The Gateway: Teal Swan

The Gateway is a six-part series about Teal Swan, a new brand of spiritual guru, who draws in followers with her hypnotic self-help YouTube videos aimed at people who are struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. Some followers move to Teal’s healing center, a spiritual startup where they produce content and manage social media accounts. Teal insists her therapy saves lives, but her critics say Teal’s death-focused dogma is dangerous. Gizmodo reporter Jennings Brown traveled to rural Utah and to the forests of Costa Rica, with extensive access to Teal and her inner circle, to understand Teal's teachings and investigate the deaths of some of her followers.
Fantastic.
2022-06-14
And absolutely terrifying. Binged this podcast in one day.
So good!
2022-06-01
Had me hooked from the very beginning. Such a well done podcast! Held my attention throughout which is hard to do.
Fascinating, but not nearly critical enough
2022-06-01
Interesting, but not nearly critical enough. Someone claiming they know all your thoughts, or that a doctor should have people “channel” a patient’s organs? or anything else that’s claimed here? It’s all ridiculous. None if this is reality, and this woman is either delusional herself, or an outright charlatan. Vulnerable or desperate people need help and support, but this is not that.
What a fabulous podcast
2022-06-01
Interesting…..well podcasted…… ❤️❤️❤️
Glad this podcast exists!
2022-05-18
This was a well-done podcast. Teal Swan comes across as a very unintelligent person who is trying very hard to convince us otherwise. Her energy is the complete opposite of spiritual. Her dark attitude and need for power comes through when she speaks and is very off-putting to me. I’m glad she’s being exposed. Hopefully no more lonely people will get sucked in to her depressing world.
Gripping
2021-11-21
Very interesting and well reported!
Fascinating!
2021-09-19
I started off with a “Ok maybe I’ll kill some time with this” and then it became a “OMG I need to hear more!”. Nicely done, very detailed and well paced.
Great podcast didn’t realize how yucky teal swan is
2021-06-21
If you’re on YouTube, the way things are recommended, videos by this woman will pop up. It always seemed innocent to me, a lot of gibberish and pseudo-intellectual arrogant stuff but she’s got humility and her beauty act down pat. Half of her sentences makes sense. Half of her videos makes sense. The other half is complete crap. Listening to her off-camera make excuses for her business and how she earns a living has completely changed my idea that this woman is harmless. She’s a waste of time and I am so glad that this podcast was made. Rabbit Hole podcast by the NYT is another excellent podcast that shows how dangerous passively bingeing YouTube can be.
I disagree
2021-04-19
Great podcast. I will start by saying that I was a Teal Swan fan before listening to this podcast, and that I am also clairvoyant and a channeller. The topics discussed in this podcast are very spiritual, which many have trouble understanding. Because of that, I found that the investigator didn’t know what he was talking about. (Like some of Teals haters). Although his care for suicide and helping people seems sincere, I found myself rolling my eyes at him and agreeing with Teal Swan most of the time. Although the interviewer questioned Teal’s work for being damaging or unhelpful, this podcast made me appreciate her ever more. It was great to learn more about her past, her peers, and her work. In my opinion, she may not be “licensed” but it doesn’t mean she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. (Ex : My father might know more about cars than a mechanic). If someone’s client dies by suicide, I don’t believe the teacher should be blamed. No one is perfect, so it is healthy to question her, but I think she’s educated, gifted, and admirable. In all, I loved this podcast! It was organized well, investigative, interesting, and I liked all the sounds used. Great work! I recommend it :)
The Reporter Was TOO Impartial for a Subject So Dangerously Uneducated
2021-02-10
From a journalistic point of view, the documentarian was very impartial but everything “Teal Swan” practices is not medically sound, is based on no psychological education, she doesn’t even speak in an educated manner so she leaves you with a high school drop-out vocabulary and she’s obviously glorifying suicidal ideation to lost sheep in order to gain worship and fortune. She was summoned to Costa Rica via a spiritual source? That’s convenient and hilarious she wasn’t summoned to an Antarctic wasteland instead though that’s where she belongs.
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- CreatorGizmodo
- Episodes7
- Seasons1
- RatingClean
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