Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: The God Fraud | Part 1 | 83

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker get their start in Christian broadcasting in the early 1960s and quickly become television superstars. As their fame explodes, they build an empire complete with their own network, a theme park, and a super-sized luxury lifestyle for themselves. But when their spending – and their scandals – get out of control, they’ll face their own kind of judgment day.

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0:19.1	A heads up to our listeners. This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.
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0:31.8	Haggy, as you know, neither of us is Christian.
0:35.3	But I actually grew up watching a lot of evangelical Christians on
0:39.1	basic cable. I used to watch a lot of sermon TV. It was just what was served to me in the suburbs
0:44.2	on a Sunday. And I'm wondering if you did too. Sachi, this is like the most relatable thing for
0:50.6	people who didn't grow up Christian. I also did the same thing because you're just
0:55.7	kind of like, what's going on over there? Yeah. I remember watching 100 Huntley Street in the morning
1:00.9	sometimes. It's like the longest ever running thing on Canadian TV and like one of the
1:07.0	longest running shows in the world, actually. Yeah. But I remember watching it and being like, what's going on?
1:13.6	You know, it's like a way to understand the dominant culture,
1:17.4	especially when you grow up with a quote unquote weird religion, you know?
1:21.2	Yeah, yeah.
1:21.9	It's like anthropology work.
1:24.0	You're like trying to make sense of another community.
1:26.3	Yes.
1:27.0	Well, as ever, I'm asking because
1:29.3	today's scam is about one of the most famous Christian couples to ever preach on TV. Get your non-waterproof
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