Poema S11 016 | The 400th - James Prescott Interviewed by MJ Weissenberger

About this episode

In the 400th episode, James Prescott is interviewed by MJ Weissenberger about the podcast's origins and his personal story of spiritual abuse.

(Trigger Warning: Spiritual Abuse) Today is the 400th episode of the Poema Podcast! In September 2015 I began this show out of pure curiosity to explore a new creative medium. 10 years and a name change later, I've interviewed many many people on all sorts of topics ranging from grief, movies, music, death, mental health, spirituality, demisexuality and more. Today, in an extended anniversary episode, my beloved friend MJ Weissenberger interviews me about the origins of the podcast, why I chose the name, the numerology around 4 and 400, as well as my creative journey. I also share my story of spiritual abuse with YWAM for the first time publicly, and how this impacted my life & was impacted by grief. It's been a wild ride to 400 episodes, and there's more to come! This is the last episode of 2025, but there's new episodes coming in 2026.

People in this episode

Host: James Prescott

Guest: MJ Weissenberger

Topics covered

• spiritual abuse
• podcast origins
• creativity
• grief
• numerology

Keywords

• 400th episode
• anniversary
• YWAM
• mental health
• demisexuality

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