Hey listeners, this is Mike Moore for one of the producers of Scene of the Crime,

and I'd like to invite you to listen to a preview of an all-new podcast from Wondery,

called In God We Lust. This podcast starts with a woman named Becky, who's

lounging by the pool at the fountain blue hotel, when a handsome pool attendant catches her eye.

Becky asks him if he'd like to go on a date with her. But there's a catch.

Becky's husband wants it on the action too. What begins as an unconventional proposition

will soon throw them all into the international spotlight. And that's because the couple is none

other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becky, two of the most powerful figures in Evangelical

America. But as their forbidden fling blossomed in a full-fledged relationship,

the Falwells did much more than break their own rules. Wondery presents In God We Lust,

a story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money, and a very public fall from grace.

Or running Liberty University, a school that strictly enforced abstinence, even going as far as

to have a role against prolonged eye contact with the opposite sex. The Falwells lure Jean

Carlo Grande into a love triangle that lasted for years. They promised him the world, paying for

new apartment, treating them to lavish vacations, and broker meetings with the likes of Donald Trump.

But when word of their relationship fell into the wrong hands, it led to political extortion

and international headlines that brought Jerry Falwell Jr.'s empire crashing down.

You're about to hear a preview of In God We Lust. While you're listening,

subscribe to In God We Lust on Apple Podcast, Amazon Music. We're listening early and

ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. Enjoy this preview and we'll see you back here soon.

Soarisha, I want you to picture a pool at a luxury hotel on Miami Beach.

Oh, this is perfect. I need a vacation. Well, it's not just any hotel. It's the luxurious,

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