{"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":"The Hymen is Vacuum-Sealed for Freshness","slug":"the-hymen-is-vacuum-sealed-for-freshness","published_at":"2026-08-18T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/the-hymen-is-vacuum-sealed-for-freshness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/leaving-eden-podcast/episodes/the-hymen-is-vacuum-sealed-for-freshness","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/e/6a7aa937efa771345ac0cf1b/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we discuss Sadie's (as of yet unproven but highly promising) Hypothesis about the risk factors between growing up with religious trauma and experiencing domestic violence as an adult. Resources: “Experiencing Child Abuse Increases Risk for IPV in Adulthood” - Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invisible-bruises/202412/experiencing-child-abuse-increases-risk-for-ipv-in-adulthood?msockid=2ba568d81b3f696a252c7fd51a9768c8 Study correlating religious abuse and domestic violence – https://vashtiinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rts-connections-to-dv-and-sa-preliminary-res.pdf “A Commentary on Religion and Domestic Violence” by Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune with Salma Abugideiri and Rabbi Mark Dratch – https://evawintl.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Commentary-on-Religion-and-Domestic-Violence.pdf 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 Sadie's (as of yet unproven but highly promising) Hypothesis about the risk factors between growing up with religious trauma a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2626,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/episodes/the-hymen-is-vacuum-sealed-for-freshness/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/the-hymen-is-vacuum-sealed-for-freshness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}