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13 O’Clock Episode 343 LIVE: Televangelist Scandals

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The 1980s, it seemed, were the peak decade for scandals involving various televangelists, with all the heavy hitters of the era–Oral Roberts, Robert Tilton, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker–becoming embroiled in various shenanigans, most of which involved the televangelists themselves engaging in behavior that they actually preached against, thereby revealing themselves as unmitigated hypocrites. On this wild and crazy episode, Tom and Jenny delve into three famous televangelist scandals, including those of Ted Haggard, who vocally opposed gay marriage despite having relations with a male masseur and also taking crystal meth; Jimmy Swaggart, whose holier-than-thou demeanor was somewhat undercut by him being caught with prostitutes; and the infamous Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, who were involved in various forms of fraud, on top of Jim engaging in a great deal of sexual misconduct. Cue the hallelujahs and dig out your checkbooks, we’re about to dive into some hypocritical hullabaloo on this spiritually bankrupt installment of 13 O’Clock.

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13 O’Clock Episode 287 LIVE: Dr. John Kellogg and the Battle Creek Sanitarium

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Who knew that cornflakes could be so fascinating?!? The name Kellogg is today remembered primarily in regards to breakfast cereals, but what some people may not know is that there’s a whole intriguing story behind Dr. John Kellogg, inventor of the cornflake among many other things, and the health spa he headed in Battle Creek, Michigan back in the 19th century. Kellogg, a Seventh-Day Adventist, was an early proponent of vegetarianism, light therapy, and physical exercise (among other, stranger things, like sexual abstinence and yogurt enemas) as a way to wellness. He was also remarkably prescient in his early development of nut butters, meat subsitutes, soy milk, granola, and other health foods that modern people take for granted. Unfortunately, he was also REALLY into eugenics, so can’t win ’em all. Join Tom and Jenny as they travel the Road to Wellville on this healthy history of Dr. Kellogg and his Battle Creek Sanitarium on a delicious and nutritious episode 287.

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13 O’Clock Episode 213 LIVE: The Shroud of Turin and Other Religious Relics

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On this holy (?) installment of 13 O’Clock, Tom and Jenny discuss the controversies surrounding the very famous Shroud of Turin, the long piece of linen that supposedly bears an image of Jesus. We also talk about many other fun (and really weird) religious relics, including foreskins, mummified heads, and other bizarre artifacts displayed to bolster people’s faith. Kneel down and pray for deliverance on the ecclesiastical smorgasbord that is episode 213.

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13 O’Clock Episode 55 – It’s Not the End of the World: Failed Doomsday Predictions

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THE END IS NEAR!!! Okay, not really, but a whole bunch of people throughout history have certainly thought that the whole human race was heading for a worldwide cataclysm…any day now. So far, not a single one of these gleeful doomsday prophecies has turned out to be accurate, but what is it with folks who keep predicting the end of the world? And why do their followers still believe them? On this episode, Tom and Jenny take a wild, whirlwind tour through the wacky world of the end of the world, discussing everything from the Great Disappointment of the Millerites to the repeated prediction fails of Harold Camping to the inscrutable prophecies of Nostradamus. Hunker down in your rapture bunker and spend your final hour with episode 55.

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