S3: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University | EP1: Quid Pro Quo

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Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A never-before told story details Jerry and Becki Falwell’s behavior at the height of their power. And a favor comes with big enough strings attached to change the course of an election. 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	I was working on my foundation and the first thing that we're thinking of is how do we
0:13.4	start raising money to start making things happen.
0:17.3	One of our board members, father, was associated with Jerry Falwell.
0:22.2	Up until this past year, I had no idea who the Falwells were or anything about them was
0:28.5	their.
0:31.7	In the summer of 2020, Cori Lynn Bailey was trying to raise money to start a nonprofit
0:37.2	foundation when she learned that her business partner had a connection to someone who could
0:41.8	help, Jerry Falwell Jr.
0:45.4	The Falwells were like the royal family of conservative Christianity.
0:49.7	So Cori Lynn and her business partner made plans to meet up with the Falwells in Memphis
0:55.6	as they began their family vacation.
0:59.9	When the Falwells landed in Memphis, they came in on a private jet and they immediately
1:06.6	got whisked away to go to meet with Jerry Lee Lewis.
1:14.2	Cori Lynn's business partner's father lived in town and he deranged forget together for
1:20.2	the Falwells to meet rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis.
1:25.1	Jerry Falwell Jr. is a big fan of Lewis and his 1957 classic, Great Balls of Fire.
1:50.6	While Jerry Falwell Jr. was singing to Jerry Lee Lewis, Cori Lynn was waiting for the
1:55.9	family back at the Peabody Hotel.
1:59.3	I had made dinner arrangements inside of the hotel for everyone, including the grandkids
2:05.9	and everybody came.
2:08.2	Dinner seemed to Cori Lynn like the perfect time to pitch her nonprofit foundation.
2:13.2	I want to tell them about this amazing foundation and what we're doing, but I think that they
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