This Was A Thing: The Retro Podcast

5: The Scandals of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker; Or, Praise The Lord and Pass The Cash


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Can you feel it? Can you feel the spirit? Can you feel the spirit moving your money right into the bank accounts of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker?

 

To coincide with the brilliant "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" we are doing a deep dive into the scandal that brought down the PTL ministries and how Jim Bakker got away with embezzlement for so long.....he had some help from the man upstairs.....Ronald Reagan.

 

Rob gives Ray a lesson in the history of evangelism, how televangelists were able to be exempt from taxes and audits, why Jim and Tammy Faye became the face of Christianity, Jerry Falwell taking his marching orders from Machiavelli, the South Korean studios that never were, the defaming of Jessica Hahn, the rebirth of Tammy Faye, and what Jim Bakker is peddling to sorrowful souls now.

 

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

 

 

AUDIO/VISUAL

Pat Robertson Quotes

The Rise and Fall of Jim Bakker

Tammy Faye Sings

Jim and Tammy Faye on Nightline

 Sam Kinison

Jim Bakker Bucket Song


Music and Sound Effects

“O Happy Day”

“Tanz, Tanz, Kneydlekh” by Yid Vicious

“O Happy Day” arranged by David Murdock

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