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Leaving Eden Podcast

Leaving Eden Podcast

Leaving Eden LLC

A podcast about the IFB Cult as told by survivor Sadie Carpenter, with her co-host Gavri'el HaCohen. This podcast covers the IFB, the history of the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement, other cults, 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.


General Content Warning: In general we talk about a lot of potentially triggering topics on this show, including but not limited to suicide and mental health, racism, misogyny, PTSD and PTSD symptoms, child abuse, mental, physical, and sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse including guilt, shame, and fear. In most episodes we’ll mention at least a few of these topics, but we try very hard to avoid graphic detail unless it’s relevant to the story we’re telling, and we do our best to give the audience a heads-up before going into detail on any of these topics.


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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Leaving Eden Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Leaving Eden Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Leaving Eden Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

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 learn about what the difference is between a cult and a religion. Gavri'el introduces the homework section, in which Sadie is assigned media that she missed out on growing up in a cult. This episode's assignment is the first six episodes of Pokemon Indigo League.

This episode has been remixed and remastered.

Special thanks to the AWESOME graphic designer Rachel Zylka, who made the artwork for this remastered series of episodes. For your graphic design needs, Leaving Eden Podcast highly recommends visiting http://rachelzylka.com

For Extended versions of this podcast, visit Patreon.Com/LeavingEdenPodcast

Link to Steven Hassan's BITE model https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/

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In this episode, Eric Skwarczynski of the Preacher Boys Podcast joins Gavi to discuss Olivia Plath's recent interview in Teen Vogue, The Matrix, and gas station food.


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Leaving Eden Podcast - Ep. 217: Aimee Semple McPherson Pt. 1
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02/10/25 • 94 min

This is the first of a 2 part episode about Aimee Semple McPherson, a woman who was possibly the first ever megachurch preacher in the early 1900s. Her story is as incredible as it is scandalous. We hope you enjoy!


The Leaving Eden Podcast is a religious deconstruction podcast. The basis for this show is our host Sadie Carpenter's upbringing in an extreme and culty branch of christianity known as the IFB movement. We use this experience to discuss cults, religion, and christian fundamentalism.


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Leaving Eden Podcast - Ep. 182: Revelation, The Rapture, and the End Times (Part 5)
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05/27/24 • 88 min

In this episode, we continue deconstructing the book of revelation and the rapture. We discuss the origin of some of these beliefs as well as some alternate theories.


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In today's episode, Sadie and Gavi discuss the extrordinary exploits of exorcist Bob Larson. From his humble roots to his *interesting* theology to his time touring with legendary thrash metal band, Slayer. After viewing footage of Bob Larson performing exorcisms, Sadie and Gavi take a questionnaire from Larson's website to determine the likelihood of whether either or both of them suffer from demonic posession or oppression. The answer may surprise you!

Sources for this episode are available on a FREE post that can be found at Patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast

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CW: This episode contains an extended discussion of exorcism and demonic possession.

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In this episode, Sadie and Gavi discuss a few additional details of Jinger Duggar Vuolo's book, Becoming Free Indeed. They then read and react to listener responses regarding the prospective doctrines with which Jinger is raising her children.


An extended, uncensored, and ad-free version of this podcast episode is available to subscribers at Patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast

WE HAVE NEW MERCH AVAILABLE, AND A NEW MERCH SHOP, at https://leavingedenpodcast.threadless.com

Stream the Leaving Eden Podcast theme song, Rolling River of Time on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lB7RwSQ9X5gnt1BDNugyS?si=jVhmqFfYRSiruRxekdLgKA.

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In this episode, Sadie takes us through the four main ways in which people get sucked into fundamentalism

In general we talk about a lot of potentially triggering topics on this show, including but not limited to suicide and mental health, racism, misogyny, PTSD and PTSD symptoms, child abuse, mental, physical, and sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse including guilt, shame, and fear. In most episodes we’ll mention at least a few of these topics, but we try very hard to avoid graphic detail unless it’s relevant to the story we’re telling, and we do our best to give the audience a heads-up before going into detail on any of these topics. This episode will briefly mention miscarriage, infertility,the death of a young child, families that struggle with addiction, unstable family dynamics, and various types of child abuse, and we will be going into detail on cult manipulation tactics like love bombing and other types of coercion.

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Stream the Leaving Eden Podcast theme song, Rolling River of Time on Spotify!

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Join our Facebook Discussion group!

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Instagram:

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https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/

Twitter:

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https://www.facebook.com/GavrielHaCohen

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Leaving Eden Podcast - Ep. 153: Created To Be His Helpmeet by Debi and Michael Pearl
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10/16/23 • 125 min

In this episode, we review "Created To Be His Helpmeet," by Debi and Michael Pearl. From the authors of "To Train Up A Child," This book is a popular guide for christian fundamentalist women, instructing them how to be submissive wives. This book advises women to minimize themselves and to be a person without needs or wants or desires, and to surrender their personal identity to be of service to their husband.

TW: In general we talk about a lot of potentially triggering topics on this show, including but not limited to suicide and mental health, racism, misogyny, PTSD and PTSD symptoms, child abuse, mental, physical, and sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse including guilt, shame, and fear. In most episodes we’ll mention at least a few of these topics, but we try very hard to avoid graphic detail unless it’s relevant to the story we’re telling, and we do our best to give the audience a heads-up before going into detail on any of these topics. This episode contains extensive discussion of domestic violence and emotional abuse including details, discussion of submission, and discussion of marital rape. There’s really no way to get around repeating those kind of details because it’s necessary to show just how bad this book is, but we will give a heads up before we do so anyone who needs to use that skip ahead button can do so.


An extended, uncensored, and ad-free version of this podcast episode is available to subscribers at Patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast


WE HAVE NEW MERCH AVAILABLE, AND A NEW MERCH SHOP, at https://leavingedenpodcast.threadless.com

Stream the Leaving Eden Podcast theme song, Rolling River of Time on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lB7RwSQ9X5gnt1BDNugyS?si=jVhmqFfYRSiruRxekdLgKA.

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On today's episode, Sadie and Gavi discuss Pastors School, the massive IFB pastors convention held at First Baptist Church of Hammond every spring. Sadie gives us the history of the event, some truly ludicrous Pastors School stories, the grueling schedule for the attendees, and one deeply inappropriate sermon she was made to listen to when she was a young teenager.


In general we talk about a lot of potentially triggering topics on this show, including but not limited to suicide and mental health, racism, misogyny, PTSD and PTSD symptoms, child abuse, mental, physical, and sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse including guilt, shame, and fear. In most episodes we’ll mention at least a few of these topics, but we try very hard to avoid graphic detail unless it’s relevant to the story we’re telling, and we do our best to give the audience a heads-up before going into detail on any of these topics. In this episode we are discussing Pastor’s School, so we’re talking a lot about FBCH in particular, we’re talking about some of the most specific Fundamentalist teachings and the people who teach them, and we’re also going to be talking about some very weird grooming and sexual behavior perpetrated by a speaker at this pastor’s conference.


An extended, uncensored, and ad-free version of this podcast episode is available to subscribers at Patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast

WE HAVE NEW MERCH AVAILABLE, AND A NEW MERCH SHOP, at https://leavingedenpodcast.threadless.com

Stream the Leaving Eden Podcast theme song, Rolling River of Time on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lB7RwSQ9X5gnt1BDNugyS?si=jVhmqFfYRSiruRxekdLgKA.

Join our Facebook Discussion group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus

Join our subreddit! Reddit.com/r/EdenExodus

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/

https://www.instagram.com/sadiecarpentermusic/

https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/

Twitter:

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https://twitter.com/HellYeahSadie

https://twitter.com/GavrielHacohen

Facebook:

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https://www.facebook.com/GavrielHaCohen

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How many episodes does Leaving Eden Podcast have?

Leaving Eden Podcast currently has 272 episodes available.

What topics does Leaving Eden Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Survivor, Christianity, Theology, Society & Culture, History, Lgbtq, Inspirational, Religion & Spirituality, Baptist, Documentary, Podcasts, Religion, Deconstruction and Cult.

What is the most popular episode on Leaving Eden Podcast?

The episode title 'Ep. 217: Aimee Semple McPherson Pt. 1' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Leaving Eden Podcast?

The average episode length on Leaving Eden Podcast is 97 minutes.

How often are episodes of Leaving Eden Podcast released?

Episodes of Leaving Eden Podcast are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Leaving Eden Podcast?

The first episode of Leaving Eden Podcast was released on Aug 1, 2020.

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