S2 E4: The 2008 Microtyrants
S2 E4: The 2008 Microtyrants
Explicit
Happy To Disappoint by Happy to Disappoint
S2 · E4
Jun 19, 2026
01:41:29
Episode notes

Welcome to the best worst year of our lives: 2008! In part one of this 2008 extravaganza, we’re taking a look at the repeat scandal that set off a chain of organizational and spiritual chaos, and some of the prominent figures that rose to power the INSTANT there was a power vacuum. Follow along as we wade through our big feelings about:

  • The 2008 Scandal and immediate subsequent siege--wait, no, “OUTPOURING”
  • Uncle Icky out of the picture for the first time in our lives
  • The Microtyrants who rose to prominence during this time
  • The whiplash of shifting from decades of insular doctrine to TODD BENTLY???

CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Ab*se, Emotional Ab*se, High Control Environments/Relationships, Narcissistic Ab*se and Manipulation, $*xually Inappropriate Behavior a ... 

Keywords
Religious Trauma
Happy To Disappoint
Cult Shit
Religious Hierarchy