The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3
Episodes
Introducing: DOUBT: The case of Lucy Letby hosted by Amanda Knox
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It was a case that shocked the United Kingdom and the wider world. Lucy Letby, a young nurse, was found guilty of murdering premature babies. She was ...
Introducing: The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the tangled web of the S...
S3:EP 12 - Postscript: Christa
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of ...
S3:EP 11 - Postscript: Lindsay
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you’ve been wondering about. For mo...
S3:EP 10 - Beyond Fear
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART TEN - “There were moments when I remember being in such a dark place, feeling so hopeless, and the curiosity of the next day I think helped...
S3:EP 9 - Jess
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART NINE - "The trees would be swaying, and you could almost feel the leaves moving. Maybe we would start humming, making up a melody. The worries an...
S3:EP 8 - The One Thing
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART EIGHT - “It was absolutely the one thing – the one thing, if I can pick one thing – it is the one thing that allowed me to begi...
S3:EP 7 - Manhunt
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART SEVEN - “When I think of it now, it was almost like he prophesied his own demise. For all those years, Victor was the predator and I was th...
S3:EP 6 - The Choice
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART SIX - “It was like I was kept underground for so long and then just spit out at 23. I call it when I entered the real world. And it was a w...
S3:EP 5 - Paradise Lost
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART FIVE - "I was totally in. Totally committed. Ready to take a bullet for him if needed." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch. Co...
S3:EP 4 - Predator and Prey
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART FOUR - “He would say, 'Lindsay is the old flesh, and you need to become a new man in Christ. Lindsay has to die.'” For more content, ...
S3:EP 3 - The Maidens
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART THREE - “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch. Content note: This episode...
S3:EP 2 - Summer of Love
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART TWO - “He was more important than their husbands. He was more important than their children. He was more important than anything.” Fo...
S3:EP 1 - The Camp
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PART ONE - "I never thought it would develop into what it was." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Introducing The Turning: River Road (Season 3)
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When the most vulnerable within a community go unprotected, how can they find the strength to push their way out?See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
The Swans of Harlem | Part Two
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we present the second of two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, an...
The Swans of Harlem | Part One
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we work on Season 3 of The Turning, we have something special for you: two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Blac...
S2 Ep Bonus - Behind the Scenes
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A grab-bag of stories and extras. For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2: Ep Bonus - A Day in the Life of a Dancer
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The countdown to curtain begins. For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscriptsSee ...
S2:Ep 10 - Révérence
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART TEN - "If it is going to stick with us forever, it matters that we get it right." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIP...
S2:Ep 9 - Pas de Deux
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART NINE - "I remember thinking, am I the only one like me who's ever walked these halls?" For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRA...
S2:Ep 8 - American Ballet
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART EIGHT - "Blackness is a vehicle. It's a vehicle to get people where they need to go."For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunchTRANSCR...
S2:Ep 7- The Line
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART SEVEN - "Who decided this? ... Did the skies open up, and the ballet God said, 'This is how it has to be'? No, it's just what we've all been prog...
S2:Ep 6 - A Golden Year
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART SIX - "It feels like this hazy distant silhouette of a thing that doesn’t feel real, like a wild dream that I can’t fully recall." For more c...
S2:Ep 5 - The Prince
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART FIVE - "Gone unchecked, bad things can happen. And they did." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.roco...
S2: Ep 4 - The Muses
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART FOUR - "Balanchine was so fond of perfume that leaves the scent of that dancer behind, and it still permeates." For more content, follow us on In...
S2: Ep 3 - Risk All
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART THREE - "There are no windows, because we don't need windows, because the outside world doesn't matter. He was God in the theater. Ever observing...
S2: Ep 2 - Ritual Healing
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART TWO - "I would experiment a little. I would go to the theater, and the lights would go down, and I would say, 'Okay, I'm going to give you my moo...
S2: Ep 1 - Only I Can See You
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PART ONE - "He used to say, 'What are you looking at dear? You can't see you. Only I can see you.'" For more content, follow us on Instagram @Rococ...
Introducing S2: The Turning: Room of Mirrors
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A closed, elite group asks for sacrifice and extreme devotion from its members. It produces elegant dancers, but at what cost?See omnystudio.com/liste...
S1: Ep Bonus - Bride of Christ
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS - Jenna Cooper is a 36-year-old consecrated virgin who lives in Winona, Minnesota. She tells us what that means, what her life is like now, and ...
S1: Ep 10 - Out There
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART TEN - “I couldn’t come to any clarity unless I took off the habit and was seen.”For additional content and information, follow the show on ...
S1: Ep 9 - Highway of Broken Glass
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART NINE - Is this a cult? How do you leave?For additional content and information, follow the show on Instagram @RococoPunchThis series was inspire...
S1: Ep 8 - Saint of Darkness
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART EIGHT - "She used to tell us, ‘If ever I will be a saint, I will be the saint of darkness.’ ... And we didn't know what she meant."For additi...
S1: Ep 7 - Silence
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART SEVEN - This episode contains descriptions of alleged sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.We meet two former sisters who say they wanted...
S1: Ep Bonus - Kelli
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS - You know Kelli Dunham from previous episodes. Kelli joined the Missionaries of Charity looking for a life that made sense. That’s not what s...
S1: Ep 6 - The Third Floor
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART SIX - Siblings Joan and Sue both join the Missionaries of Charity, and they steal secret moments on the third floor — the only time they can be...
S1: Ep 5 - Particular Friendship
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART FIVE - MC sisters are forbidden from having “particular friendships.” They’re not supposed to get close to anyone. They’re supposed to de...
S1: Ep 4 - The Devil's Advocates
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART FOUR - The world’s most admired woman lived a life dedicated to helping the poor – but was it always in their best interest? After Mother Te...
S1: Ep 3 - Mother
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART THREE - She wasn’t always a saint. When Mother Teresa is 36 years old, she hears a mystical voice on a train. Then she has visions — visions ...
S1: Ep 2 - Love, To Be Real, Has To Hurt
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART TWO - The sisters learn more about sacrificial love and what it means to be married to Jesus. Mother Teresa believed suffering brings you closer ...
S1: Ep 1 - No Turning Back
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PART ONE - We enter a hidden world behind convent walls to learn what it’s like for a young sister to join the Missionaries of Charity. MC sisters t...
Introducing S1: The Turning: The Sisters Who Left
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you make a lifelong vow, what does it mean to break it? Can you truly give yourself to God or will your humanity get to you first? Learn more abou...