Get A Life - Ex-Cult Conversations
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min · 12 segments
In this episode we introduce the Invisible Man of God in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church: Houdini Hales. His face and voice are broadcast worldwide on the Global Media Stream, familiar to…
Brayden SimmonsGuest
Cassie DaviesGuestCherylHost
Ben WoodburyGuest
Peter HartGuestPanelist, PBCC DiscussionPanelistWelcome to the Get a Life Podcast.
Explore survivor stories.
Uncover the hidden truths.
You matter, and so does your story.
Before we begin this podcast, we want to recognize that things can feel particularly stressful right now for both current and former members of the PBCC.
If you're struggling or need someone to talk to, support is available.
Helplines are listed on the screen now and can also be found in the resources at the end of this podcast.
Before we start, quick heads up, stay with us to the very end because once we wrap up the episode, there's a short interview with Ben Woodbury.
Hi everyone, welcome back to Get a Life Podcast.
I am Cheryl, and today with me is Cassie Davies, Peter Hart, and Brayden Simmons.
We are all ex-members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren.
If you are joining us in our responses to the PBCC spokesperson Lloyd Grimshaw's testimony to the Electoral Committee, you will want to go and watch the podcast before this, Podcast 177, or where myself, Richard Marsh, Lane Admiral, Jill Mitten, Gilly and Damian Hastie discuss why Lloyd responded the way he did.
And we set out the basic understanding of a secretariat entity of the PBCC that is deceitfully not responsible for anything their church members did in the Australian 2025 election.
We laid out the facts, how no one knew anything or did nothing when the time was convenient.
We also gave receipts on how the PBCs were the ones who coined the term exclusive brethren and not the media or the public.
Still to come in this series is a podcast of all the insider responses to what went down August 21st when Lloyd tried climbing out of the hole The PBCC dug for themselves.
We know that it is still an intense time in there, and as we said in Podcast 177, we are here for you as you untangle yourself from the web of lies to realize that you aren't in a Christian church, but are in a cult.
I know that that door everyone was hoping for has arrived, and it is scary when it may not have shown up as you thought it would.
I commend those that have put their foot down and refused to join in the fellowship until this is sorted.
It is stances like that that will hold these cult leaders to account.
I will remind everyone that we are still collecting letters and emails to send to Lloyd Grimshaw.
As everyone heard, he is eagerly waiting for people to email him with their concerns.
You can send those to info.getalife at proton.me.
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Welcome to the Get a Life Podcast.
Explore survivor stories.
Uncover the hidden truths.
You matter, and so does your story.
Before we begin this podcast, we want to recognize that things can feel particularly stressful right now for both current and former members of the PBCC.
If you're struggling or need someone to talk to, support is available.
Helplines are listed on the screen now and can also be found in the resources at the end of this podcast.
Before we start, quick heads up, stay with us to the very end because once we wrap up the episode, there's a short interview with Ben Woodbury.
Hi everyone, welcome back to Get a Life Podcast.
I am Cheryl, and today with me is Cassie Davies, Peter Hart, and Brayden Simmons.
We are all ex-members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren.
If you are joining us in our responses to the PBCC spokesperson Lloyd Grimshaw's testimony to the Electoral Committee, you will want to go and watch the podcast before this, Podcast 177, or where myself, Richard Marsh, Lane Admiral, Jill Mitten, Gilly and Damian Hastie discuss why Lloyd responded the way he did.
And we set out the basic understanding of a secretariat entity of the PBCC that is deceitfully not responsible for anything their church members did in the Australian 2025 election.
We laid out the facts, how no one knew anything or did nothing when the time was convenient.
We also gave receipts on how the PBCs were the ones who coined the term exclusive brethren and not the media or the public.
Still to come in this series is a podcast of all the insider responses to what went down August 21st when Lloyd tried climbing out of the hole The PBCC dug for themselves.
We know that it is still an intense time in there, and as we said in Podcast 177, we are here for you as you untangle yourself from the web of lies to realize that you aren't in a Christian church, but are in a cult.
I know that that door everyone was hoping for has arrived, and it is scary when it may not have shown up as you thought it would.
I commend those that have put their foot down and refused to join in the fellowship until this is sorted.
It is stances like that that will hold these cult leaders to account.
I will remind everyone that we are still collecting letters and emails to send to Lloyd Grimshaw.
As everyone heard, he is eagerly waiting for people to email him with their concerns.
You can send those to info.getalife at proton.me.