In 2004, the world got its first introduction to the Duggars . The Arkansas family with 14 (now 19) kids were a cartoonish oddity when they made their TV debut. They were fanatically religious, didn’t think women should wear pants, and bizarrely ate jar after jar of pickles . During 14 Kids and Counting , their first hour long TV special, when asked why they chose to have so many children, mother Michelle Duggar looked into the camera with her wide, vacant eyes and said, “We decided we wanted to allow God to give us all the blessings he wanted to give us.” For Kate J, host of the Duggar-themed podcast Defrauded , that moment would be the start of a baffling obsession. “But God also gave you birth control!” she snarks during an episode recap. “Yeah, those aren"t blessings ,” her co-host quips back. “Those are sperm .” Kate, who describes herself as “not religious at all,” hosts the weekly show alongside her boyfrien...
