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Identity who you really are
Who you were named. Who you became after. Who God called you all along.
I.
What's brewing.
Two women. One kettle. A long table set for the conversations most rooms can't hold — about who we are, who hurt us, and who's rebuilding the body of Christ in plain sight.
IdentiTEA is a long-form interview podcast hosted by Marlene Carson — a survivor of sex trafficking and a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) — and Sharon D. Pleasant, an LPC-S and founder of Louisiana Love Home for Children, a therapeutic group home for girls ages eleven to seventeen.
Each episode, we sit down with the kind of people the algorithm isn't busy promoting: neuroscientists who pray, photographers who read brain scans, pharmacy clerks who give kidneys, pastors who tell the truth even when it costs them. The kingdom is loud. We just built a room quiet enough to hear it.
II.
Three temperatures.
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Culture the room you're in
The room you grew up in. The room you walked out of. The room you're building now.
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Truth served hot
The kind that scalds. The kind that heals. We don't dilute it. We pour it.
III.
Your hosts.
Marlene Carson
Survivor · CPRS · Co-host
A survivor of sex trafficking and a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS), Marlene brings both the lived experience and the trained ear. She doesn't tell other people's stories. She holds space for them — then asks the questions only someone who's been there can ask.
"We're not making a podcast. We're holding a door open for people who've been told their story doesn't fit anywhere."
Sharon D. Pleasant
LPC-S · Advocate · Co-host
Founder, alongside her husband Chris, of Louisiana Love Home for Children — a therapeutic group home for girls ages 11 to 17 rescued from trafficking. Sharon has spent a career in the rooms most people would never volunteer for, and somehow walked out of every one of them with more hope than she walked in with.
"God is aligning us with national and international voices to make a serious impact in the kingdom. This podcast is just the table."
IV.
A first taste.
"God told me to give you a kidney." And then she did.
The kind of story you didn't know God was already writing. The kind that doesn't fit on a flyer or a feed. The kind that needs an hour, a kettle, and two women who know how to listen without flinching.
Then there's the photographer who works alongside two neuroscientists and brings people who've survived trauma into a room of worship, scans their brain, takes their picture, and speaks. We've got stories for months.
V.
Before episode one.
Featured event
The 4th Annual Stand Up NELA Gala.
Before the kettle whistles online, meet us in Monroe. An evening for survivors, advocates, and the community that stands up alongside Louisiana Love Home for Children — with keynote speaker Sula Lael, a powerful voice of resilience, faith, and transformation.
- When
- May 2, 2026 · 5:00 PM
- Where
- Louisiana Delta Community College
7500 Millhaven Rd, Monroe, LA 71203 - Speaker
- Sula Lael — survivor, pastor, author, advocate
- Tickets
- $50 per person
VI — Pull up a chair
Be there when the kettle whistles.
Subscribers get the trailer first, an early look at the merch line, and a private invitation to listen to Episode I before the rest of the world.
The kettle is on. We'll be in touch.
No spam. Just stories worth steeping.