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Marked for Life

Alabama Astronaut
Weekly podcast.
Cody Coots is a fourth-generation serpent handler. By age 6, he handles mock serpents with his sister, Trina, in the church, using leather belts for props. Cody secretly yearns for a normal childhood.

He likes to ride his bike, play drums, and watch WWE wrestling with his father, Jamie. (Jamie is the world's most famous serpent-handling preacher.) A terrible act of violence befalls 8-year-old Cody, shocking the serpent handling community. A preacher pleads guilty to charges of deviant sexual abuse, but it's too late: Cody's innocence is shattered. Anger boils inside him, so he turns his wrath upon his parents, his church, and even his God.

As he cruises the backstreets of Middlesboro, Ky, looking for nothing but trouble, Cody's sins begin piling up. But the consequences do, too.

Is Cody beyond salvation? Or, is he as the community describes him: "Marked for life?"
35 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
E33·
Sep 8, 2024
Sep 8, 2024
11 mins
E32·
Aug 25, 2024
Aug 25, 2024
10 mins
E31·
Aug 18, 2024
Aug 18, 2024
25 mins
E30·
Aug 11, 2024
Aug 11, 2024
10 mins
E29·
Aug 4, 2024
Aug 4, 2024
21 mins
E28·
Jul 28, 2024
Jul 28, 2024
10 mins
E27·
Jul 21, 2024
Jul 21, 2024
8 mins
E26·
Jul 14, 2024
Jul 14, 2024
10 mins

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