{"podcast":{"title":"Leaving Eden Podcast","slug":"leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","podcast_index_feed_id":1284338,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/1765941670113-f5ccd2f3-d0ca-4be4-a0b6-dc8b5fd7d3dc.jpeg","author":"Leaving Eden LLC","episode_count":339,"summary":"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. S…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T16:22:26.101814+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338"},"episode":{"title":"Parasocial Relationships are Weird as Heck","slug":"parasocial-relationships-are-weird-as-heck","published_at":"2026-07-28T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/parasocial-relationships-are-weird-as-heck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/leaving-eden-podcast/episodes/parasocial-relationships-are-weird-as-heck","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/e/6a682e020bd0d38defd3c835/media.mp3","summary":"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 be seen or noticed by a person they feel a strong connection to. In this episode we discuss parasocial relationships with celebrities like Taylor Swift, political commentators like Rush Limbaugh, and other notable people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk (as well as Lauren Ash, Sadie's parasocial bestie) Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ 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 Join our subreddit! Reddit.com/r/EdenExodus Bluesky: @leavingedenpodcast.bsky.social @hellyeahsadie.bsky.social @gavihacohen.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/sadiecarpentermusic/ https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode, we discuss the dangers of parasocial relationships and how people in parasocial relationships can come under a pseudo-cultlike control in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3314,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/episodes/parasocial-relationships-are-weird-as-heck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/parasocial-relationships-are-weird-as-heck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}