Heaven Bent

Is an insatiable sexual appetite something to be afraid of? Tara Jean believes purity culture made her think so. On the final episode this season, hear her intimate conversation with Lisa Diamond, pro...

18 Mai 35min

After Tara Jean lost her faith, she says there's an empty void that she tries to fill with other explanations for why there's anything. But why does that frighten her so much? And what does it have to...

11 Mai 40min

Tara Jean unpacks her fear of the rapture with Dr. Amy Frykholm, the author of "Rapture Culture: Left Behind In Evangelical America." https://www.amyfrykholm.com/rapture-culture Hosted on Acast. See a...

4 Mai 51min

Retching. Snarling. Supernatural strength. Tara Jean deconstructs the exorcism ritual with psychological anthropologist Tayna Marie Luhrmann. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

27 Apr 36min

At one youth group night in 1993, a church leader taught Tara Jean about the 'witching hour'. Why does this ominous time of night still haunt her decades after she left the church and where does this ...

20 Apr 43min

Growing up in the church, Tara Jean was instilled with a spirit of fear that has stayed with her decades after she stopped calling herself a believer. On this season, she'll lean on expert guests to h...

13 Apr 31min

Demons. The Antichrist. Witches. Tara Jean says she was instilled with a spirit of fear, in her childhood church. But it's now been decades since she was a believer, why is she still afraid? Join her ...

6 Apr 30s

Once upon a time, Brittany gave 6 years of her life to IHOPKC's 24/7 prayer room. Today, she's turned her experience in this high-control religious group into art. Join Tara Jean for her conversation ...

30 Mar 41min