisters read listener-submitted stories from life inside IFB schools, churches, and Bible colleges. They include everything from absurd dress codes and demerits to fear-based control, public shaming, and deeply unsettling abuse of authority...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr In this episode of the Ex-Baptist Sisters podcast, Vikki and Taniya are joined by Vikki's husband Sean for a deeply personal conversation about grief, church culture, burnout, and the lasting effects of growing up in the IFB world. The sisters share stories about their late o...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr In this episode, Vikki and Tanya continue their modesty series by sharing personal stories from IFB college culture, early deconstruction, and the emotional impact of purity culture. From dress checks and shame-based rules to reclaiming autonomy and learning to trust themselv...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr In this episode, Vikki and Tanya discuss the lasting effects of purity culture and modesty teachings in IFB and conservative Christian environments. Through personal experiences and listener stories, they unpack body shame, emotional repression, strict dress codes, unhealthy...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr In this episode, Vikki and Taniya will share powerful listener stories that reveal the realities of purity culture and courtship in IFB communities, including control, shame, and abuse of authority. They explore how modesty went far beyond clothing, shaping identity, self-wor...

Taniya and Vikki share ways they've deconstructed purity culture and dismantled the harmful, shame-filled past full of control and crazy rules. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exbaptistsisters/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18dNf8qxkH/?mibextid=wwXIfr Stardust App: https://stardust.app/ Unf*ck Your Brain: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unf-ck-your-brain-feminist-self-help-fo...

Taniya and Vikki continue explaining IBF dating and purity culture with sharing a listener story as well as their own accounts. They begin to share ways to deconstruct and dismantle the harmful, shame-filled past full of control and surveillance. Unf*ck Your Brain: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unf-ck-your-brain-feminist-self-help-for-everyone/id1229434818 Pastor Accused of Sexual Miscondu...

Vikki and Taniya describe the rules and purpose of Fundie dating and use Taniya's personal high school experience as the driving narrative of real-life context.

 In today's episode, Vikki and Taniya will describe how Independent, Fundamental Baptist churches ran Vacation Bible School, a week-long summer program for children hosted by the church to teach them about Christian principles. They'll share some comments from the internet, and highlight a news article about a lawsuit against a church related to vacation Bible school. ( https://churchexecutive.com...

Learn about what an Independent, Fundamental Baptist church is, how they used the Bus Ministry and "Soul-Winning" to evangelize, and how Vikki and Taniya were involved as children. Trigger Warnings: grooming, emotional abuse, discussion of church abuse and references to predatory behavior, psychological religious abuse, descriptions of hell and burning

Join us each week as we spill the tea on our religious and childhood trauma from being raised in an Independent, Fundamental Baptist church cult. Share your IFB church stories with us on Facebook and Instagram (@exbaptistsisters), or email us at exbaptistsisters@gmail.com.