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The Ex-Baptist Sisters Podcast

The Ex-Baptist Sisters Podcast

Written by: Vikki Mansheim
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Join sisters Vikki and Taniya as they share a weekly topic from their IFB (Independent, fundamental Baptist) childhood and tell how they were able to leave an oppressive, restrictive cult-like religion. They are reclaiming their past for good and building an online community of survivors as well as educating anyone curious about cults, toxic religion, and exposing church abuse.

Vikki Mansheim Social Sciences
Episodes
  • A Shapeless Potato Sack | Modesty Part 1

    A Shapeless Potato Sack | Modesty Part 1
    Apr 30 2026

    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-worth, and placing responsibility for men’s behavior onto women and girls.

    Through personal experiences and audience stories, they highlight the widespread patterns of control and hierarchy within these environments, while creating space for listeners who may still be processing or questioning these beliefs. They close by setting up a deeper dive into modesty culture and its lasting impact.
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    44 mins
  • Blacked Out At That Goodwill | IFB Dating and Purity Culture Part 3

    Blacked Out At That Goodwill | IFB Dating and Purity Culture Part 3
    Apr 23 2026

    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-for-everyone/id1229434818

    Pastor Accused of Sexual Misconduct With 16-Year-Old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McWDS7h4X0Y

    Books: https://www.peggyorenstein.com/main-st

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Come-As-You-Are-Revised-and-Updated/Emily-Nagoski/9781982165314
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    33 mins
  • Women. They're More Like An Oven | IFB Dating and Purity Culture Part 2

    Women. They're More Like An Oven | IFB Dating and Purity Culture Part 2
    Apr 16 2026

    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 Misconduct With 16-Year-Old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McWDS7h4X0Y

    Books: https://www.peggyorenstein.com/main-st

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Come-As-You-Are-Revised-and-Updated/Emily-Nagoski/9781982165314
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    46 mins
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