This week we continue the discussion we started last time about utopian experiments and cults by covering two of the most fascinating and disturbing figures of the twentieth century, Jim Jones and Charles Manson. What made these two men turn to violence and how did their lives and the people they convinced to do unspeakable things reveal deep fissures and anxieties in post-war America. Join us this week to find out.
On June 28, 1969, what would normally have been a rather routine police bust of an unlicensed bar on New York City's west side,...
We continue our exploration of the history of cults in America this week with a discussion of two infamous groups from the 1990s: The...
Was January 6, 2021 an aberration or was it part of a long history of political violence in the United States? Join Hilary and...