The Gateway: Teal Swan

By Gizmodo

The Gateway is a six-part series about Teal Swan, a new brand of spiritual guru, who draws in followers with her hypnotic self-help YouTube videos aimed at people who are struggling with depression an... more

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How many episodes does The Gateway: Teal Swan have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.

The Gateway: Teal Swan episodes:

July 04, 2018 Part 6: Shadows
After months of reporting, Jennings goes to Utah for one final interview with Teal.
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38min
June 27, 2018 Part 5: Memories
A look back at a strange chapter of American history known as the Satanic Panic—and how it connects to Teal.
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45min
June 20, 2018 Part 4: Tribe
In this exploration of Teal’s online empire, we’ll meet some of the people whose lives have changed because of her teachings.
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51min
June 20, 2018 Part 4: Influence
Meet some of the people whose lives have changed because of Teal’s teachings. Jennings tries out Teal’s signature healing process so he can figure out how it helps people think of their past in radically different ways.

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51min
June 13, 2018 Part 3: Philia
Jennings meets Teal at her retreat center in Costa Rica. He spends a week there, observing her therapy methods and getting to know some of the people who leave their lives behind to live with Teal and run her spiritual startup. It all starts with a death meditation, and it only gets stranger from there.
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43min
June 06, 2018 Part 2: Origins
Jennings travels to Utah, where Teal grew up and began her spiritual career. He learns more about the upbringing that shaped her teachings on suicide, and he meets the people who were closest to a Teal follower who took her own life.
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39min
May 30, 2018 Part 1: Catalyst
In April 2017 YouTube recommended reporter Jennings Brown watch a self-help video from Teal Swan, a spiritual guru with a global online following. He’d spend the next year trying to understand whether or not she’s dangerous.
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42min
May 21, 2018 Introducing The Gateway
Follow Gizmodo reporter Jennings Brown as he investigates an internet spiritual guru, named Teal Swan, and the deaths of some of her followers. The Gateway premieres on May 30th. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.
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4min

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