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In the second part of this two-part epic, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker go their separate ways and carve out very different paths — but they both still love being in the spotlight. Tammy becomes a fixture on daytime and reality T.V., while Jim gets out of prison and goes right back to televangelizing. This time, he’s embracing a whole new scheme: shilling products for the apocalypse. In the second part of this two-part epic, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker go their separate ways and carve out very different paths — but they both still love being in the spotlight. Tammy becomes a fixture on daytime and reality T.V., while Jim gets out of prison and goes right back to televangelizing. This time, he’s embracing a whole new scheme: shilling products for the apocalypse.

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Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker get their start in Christian broadcasting in the early 1960s and quickly become television superstars. As their fame explodes, they build an empire complete with their own network, a theme park, and a super-sized luxury lifestyle for themselves. But when their spending – and their scandals – get out of control, they’ll face their own kind of judgment day.  

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Robert is joined by Vic Berger to discuss Televangelist, Jim Bakker.

FOOTNOTES:

1. PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire
2. Touching Empathy
3. The “Real” Reason Televangelist Jim Bakker Went to Jail
4. What happened to Tammy Faye Bakker after the PTL scandal?
5. Jim Bakker is Still Here
6. The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker
7. Where Are They Now?: Jim Bakker
8. Jim Bakker's Christian amusement park is now a post-apocalyptic ghost town
9. Jim Bakker Freed From Jail To Stay in a Halfway House
10. 1987: Jim Bakker resigns from PTL; Jerry Falwell assumes leadership
11. Interview with Jessica Hahn
12. About Pastor Jim
13. The scandals that brought down the Bakkers, once among US's most famous televangelists
14. Televangelist Jim Bakker’s Road to Redemption
15. Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's 'Survival Food'

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