Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment have launched the third season of investigative franchise hit podcast Witnessed.
Witnessed: Mystic Mother explores the story behind the Phoenix Goddess Temple, a place that offered “seekers” healing through sensual touch before it was shut down by police in 2011 over allegations of prostitution.
What some saw as a spiritual home, the state saw as a brothel operating under the guise of religious freedom.
Hosted by sisters Leah and Katie Henoch, Witnessed: Mystic Mother follows the rise and fall of the Phoenix Goddess Temple, and tells the story of a community still reckoning with the fall out a decade later. The series raises fundamental questions around the criminalization of sex work and the boundaries of religious freedom in America.
“This complicated story has captivated us for years. Mystic Mother explores the larger questions around religious freedom, control of women’s bodies and the law’s complicated role in both,” said Leah and Katie Henoch. “This series offers a unique perspective on the story of the Phoenix Goddess Temple, allowing listeners to draw their own conclusions about what happens when your beliefs might be against the laws.”
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