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If you remember the heyday of televangelists, there was always something.

Maybe it was all the way at the end of the program, but there was always something that was being sold.

There was always not only that ubiquitous ask for money.

I guess you can't blame them.

They've got to stay on the air.

But then there was always something they wanted to sell you. Sometimes it was a prayer cloth. Sometimes it was some form of other

trinket that was supposed to bring God's blessing into your life. Well, how much has changed

with the age of the televangelist having gone by and now everyone can stream anything they want

to whatever audience they can reach.

Welcome back to Issues, Etcetera. I'm Todd Wilkin. It's time for this week in Pop Christianity.

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