{"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":"Snake Handling is extremely dangerous!","slug":"snake-handling-is-extremely-dangerous","published_at":"2026-09-01T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/snake-handling-is-extremely-dangerous","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/leaving-eden-podcast/episodes/snake-handling-is-extremely-dangerous","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/e/6a95dde11d52ae16bae45903/media.mp3","summary":"FREE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS FOR TOYS! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with Bellesa Boutique wins something! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod In this episode, Sadie teaches us about SNAKE HANDLING! The most INSANE and DANGEROUS Christian subculture. Snake Handling, surprisingly, has actual biblical justification behind it. However it is not widespread due to the extreme danger of handling venomous snakes. Churches that practice snake handling often have members die or suffer serious injury as a result. James Dobson Bastard Kids episode about snake handling https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/168-snake-handlers-w-chelsea-weber-smith/id1573190999?i=1000666119686 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-22-tm-22814-story.html https://archive.org/details/serpenthandlingb00burt/page/29/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/serpenthandlingb00burt/page/48/mode/1up 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":"FREE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS FOR TOYS! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with Bellesa Boutique wins something! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3050,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/episodes/snake-handling-is-extremely-dangerous/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/snake-handling-is-extremely-dangerous.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}