Episode
Shiny Happy People: Growing Up Gothard
Overview
As IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar's power.
Details
- Series
- Shiny Happy People
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2023-06-01
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
Growing Up Gothard is Episode 2 in Duggar Family Secrets of Shiny Happy People. It aired on 2023-06-01. The runtime is 51 min.
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Episode 1: Meet the Duggars
The shiny facade of America's favorite giant family, and the ministry that guided their conservative values, is shattered, revealing a troubling reality underneath.
Episode 3: Under Authority
Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar grow their shared vision into an international empire on the backs of young people. Unpaid labor, abuse, and threats of retaliation build, until Gothard is finally cut down inside of his own organization. But the roots he put down are now spreading everywhere...
