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Episode 52 | HBO's The Way Down, Gwen Shamblin, and Christian Diet Culture


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The Woman Beings review and discuss "The Way Down," an HBO Max docuseries focused on cult leader Gwen Shamblin and the Christian weight loss program that brought her to prominence. The three-part docuseries covers Shamblin's rise in career that led her to start Remnant Fellowship, a controversial church in Brentwood, Tennessee. The church and its tight-knit community are known for their weight-loss workshops, peppy attitudes, and elaborate events, but the series reveals a dark underbelly of abuse and exploitation.

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