π SAVE THE TIGER
THE LIST
We all have one.
A list we don't write down.
A list we don't talk about.
A list of people we just can't seem to forgive.
Sometimes the names on that list belong to people who betrayed us.
Sometimes they belong to people who manipulated us.
And sometimes...
They belong to people who convinced us they were speaking for God.
π£ GUEST INTRODUCTION
In the summer of 1997, Peter Young was living the dream.
A former college basketball player and coach, Peter had landed his dream job as a sports broadcaster. He married the woman he loved, started a family, and watched his television career flourish.
Life was good.
There was only one problem.
A mysterious spiritual leader known simply as "Uncle Robert."
What began as an uncomfortable family dynamic slowly became something much more dangerous.
Over the years, Uncle Robert's influence grew beyond spiritual advice and into nearly every aspect of family life. Marriages, parenting decisions, relationships, and personal beliefs all seemed to orbit around one man.
Peter shares that journey in his powerful memoir, Stop the Tall Man, Save the Tiger.
π EPISODE DETAILS
In this episode, Peter takes us inside the strange and unsettling world of Uncle Robert Booty, a self-appointed spiritual authority whose influence slowly took control of Peter's marriage, family, and sense of reality.
What started as a love story became a decades-long struggle with manipulation, spiritual abuse, coercive control, and the pressure to surrender his own judgment.
Peter discusses how religious language was used to demand obedience, why questioning the group came with consequences, and how he ultimately found the courage to reclaim his identity and freedom.
We also explore forgiveness. Is forgiveness possible when someone never apologizes? Can you move forward without forgetting? And what happens when the person who hurt you still believes they did nothing wrong?
It's a conversation about faith, family, influence, freedom, and what it takes to break free when control disguises itself as truth.
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