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  • The Dark Secret at the Heart of the Jehovahโ€™s Witnesses

    The Jehovahโ€™s Witnesses are an end-of-days Christian organisation who are known for knocking on doors and rejecting blood transfusions. However, they have also been subject to increasing scrutiny over their handling of child sex abuse cases within their congregations, and their treatment of victims. In this episode of Informer, we speak to a former Jehovahโ€™s Witness elder who was abused as a child but didnโ€™t report what had happened. As an adult, he felt a painful dรฉjร  vu when his own daughter told him she had also been abused.

  • How I Escaped the Church of Scientology

    The Church of Scientology is well known for its celebrity following and the intergalactic warrior lord Xenu โ€“ who you can only learn about after climbing a paywall of courses worth many thousands of dollars. But who you donโ€™t often hear from are the employees of the Church, who can be forced to work incredibly long hours for a tiny wage. In this episode of Informer, we speak to a former employee of the Church of Scientology, who was pressured into signing a work contract, had his passport taken off him, and regularly worked 80 hour weeks to earn under ยฃ5,000 a year.

  • Is This The Most Extreme Music in the World?

    Hardcore provides an escape for young misfits from Hollandโ€™s industrial ghost towns. But the Protestant Church is fighting back, making Rave the new generational battleground.

  • Taking Back Whatโ€™s Ours: SLIDESHOW with Ashley Armitage

    Ashley Armitage talks Taking Back Whatโ€™s Ours, her photo series that aims to reestablish how women are depicted in art. See more of her work on Instagram @Ladyist

  • Guns at Church

    The World Peace (?) and Unification Sanctuary turned off their safeties and opened their hymnals to bless their assault rifles.

  • Extremely Honest Church Testimony

    If the Lord is all-seeing and all-knowing you can leave out some detail…

  • Natasha Somalia: On Faith and Persistence

    Despite discrimination because of her faith and the challenges of being a single mother, it hasnโ€™t stopped Natasha Somalia from being a financially independent black muslim woman in the hair industry.

  • Adultery Exposed During Church

    Pastor exposes adultery during service in this episode of Megachurch Maury.

  • Possessed by Pot (Preview)

    Krishna investigates the case of 19-year-old Camille Browne who entered a state of psychosis after smoking a blunt and murdered a local pastor, claiming God told her to do it.

  • Robert Jeffress: Bible OK with Bombing North Korea

    Trump spiritual advisor Robert Jeffress claims the authority to attack North Korea is in the bible. Which book my guy?

  • Justin Bieber Re-Finds Jesus

    Justin Bieber cancels the rest of his Purpose tour to find his true purpose: the Lord.

  • Katy Perry

    Pop icon Katy Perry talks about reconciling her fame with her true self, Kathryn Hudson, and how that has affected her life and music.

  • Forbidden Love in Israel

    Jamali takes a trip to the Holy Land to meet the Lehava, the anti-assimilation group trying to prevent Arabs and Jews from marrying.

  • Houston

    A bomb-maker, a human trafficking interventionist, a hip hop jeweller, and an internet celebrity take advantage of Houston’s free-wheeling way of doing business.

  • Reno

    The desert frontier town of Reno impacts the fortunes of a valet turned rapper, a funeral director, a cam girl, and the Muslim Republican County Chairman.

  • God on High

    Can Christianity and cannabis coexist? Krishna heads to Colorado and Rhode Island to meet believers whoโ€™ve merged their reverence for a higher power with their love of getting high.