Featured in the Shiny Happy People 2 doc-series, Cindy was deep in evangelical nationalism when she was hired as head of PR to silence whistleblowers from the Honor Academy at Teen Mania. She was told they were simply disgruntled chiIdren who were lying to defame the massive enterprise. Years later, she would realize, not only were the alumni telling the truth, but the upper management knew about the tort*re the chiIdren went through and did nothing to stop it, or change their practices for the following group. In fact, it was all part of the system to break the will of the interns and mold them into warriors for Jesus so they could penetrate all facets of society and create a Christian nation. Once Cindy’s eyes were opened, she took all their insider financial information to a news station to blast the story to the world. Email Cindy: CindyMallette@gmail.com Watch the interview with Mica Ringo: https://youtu.be/Sa6bjjPBcK8?si=xZ7W76N41KZi9oVR Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClips Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness Venmo @sheliseann Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness Host Instagram @sheliseann https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/ Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_ https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_ TikTok @cults.to.consciousness https://www.tiktok.com/@cults.to.consciousness Twitter @cultstocon https://twitter.com/cultstocon Chapter Marks 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:35 Teen Mania, explained 00:07:12 90s Evangelical youth culture, and how Cindy got involved with Teen Mania 00:16:53 Cindy gets called to help with Ministries PR crisis 00:24:41 From silencing whistleblowers, to becoming one 00:45:53 "Recovering Alumni" Blog that led to the demise of Teen Mania 00:49:44 "ESOAL" (Emotionally Stretching Opportunity of a Lifetime), explained 00:54:06 How Cindy ended up leaving Teen Mania 01:07:26 How Cindy exposed Teen Mania 01:19:00 Final thoughts, Linda Listen 01:21:57 What Cindy is looking forward to with the Shiny Happy People Documentary release **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.**