I Hate James Dobson

May 13 2024 62
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Dr. James Dobson is a clinical psychologist, founder of Christian media empire Focus on the Family, a spiritual advisor to every Republican President since Reagan, and a paragon in the Evangelical Christian movement. And he's a massive dick.
Join therapists Jake (a former Evangelical) and Brooke (who knows almost nothing about Evangelical culture) as they read and tear apart Dobson's works. Get ready to laugh, cry, and rip your hair out as we explore the very many reasons why I Hate James Dobson.
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Episode 5: Bringing Up Boys - Part 1

May 13 2024 57 mins  
Buckle up boys and girls (and NO ONE ELSE!), things get unhinged this time around. Jake and Brooke talk all about Dobson's commercially-successful trash fire called Bringing Up Boys. There's cringe, there's trauma, there's holy bones - this episode has it all.Sources:"Animal Sex: How Anglerfish Do It" (2015) from LiveScience.comStudies about how human sexual dimorphism is vastly ov

BONUS: What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women - Uncut

May 06 2024 93 mins  
This is the full conversation between Brooke and Jake of "What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women" - a title I hope to never say or write again. This episode is for the podcast aficionados who want 90 minutes of uninterrupted Dobson talk. So if you're a masochist, enjoy! New episodes resume next week :)Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/

Episode 4: What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women - Part 2

Apr 29 2024 51 mins  
We back to finish out Dobson's confusing and upsetting book What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women. In episode 1 we covered women's top 4 problems (according to Dobson): low self-esteem; fatigue; loneliness, isolation, and boredom; and lack of romantic love in marriage. Today, we are covering the rest of them and trying to understand why Dobson thinks it's a great idea to

Episode 3: What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women - Part 1

Apr 15 2024 44 mins  
I'm just as frustrated with this title as you are, I promise.In this episode, Jake and Brooke talk about Dobson's feminist manifesto, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women. I'm sure we are all so glad to have Dobson mansplain women's problems to us, I'm sure he's super insightful about it.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetterL

Episode 2: Dare to Discipline

Apr 01 2024 78 mins  
In this episode, Jake and Brooke dive into Dobson's first book, Dare to Discipline, aka the reason you were spanked as a kid. And oh boy, Dobson comes out swinging in this one.Content warning for: child abuse, violence, and overly long explanations of operant conditioning.References and further reading:APA Resolution on Physical Discipline of Children By Parents (2019)"Physical dis

Episode 1: Who is James Dobson?

Mar 16 2024 55 mins  
On this premiere episode, Jake and Brooke travel through the sordid history of Dr. James Dobson, clinical psychologist turned Evangelical figurehead. Join us as we begin to discover all of the many reasons why I hate James Dobson.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetterLicense code: 9OT2MTBHWWSRZP5S Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f