On this week’s PCP we discuss larger than life evangelical Gwen Shamblin Lara, her rise to fame and power in the Remnant Church, and her terrifying and abusive weight loss philosophy that bolstered her fortune and destroyed many in it’s path. With the help of HBO Max’s multi-part documentary The Weigh Down: God, Greed and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin Persephone examines how one skinny woman - and her out of work actor second husband - scammed their way to success.
