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Leaving Eden Podcast

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

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Latest Episodes:

Steven Anderson's Shocking and Disturbing Crashout Jul 15, 2026

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Over 4th of July Weekend, notorious hate-preacher, abuser, and terminally online bottom feeding degenerate Steven Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe Arizona (In the same strip mall as the McDonald's) declared that he intends to stop preaching if god almighty does not punish his four estranged adult children for escaping from his abuse. In a 15-minute sermon, Anderson airs his own dirty laundry in a manner we found disturbing. In this episode we react to this sermon and give you our thoughts.

Warning: This episode contains extreme and hateful language

00:00 - Intro

08:24 - Dirty Laundry

09:13 - "Why I do not want to continue pastoring"

12:54 - "I can't control what's in my subconscious!"

15:47 - "The haters live in my head rent free"

19:12 - "Come At Me Bro"

20:33 - "Adultery with my wife"

31:49 - "All my friends have left me"

35:30 - Psychological battles

39:22 - Steven Anderson Hates America

41:16 - I WANT TO BE VINDICATED PUBLICLY

46:45 - "I don't want to spend time with my kids anymore"

49:54 - "I want god to punish my children"

55:50 - "I never want to see my kids again"

59:05 - "I will quit pastoring" (Not really)

66:38 - Speaking out WORKS!

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Bill Gothard Is In A Coma (With Dee from Umbrella Rebellion) Jul 08, 2026

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We are joined by Dee from Umbrella Rebellion to discuss the recent news that Bill Gothard had a heart attack and is currently in a coma. This news comes just months prior to an expected deposition in a lawsuit on behalf of IBLP survivors. Dee, an IBLP survivor gives a valuable perspective that many IBLP survivors may relate to.

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Pride Stories with Dinah House-Fire Jun 30, 2026

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

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Queer Identities and Deconstruction Jun 23, 2026

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In this episode, we discuss the commonalities between searching for a religious (or formerly religious) person during deconstruction and searching searching for an identity as a member of the LGBTQ community. We discuss the pros and cons of labels, as well as the connotations certain labels bring!

Next week we will be reading listener letters with Dinah House-Fire!

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Abusive Relationships and Cults Jun 16, 2026

Show notes

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

08:00 - Why are cults like abusive relationships?

12:27 - Behavior Control

17:30 - Written and unwritten rules

31:03 - Information Control

46:00 - Thought Control

52:48 - Emotion Control

59:00 - Queer Relationships

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Un-Clobbering the clobber verses Jun 09, 2026
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In this episode, we go through seven major bible verses that are most often used to promote anti-LGBTQ hate within Christianity and alternate (and in some cases more accurate and reasonable) interpretations. Sadie's theory is that in these verses and that everywhere that "sexual immorality" is mentioned in the bible, there is an element of consent that is often ignored by evangelicals or Christians who would use the bible as justification to hate members of the LGBTQ community. Gavi's belief is that it doesn't matter whether or not these verses refer to homosexuality because discrimination and hatred are against the higher-priority biblical commandments to love thy neighbor.
These passages include Genesis 9, Genesis 19, 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Timothy 1, Romans 1, and Leviticus 18.

00:00 - Happy Pride!
05:25 - What are "Clobber verses?"
07:25 - Genesis 9, Noah's Ark and the Curse of Ham
15:18 - Genesis 19, Sodom and Gomorrah
27:02 - Romans 1, "A reprobate mind"
33:38 - 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Timothy 1
40:04 - Leviticus 18, "It is abomination"
42:40 - Kavod Habriyot, and human dignity
46:50 - Romans 13, "Love Thy Neighbor," and financial ethics
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Anna and Josh Duggar's Prison Emails Jun 03, 2026

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In this episode, we discuss the emails sent between Josh and Anna Duggar between Josh's trial and sentencing in late 2021/2022.

The extended version of this episode which contains the discussion of NSFW emails sent between Josh and Anna is available at Patreon.Com/LeavingEdenPodcast

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Duggar Vehicle Tier List May 26, 2026

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In what is potentially the dumbest piece of content we have ever made, we present to you our duggar vehicles tier list. Yes, we made a tier list of every single vehicle mentioned in the Josh Duggar jail emails obtained by Lily Archive (the GOAT) by FOIA request. If you like this type of brainrotted nonsense, please tell us so we can make more of it.

Full tier list is located here, along with images of all of the cars (the tier list and pictures are not paywalled) https://www.patreon.com/posts/158887713

00:00 - Intro

07:48 - 2013 Toyota Tacoma

09:03 - 2006 Chevrolet HD2500 Duramax

12:12 - 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe

22:32 - Cadillac SRX 2WD

30:02 - Cessna 210 and 410

35:38 - Mitsubishi MU2

36:46 - Kubota Skid Steer and Tractor, Hino Dump truck

41:24 - Duggar motor home

42:38 - Black Limo from Copart

45:07 - BRING BACK THE EL CAMINO

47:36 - Honda Pilot

50:05 - Jana's Land Rover Discovery

58:43 - Duggar Bus

1:01:04 - 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 with hail damage

1:03:34 - 2006 Dodge (wrecked)

1:04:17 - Phenom 100 and helicopter

1:05:58 - Cadillac with a Northstar V8

1:14:44 - Honda dirt bike

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Duggar Prison Emails: Josh's SHOCKING Ignorance about the Bible and coded messages sent in scripture May 19, 2026

Show notes

This past month, Josh Duggar's prison emails sent between his conviction in December of 2021 and his sentencing in June of 2022 were revealed to the public via FOIA request (Thank You Lily Archive). In this episode, we go through the emails sent between Joshua Duggar and his spiritual advisor, LaCount Reber. Joshua stayed with the Reber family when he was out on bail during his trial. These emails reveal the depths of Josh's ignorance about even the most basic tenets of Christianity. They reveal a lack of curiosity, and an inability to read coded messages sent to him as bible quotations, and an understanding of scripture that can be (charitably) described as rudimentary.

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Bluesky:

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Fundie Mental Gymnastics: Drinking and Alcohol May 12, 2026

Show notes

In this episode, we discuss the mental gymnastics Fundies perform to say that drinking alcohol is a sin, even though Jesus turned water into wine. We go into the history of where the fundie taboo around drinking came from, how a social taboo became integrated into a religious doctrine, and why this makes zero sense.

In the Patreon extended edition, Sadie talks about her job working with at risk teens, and helping them identify abusive behaviors and how people can change abusive behaviors. https://www.patreon.com/posts/157928236

Please send your pride stories to LeavingEdenPod@Gmail.Com so we can read them on an episode!

00:00 - INTRO:

04:26 - Josh Duggar Emails

05:48 - SEND YOUR PRIDE STORIES TO US!

06:54 - Jesus' miracles

07:50 - Anti-Alcohol sentiment in Christianity

18:27 - Why did or didn't people drink alcohol in biblical times?

26:20 - Prohibition and the Scopes Monkey Trial

32:27 - Why are fundies stuck in the 1920s?

37:08 - Jesus turned water into... Grape Juice?

38:35 - He turned the water into Lean

39:35 - How the fundies convince themselves that Alcohol is bad

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Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content!

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Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans!

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Bluesky:

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@hellyeahsadie.bsky.social

@gavihacohen.bsky.social

Instagram:

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

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

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

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