This time Jess is joined by fellow LTV team member and childhood friend, Alexis Grey, as they react to a roller coaster of emotions surrounding the sentencing trial in the Josh Duggar CSAM (child sexual assault materials) possession conviction. They go over the details of the sentencing and what it means for his family as well as survivors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Can it be real? Did ATI really just finally... die?? Jess and Kit react to breaking news that the cult they grew up in and survived has officially shut down. Something they couldn't have imagined not that long ago. Visit http://atii.org to read the full statement. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Coming to you a little frazzled and a bit the worse for wear, Jess and Kit return with some hilarious late night girl talk, opening up about carving out their own lives post ATI, finding identity, and learning to cuss and swear with the best of them. ;) This episode is marked explicit but its all in good fun. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Picking up in Chapter 32 Jess and Kit continue their way through Margaret Attwood's Handmaid's Tale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

And we are back with the last section of Wisdom Booklet One. Last summer we introduced you to the convoluted reality of what constitutes a complete home schooling education in the Advanced Training Institute. There are over 50 of these booklets with this same format and style. To follow along with us go to: https://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/ati-wisdom-booklets/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit talk power differentials and the key role of HOPE in the toxic cocktail required for authoritarian control to work while continuing through chapters 30 and 31 of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Leaving the Village is growing! We are excited to bring you along with us and introduce you to someone we hope you enjoy as much as we do.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

We are back with fresh new episodes of our Handmaid's Tale book club, getting into chapters 27 through 29.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Jess and Kit discuss IBLP’s most recent response to news media inquiries. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message

Kicking off Season 3 with all the feels, Jess and Kit talk their latest life challenges, tell the story of meeting for they first time in early January, their impulsive decision to get matching tattoos, the meaning behind their tattoo, and announce tons of new content, interviews, and parts of their own story... all to come in this new year. New Year, fresh beginnings!  Mentioned in this episode: Author Heather Heath - aka: @backsliddenharlot on TikTok and her new book Lovingly Abused, available on www.HeatherGraceHeath.com or wherever you get your books.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leavingthevillage/message