Interview · moment 2 of 20
Meeting the Mormon and Getting Married at 16
from Alien School (with Jessa Reed) · #89
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3 minGuest
Jessa explains how she met her podcast co-host, his exit from Mormonism paralleling her own recovery, and her backstory of getting pregnant by a pastor's son and marrying young.
- 3:47Guest's podcast is called The Mormon and the Meth Head.
- 3:57Met her Mormon co-host at a comedy festival in 2014, and within 15 minutes she told him about the CIA teaching her to steal identities due to the reptilian agenda.
- 4:41Her partner left Mormonism at 28, the same age she got clean from meth.
- 5:07When she got clean, she had to learn to eat with dentures and get her driver's license back; his reentry to society involved drinking beer and doggy style sex.
- 5:36Guest used to wear a tiara as part of her meth-era look.
- 5:56She wore a tiara and prom dress for the Mormon and the Methhead podcast photo shoot.
- 6:08Her meth-era fashion included an FBI windbreaker and an ironic Barbie backpack.
- 6:34Guest's mother was a crank addict when she was a kid, which made meth the one drug she swore never to touch.
- 6:46Guest grew up mostly in Portland, Oregon, before it became trendy.
The Mormon and the Meth HeadPortland, Oregon