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Gangster Capitalism S3: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University | Ep 7: On the Margins

Campus Files

Audacy

Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.67.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Atypical Liberty students face enormous and sometimes dangerous pressure on campus. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I grew up in a very religious, conservative household. I actually was homeschooled my whole life,

0:59.7

along with my two younger siblings. My family used this term, things of the world, which was

1:07.7

more liberal ideas, believing in science, and just simple things like that were kind of frowned

1:15.3

upon. I did feel a little bit separated from the outside world. There was kind of this feeling of

1:24.1

like, I feel like I'm missing out, Like, what kind of things am I not experiencing

1:29.5

or not learning about that so many other people my age are experiencing?

1:36.1

This is Tessa Russell, Liberty Class of 2020. I really didn't have a whole lot of friends growing up. And so coming into Liberty as a freshman,

1:49.2

I spent a lot of time getting to know girls in my hall or in my classes. And I started getting

1:55.3

more involved with my prayer group on my hall. And as I start to get to know people I started realizing oh like everyone

2:04.5

keeps talking about boys they're meeting in class and boys on the hall or boys in the dorm and

2:08.3

I kind of realized like I wasn't interested in anyone growing up we weren't really allowed to date

2:16.3

we had been told like if you're dating someone, it should be because you think you could marry them.

2:24.4

And so I think there was a lot of pressure on like, oh, if I go on a date with someone, it means that I think I'm going to marry them.

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