Shiny Happy People
A limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.
Cast
Amy King
Self - Cousin of the Duggars
7 episodes
Dillon King
7 episodes
Jill Dillard
Self - Member of the Duggar Family
4 episodes
Derick Dillard
Self - Jill’s Husband
4 episodes
Jen Sutphin
Self - YouTube Creator, Fundie Fridays
4 episodes
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Self - Author; Professor, Calvin University
4 episodes
Josh Pease
Self - Pastor, Journalist
4 episodes
Brooke Arnold
Self - Ex-IBLP
4 episodes
Jeff Sharlet
3 episodes
Deanna Duggar
Self - Jim Bob Duggar’s Sister
3 episodes
Jim Holt
Self - Duggar Family Friends
3 episodes
Bobye Holt
Self - Duggar Family Friends
3 episodes
Danielle Lindemann
Self - Author, ‘True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us’
3 episodes
Lindsey J. Williams
Self - Ex-IBLP
3 episodes
Floyd Oathout
Self - Ex-IBLP
3 episodes
Tara Oathout
Self - Ex-IBLP
3 episodes
Lara Smith
Self - Ex-IBLP
3 episodes
Chad Harris
Self - Ex-IBLP
3 episodes
Heather Heath
Self - Ex-IBLP
3 episodes
Tia Levings
Self - Ex-IBLP
2 episodes
Eve Ettinger
Self - Educator & Ex-Quiverfull
2 episodes
Emily Elizabeth Anderson
Self - Ex-IBLP
2 episodes
Mike Huckabee
Self (archive footage)
1 episode
Alex Harris
Self - Lawyer, Former Joshua Generation Leader
1 episode
Crew
- Executive Producers
- Cori Shepherd Stern, Julia Willoughby Nason, Olivia Crist, Blye Pagon Faust, Jody McVeigh-Schultz
Seasons
Duggar Family Secrets
2023 · 4 eps
A Teenage Holy War
2025 · 3 eps
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