Dear Alana,

A podcast by Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts - Mondays

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Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture

13 Episodes

  1. Atlanta’s Olympic bombing... Introducing ‘Flashpoint’

    Published: 9/6/2024

  2. Part 8: The Saint

    Published: 9/25/2023

  3. Part 7: Notre Dame is Burning

    Published: 9/18/2023

  4. Bonus 1: Dr. Hillary McBride

    Published: 9/15/2023

  5. Part 6: DEFILED

    Published: 9/11/2023

  6. Part 5: Piece of the Pie

    Published: 9/4/2023

  7. Part 4: Judo

    Published: 8/28/2023

  8. Part 3: My Secret

    Published: 8/21/2023

  9. Part 2: Father

    Published: 8/14/2023

  10. Part 1: Mom

    Published: 8/14/2023

  11. 'Dear Alana,' [Teaser]

    Published: 8/8/2023

  12. Introducing "Dear Alana,"

    Published: 8/7/2023

  13. Introducing 'Dear Alana,'

    Published: 8/1/2023

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4x nominee ​and WINNER at the 2024 Ambie Awards​. Host Simon Kent Fung explores the life of Alana Chen, a 24-year-old woman who disappeared from Boulder, Colorado in 2019. Alana left behind two dozen journals chronicling a deep faith, love of fashion, and dream of becoming a nun. She also harbored a secret. At 14, she confessed to her priest that she was attracted to women and was instructed not to tell her parents. Over the next seven years, Alana covertly received conversion therapy which her family believes played a role in her fate. Simon, who sought to change his sexual orientation through conversion therapy for nearly a decade in his efforts to become a priest, is compelled to understand the truth of what happened to Alana—and finally face what happened to him. “Dear Alana,” is an unraveling mystery and a poignant spiritual memoir about teenage rebellion and spiritual manipulation, the price we pay to belong and the systems that pay no price at all. ****Named one of the best podcasts of 2023 by Apple, KQED, and Lifehacker, and critically acclaimed by The Guardian, the CBC, and ​People Magazine. Explore more at www.dearalana.com