Podcast Episodes

Heaven Bent Headlines: 7.25.25

Join Tara Jean as she unpacks this week's headlines from the Heaven Bent universe. New episodes every Friday. This week: Sean Feucht's cold reception in Canada, Art Lucier's new public statement, and…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Heaven Bent Headlines 7.18.25

Join Tara Jean as she unpacks this week's headlines from the Heaven Bent universe. New episodes every Friday. This week: evangelical fans turn on Chip & Joanna Gaines, Che Ahn says God told him to ru…

Published on 2 months ago

Heaven Bent Headlines: 7.11.25

This is the first edition of Heaven Bent Headlines, where Tara Jean unpacks headlines from the Heavent Bent universe: New episodes every Friday.

This week: 'That ChatGPT Tongues Thing,' 'Historic Chri…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

S7E4: Shut This Woman Up

Season 7 Episode 4

Bob Prater married into a family with roots going back to the very start of the Foursquare Gospel Church. That's how he came to learn about its founder Aimee Semple McPherson. What did his wife's gra…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

S7E3: One Christian Nationalist to Another

Season 7 Episode 3

She fed the poor, healed the sick - and mingled with the KKK. On this episode, Tara Jean will explore the connections between Aimee Semple McPherson and Christian Nationalism. Also, how did Aimee inf…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

S7E2: The Disappearing Sister

Season 7 Episode 2

By the mid-1920s, Aimee Semple McPherson had it all — a megachurch, a radio empire, and a captivated nation. But in May 1926, she vanished. Was she kidnapped? Was it a hoax? Or had she simply run awa…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

S7E1: Farm Girl From Ontario

Season 7 Episode 1

In 1923, Aimee Semple McPherson founded America's first megachurch, Angelus Temple, in Los Angeles, California. But how did this farm girl from Ontario become the most famous preacher in North Americ…

Published on 3 months ago

The Trouble With Sean Feucht

Sean Feucht is a prolific worship leader and the posterboy for Christian Nationalism, he's also a main character in the Heaven Bent Universe. On this episode, what's his connection to the unrest in L…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

S7 Trailer: The Rise of Sister Aimee

Season 7

At the beginning of the 20th century, evangelicalism was seen as a dying movement within Christianity. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, came Aime Semple McPherson. Aimee mixed religion with Hollywood-…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Heaven Bent: Behind The Mic

A researcher from the University of Georgia recently asked Tara Jean to be a part of a study. It's focus was on content creators whose work impacts people who are leaving or questioning a belief or c…

Published on 4 months ago