IN GOD WE LUST - BONUS EPISODE - Wondery

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Listen at http://wondery.fm/IGWL_MorningCup A woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. Go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw them all into the international spotlight. And that’s because the couple is none other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki, two of the most powerful figures in Evangelical America. Wondery presents In God We Lust, hosted by Brooke Siffrin and Aricia Skidmore-Williams of Even the Rich. A story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money and a very public fall from grace. When word of their affair fell into the wrong hands it led to political extortion and a public outing that brought Jerry Falwell Jr.’s empire crashing down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.8	sponsored by Wondery's newest show in God We Lust, a story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money, and a very public fall from grace.
1:14.6	A woman named Becky is lounging by the pool at the Fountain Blue Hotel when a good-looking
1:19.3	pool attendant catches her eye. She asks him if he would like to go on a date with her, but there's
1:24.2	a catch. Her husband wants in on the action, too. What begins as an unconventional
1:29.8	proposition will soon throw them all into international spotlight. That's because the couple is
1:35.8	none other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife, Becky, two of the most powerful figures in
1:41.5	evangelical America. While running Liberty University, a school
1:46.1	that strictly enforces abstinence, going as far as to create a rule against prolonged eye
1:51.5	contact with the opposite sex, the Falwell's Lord John Carlo Grande into a love triangle that lasted
1:57.8	years. In fact, their forbidden fling blossomed into a full-fledged relationship.
2:03.8	They promised him the world, paying for a new apartment, treating him to lavish vacations, and
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