Peter Bell & Sarah Bader

Sons of Patriarchy

Religion EN ↓ 174 episodes

What happens when biblical patriarchy, christian nationalism, and a theology of authority and submission become the pillars of a movement? Scores of abuse stories in marriages, schools, churches, families, and more. Though these ideas have filtered throughout the United States for decades, they found a home in Moscow, Idaho, through the ministry and work of Doug Wilson. From there, they have influenced churches across the United States, and across the world. In this series, you'll hear from experts on all aspects of these movements, and the stories of abuse from those who survived. Some are Ch...

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Peter Bell & Sarah Bader

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Religion

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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NEW: They Called Her Bitter 05.02.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ They Called Her Bitter explores stories that often go untold, stories shaped by grief, enduranc...

Christianity Against Christian Nationalism 02.02.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Join us as we talk with Sarah Stankorb, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, and Russell Moore about abuse in the church, MAGA, the politicization of theology, racism, and everything else we've learned over the past few months and what the...

The REAL Story Behind the Cities Church Protest 31.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Get to know Margaret and Deconstruction Doulas. The launch of They Called Her Bitter. Sarah and...

Christ Church Santa Clarita (Absolutely CHILLING Story) 29.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   In this episode I spoke with an anonymous woman, her son, a former leader at Christ Church Santa Clarita, and Ray Davis (a retired pastor and trauma-informed counselor) about everything that happened at this CREC. This episo...

Christian Nationalism in Canada and Australia (It's Destroying the Church) 26.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   If you're in Australia and need help with a DV situation please call: 1800RESPECT A conversation on Doug Wilson's pernicious and pervasive influence in Canada and Australia with Wes Bredenhof, who has pastored Reformed churc...

How to Talk to Your Christian Nationalist Friends and Family (and Those You Don't Like) 22.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Our scheduled episode for tomorrow has to be pushed back to next week (the reason why will be apparent when you listen), so I pulled this one out of the hopper! I spoke with Caleb Campbell of Disarming Leviathan and Pastor o...

The Kind of Abuse NO ONE Talks About (But Might be the Most Pervasive) 19.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   In this last episode of Season 1, I spoke with Dr. Karen Roudkovski, a Licensed Professional Counselor with her own practice, and an expert on trauma and abuse, with her own story of the same. Karen ties in every theme of So...

She Was Counseled by Doug Wilson's Father 15.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Find Mountain City Christian Counseling here: https://tinyurl.com/3rjb6vra Sign up for an upcoming Mountain City Christian Counseling retreat here: https://tinyurl.com/59tuu6ra Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating yo...

A Former TradWife On What It's REALLY Like Being a TradWife 12.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   I had the opportunity to sit down with Tia Levings to talk about her 2024 memoir, A Well-Trained Wife, her journey through the Patirarchy. Our second-to-last episode of Season 1, Tia's story weaves through every theme we hav...

#TherapyToo: When Therapy Hurts 10.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Join Peter in this special episode as he talks with producers (and survivors) Amy Nordhues and Jennifer Kramer about their upcoming documentary, #TherapyToo. They need your help! Website: https://amynordhues.com Trailer: htt...

This OPC Minister Groomed Young Girls at his Church (Part 2) 08.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Find all the documents here: https://www.facebook.com/patriarchysons Are you in the OPC and need help? Contact the Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition: https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org   Caroline Garcia Osborne and...

What CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Looks Like in the Home 05.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   In this episode we spoke with Sheila Wray Gregoire, founder of Bare Marriage and the author of many books, and Marissa Burt, author of the upcoming Brazos book "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betray...

The INSANE Reason the PCA Excommunicated this Woman 01.01.2026

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: https://tinyurl.com/56sb2c3b Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://tinyurl.com/bdcs7xrt Read and discuss the PCA report on Do...

This Denomination Treats Women Like OBJECTS 29.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   The counterpart to Episode 13, It's Only a Matter of Rank. This time we have Beth Allison Barr (James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University, and author of numerous books), Sheila Wray Gregoire (founder of Bare M...

This OPC Minister Groomed Young Girls in His Church 25.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Are you in the OPC and need help? Contact the Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition: https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org Meet Theresa Garcia Robertson, Zach LeReaux, and Caroline McKuen. Theresa is a former member of Cov...

How Patriarchy Makes a Mockery of the Gospel and Destroys Lives 22.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Read about the woman's story at FBC Beggs here: https://tinyurl.com/5x7w6ddj In this episode I spoke with repeat guest Cait West, a woman whose marriage and church (FBC Beggs in Beggs, Oklahoma, led by pastor Chris Gore) was...

When Joe Rigney Covered for a Porn Addict (and Discipline the Wife) 18.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Meet Rachel Curtiss, former member of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Cait West, former member of the PCA, RPCNA, and OPC in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Rachel was publicly excommunicated by Joe Rigney (now at Chris...

Theology That Transforms Jesus into a Transgender Man 15.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Join us as we talk with repeat guest Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system." The Trinity is the bedrock of the Christian faith: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is God,...

This is What Happens When Husbands DOMINATE Wives 11.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Both stories are coming on anonymously. The first is a couple who attended a CREC in the Southeast, and the second is a woman who grew up at Harvest OPC, near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first story is about spiritual abuse...

The Reasons Why Doug Wilson is a FALSE Teacher 08.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Join Dr. R. Scott Clark and I as we discuss Federal Vision, it's various off-shoots and internecine debates, amber ale and oatmeal stout "versions," engage with clips from Douglas Wilson, Richard Lusk (among other CREC minis...

Inside the "Biblical Counseling" Center That is a CULT 06.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   A special episode profiling the allegations brought by survivors against Vision of Hope at Faith Lafayette. Resources: Website:  https://hoperestoredcommunity.wordpress.com Contact: https://hoperestoredcommunity.wordpress.co...

The HARM Spiritual Abuse Does to a Jesus Follower 04.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Meet Aimee Byrd (a former member of the OPC in the Northeast and prolific author), Ali LeReaux (a former member of the OPC in the Southeast), and Heather Nadreau (a former member of Christ Church Spokane, CREC). Spiritual ab...

Canon Press Thinks You're Dumb, Here's How to Fight Back 01.12.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Join us as we talk with ⁠Aimee Byrd⁠, and repeat guests ⁠Kristin Kobes du Mez⁠ and ⁠Nathan & Christiana Wells⁠ about the marketing that "bites back." From subversive marketing tactics, to slick production. From rhetorical fl...

Rachael Denhollander on the LIES Churches Believe About Abuse 29.11.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   A SPECIAL episode with ⁠Rachael Denhollander! Our first of two conversations on reporting abuse, how churches should handle abuse allegations, the "2 or 3 witnesses" argument, using "non Christian" judges, and more. Rachael'...

A Minister Asks an 8 Year Old About Touching Herself 27.11.2025

Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy   Meet Chelsea Gondrez (former member of the OPC and PCA), an anonymous woman who's known/known of Doug Wilson for decades, and Alaine and Fred Hofland (the parents of Chelsea Gondrez). The standard for women in these churches...

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