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Leaving Eden Podcast

by Leaving Eden LLC

An Ex-Fundie, Deconstruction, and Cult podcast as told by cult survivor Sadie Carpenter, with her co-host Gavi HaCohen. This podcast covers Sadie's cult, (The Independent Fundamental Baptist church), other cults, (including Jonestown and the Branch Davidians), cult-related media (including reality TV shows and documentaries like The Duggars/19 Kids and Counting, Shiny Happy People, Welcome to Plathville, and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City), famous fundamentalist and fundie influencers, other religions, and the real and present threat that cults and cult ideologies pose to society as a whole. Our goal is to promote freedom of mind, freedom of thought, and freedom of religion. For press, sponsorship, and other inquiries, contact LeavingEdenPod@gmail.com Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Social Media: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

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Tradwife College Survivor Reviews Yesteryear

In this episode, we review Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. This episode contains spoilers for the entire book Yesteryear. This episode also contains discussions of phy

Sep 29
1 h 31 min

Introducing the Jordan Harbinger Show

In this mini episode, I would like to recommend The Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan has some amazing guests on his show, and he has a gift for making complex ideas accessib

Sep 29
1 min

Fundamentalism Survivor Reacts to "Death of the Pastor's Wife"

In this episode, we discuss the documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife," which chronicles the story of Mica Miller and the abuse she suffered at her husband, Pastor John

Sep 22
1 h 06 min

Bold Fundie Predictions! Anti-Doomerism! OCD Treatment! Our Plan to EGOT! It's Our 6th Anniversary!

EVERYONE who signs up to our giveaway wins a FREE spicy toy or gift card for toys! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod #bbpartner In this episode, Sadie discu

Sep 15
1 h 02 min

The Lilly Archive Episode

EVERYONE who signs up to our giveaway wins a FREE spicy toy or gift card for toys! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod #bbpartner Today we are joined by Lil

Sep 8
1 h 23 min

Snake Handling is extremely dangerous!

FREE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS FOR TOYS! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with Bellesa Boutique wins something! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod In this episo

Sep 1
50 min

Christian Nationalism Is Doomed To Fail

EVERYONE who signs up to my giveaway will receive a FREE Rose suction toy with their @bellesaco order! 🌹 https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod #bbpartner In th

Aug 25
42 min

The Hymen is Vacuum-Sealed for Freshness

In this episode, we discuss Sadie's (as of yet unproven but highly promising) Hypothesis about the risk factors between growing up with religious trauma and experiencing

Aug 18
43 min

Tim Rodrigues' Confession and Arrest, Jill Rodrigues Leaves Social Media

CW: This episode is about a domestic violence situation that includes discussion of multiple instances of physical and emotional abuse. Some of this discussion is graphic

Aug 11
1 h 15 min

Cult Survivor Reacts to INSANE AND GROSS Purity Culture Sermon

In this episode, We react to a sermon delivered by Eddie Lapina of First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, at their annual Pastors' School event. This sermon also happe

Aug 5
1 h 18 min

Parasocial Relationships are Weird as Heck

In this episode, we discuss the dangers of parasocial relationships and how people in parasocial relationships can come under a pseudo-cultlike control in their desire to

Jul 28
55 min

Introducing the Jordan Harbinger Show

In this mini episode, I would like to recommend The Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan has some amazing guests on his show, and he has a gift for making complex ideas accessib

Jul 28
1 min

Pope Leo Throws Down The Hammer!

EVERYONE who signs up to my giveaway wins a FREE spicy toy or gift card for toys! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod #bbpartner In this episode, we discuss t

Jul 22
51 min

Introducing the Jordan Harbinger Show

In this mini episode, I would like to recommend The Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan has some amazing guests on his show, and he has a gift for making complex ideas accessib

Jul 22
1 min

Steven Anderson's Shocking and Disturbing Crashout

Over 4th of July Weekend, notorious hate-preacher, abuser, and terminally online bottom feeding degenerate Steven Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Temp

Jul 15
1 h 06 min

Bill Gothard Is In A Coma (With Dee from Umbrella Rebellion)

Everyone who signs up to my giveaway wins either a free WhisperVibe™ or a FREE Rose toy with any WhisperTech™ purchase! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod #bb

Jul 8
1 h 07 min

Pride Stories with Dinah House-Fire

In this episode, we read listener stories with our wonderful friend, Dinah House-Fire! Thank you to everyone who wrote in! Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube!

Jun 30
1 h 23 min

Queer Identities and Deconstruction

EVERYONE who signs up wins a FREE toy or gift card! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod In this episode, we discuss the commonalities between searching for a r

Jun 23
1 h 03 min

Abusive Relationships and Cults

Sadie takes us through the BITE model and discusses how cult control looks in an abusive relationship and how similar it is to Christian Fundamentalism. 00:00 - Intro

Jun 16
1 h 08 min

Un-Clobbering the clobber verses

EVERYONE who signs up to my giveaway with @bellesaco will receive a FREE Rose suction toy with their order! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod In this episode

Jun 9
53 min

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