As longtime Weirdo Listeners know, we don’t always have guests—but when we do, they win awards. Or they should. New York Times contributor Sam Kestenbaum won a 2023 Wilbur Award this past spring for a captivating article on Kathryn Krick—a Christian social media celebrity and charismatic preacher who frequents parks in the Los Angeles area to perform healings and exorcisms. The article is called “Demontime: How a former actress-turned-Christian EDM singer from small-town New York became a Pentecostal faith healer for the TikTok era”: https://thelandmag.com/krick-ministry-faith-healer/.
In honor of the award, we’re rebroadcasting this, one of our most popular eps from 2022! In which we talk with Sam about the article and the person behind it.
Updated Notes: Kathryn is still going strong…
Kathryn Krick on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApostleKathrynKrick [[where the majority of her activity seems to be now]]
Kathryn Krick on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@_apostlekathrynkrick [[she seems to have stopped posting new material here??]]
Sam Kestenbaum on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skestenbaum
Kathryn Krick’s church webpage: https://5fchurch.org/leadership
Interview with Sam Kestenbaum: https://therevealer.org/insights-from-a-religion-reporter/
Sam’s website: https://samkestenbaum.com/
120 THE DECHURCHING (the stunning story of why people have left church)
119 THE FIRSTSTONE (news roundup: Bible quoting courtroom antics and living forever)
118 THE COTTON (academic conference attire, Cotton Mather, and the Bible in America)
117 THE BOOKS (live episode! books that have changed our lives)
116 THE MH370 (this year's weirdest airplane-UFO conspiracy so far)
115 THE SCARIES (movies we’re watching and NOT WATCHING this Halloween)
114 THE AYNRAND (what is it like to grow up in an Objectivist household?)
038 THE TRUTH (Ancient Aliens, the History Channel, and all of the possibilities) [September 2019]
113 THE X (why are the clothes on floor and Real Talk Kim)
033 THE NOSTALGIA (Stranger Things, Cold War, child abductions) [AUGUST 2019]
PLEASANT SUMMER INTERLUDE (everything is permissible, a note on episode rhythm, and mustache musings)
112 THE GOLD (news roundup: miracle gold dust, huge UFOs, Aspen woo, Seven Mountains theology)
081 THE WILEYMAN (The Late Great Planet Earth and Vladimir Putin's spirituality) [March 2022]
111 THE PARENTS (what does sociology tell us about whether kids carry on with the faith of parents?)
110 THE ENNEAGRAM (we confront the personality mob and take a Bible character Enneagram test)
109 THE EXPERIENCERS (shocking developments in the UFO community)
108 THE SÉANCE (News Roundup: bringing back the dead; Rainn Wilson is Bahai; Pope's exorcist)
034 THE CONGREGATION (Ultra Star Wars Fandom and Authorial Intent) [August 2019]
107 THE LANADELREY (an annotated commentary on the track "Judah Smith Interlude")
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