In Episode 175 of Hell Has an Exit, Teddy Tarantino sits down with Jo Beth, better known online as Modern Gomorrah, for a conversation about the unconventional path that took her from a conservative upbringing in East Tennessee to becoming a nurse practitioner, working through the darkest days of COVID, exploring the lifestyle with her husband, and eventually building an entirely different career online.
Jo Beth opens up about growing up religious, questioning the beliefs she was raised with, and eventually finding a new sense of spirituality through yoga, Buddhism, meditation, and learning to live more in the present. She also talks about the physical and emotional toll of working nights in healthcare, including her years in the ICU and the traumatic situations she learned to compartmentalize just to keep moving forward.
The conversation then dives into her marriage and how she and her husband slowly began exploring outside the boundaries of a traditional relationship. What started as curiosity eventually introduced them to the lifestyle, forcing both of them to confront jealousy, shame, trust, communication, and what they actually wanted from their relationship.
But her biggest crossroads came while she was still working exhausting hospital shifts and pursuing her doctorate. After meeting friends who were making online content, she began questioning the life she had worked so hard to build. What initially started anonymously became a growing opportunity and created a conflict between her professional identity in healthcare and the completely different person she was becoming outside of work.
From religion and relationships to sexuality, healthcare, COVID, burnout, identity and walking away from the path everyone expected her to follow, this episode is about what happens when the life that looks right on paper no longer feels like the life you want.
This is the story of Modern Gomorrah.
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