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Lindsey Williams, Part 1: Shiny Happy People, The Institute in Basic Life Principles, and Meeting Bill Gothard

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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Lindsay Williams is a former member of the Institute of Basic Life Principles, or the IBLP. She tells us about what her childhood was like being homeschooled using a series of non-academic books called The Wisdom Booklets. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are desperately trying to keep their four youngest children under 18 from seeing the documentary Shiny Happy People.

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