The 5 Best Leaving Eden Podcast Episodes
1) Ep. 1: What Makes a Cult? REMASTERED (Fundamentalism / BITE Model / Life Story / Christianity / Jesus / Religion / Baptist / IFB / First Baptist Church of Hammond / Introduction / Pilot / Pokemon)
In the pilot episode of the Leaving Eden Podcast, we meet our hosts, cult survivor and cult expert Sadie Carpenter, and her co-host, Gavriel HaCohen. We get the overview of Sadie's life story and lear...Show More
2) Ep 2: Rock 'n' Roll is the Devil's Music! REMASTERED (Deconstruction / Racism / Cult / Curse of Ham / Theology / Fundamentalism / Exfundie / Jesus / Satanic Panic / White Nationalism / Pokemon)
On this episode, Sadie and Gavi look into the theological roots of why rock 'n' roll is associated with Satan and demons, and why this theology also promotes racism. In the homework section of this ep...Show More
3) Ep. 3: School Rules (Welcome to Cult College) (REMASTERED) (Education / Dating / Hyles Anderson / IFB / Control / Deconstruction / Fundamentalism / Exvangelical / Jesus / HAC / Clueless Movie)
Sadie and Gavri'el compare and contrast experiences at college, including a deep dive into the cult college student handbook! For homework, Sadie watches and reviews Clueless.Instagram: https://w...Show More
4) Ep. 4: What If He Drinks Mountain Moo? (Dating and Relationships as a Cult Member) (REMASTERED) (Fundamentalism / IFB / Hyles Anderson / Purity Culture / Dating With A Purpose / Virginity / Shrek)
Sadie and Gavi compare and contrast experiences dating in high school and college. They discuss the fundamentalism dating manual written by convicted pedophile Jack Schaap, Dating with a Purpose, and ...Show More
5) (REMASTERED) Ep. 6: What is a Life Verse? (Biblical Bootylicious) (Theology / Christianity / Bible / Fundamentalism / IFB / Autograph / Walk With God / Jesus / Religion / Baptist / Exvangelical)
Sadie and Gavi discuss the concept of "Life Verses" within the IFB. For extended and uncensored versions of most of our episodes, visit Patreon.Com/LeavingEdenPodcastCover Art for Remastered edit...Show More
6) Fundies YEARN for the year 100 AD
In this episode, we discuss what the early church actually was, and how Christianity was formed as much by Paul as it was by Jesus.Citations for claims about the authorship of the bible:Tabor, J. D. (...Show More
7) What Is Fundamentalism?
In this episode we discuss the history of (small f) fundamentalism and how it became (capital F) Fundamentalism that we see today.Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!https://www.youtube.com/@leaving_eden...Show More
8) How Do Cults Work?
In this reintroduction episode, we discuss how cults work with examples from Sadie's life.Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!https://www.youtube.com/@leaving_edenJoin our discord server! https://discord...Show More
9) The Mary Cosby Jim Jones Connection
In Part 3 of our series on Mary Cosby, we discuss the theological reasons why people believe that she is god. We discuss the direct link between Mary Cosby and Jim Jones. We also discuss the sketchine...Show More
10) We Were Cut Out of the Mary Cosby documentary (Mary Cosby Parts 1 and 2)
In the fall of 2024, we contributed to a streaming documentary focused on Faith Temple Pentacostal church in Salt Lake City Utah, and its first lady, Mary Cosby, who is a cast member on the Real House...Show More