Best Andreas Becker Podcasts (2024)

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Get A Life Ep. 118 with Andrea (Mackinnon) Becker -1 year later 1:19:58

4d ago1:19:58

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Join us as we celebrate a one year celebration of freedom! Lyle and Andrea and their 2 beautiful daughters made it out of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in tact and are thriving in every way that is possible. Andrea takes us back to the day they left and walks us through what that first week was like. She opens up about the challenges of tr…

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Episode 293 - Med 1x13/Fire 1x13/PD 1x13 1:46:33

1h ago1:46:33

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We’re back from our unintended hiatus with another trip back into the vault! In our recap of 1x13 from all 3 shows, we discuss Sarah’s feelings about match day, how much we still hate Tate, Severide being the worst BFF, Boden’s attachment to Ernie, Pulpo continuing to be the one of the worst villains, Burzek feels and so much more. News/TV Roundup …

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Get A Life Ep.119 David Wallace, Brad Mitchell, Rod Diplock- Leaked emails from the Church of Crime (Edited version) 2:12:53

4h ago2:12:53

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**NEW**In this edited version of Episode 119, we added more documentation that came forward ,spiced up the intro, and filled in who was on the Global Advisory Panel (GAP). Head to 1:34:30 to find out what the PBCC wanted to buy David, 1:54:38 to find out what elite PBCC members sit on the GAP panel, 2:03:40 for the full compilation of the viral vid…

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129: Re: Why Martech is Actually for Engineers 52:25

1h ago52:25

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What’s up folks. We’ve got a fun episode today. If you’re a regular listener, you’ve heard me mention an article that’s been living rent free in my head for a while now. Casey Winters, the former CPO at Eventbrite and an Instructor at Reforge, wrote an article titled “The Problems With Martech, and Why Martech is Actually for Engineers”. I’ve asked…

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Get A Life Ep.119 David Wallace, Brad Mitchell, Rod Diplock- Leaked emails from the Church of Crime 2:07:05

15h ago2:07:05

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In this documentary style podcast we discuss preachers, pedophiles, private investigators, lawyers and liars, criminals, and crooked cops, big business, bibles, black eyes and bribery, and lots and lots of money. Welcome to the strange Jekyll and Hyde world of the “Universal Elderhood” of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, whose revered priest…

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128: Vish Gupta: Why simplification should come before automation if you want to avoid a Frankenstack 51:15

1h ago51:15

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Vish Gupta, Marketing Operations Manager at Databricks. Summary: This episode with Vish is jam packed with advice for marketers making their way through the martech galaxy. We touch on the pitfalls of Frankenstein stacks and the perks of self-service martech. Vish explains why mart…

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127: Carmen Simon: Using brain science to deviate from expected patterns and create memorable content 50:15

4d ago50:15

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Carmen Simon, Chief Science Officer at Corporate Visions and Brain Science Instructor at Stanford CS. Summary: Carmen takes us on an adventure exploring the wonders of brain science and how to sustain attention through contrast. We cover embodied cognition, deviating from expected …

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Get A Life Ep. 117 with guest Tam Bennett 1:31:35

10d ago1:31:35

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Join us as we dive into Tam Bennett's letter she wrote to the entire PBCC community when she left with he brothers in 2018. This letter addresses all the reasons why we continue doing what we do. We discuss the judgment that is placed on any diversity; the lack of empathy, compassion and kindness towards non-community members, especially those that…

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126: Michael Rumiantsau: AI's role in democratizing data narratives for marketers 50:28

11d ago50:28

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Michael Rumiantsau, Co-Founder and CEO at Narrative BI. Summary: This episode delves into the future of Business Intelligence, highlighting AI's role in democratizing data for marketers, automating insights with LLMs, and the importance of anomaly detection. Michael’s on a mission …

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Get A Life Ep.116 Ben Woodbury TikTok Compilation Vol. 3 59:24

17d ago59:24

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Reflections of Freedom: A Gay Ex-Cult Members JourneyIn this poignant and powerful video compilation, Ben opens up about his life and current happenings within the PBCC, sharing his emotional and transformative journey. Through a series of heartfelt and personal anecdotes, he revisits his time within the cult, and also talks in detail about the PBC…

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125: Michele Nieberding: Customer data infrastructure and server-side data processing 50:24

28d ago50:24

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Michele Nieberding, Director of Product Marketing at MetaRouter. Summary: Michele takes us on a broad journey across job hopping, learning technical martech products, preparing for the cookie apocalypse and diving deep into the world of server side data processions and tag manageme…

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Episode 292 - Med 1x12/Fire 1x12/PD 1x12 2:10:52

1M ago2:10:52

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We’re back and continuing our trip down memory lane. We discuss Maggie’s arrest, Will’s dive off the deep end, the beginnings of Gabby/Mills, Severide’s decision to move to Spain, how good the old crossovers used to be and so much more. We also dive in to ALL the recent One Chicago news and of course do another big TV roundup. News/TV Roundup — 4:2…

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124: Angela Cirrone: How to pick between similar martech solutions and master platform migrations 46:35

29d ago46:35

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Angela Cirrone, Senior Director, Marketing Operations at Optimizely. Summary: Angela brings a fresh perspective to marketing operations, a key theme throughout the conversation is curiosity and how it helps boost your confidence and be a key lego block to a successful career. What …

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Get A Life Ep. 115 with Guest Dr. Jill Aebi-Mytton re Data Research 1:15:11

1M ago1:15:11

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Many leavers of the PBCC (Exclusive brethren) have struggled or are struggling with their mental wellbeing. To what extent does being born and raised in a high control group such as the PBCC contribute to this struggle? Many would say it does but what actual evidence is there to support this hypothesis? Research provides that evidence. Join us as w…

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123: Andrea Lechner-Becker: Creating content that people will give a f*ck about 57:10

2M ago57:10

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Andrea Lechner-Becker, mostly retired CMO and Novelist. Summary: Andrea takes us on a wild ride filled with nuggets of wisdom, a few f-bombs and tons of laughs as she unpacks her deep understanding of marketing. Together, we explore how storytelling breathes life into content and w…

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122: Emily Kramer: The rise of pi-shaped marketers and picking future unicorns 56:06

2M ago56:06

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Emily Kramer, Co-Founder at MKT1. Summary: Emily explored the convergence of marketing, investment, and startup growth, delivering actionable insights for marketers, founders, and investors. When picking future unicorns, she attributed timing and luck but stressed the importance of…

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Get A Life Podcast Ep. 114 with guest Joey Green with excerpt on Myles Admiraal & Lee Admiraal 1:13:40

2M ago1:13:40

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What a story this is! Born into an intensely homophobic and misogynist cult, Joey Green comes to the realization that she is a lesbian – and to make a bad situation worse, her father is an outspoken anti-gay activist. Joey was on episode 93 as anonymous and came back as herself to fill in many parts of her story she wasn't able to fill in before. O…

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121: Anthony Lamot: Why we’re all exhausted by marketing emails and what to do about it 54:40

2M ago54:40

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Anthony Lamot 🐧, CEO and Co-Founder at DESelect. Summary: From early stage founder advice and keeping up with the galaxy of martech tools to email fatigue and AI’s convergence with neuroscience, this episode journeys through deep marketing space. Anthony gives us practical advice f…

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Episode 291 - 9x13/12x13/11x13 2:31:14

2M ago2:31:14

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The season finales are here and it was a much more emotional night than anticipated. We discuss whether or not Ripley beat up Pawel, Bert moving into the memory care center, Boden saying goodbye, Damon’s shocking revelation, Voight’s kidnapping, Hailey’s exit and so much more. We may or may not even be joined very briefly by a special guest! :) New…

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BONUS: Andrea Newman Interview 42:04

2M ago42:04

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Friend of the pod and Chicago Fire showrunner Andrea Newman stops by for an in depth chat about season 12. Topics discussed include Stellaride’s relationship, the big Brettsey wedding, Carver’s character development, all of the new characters, Cruz’s rough season, Eamonn Walker leaving at the end of the season and SO much more! As always, we want t…

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Get A Life Podcast Ep. 113 with guest Andrea (MacKinnon) Becker 1:15:18

2M ago1:15:18

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Get-a-Life smashes through the Brethren’s “wall of separation” with this first ever interview of a current and participating member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. After listening to the mandatory Friday night recording of Cult Messiah Bruce D. Hales, and before attending the mandatory Saturday morning Cult Bible Reading, PBCC “sister” A…

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BONUS: Stephen Hootstein and Meridith Friedman Interview 1:08:06

2M ago1:08:06

1:08:06

Friends of the pod and Chicago Med writers and producers Stephen Hootstein and Meridith Friedman stop by for an in depth chat about season 9. Topics discussed include Archer’s character development, Ripley’s backstory, Zola’s firing, Goodwin’s relationship with Dr. Washington, Maggie and LJ and so much more As always, we want to hear what you think…

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120: Maja Voje: Untangling Go-to-Market for startup marketers and founders 56:17

2M ago56:17

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Maja Voje, Founder of Growth Labs and the Author of GTM Strategist. Summary: This episode with Maja is a playbook for startup marketers, growth advisors, early stage founders and anyone curious about go-to-market strategies. We untangle the most popular questions about growing earl…

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Episode 290 - 9x12/12x12/11x12 2:21:38

2M ago2:21:38

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On this episode, we discuss ALL things penultimate episodes. We talk about Ripley and Hannah’s first kiss, Goodwin’s big decision, Fire missing half of its cast, Chloe and Cruz working on their marriage, the wild twist and turns of the serial killer storyline and more. News/TV Roundup — 0:30 Med 9x12 — 37:46 Fire 12x12 — 1:18:19 PD 11x12 — 1:59:40 …

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Get A Life Ep. 112 with guest Matthew, ex-employee of a PBCC business 1:07:09

2M ago1:07:09

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For a community of compassionate and caring Christians, the PBCC businesses tend to get the opposite reviews from former non-community members. Matthew's story isn't anything new to us, but still is heart wrenching to listen to. The comments on social media, messages and emails sent to us by former and current employees all have the same theme- it'…

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119: Adam Greco: The Future of event-based web analytics and the overlapping landscape of data tools 59:59

3M ago59:59

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Adam Greco, Field CTO / Product Evangelist at Amplitude. Summary: Adam is a leading voice in digital analytics and he unpacks event-based analytics and how it’s transformed how marketers interact with data. Data tools are complicating the martech landscape with overlapping function…

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Episode 289 - 9x11/12x11/11x11 2:45:30

3M ago2:45:30

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Another week in One Chicago in the books! This week, we discuss LJ applying for a trauma fellowship at Med, the new med student, Severide’s “action movie” moves, Damon’s mystery, Kevin’s continued guilt around the Corey Westbrook situation and more. We are also joined by Chicago Med’s Marie Tredway, who plays Nurse Trini. She talks about how she go…

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Get A Life Ep.111 with Guest Chris Jones (Barber) 1:34:14

3M ago1:34:14

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Chris Jones’s last view of God’s Chosen People was from the balcony of the London meeting hall in Park Lane, as the Aberdeen crisis split JND’s famous “Metropolitan” congregation in two, and half the “saints” stormed out of the hall amid angry recriminations. Born into the well known Barber brethren family, Chris changed his surname to Jones when h…

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BONUS: Severide's "Action Movie" Episode, Season 12 Finale Preview with Chicago Fire Showrunner Andrea Newman 9:45

3M ago9:45

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Chicago Fire showrunner and friend of the pod Andrea Newman drops by to discuss this week's action-packed episode, Stella "losing her sh*t," and what to expect for the remainder of season 12. We even ask her about a popular fan theory going around the internet regarding new floater Jack Damon. Check it out!…

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118: Mandy Thompson: Intent data pitfalls, diagram-first automation, and agency-style team management 1:01:50

3M ago1:01:50

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Mandy Thompson, CEO and Co-Founder of Digital Reach. Summary: Mandy shares powerful mindsets and practical frameworks for marketers aiming to future-proof their careers in the complex galaxy of martech mixed up with AI, data privacy, and genuine customer engagement. We cover the ar…

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Episode 288 - 9x10/12x10/11x10 with Rachel Becker 2:30:13

3M ago2:30:13

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This week, Bryna is joined once again by friend of the pod Rachel Becker to break down this week’s episodes. They discuss LJ and Maggie, Herrmann going full helicopter parent, the mystery behind Jack Damon, Hailey and Jo’s dynamic and so much more. News — 2:47 Med 9x10 — 14:04 Fire 12x10 — 46:55 PD 11x10 — 1:45:24 As always, we want to hear what yo…

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Get A Life Ep.110 Priestly visit with Mick Strange Rod Diplock, Local Priests and Therapist Shanelle 3:03:50

3M ago3:03:50

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TRIGGER WARNING-Listen in as 4 Plymouth Brethren “priests” subject a lone teenager to a vicious and humiliating hour-long Gestapo-style interrogation. Never before in the 200 year history of the PBCC has the brutality of the Brethren priests been recorded and made public. For former members, this will be a highly triggering yet deeply familiar expe…

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117: Julz James: Automation inception, teaching martech and unraveling intent data 56:51

3M ago56:51

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Julz James, Senior Marketing Ops Manager at 6sense and Adjunct Professor at St. Edwards University. Summary: Jul is a marketing ops leader and a martech Professor who's rewriting the rulebook on how to navigate the martech galaxy. She walks us through automation inception, like…

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Video Diaries & Discussions Ep. 6 Anonymous Insider shares abuse story 1:57

3M ago1:57

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In this video, an anonymous PBCC insider bravely opens up about their experience of childhood sexual abuse, revealing that their perpetrator continues to walk free as a member of the cult and evade justice. Link for insiders - https://docsend.dropbox.com/view/nq7v3c5mju3ib7yu#SurvivorStory #ChildhoodAbuse #SeekingJustice #plymouthbrethrenchristianc…

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Get A Life Ep. 109 with guest Malcolm Hart 1:30:51

3M ago1:30:51

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This raw, emotional interview brought us to tears as Cassie Davies and Cheryl Hope witnessed Malcolm Hart share his journey within the PBCC and his exit from the toxic cult. Malcolm pleads to those inside to not follow a man and to be true to yourself. Malcolm was not willing to drop his principles to become rich and asks those inside, "When do you…

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116: Kevin Hu: How data observability and anomaly detection can enhance MOps 50:36

3M ago50:36

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Kevin Hu (Hoo), Co-founder and CEO at Metaplane. Summary: Dr. Kevin Hu gives us a masterclass on everything data. Data analysis, data storytelling, data quality, data observability and data anomaly detection. We unpack the power of inquisitive data analysis and a hypothesis-driven …

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Get A Life Ep. 108 with Anonymous OneSchool Global Teacher Pt.2 1:35:49

3M ago1:35:49

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This was a tear jerker episode as "Jane" continues telling her experience of teaching at OneSchool Global. We hear the all too familiar stories of alcohol and wonder if the PBCC will listen and make changes, especially after the latest car crash that happened, killing 4 people. "Jane" expresses her concerns on their views of the environment and thi…

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Get A Life Ep.107 with Anonymous OneSchool Global Teacher Pt.1 1:28:07

3M ago1:28:07

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We sit down with Ben Woodbury, a former OneSchool student and another former teacher and discuss the horrors within this establishment. Our anonymous teacher goes through her interview process where she saw many red flags including how these students are not allowed post secondary education. She explains the separation of the boys and girls and her…

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115: Amrita Mathur: ClickUp’s VP of Marketing on Optimizing for velocity of learning and balancing analytics with intuition 51:55

3M ago51:55

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What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Amrita Mathur, VP of Marketing at ClickUp. Summary: Building a brand from zero is all about diving deep into what makes your audience tick and tailoring your messages to hit just right. Amrita digs into this, stressing the gold in blending hard data with your gut in order to spot w…

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Video Diaries and Discussion Ep.5 Anne Hamilton makes a life changing decision 4:00

4M ago4:00

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Anne Hamilton's videos are a very real and authentic account of her journey leaving the PBCC. In this video diary she shares on TikTok, she goes through the moment she knew she needed to leave and what that meant to her family.Link for insiders-https://docsend.dropbox.com/view/gc75fn2nfv9iegrw#plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch #pbcc #abuse #church #c…

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Get A Life Ep.106 with guest Neville McCallum Part 2 1:54:21

4M ago1:54:21

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If Part 1 of Neville and Pip's story didn't shock you, part 2 will. Neville dives into his mom's heart wrenching story and how disposable she was to the Exclusive Brethren. Neville walks through the abuse of alcohol in the cult and his conversations he has had with others on this topic. We go through more letters that leave you rocked to the core, …

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