Cult or Just Weird

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- What would you say you... do... here? Chris dunks on a doofy website for 40 minutes straight; it is also possible we learn some things about Transhumanism along the way. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* Humanity+ --- *Further Reading* https://www.britannica.com/topic/transhumanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanity%2B H+'s website: https://www.humanityplus.org/ H+'s weird, tiny, self published "news articles" (also an example of their liberal/left leaning): https://www.humanityplus.org/news/transhumanists-condemn-police-brutality other sites in the H+ "webring": https://willeadership.io/ https://healthspanaction.org/healthspan-action-coalition/ H+ hosted zoom roundtable on Transhumanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdjMoykqxys H+'s weird mission statement: https://www.humanityplus.org/about Max More's blog post on the definition of Transhumanism: https://www.humanityplus.org/philsophy-of-transhumanism Two articles from early 2000s on the left/right schism in Transhumanism: https://web.archive.org/web/20060313212747/http://www.twliterary.com/jhughes_utne.html https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222833/http://www.slate.com/id/2142987/fr/rss/ Notable Transhumanists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hughes_(sociologist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_More Extropianism? What's that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extropianism https://www.oed.com/dictionary/extropianism_n?tl=true --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- To be what you want to be: isn't this the essence of being human? - David Zindell Chris and Kayla take the next steps on the path of the unfolding season...and the unfolding of humanity's future. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Transhumanism --- Further Reading https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/transhumanism#:~:text=Transhumanism%20is%20the%20position%20that,capacities%20beyond%20current%20biological%20constraints. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism https://www.humanityplus.org/transhumanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_More https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM-2030 https://organicmachinecmp.home.blog/2019/04/10/transhumanism/ https://nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology/dp/0670033847 --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Chris and Kayla talk about a theory that underpins everything we'll cover this season. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* Terror Management Theory --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory#cite_note-GPS-1 https://www.ernestbecker.org/book-film-reviews/worm-at-the-core?rq=terror%20management%20theory https://scholar.utc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1340&context=mps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Becker --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The act of freezing a dead body and storing it indefinitely on the chance that some future generation may restore it to life is an act of faith, not science. - The Society for Cryobiology, official statement The chilling conclusion to CoJW's series on cryonics... but is it a cult, or just weird? --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio Kaku How To with John Wilson episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Being cryopreserved after death is the second-worst thing that could happen. The worst thing is dying without being cryopreserved. - Ben Best Kayla dives deeper into the world of cryonics by talking to an actual cryonaut. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading The Cryosphere discord https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics How To with John Wilson episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- You're not dead til you're warm and dead. Chris & Kayla finish their cryonics facility visit with the help of a VIP "tour guide." --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio Kaku How To with John Wilson episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am the mediocre architect of my afterlife. - Glen Nesbitt Chris & Kayla take a tour of the very cool place they were headed to last episode. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio Kaku How To with John Wilson episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- If a man die, shall he live again? - Book of Job 14:14 Chris and Kayla hotfoot it to a cold storage facility. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio Kaku How To with John Wilson episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Chris & Kayla recap the experience of experiencing things for Season 5 of Cult or Just Weird. (previously published on CoJW's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-5-bonus-95443966) --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. -Albert Camus Chris and Kayla contemplate that one thing that joins us all. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Death Cafes --- *Further Reading* https://deathcafe.com/ https://www.talkdeath.com/what-is-death-cafe-my-experience-studying-participating-hosting-death-cafes/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Cafe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Crettaz https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/-sociologist-of-death--bernard-crettaz-dies/48095070 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/47104/take-me-to-the-death-cafe https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/22/death-cafe-talk-about-dying https://seniorsathome.jfcs.org/what-is-a-death-cafe/ https://www.npr.org/2013/03/08/173808940/death-cafes-breathe-life-into-conversations-about-dying --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster, tiny

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself. -Plato Chris and Kayla attend class at another small local group... whose presence & influence is worldwide & ubiquitous. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; New Age​ --- *Topic Spoiler* Theosophy --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy https://www.britannica.com/topic/theosophy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theosophy https://theosophyult.com/what-is-theosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Lodge_of_Theosophists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Age-movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_realism yikes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_race https://www.rt.com/news/brain-neuroscience-visual-information-709/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts/articles/the-power-of-language-in-jewish-kabbalah https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kabbala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn some shocking stories about the group du jour in this part two. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading* https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07B4TLHNG/allbooks http://www.henrydoktorski.com/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/05/26/hare-krishna-leader-tied-to-murder-plot/5308aa16-44f7-459d-b62e-4c3acc4e1a4f/ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/us/ex-hare-krishna-leader-gets-20-year-sentence.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-28-me-4819-story.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Vrindaban https://gbc.iskcon.org/ ​​http://www.henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna/2018_Memorial_Service.html https://thecinemaholic.com/charles-st-denis-and-stephen-bryant-murders-is-kirtanananda-swami-dead-or-alive/ https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/02/archives/california-slaying-case-involves-exmafia-figures-and-krishnas.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12236-can-cultic-groups-change-.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12198-where-have-all-the-krishnas-gone.html https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/16/archives/swami-prabhupada-hare-krishna-head-founder-of-movement-81-came-to.html https://ffl.org/ https://iscowp.org/ --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige, Brian Lancaster

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading* https://iskconla.com/Home.aspx https://www.iskcon.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04v-SdKeEpE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVMgEupff-E https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12236-can-cultic-groups-change-.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12247-can-it-be-that-the-hare-krishnas-are-not-hindu-.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12198-where-have-all-the-krishnas-gone.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12228-group-battles-airport-limits-on-solicitors-.htm https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12230-hare-krishna-solicitors-are-again-being-restricted-at-los-angeles-international-airport.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12239-at-uf-theres-no-free-lunch.html https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12245-can-hare-krishna-chant-cure-depression.html https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Hare_Krishna --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter, Paige

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- It's hard to detect good luck--it looks so much like something you've earned. - Frank A. Clark Chris and Kayla visit a liquor store to try and resurrect the American dream. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* The American State-run Lottery System --- *Further Reading* https://www.amazon.com/Dollar-Dream-Lotteries-Modern-America/dp/0197604889 https://www.jonathandcohen.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotteries_in_the_United_States https://www.calottery.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology https://www.praywithme.com/prayer-to-win-lottery.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/california-powerball-winner-named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy https://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/11/22/13652860/income-inequality-meritocracy-robert-frank-success-luck-ethics --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton, Nicole Carter

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- FVNEM? FVNEX? Kayla and Chris get up at the crack of dawn to try and solve a cryptogram from 1925. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Los Angeles Breakfast Club --- *Further Reading* https://twitter.com/labreakfastclub https://www.labreakfastclub.com/ https://www.latimes.com/california/breakfast-club-los-angeles-latt-123 https://www.labreakfastclub.com/podcast https://www.facebook.com/LABreakfastClub/ https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2022-11-03/los-angeles-breakfast-club-home https://www.kcet.org/food-living/the-strangest-club-in-los-angeles-the-l-a-breakfast-club https://friendsofgriffithpark.org/the-los-angeles-breakfast-club/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/los-angeles-breakfast-club https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a7175/los-angeles-breakfast-club/ https://ladailymirror.com/2015/06/01/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-los-angeles-breakfast-club-dines-on-history/ --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Hanna << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno Chris tries to land this Ayn Rand plane in an objectively satisfying manner. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand_Institute https://ari.aynrand.org/ https://courses.aynrand.org/campus-courses/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayn-Rand https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayn-Rand/The-Collective-and-the-Nathaniel-Branden-Institute https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ayn-rand/ http://aynrandlexicon.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Objectivism https://www.atlassociety.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlas_Society https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2020-04-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/i-visited-the-secret-lair-of-the-ayn-rand-cult/0000017f-ef06-ddba-a37f-ef6e2c740000 https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/the-unlikeliest-cult-in-history/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kyxvv/nxivm-jordan-peterson-and-the-reincarnation-of-ayn-rands-cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ayn_Rand_Cult https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/ayn-rand-on-human-nature/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Branden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peikoff https://www.conservapedia.com/Objectivism http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/romancing-the-stone-cold.html https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595267335/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ominous_Parallels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://www.atlassociety.org/post/frank-lloyd-wright-and-ayn-rand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysDgbp9uo4 --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Hanna << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Anjuli, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Who is Ayn Rand? Chris and Kayla try to answer this ocean of a question, exploring the many rivers and tributaries that feed it. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand_Institute https://ari.aynrand.org/ https://courses.aynrand.org/campus-courses/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayn-Rand https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayn-Rand/The-Collective-and-the-Nathaniel-Branden-Institute https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ayn-rand/ http://aynrandlexicon.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Objectivism https://www.atlassociety.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlas_Society https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2020-04-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/i-visited-the-secret-lair-of-the-ayn-rand-cult/0000017f-ef06-ddba-a37f-ef6e2c740000 https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/the-unlikeliest-cult-in-history/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kyxvv/nxivm-jordan-peterson-and-the-reincarnation-of-ayn-rands-cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ayn_Rand_Cult https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/ayn-rand-on-human-nature/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Branden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peikoff https://www.conservapedia.com/Objectivism http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/romancing-the-stone-cold.html https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595267335/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ominous_Parallels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://www.atlassociety.org/post/frank-lloyd-wright-and-ayn-rand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysDgbp9uo4 --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Hanna << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Anjuli, pernille aspestrand, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am evolving and it’s so damn beautiful. -Anonymous Chris ponders the philosophical orb with Kayla, and finally comes out as a cultist himself. Objectively speaking. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand_Institute https://ari.aynrand.org/ https://courses.aynrand.org/campus-courses/ http://aynrandlexicon.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Objectivism https://www.atlassociety.org/ https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2020-04-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/i-visited-the-secret-lair-of-the-ayn-rand-cult/0000017f-ef06-ddba-a37f-ef6e2c740000 https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/the-unlikeliest-cult-in-history/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kyxvv/nxivm-jordan-peterson-and-the-reincarnation-of-ayn-rands-cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ayn_Rand_Cult https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/ayn-rand-on-human-nature/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Branden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peikoff https://www.conservapedia.com/Objectivism http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/romancing-the-stone-cold.html https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595267335/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysDgbp9uo4 --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Anjuli, pernille aspestrand

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The body says what words cannot. --Martha Graham Kayla and Chris explore the roots of human bonding...set to music. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; New Religious Movement; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Ecstatic Dance --- *Further Reading* Professor Chill Spotify Electric Sufi Spotify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_dance https://archive.org/details/exploringreligio0000unse_q7d1/page/168/mode/2up?view=theater https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/persons/professor-chill https://www.ecstaticdancela.com/ --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Liz T, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Anjuli, pernille aspestrand

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar Kayla and Chris kick off Season 5 by going to a cult within a cult... culturducken. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Source Family --- *Further Reading* http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-source-restaurant.html https://la.eater.com/2013/5/13/6435783/the-source-las-first-spiritual-vegetarian-restaurant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Yod#:~:text=Father%20Yod%20(pronounced%20Y%C5%8Dde)%2C,Sunset%20Strip%20in%20Los%20Angeles. https://fatheryod.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=282#.ZC4NqezMJp8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_Family https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/source-family-cult-interview-isis-aquarian-b2093111.html --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex << Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Liz T, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin