Episodes

  • Renee's Ris-What comes after?

    Renee's Ris-What comes after?
    Jan 8 2026

    Two years after deeply deconstructing the Unification Church with fellow 2nd-gen survivors, I’m asking the hard question: what comes after?
    We unpacked the systems of coercive control using Robert J. Lifton’s 8 criteria of thought reform. Now, I’m exploring what comes after—through the lens of curiosity, reformation, integration, and personal sovereignty.

    R-Reformation

    I-Integration

    S-Sovereignty




    DM me on Instagram @Blessedchildpodcast and let’s dive in—together.
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    12 mins
  • How to be an activist: behind the scene's with Lisa Kohn and Teddy Hose

    How to be an activist: behind the scene's with Lisa Kohn and Teddy Hose
    Dec 3 2023
    Join Blessed Child Podcast this week for an important discussion with two fellow activists, Lisa Kohn and Teddy Hose. They were recently interviewed and published in a netflix docuseries called "How to become a cult leader." In this episode, we briefly discuss what that experience was like for them, what they liked and disliked about the experience, why they are inspired to do what they do, and so much more. You can find Lisa Kohn and her memoir "To the Moon and Back, a Childhood Under the influence" that was published in 2018 at lisakohnwrites.com. Also, find Lisa on instagram @lisakohnwrites. Teddy Hose can be found at @Teddyhose on instagram, X, Facebook and Bluesky. You can find him on tiktok at @2dhose And you can find Blessed Child on instagram at @blessedchildpodcast Please message me on instagram for an active link to our new discord discussion group!
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Open heart with Karin part 3 of 3

    Open heart with Karin part 3 of 3
    Nov 23 2023
    This is part 3 of my interview with Karin. Karin was born and raised in the Unification church AKA the moonie cult and is here to talk about it. We start off talking about the the labor trafficking program disguised as a "providential course" or right of passage, known as "special task force" and what that really means. The story then travels headlong into Moon's mansion - East Garden in Tarrytown New York, where an 18 year old Karin is thrust into a 3 day matching and marriage. This is the end of part 3, but the beginning of many new roads. Be sure to follow Karin on instagram at @karinshimo and look out for her podcast! https://gofund.me/d0d49df7
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Open Heart with Karin part 2 of 3

    Open Heart with Karin part 2 of 3
    Nov 17 2023
    This is part 2/3 of my interview with Karin, a former 2nd gen unification church member who walked the "providential course." She shares an immense wealth of lessons she learned along the way. Karin is a survivor of the unification church who also went to the unification church indoctrination factory in South Korea (the general orientation program -GOP). Karin and I discuss GOP, our indoctrination into the moonies, STF, arranged marriage, and so much more. Join Blessed Child Discord discussion group here! https://discord.com/invite/GMNZf4MJ https://www.patreon.com/Renrobot?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Open heart with Karin part 1 of 3

    Open heart with Karin part 1 of 3
    Nov 15 2023

    In this episode, I reconnect with another survivor of the unification church who also went to the unification church indoctrination factory in South Korea. Karin and I discuss GOP, our parents' indoctrination into the moonies, our own personal journeys of coming back into our bodies after growing up with intense dissociation and so much more. Compassion card posted in episode art with permission from Autumn Sky Art https://autumnskyeart.com Join Blessed Child Discord discussion group here! https://discord.com/invite/GMNZf4MJ https://www.patreon.com/Renrobot?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Enjoy the Fall with Renee Thomas

    Enjoy the Fall with Renee Thomas
    Oct 13 2023
    This is an update to wrap up season 5, Blessed child has ranked #6 in top 10 podcasts about coercive control! The Unification church has a dissolution order in place in Japan, we are awaiting the ruling! Damien Dunkley is touring the UC!? Sit back and enjoy the fall yall~ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-dissolve-unification-church-shinzo-abe-rcna120251 https://spotify.link/I2UuTZSMRDb https://podcasts.feedspot.com/coercive_control_podcasts/#fsbhead
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    16 mins
  • The Fall of an Empire with Renee Thomas September update

    The Fall of an Empire with Renee Thomas September update
    Sep 21 2023
    The fall of an empire from the perspective of an Ex-member and 2nd generation "Blessed child" of the Unification church/family federation for world peace and unification--- Make it make sense! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/arts/dance/kirov-ballet-academy-embezzlement-moonies.html https://www.casino.org/news/serial-embezzler-steals-1-5-million-from-moonies-backed-ballet-school-to-fund-gambling-habit/ https://whatisonthemoon.tumblr.com/post/704099510777970688/hak-ja-hans-gambling-has-gone-too-far https://www.hvpilot.com/news/bard-college-announces-14-million-purchase-of-former-unification-church-compound-after-months-of-rumors/article_82ead248-5339-11ee-8e94-6b7b12253c35.html https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/10/shinzo-abe-assassination-japan-unification-church-moonies/675114/ https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/01/15/japans-comfort-women-asian-protests-and-imperial-japans-sexual-slavery/ https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/23/08/b33973954/dc-nonprofit-uci-issues-statement-regarding-dc-court-lifting-injunction 20-CV-0714 HYUN JIN MOON, ET AL. V. FAMILY FEDERATION FOR WORLD PEACE AND UNIFICATION INTERNATIONAL, ET AL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow8xszCKMAw https://tragedyofthesixmarys.com/6500-women-missing-from-ffwpu-mass-weddings/ https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/search/submarine+and+north+korea https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/search/was+murdered https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/search/new+palace
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    29 mins
  • How to make a plan, with Yousei

    How to make a plan, with Yousei
    Sep 15 2023
    How to make a plan, with Yousei. In this episode we expand on the last episode "you have to answer your own questions" with more resources for how to leave a cult or an abusive relationship from a first-person experience. Yousei is also a second-generation cult survivor of the Unification church/family federation for world peace and has a lot of insight to share from his own experience of leaving. Trigger warning for religious trauma, conversion therapy, child neglect, self-abandonment, cultic abuse. These are the resources we recommend when leaving a high demand religious organization or an abusive relationship. Thehotline.org Findhelp.org Unchainedatlast.org Simplypsychology.org/maslow.html JenKiaba.com faith yoon (@faithy3n) | TikTok teddyhose.com https://itsoktoleave.org https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/post/164068052558/evidence-that-moonies-jump-started-the-north https://youtube.com/@BeliefItOrNot?si=ZRRPhOZPiHduLilF Yousei youtube library on moonie history https://www.rawstory.com/rod-of-iron-ministries/ UK resource - https://www.thefamilysurvivaltrust.org
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    1 hr and 20 mins