Dressed in a slightly too big blazer, his hair gelled all fuzzy like a baby bird’s, and belting out a ‘70s ork-pop classic, he’s a boy cosplaying as a man. Cute as a button but with a matured, honeyed voice,…[Continue Reading...]
Benson Boone has opened up about growing up as a Mormon, admitting that it made him feel “confused and frustrated”. The Grammy-nominated artist sat down with Rolling Stone as the first of four cover stars for its Future Of Music…[Continue Reading...]
This story is an accompaniment to a podcast series released by NPR's Embedded called Alternate Realities. You can listen to all three episodes here or wherever you listen to podcasts. About a year ago, my dad bet me $10,000 that…[Continue Reading...]
Several years ago, you wouldn't have known what QAnon was unless you spent a lot of time reading through comments on Twitter or frequented internet chat rooms. Now, with prominent Q adherents making headlines for storming the U.S. Capitol and…[Continue Reading...]
Tony McAleer was just 16 years old when he got involved with a hate group. He said he was into Vancouver's punk scene, where he met a group of skinheads. "They terrified me," he said. "I grew up as this…[Continue Reading...]
In 2017, Laurie Lee Hall publicly shared her remarkable journey as a transgender Latter-day Saint. It took her through joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving a two-year mission, marrying and having children, being called as a…[Continue Reading...]
One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir that is “not only a cautionary tale but also an inspiring story of resilience” (Leah Remini, New York Times bestselling…[Continue Reading...]
IT sounds like a scene from a Hollywood horror film - a terrified 12-year-old girl locked up and surviving on just scraps of food in the rusty, dark, damp hull of a ship. But this was the harsh reality for…[Continue Reading...]
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - Another scandal has rocked Bishop Ben Kiengei’s JCM church after Jeff Mathai, a former elder, alleged that his life is in danger after exposing alleged dark secrets within the church.Mathai alleged that he left Kiengei’s…[Continue Reading...]
More than 50,000 people belong to a global religious sect that has restrictions around television, eating with outsiders and attending university. Some who've left the church say they still carry the trauma of what they experienced there. Members from that…[Continue Reading...]
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