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Sep 2025
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#233 Nathan Apffel - Inside the Dark Wor...

Shawn Ryan
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Nathan Apffel is a Christian, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and director of The Religion Business, a multi-part docuseries that exposes the financial practices and lack of accountability in Western religion, particularly Christianity. Drawing from personal experiences with church scandals and abuse, Apffel investigates how religious institutions accumulate vast w ... Show More
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