Introducing 'Dear Alana,'

To Live and Die in LA

Tenderfoot TV

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Documentary

4.6 • 31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Belief, belonging, betrayal. In "Dear Alana," Tenderfoot TV explores the life of 24-year-old Alana Chen who disappeared from Boulder, Colorado in 2019, leaving behind dozens of journals chronicling a deep faith, love of fashion, and dream of becoming a nun. But she harbored a secret about her faith and sexuality, one that stood in the way of her dream. Check out this sneak peak. Episodes 1 and 2 are available now on all podcast platforms. --- More info at www.dearalana.com 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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0:00.0	Hey, it's been a while, this is Neil Strauss, and I don't know if you read the announcement,
0:06.2	but there will be a mini season of to live and die in LA coming at the end of this year.
0:11.3	But I'm here with a special announcement, which is about a new podcast.
0:15.5	I want to give you a sneak peek of a new Tenderfoot TV podcast called Dear Alana.
0:21.4	It's about a young woman who disappeared from Boulder, Colorado in 2019.
0:25.8	She left behind two dozen journals chronically in her love of the outdoors,
0:29.9	Ultimate Frisbee, and a dream of becoming a nun.
0:33.6	She also kept a secret, one that put her dream at risk.
0:37.6	At 14 years old, Alana confessed to her priest that she was attracted to women,
0:42.6	and she was instructed not to tell her parents.
0:45.9	Over the next seven years, Alana covertly received conversion therapy,
0:50.0	which her family believes played a role in her fate.
0:53.2	Post-Simon Kentfung explores Alana's life and the parallels with his own personal experiences.
0:59.8	Simon also underwent conversion therapy for nearly a decade in his efforts to become a priest.
1:05.5	He was compelled to uncover the truth of what really happened to Alana,
1:09.4	and finally face what happened to him.
1:12.7	Dear Alana is available now.
1:15.0	Check out this sneak peek.
1:17.0	This was, I was telling you about this, that I found this on her keyboard.
1:24.7	It was just like kind of showed up and...
1:27.4	I'm in Joyce's apartment, and she holds up a folded letter with Alana's own curly handwriting.
1:32.9	I don't know, do you want me to read it too?
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