Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Robert Mathis, Daniel Muir and T.J. Clemmings were all searching for something after their NFL careers, and they chose to follow Pastor Charles Dowell. We talked to other former NFL players about their lives after the game, and their own search for meaning when their all-consuming sport was finished. Many NFL careers end before the player has even turned 30, and players have to figure out, what’s next? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bonus Episode: Behind the Reporting: The Making of Spiraled
Reporter Kalyn Kahler talks to producer Buffy Gorrilla about the twists and turns of reporting her Sports Illustrated story, Pray for Kabeer and the challenges of doing more investigating and turning old and new information into a podcast. What happens when your main character refuses to go on the record? And what does Kalyn think is next for Straitway Truth Ministry?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Man to Man
What happened after two of Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila’s ‘brothers’ were arrested? Kalyn ties up the loose ends in this final episode. She also tries to answer some of the unanswerable questions about Straitway Truth Ministry. Plus, she finds out how Eileen Noyes (formerly Gbaja-Biamila) and Christiana Cooke (formerly Clemmings) are doing today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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From Packer to Pariah
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila creates a scene at the traditional Christmas program at his children’s school. Two of Kabeer’s followers are arrested and the news spreads through Green Bay and further afield. It all seems so strange. Kalyn looks into why religion and the NFL are undeniably linked. Plus, when Kalyn receives a strange text, her investigation takes another turn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Jezebels
The women of Straitway Truth Ministry are there for one purpose: to serve the men of Straitway Truth Ministry. Kalyn shares the story of one source who lived at Straitway as a young girl and the life she and her sister endured. There are, however, some women who choose this life willingly - or do they? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former Green Bay Packers star Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila was a stand-up guy in the Green Bay community after he retired from his football career. But in December 2019, his reputation changed when two of his friends were arrested at a Christmas program at his children’s school because they trespassed and carried guns without a license, and Kabeer was the one who sent them. The incident was all over the news. But how did this happen to such a respected figure? What does he believe now? And how many other ex-NFL players have gone down the same spiral?
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