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Deborah Frances-White: I escaped a cult and learned to live again

Deborah Frances-White: I escaped a cult and learned to live again

Update: 2025-08-11
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Comedienne and social media sensation Deborah Frances-White joins Ateh Jewel this episode to discuss her upbringing in Australia, including her teenage years spent in what she describes as a "religious cult", and how leaving the cult led her to re-evaluate everything.


Deborah shares her best lessons from a decade of studying feminism, how to have difficult conversations and how to be more confident as a woman.
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Editor: Liam Davis


Executive producers: Christian Anderson-Ramshall and Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon


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Deborah Frances-White: I escaped a cult and learned to live again

Deborah Frances-White: I escaped a cult and learned to live again

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