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A podcast about the spiritual motivations behind crime and conflict from @ibnkulthum.bsky.social, @ellehardy.bsky.social and @comradesipho.bsky.social (youtube.com/@HelltoPayPodcast)
Deep in the jungles of Bougainville, a man crowned himself king, founded a bank with no money and promised salvation through spreadsheets.
Sean Williams of Underworld introduces us to Noah Musingku: architect of the most absurd sovereign state you’ve never heard of
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Sean Williams of Underworld introduces us to Noah Musingku: architect of the most absurd sovereign state you’ve never heard of
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26. Ponzi in paradise: the divine right of kings
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 09/15/2025 · 49m
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September 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Deep in the jungles of Bougainville, a man crowned himself king, founded a bank with no money and promised salvation through spreadsheets.
Sean Williams of Underworld introduces us to Noah Musingku: architect of the most absurd sovereign state you’ve never heard of
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Sean Williams of Underworld introduces us to Noah Musingku: architect of the most absurd sovereign state you’ve never heard of
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New episode!
@ibnkulthum.bsky.social on how a newlywed adventure into Afghanistan turned into one of the strangest hostage sagas of the 21st century — a tale of love, captivity, delusion and coercion — which has offered up more questions than answers app.redcircle.com/shows/163ffc...
@ibnkulthum.bsky.social on how a newlywed adventure into Afghanistan turned into one of the strangest hostage sagas of the 21st century — a tale of love, captivity, delusion and coercion — which has offered up more questions than answers app.redcircle.com/shows/163ffc...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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@ibnkulthum.bsky.social on how a newlywed adventure into Afghanistan turned into one of the strangest hostage sagas of the 21st century — a tale of love, captivity, delusion and coercion — which has offered up more questions than answers app.redcircle.com/shows/163ffc...
@ibnkulthum.bsky.social on how a newlywed adventure into Afghanistan turned into one of the strangest hostage sagas of the 21st century — a tale of love, captivity, delusion and coercion — which has offered up more questions than answers app.redcircle.com/shows/163ffc...
Indiana Jonesing: Raiders of the Lost Artifacts
In this episode, we dig into the bizarre saga of American evangelicals, stolen artifacts from Iraq, and a DIY biblical empire-building project gone very, very wrong.
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In this episode, we dig into the bizarre saga of American evangelicals, stolen artifacts from Iraq, and a DIY biblical empire-building project gone very, very wrong.
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RedCircle
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August 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indiana Jonesing: Raiders of the Lost Artifacts
In this episode, we dig into the bizarre saga of American evangelicals, stolen artifacts from Iraq, and a DIY biblical empire-building project gone very, very wrong.
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In this episode, we dig into the bizarre saga of American evangelicals, stolen artifacts from Iraq, and a DIY biblical empire-building project gone very, very wrong.
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New episode: the almighty dollar — how church became a $1.42T grift
We're joined by Nathan Apffel, filmmaker of the upcoming Amazon docuseries The Religion Business
We're joined by Nathan Apffel, filmmaker of the upcoming Amazon docuseries The Religion Business
23. The almighty dollar: how church became a $1.42T business
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 08/25/2025 · 53m
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August 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New episode: the almighty dollar — how church became a $1.42T grift
We're joined by Nathan Apffel, filmmaker of the upcoming Amazon docuseries The Religion Business
We're joined by Nathan Apffel, filmmaker of the upcoming Amazon docuseries The Religion Business
This week, the triumphant return of @comradesipho.bsky.social with an episode on the fascinating role of witchdoctors, sacrifices and sangomas in African football
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22. Spells and Soccer: The Secret Magic of African Football
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 08/19/2025 · 53m
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August 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This week, the triumphant return of @comradesipho.bsky.social with an episode on the fascinating role of witchdoctors, sacrifices and sangomas in African football
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We're back with a brand new episode about the phenomenon of Narcopentecostals — your not-so-friendly neighborhood evangelical drug lords podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
21. Gospel of the Gun: the story of church-run organized crime
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 08/10/2025 · 1h
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August 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We're back with a brand new episode about the phenomenon of Narcopentecostals — your not-so-friendly neighborhood evangelical drug lords podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
We're having a week off for a summer recharge, but we've got some great episodes in the pipeline. In the meantime, sign up to our Substack, and leave us a review on your podcast platform 🙏
July 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're having a week off for a summer recharge, but we've got some great episodes in the pipeline. In the meantime, sign up to our Substack, and leave us a review on your podcast platform 🙏
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We've also hurtled into the 21st century and joined YouTube! www.youtube.com/@HelltoPayPo...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We've also hurtled into the 21st century and joined YouTube! www.youtube.com/@HelltoPayPo...
We've also hurtled into the 21st century and joined YouTube! www.youtube.com/@HelltoPayPo...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We've also hurtled into the 21st century and joined YouTube! www.youtube.com/@HelltoPayPo...
*New episode*
Fowl play: How Chick-fil-A's anti-LGBT owners are flocking to Hollywood
We’re joined by our friend Conner from the Propagandos podcast to talk about how the famously hardcore evangelical, anti-LGBT Chick-Fil-A empire is invested in the film industry
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Fowl play: How Chick-fil-A's anti-LGBT owners are flocking to Hollywood
We’re joined by our friend Conner from the Propagandos podcast to talk about how the famously hardcore evangelical, anti-LGBT Chick-Fil-A empire is invested in the film industry
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July 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
*New episode*
Fowl play: How Chick-fil-A's anti-LGBT owners are flocking to Hollywood
We’re joined by our friend Conner from the Propagandos podcast to talk about how the famously hardcore evangelical, anti-LGBT Chick-Fil-A empire is invested in the film industry
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Fowl play: How Chick-fil-A's anti-LGBT owners are flocking to Hollywood
We’re joined by our friend Conner from the Propagandos podcast to talk about how the famously hardcore evangelical, anti-LGBT Chick-Fil-A empire is invested in the film industry
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How did Samantha Lewthwaite, the British wife of a 7/7 bombing suspect, go on to become one of the world’s most wanted people for her roles in multiple terrorist attacks across several continents? shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/... @ibnkulthum.bsky.social
19. White Widow, black ops | Hell to Pay
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July 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How did Samantha Lewthwaite, the British wife of a 7/7 bombing suspect, go on to become one of the world’s most wanted people for her roles in multiple terrorist attacks across several continents? shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/... @ibnkulthum.bsky.social
New episode: The prosperity gospel, or how jet fuel can’t melt golden calves
From 19th-century mentalists to multi-millionaires, we trace how a fringe theology promising health and wealth became a global juggernaut among evangelical Christians.
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From 19th-century mentalists to multi-millionaires, we trace how a fringe theology promising health and wealth became a global juggernaut among evangelical Christians.
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18. The prosperity gospel, or how jet fuel can’t melt golden calves | Hell to Pay
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July 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New episode: The prosperity gospel, or how jet fuel can’t melt golden calves
From 19th-century mentalists to multi-millionaires, we trace how a fringe theology promising health and wealth became a global juggernaut among evangelical Christians.
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From 19th-century mentalists to multi-millionaires, we trace how a fringe theology promising health and wealth became a global juggernaut among evangelical Christians.
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This week, @ibnkulthum.bsky.social takes us inside the Saudi social media phenomenon of 'free masked men' — anonymous videos complaining about declining living standards and calling for the head of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/...
June 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week, @ibnkulthum.bsky.social takes us inside the Saudi social media phenomenon of 'free masked men' — anonymous videos complaining about declining living standards and calling for the head of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/...
This week's unfortunately timely episode is on the history of Christian Zionism shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/...
16. Head injuries and hellfire: a brief history of Christian Zionism | Hell to Pay
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June 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This week's unfortunately timely episode is on the history of Christian Zionism shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/...
This week, we interview journalist @garethgore.bsky.social about his investigation into extreme Catholic sect Opus Dei podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
15. Opus Dei & Opus Night: the life and crimes of the bizarre Catholic sect
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 06/15/2025 · 50m
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June 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This week, we interview journalist @garethgore.bsky.social about his investigation into extreme Catholic sect Opus Dei podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Reactionary nihilism, ideological world building, and kitty litters in classrooms: in this episode, journalist and author @katherinestewart.bsky.social takes us inside the power center of American conservatives podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
14. Reactionary nihilism: Katherine Stewart on the modern religious right
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 06/08/2025 · 42m
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June 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reactionary nihilism, ideological world building, and kitty litters in classrooms: in this episode, journalist and author @katherinestewart.bsky.social takes us inside the power center of American conservatives podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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New podcast episode:
The siege of Glory Mountain: the preacher, the president, and the FBI
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The siege of Glory Mountain: the preacher, the president, and the FBI
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13. The siege of Glory Mountain: the preacher, the president, and the FBI
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 06/01/2025 · 58m
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June 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New podcast episode:
The siege of Glory Mountain: the preacher, the president, and the FBI
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The siege of Glory Mountain: the preacher, the president, and the FBI
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New episode of @helltopaypod.bsky.social out now: open.spotify.com/episode/1IYs... featuring our very first ever friend of the pod @pontsho.bsky.social!
We are talking about very very bad man Shepherd Bushiri.
We are talking about very very bad man Shepherd Bushiri.
12. Shepherd Bushiri – the fugitive pastor
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May 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New episode of @helltopaypod.bsky.social out now: open.spotify.com/episode/1IYs... featuring our very first ever friend of the pod @pontsho.bsky.social!
We are talking about very very bad man Shepherd Bushiri.
We are talking about very very bad man Shepherd Bushiri.
Ep 10: Pistols, a Bible and chocolate cake: the bizarre story behind Iran-Contra
In May 1986, two of President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council advisors, Oliver North and Robert “Bud” McFarlane touched down in Tehran on a secret diplomatic mission
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In May 1986, two of President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council advisors, Oliver North and Robert “Bud” McFarlane touched down in Tehran on a secret diplomatic mission
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10. Pistols, a Bible and chocolate cake: the bizarre story behind Iran-Contra
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 05/11/2025 · 56m
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May 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ep 10: Pistols, a Bible and chocolate cake: the bizarre story behind Iran-Contra
In May 1986, two of President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council advisors, Oliver North and Robert “Bud” McFarlane touched down in Tehran on a secret diplomatic mission
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In May 1986, two of President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council advisors, Oliver North and Robert “Bud” McFarlane touched down in Tehran on a secret diplomatic mission
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New episode:
When abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, evangelicals supported the decision — until a machiavellian conservative Catholic activist made it about another issue entirely. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
When abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, evangelicals supported the decision — until a machiavellian conservative Catholic activist made it about another issue entirely. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
9. The real story behind the anti-abortion movement
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 05/04/2025 · 50m
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May 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New episode:
When abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, evangelicals supported the decision — until a machiavellian conservative Catholic activist made it about another issue entirely. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
When abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, evangelicals supported the decision — until a machiavellian conservative Catholic activist made it about another issue entirely. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
Teenagers, rock music, pentagrams... and a country on the brink of collapse. We dig into one of the strangest moral panics in South African history — when fears of Satanism swept through churches, schools, and headlines during the final days of apartheid podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
8. The fall of Apartheid and South Africa's satanic panic
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 04/27/2025 · 57m
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April 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Teenagers, rock music, pentagrams... and a country on the brink of collapse. We dig into one of the strangest moral panics in South African history — when fears of Satanism swept through churches, schools, and headlines during the final days of apartheid podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
New episode: CIA chemist Frank Olson was found dead in suspicious circumstances after being covertly dosed with LSD.
Just how deep does knowledge of his death go? Will his family able to find justice? And why the hell did the CIA send him to see a magician? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
Just how deep does knowledge of his death go? Will his family able to find justice? And why the hell did the CIA send him to see a magician? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
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History Podcast · Updated Weekly · Aamer, Elle and Sipho explore spiritually motivated crime and conflict.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New episode: CIA chemist Frank Olson was found dead in suspicious circumstances after being covertly dosed with LSD.
Just how deep does knowledge of his death go? Will his family able to find justice? And why the hell did the CIA send him to see a magician? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
Just how deep does knowledge of his death go? Will his family able to find justice? And why the hell did the CIA send him to see a magician? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
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Pope Francis’ attempts to reform the shocking levels of corruption and fraud inside the Vatican were also extremely admirable. We recently did a podcast episode about it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
1. Money, sex and lies: The Vatican financial scandal
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 03/10/2025 · 58m
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April 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pope Francis’ attempts to reform the shocking levels of corruption and fraud inside the Vatican were also extremely admirable. We recently did a podcast episode about it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Episode 5: Alice in Ultraland: the mysterious death of a CIA scientist
Frank Olson was a chemist working for the US military when he was covertly dosed with LSD. Shortly afterwards, he was found dead in highly suspicious circumstances. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
Frank Olson was a chemist working for the US military when he was covertly dosed with LSD. Shortly afterwards, he was found dead in highly suspicious circumstances. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
5. Alice in Ultraland: the mysterious death of a CIA scientist
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 04/07/2025 · 53m
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April 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Episode 5: Alice in Ultraland: the mysterious death of a CIA scientist
Frank Olson was a chemist working for the US military when he was covertly dosed with LSD. Shortly afterwards, he was found dead in highly suspicious circumstances. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
Frank Olson was a chemist working for the US military when he was covertly dosed with LSD. Shortly afterwards, he was found dead in highly suspicious circumstances. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
Episode 4: The Brazilian preachers, their 55 kids, and how not to plan the perfect murder
In June 2019, Brazilian preacher Anderson do Carmo was murdered in cold blood.
But was it really a robbery gone wrong — or were there more sinister forces at play?
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In June 2019, Brazilian preacher Anderson do Carmo was murdered in cold blood.
But was it really a robbery gone wrong — or were there more sinister forces at play?
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4. The Brazilian preachers, their 55 kids, and how not to plan the perfect murder
Podcast Episode · Hell to Pay · 03/31/2025 · 35m
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March 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Episode 4: The Brazilian preachers, their 55 kids, and how not to plan the perfect murder
In June 2019, Brazilian preacher Anderson do Carmo was murdered in cold blood.
But was it really a robbery gone wrong — or were there more sinister forces at play?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
In June 2019, Brazilian preacher Anderson do Carmo was murdered in cold blood.
But was it really a robbery gone wrong — or were there more sinister forces at play?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...