Asking For a Friend

Louise Harper, Adam Czarnobaj
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A show for people within high control groups who have genuine questions about the tenets they are being asked to accept on faith. This is a safe forum to respectfully investigate people's questions about the group they are in.

  1. S02 E04 A Numbers Game

    JAN 24

    S02 E04 A Numbers Game

    To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    57 min
  2. S02 E03 Christmas and Cognitive Dissonance

    JAN 4

    S02 E03 Christmas and Cognitive Dissonance

    'When Prophecy Fails: a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World' by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter  To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1h 7m
  3. S02 E02 Apostate Member of the Governing Body

    12/13/2025

    S02 E02 Apostate Member of the Governing Body

    'Crisis of Conscience' by Ray Franz: https://friendsofraymondfranz.com/ 'The Four Presidents of the Watchtower' by Edmond C Gruss: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jFDi5jGsyV8C&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Podcast interview with Howie Routledge Tran on JW Community Podcast: https://jwcommunitypodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/1a18bbfa $100 million lawsuit against WTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeEfJJPSBo Link to court document: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.652986/gov.uscourts.nysd.652986.1.0.pdf To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1h 10m
  4. S02 E01 Lets Talk About Sex (baby)

    11/08/2025

    S02 E01 Lets Talk About Sex (baby)

    To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1h 5m
  5. S01E13 Additional Education

    08/27/2025

    S01E13 Additional Education

    Resources supporting this podcast: Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/ Religion Watch: https://www.religionwatch.com/jehovahs-witnesses-educational-and-professional-deficit/ Educational Attainment by sex and religion in the United States: https://paa2019.populationassociation.org/uploads/190745 Jehovahs Witnesses and Higher Education: https://jw.support/blog/2019/12/02/jehovahs-witnesses-and-higher-education/ To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1h 1m
  6. S01E12 Rutherford. Wine, Women and Hitler

    08/24/2025

    S01E12 Rutherford. Wine, Women and Hitler

    References:  'The Four Presidents of the Watchtower' by Edmond C Gruss. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Watch-Society-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/1594671311 Photo of Christmas celebration at Brooklyn Bethel: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/zu71me/the_last_time_christmas_was_celebrated_at/ Evidence of Nazi Flags at Rutherford's Berlin convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJEvw9pdAc To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1h 1m
  7. Ozzy and the Sisters

    08/05/2025

    Ozzy and the Sisters

    An entertaining discussion about the carts compared to the perils of olden day field service, the role of the sisters and their legendary cleaning and catering skills, and then Adam gives us a detailed run down of what the Thursday meeting used to be like before the format radically changed into its current iteration. To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    1h 10m
  8. Stand Up the real Charles Russell

    07/20/2025

    Stand Up the real Charles Russell

    Books used to research this episode: The Four Presidents of the Watchtower Society by Edmund Gruss https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Watch-Society-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/1594671311 Webpages used in this episode: https://loc.getarchive.net/media/the-evening-prayer https://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/russell.html https://archive.org/details/1880ZionsWatchTower To contact us please email: askingforafriendquestions@outlook.com We will respect your anonymity. Music: 'You're Not Who You Say You Are' by Ancient Modesto, Written by Simon Endeacott, Produced by Ian David c Four Monkeys Records

    55 min
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A show for people within high control groups who have genuine questions about the tenets they are being asked to accept on faith. This is a safe forum to respectfully investigate people's questions about the group they are in.

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  • Creator
    Louise Harper, Adam Czarnobaj
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Asking For a Friend
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