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Ep. 135: The Wizard Of God (Scandal / Affair / Fundamentalism / Jack Hyles / Vic Nischik / Battle of 1989 / IFB / First Baptist Church of Hammond)

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Sadie has finally gotten her hands on a copy of the rare fundamentalism memoir, "The Wizard of God, My Life With Jack Hyles," by Vic Nischik. This book contains many bombshells about the Hyles-Nischik affair that were previously unknown.


TW: In general we talk about a lot of potentially triggering topics on this show, including but not limited to suicide and mental health, racism, misogyny, PTSD and PTSD symptoms, child abuse, mental, physical, and sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse including guilt, shame, and fear. In most episodes we’ll mention at least a few of these topics, but we try very hard to avoid graphic detail unless it’s relevant to the story we’re telling, and we do our best to give the audience a heads-up before going into detail on any of these topics.


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