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Hogs will be cranked in celebration of a heroic Colorado Congressman. Drink of the Week (3:28)I used Tin Cup as a base for infusing my own l'il jar of cinnamon whiskey. I'm never going back to off-the-shelf cinnamon whiskey and neither should you.Game of the Week (7:07)Remembering board games with my intense Pappy, beginning with Stratego as a boy and ending with Splendor as a man.Track of the Week (12:22)Five reasons why Heavy D's “Don't Curse” — feat. Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, Big Daddy Kane and Q-Tip — is, for me, the apotheosis of the Golden Era.

In this new episode of The Dope Sessions Podcast with Kelvy and Tree. The guys talking about hip hop movies as a start of 50 Years of Hip Hop, with a Mount Rushmore of Hip Hop movies. They talk about Jamie Foxx being accused of being Anti-Semitic, and how cultures clash. They also get to talk about the incident that happened in Alabama. They keep it real, they keep it funny. You know how Kelvy and Tree do. Hope you enjoy the show

When I was a kid, we didn't play organized sports. We roamed the neighborhood like feral cats. But we mostly behaved because, back then, any parent that caught you doing something wrong had permission to punish you any way they saw fit, whether they were your parents or not, so like I said, we mostly behaved. But there was this one time when things went very wrong. 

¡Hoy es San Valentín! El inglés nos cuenta de dónde viene esta tradición y hablamos de cómo se vive en España y nuestro poco entusiasmo en este día. ¡Disfruta y aprende mucho! You can find the free transcript (in Spanish and English) and the flashcards on www.spanishlanguagecoach.com YouTube latest video

In this episode of the It's A Mimic! Podcast, this panel of Dungeon Masters sits down and cracks open the discussion on variant rules.  There are dozens of options in the published material for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, and some of you might be unnecessarily making homebrew rules without realizing there are already other options out there for you.  This show has already dug into the experience-based variants in E047, so it's time to look at special character creation rules, unique healing and damage rules, and some interesting entries about unique weapons.   Cold Open 0:00 Intro 1:07 Customizing Ability Scores 5:29 Customizing Your Lineage 14:33 Multiclassing 23:57 Commercial Break 35:12 Healing 36:15 Rest and Sleep 46:35 Injuries 51:17 Massive Damage 55:34 Social Media Info 58:40 Firearms, Explosives, and Alien Technology 1:00:07 Adamantine Weapons 1:16:35 Wands That Don't Recharge 1:19:11 Outro 1:25:00 Post-Credit 1:25:56 Bloopers 1:28:1   DON'T FORGET TO LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!   Available On: https://www.itsamimic.com iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/its-a-mimic/id1450770037 Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/3Y19VxSxLKyfg0gY0yUeU1 Podbean at https://itsamimic.podbean.com/  YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQmvEufzxPHWrFSZbB8uuw   Social: Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/itsamimic/ Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/itsamimic/?hl=en Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/ItsaMimic/ Email at info@itsamimic.com   Dungeon Master:  Adam Nason Host 2:  Dave Nason Host 3:  James Sealy   Written by:  Adam Nason Director:  Adam Nason Audio Editor:  Brad McMann Video Editor:  Adam Nason Produced by:  Brad McMann and Adam Nason Executive Producers:  Dan O'Coin and Adam Nason Intro/Outro Music by:  Cory Wiebe Logo by:  Katie Skidmore at https://www.instagram.com/clementineartportraits/   Current Gear: Microphone (USA) - https://amzn.to/2WWuCsz  Microphone (CAN) - https://amzn.to/2WTZ69G   This post or video may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission for purchases made through our links.   This episode is meant to be used as an inspirational supplement for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and tabletop roleplaying games in general.  It's A Mimic! does not own the rights to any Wizards of the Coasts products.   Artwork included in this episode's visualizations is published and/or owned by Wizards of the Coast.

Today I learned that this podcast doesn't have to be a depressing inquest into colonialism! Yaaay! Instead, today we will learn about penile spikes on cats, what happens when you fall asleep in church, and that time the South African Government dealt MDMA. Note that I did have a cold while recording, sooooo I'm sorry for the nose pulling Digressions Include: Assassination Attempts, Scruffing, and Polymorphism Audio Sourcing: SpongeBob Trap Remix "Krusty Krab" Mixed by Eugene The Dream SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song, Nickelodeon© 26 Weird Animal Mating Habits - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 20), Mental Floss © Sources Brette Sember, Puritanism for Beginners (2019) Chandré Gould & Peter Folb, Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme (2012) Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Sexual Aggression in Cats (2014) Drug Wise, How much do drugs cost? (2017) Karl Kemp, South Africa's 'Dr. Death' Was Accused of Selling Ravers Super-Strength MDMA(2014) New England Historical Society, Hellfires, Whippings and Woodchuck Bites – The Perils for Puritans Sleeping in Church(2022) Olivier Marbot, South Africa: ‘Dr Death' discovered to still be practising medicine (2021) Stephanie Pappas, Here, Kitty, Kitty: 10 Facts for Cat Lovers (2011) Tabitha Kucera, Scruffing a Cat: What Is It, and Why Do Experts Say You Shouldn't Do It? (2019)

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Valentine's Day is celebrated annually on February 14. It is recognized as a celebration of romance in many regions around the world. This holiday that evolved to what we know as Valentine's Day today was a very ancient pre-Roman pastoral festival to avert evil spirits and purify the city. According to Plutarch, from February 13th to 15th romantic Roman fellows stripped naked, grabbed some goat-skin whips and whipped consenting young maidens in hopes of increasing their fertility. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://martinifisher.com/2020/02/21/celebrating-ancient-valentine-she-wolf-politics-and-whippings/

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DId these White Border Patrol Cops turn this back to Chattel slavery or what?And what is the difference between the Hatians running for their lives and the Afghanis running for their lives?

Hour 3 of A&G features Confusing Border Rhetoric, Sopranos Reboots, Illegal Butt Lifts, and Ying Ma Interviewed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Talking Punishment... We came up a certain way, and received punishment a certain way, are we traumatized? Can we judge another family's action in their household? We talk on it..... @angingram @xsquadaffiliate #XSquadRadio http://xsquadradio.com

Talking Punishment... We came up a certain way, and received punishment a certain way, are we traumatized? Can we judge another family's action in their household? We talk on it..... @angingram @xsquadaffiliate #XSquadRadio http://xsquadradio.com

The dynamic trio is back and still on their bullshit. This week the girls talk code switching in the workplace and in the world. Talley almost caught a body, Mel dated somebody in a jerk crew, and Lauren still don't have no webcam. Of course this episode is all over the place, but it wouldn't be a Jokes On You podcast without your funny favs touching on everything... except Trey Songz. Live tweet with us using the #JokesOnYou hashtag. As always please like, comment, share, and subscribe but more than anything thank you for listening! Email us: JokesOnYouPod@gmail.com

Sitting on the empty mats before Monday afternoon classes start, Noah and Chris talk about gym culture before tackling the tradition of "running the gauntlet" at belt promotions. Does it serve a positive purpose or is it just pointless hazing? In addition, Chris gives his thoughts on belt ranks and Noah gives an update on his preparation for IBBJF PANS. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bjj-and-brews/support

We all have gotten our ass tapped but do you think it helped you or hurt you growing up..? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode discusses the dangers of interfering with other people's karmic debt. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/droppingemstones/support

Stay-at-home orders in Indonesia's Aceh province, a Muslim Sharia zone, have really cut into the gate at public whippings, and forced social distancing changes that make Allah's justice more difficult to mete out. Watch how easily journalists adapt to 'cultural norms' in a place where drinking and gambling gets you caned before a live audience. Our Members fund the production and distribution of Right Angle with Bill Whittle, Scott Ott, and Stephen Green, and they enjoy exclusive access to Members-only features of our site. Join us now and find your people at https://BillWhittle.com/register/

In this episode, S. Anthony talks about how hard it is to be around your loved ones during this pandemic and how it's similar to being stuck at work 24/7 Check this episode out and also check out his other podcast, "S. Anthony Says" (Twitter: @santhonysays) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/s-anthony-thomas/message

We have reached the zenith or the nadir of our look into NXIVM, the self-help sex slave cult in Albany. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly slog through to the bitter end and test their acting chops with some outstanding readers' theater. What do you make it mean, dash hounds? Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Barnes, Steve. “NXIVM Doctor Facing State Charges.” Times Union, Times Union, 7 May 2018, www.timesunion.com/nxivm/article/NXIVM-doctor-facing-state-charges-12890993.php. Dickson, EJ. “Former Slave Describes Allison Mack's Alleged Abusive, Terrifying Behavior in Detail.” Rolling Stone, 11 June 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-trial-allison-mack-sex-slave-nicole-abuse-keith-raniere-845830/. Dickson, EJ. “How NXIVM Was the Ultimate Wellness Scam.” Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-keith-raniere-wellness-scam-sex-cult-848439/. Edmondson, Sarah, and Kristine Gasbarre. Scarred: the True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life. Chronicle Prism, 2019. “Full-Text of Raniere Affidavit.”  NXIVM Corporation vs The Ross Institute. United States District Court Northern District of NY. https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2003-full-text-of-_raniere-affidavit-ross-case_.pdf. Gavin, Robert. “Feds Call Raniere 'Crime Boss' at Opening of NXIVM Leader's Trial.” Times Union, Times Union, 8 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Feds-call-Raniere-crime-boss-at-opening-of-13825446.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Founder Raniere Guilty on All Counts.” Times Union, Times Union, 20 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Raniere-guilty-on-all-counts-14018002.php#photo-17476102. Gavin, Robert. “Messages Suggest Girl Was 15 When Raniere Relationship Began.” Times Union, Times Union, 6 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Messages-suggest-Raniere-s-relationship-with-13939595.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM's Neighborhood Shocked Anew by Trial Revelations.” Times Union, Times Union, 5 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Knox-Woods-suburban-development-and-unofficial-13925699.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Trial: 'Complete Meltdown' for Ex-Lover.” Times Union, Times Union, 18 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Purchase-of-bondage-devices-brought-up-at-NXIVM-13853726.php. Gavin, Robert. “Raniere Wanted Branding Ceremony to Resemble Ritual Sacrifice.” Times Union, Times Union, 23 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Raniere-wanted-branding-ceremony-to-resemble-13872965.php. Gavin, Robert. “Salzman Describes Raniere's Arrest in Mexico.” Times Union, Times Union, 21 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Salzman-describes-Raniere-s-arrest-in-Mexico-13866891.php. Grigoriadis, Vanessa. “Inside Nxivm, the 'Sex Cult' That Preached Empowerment.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment-nxivm-keith-raniere.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Hughes, Steve. “NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Pleads Guilty as Raniere Faces New Charges.” Times Union, Times Union, 14 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-President-Nancy-Salzman-pleads-guilty-in-13685799.php. Lipson, Dianne. “Dani's Incredible, Horrifying, Emotional Story of Being Confined in a Room for Two Years.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 31 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/30/danis-incredible-horrifying-emotional-story-of-being-confined-in-a-room-for-two-years/. Lipson, Dianne. “Dani: Jealous Keith Locked Himself in Bathroom When He Learned About Her Affair With Ben Myers.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 30 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/28/dani-jealous-keith-locked-himself-in-bathroom-when-he-learned-about-her-affair-with-ben-myers/. Lipson, Dianne. “Dani: Raniere's Insane Jealousy and Obsessive Behavior Over Ben Myers Touching Her.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 29 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/29/dani-ranieres-insane-jealousy-and-obsessive-behavior-over-ben-myers-touching-her/. Lipson, Dianne. “Dani's Testimony Part 1 – How She Got Into Nxivm and How Keith 'Helped Her.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 25 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/24/danis-testimony-part-1-how-she-got-into-nxivm-and-how-keith-helped-her/. Lipson, Dianne. “Lauren Salzman's Sensational and Damning Testimony.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 24 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/18/lauren-salzmans-sensational-and-damning-testimony/. Lyons, Brendan J. “2018 In Review: NXIVM Leaders Indicted.” Times Union, Times Union, 12 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/2018-in-review-NXIVM-leaders-indicted-13493886.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “Allison Mack Pleads Guilty in NXIVM Case.” Times Union, Times Union, 9 Apr. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Allison-Mack-to-plead-guilty-in-NXIVM-case-13750027.php. Lyons, Brendan J., and Abigail Rubel. “Bronfman, Russell Plead Guilty in NXIVM Case.” Times Union, Times Union, 20 Apr. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Bronfman-Russell-to-plead-guilty-in-NXIVM-case-13780718.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “Bronfman, Salzman and Two More Charged with Federal Crimes in NXIVM Probe.” Times Union, Times Union, 25 July 2018, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Bronfman-Salzman-and-two-more-charged-with-13100041.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “Guilty Plea Ends Salzman's Long Allegiance to Raniere.” Times Union, Times Union, 21 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Guilty-plea-of-Salzman-ends-her-long-allegiance-13691433.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “Law Enforcement Has Fielded NXIVM Complaints for Years.” Times Union, Times Union, 13 Nov. 2017, www.timesunion.com/local/article/Law-enforcement-has-fielded-NXIVM-complaints-for-12348611.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “Lawsuit Targets Keith Raniere and NXIVM Associates.” Times Union, Times Union, 29 Jan. 2020, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Federal-lawsuit-accuses-Raniere-and-his-NXIVM-15007930.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “NXIVM Founder Keith Raniere Seeks Bail, Calls Justice Department 'Morality Police'.” Times Union, Times Union, 6 June 2018, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Keith-Raniere-seeks-bail-calls-12971610.php. Lyons, Brendan J. “NXIVM President Nancy Salzman to Plead Guilty.” Times Union, Times Union, 12 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-President-Nancy-Salzman-to-plead-guilty-13682707.php Lyons, Brendan J. “Raniere Stands Alone.” Times Union, Times Union, 5 Feb. 2020, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Raniere-stands-alone-13795442.php. Meier, Barry. “Once Idolized, Guru of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' to Stand Trial Alone.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/nyregion/nxivm-keith-raniere-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Michael Gold. “Allison Mack of 'Smallville' Pleads Guilty in Case of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Where Women Were Branded.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Apr. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/nyregion/nxivm-allison-mack.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Moynihan, Colin. “Former Sex Cult Official Describes Its 'Evil' Inner Workings.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Life as a Nxivm 'Slave': Branding, Whippings and Cold Showers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=5. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Branding Was Scripted by Sex Cult Leader to Be 'Like a Sacrifice'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial-branding.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Emily Palmer. “Nxivm Trial: Allison Mack Lured Woman Into Sex Cult, She Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyregion/nxivm-trial-keith-raniere.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Was Like 'Horror Movie' Prosecutor Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/nyregion/nxivm-trial-sex-cult-raniere.html?searchResultPosition=6. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Leader Confined Woman in a Room for 2 Years in Jealous Rage.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/nyregion/nxivm-sex-cult.html. Moynihan, Colin. “In Nxivm Trial, a Woman Lured Into Sex With Cult Leader Describes His Harem.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=10. “NXIVM Judge Delays Sentencing of Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman.” Times Union, Times Union, 19 Dec. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-judge-delays-sentencing-of-Seagram-s-14919236.php. Odato, James M., and Jennifer Gish. “In Raniere's Shadows.” Times Union, Times Union, 24 Apr. 2019, www.timesunion.com/local/article/In-Raniere-s-shadows-3341644.php. Ottaway, Amanda. “NXIVM 'Sex Lair' Sought in Forfeiture Action.” NXIVM 'Sex Lair' Sought in Forfeiture Action, 23 May 2018, www.courthousenews.com/ncivm-sex-lair-sought-in-us-forfeiture-action/. Oxenberg, Catherine, and Natasha Stoynoff. Captive: a Mothers Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult. Gallery Books, 2018. Parlato, Frank. “How Lauren Salzman Described Her Branding Session.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 15 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/12/how-lauren-salzman-described-her-branding-session/. Parlato, Frank. “Lauren Salzman Finds Out Keith Is a Coward – Tells Gripping Story of His Arrest.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 5 Feb. 2020, frankreport.com/2020/02/05/lauren-salzman-finds-out-keith-is-a-coward-and-tells-gripping-story-of-his-arrest/. Parlato, Frank. “Lauren Salzman Recruited Sarah Edmondson by Lying and Agreed Sarah Should Cuckold Her Husband If Raniere Commanded.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 13 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/13/lauren-salzman-recruited-sarah-edmondson-by-lying-and-agreed-sarah-should-cuckold-her-husband-if-raniere-commanded/. Parlato, Frank. “Lauren Salzman Sent to Mind-F–k Gay Woman Who Did Not Want Keith as a Sperm Donor.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 23 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/23/lauren-salzman-sent-to-mind-f-k-gay-woman-who-did-not-want-keith-as-a-sperm-donor/. Parlato, Frank. “Mad Lauren Salzman: We Looked for a Virgin Successor for Keith Who Could Live for Him and Through Him When He Died.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 7 Feb. 2020, frankreport.com/2020/02/06/mad-lauren-salzman-we-looked-for-a-virgin-successor-for-keith-who-could-live-for-him-and-through-him-when-he-died/. Parlato, Frank. “Part 3: In-Depth: Dani's Testimony: Raniere Grooms the Virgin for Sex for Her 18th Birthday.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 25 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/25/part-3-in-depth-danis-testimony-raniere-grooms-the-virgin-for-sex-for-her-18th-birthday/. Parlato, Frank. “Part 4: In-Depth: Dani's Testimony: She Loses Her Virginity – or Does She?” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 25 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/25/part-4-in-depth-danis-testimony-she-loses-her-virginity-or-does-she/. Parlato, Frank. “Part 6: In Depth: Dani's Testimony: Threesomes With Kathy Russell and Naked Pictures.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 26 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/26/part-6-in-depth-danis-testimony-threesomes-with-kathy-russell-and-naked-pictures/. Reuters. “Seagram Heiress Clare Bronfman Pleads Guilty in Alleged Sex Cult Case.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Apr. 2019, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/19/nxivm-cult-seagram-heiress-clare-bronfman-pleads-guilty. Saul, Emily, and Lia Eustachewich. “'Slave Master' Recounts Horrifying Details of Relationship with Nxivm Leader.” New York Post, New York Post, 17 May 2019, nypost.com/2019/05/17/slave-master-recounts-horrifying-details-of-relationship-with-nxivm-leader/. Voytko, Lisette. “Nxivm Leader’s Text Messages With Sex ‘Slave.’” Forbes, 6 June 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/06/06/nxivm-leaders-text-messages-with-sex-slave/#26c431f8b6b0. Yakowicz, Will. “From Heiress To Felon: How Clare Bronfman Wound Up In 'Cult-Like' Group Nxivm.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 1 Feb. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/31/from-heiress-to-felon-how-clare-bronfman-wound-up-in-cult-like-group-nxivm/#3e27acc93ecf. Yacowicz, Will. “When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader Of The Nxivm ‘Sex Cult.’” Forbes, 15 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/15/keith-raniere-the-leader-of-the-nxivm-sex-cult/#2268d70435a9. Yacowicz, Will. “Nxivm Trial Witness: We Hacked Billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr.’s Email.” Forbes, 29 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/29/nxivm-trial-witness-we-hacked-billionaire-edgar-bronfman-srs-email/#105aa469156e.

Welcome back, cultees! We can call you that, right? Well if it feels wrong then it must be right according to NXIVM. We're now in Part III and things are getting darker and more horrible. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly delve into DOS, a master/slave group billed as super empowering. Get ready for branding, readiness drills and puppy plugs! Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: "Abrams wants 'buying club' shut down." UPI Archive: Domestic News, 19 Apr. 1993. Gale OneFile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A441989770/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=f0b0f545. Accessed 26 Jan. 2020. Aron, Nina Renata. “What Does Misogyny Look Like?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Mar. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/style/misogyny-women-history-photographs.html. Berman, Sarah. “How NXIVM Ripped Through This Group of Canadian Actors.” Vice, 12 Sept. 2018, www.vice.com/en_us/article/a38dzj/how-nxivm-ripped-through-this-group-of-canadian-actors. Berman, Sarah. “The NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Story Keeps Getting More Disturbing.” Vice, 20 May 2019, www.vice.com/en_ca/article/evyb5j/the-nxivm-sex-cult-story-keeps-getting-more-disturbing. Berman, Sarah. “What It's Like to Be Surveilled and Sued by NXIVM.” Vice, 13 June 2019, www.vice.com/en_ca/article/j5wk88/what-its-like-to-be-surveilled-and-sued-by-nxivm. Bryant, Kenzie. “How NXIVM Used a Simple Tool to Build Its ‘Sex Cult.’” Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 27 June 2018, www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/06/keith-raniere-nxivm-patents-luciferian. Dickson, EJ. “Former Slave Describes Allison Mack's Alleged Abusive, Terrifying Behavior in Detail.” Rolling Stone, 11 June 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-trial-allison-mack-sex-slave-nicole-abuse-keith-raniere-845830/. Dickson, EJ. “How NXIVM Was the Ultimate Wellness Scam.” Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-keith-raniere-wellness-scam-sex-cult-848439/. Dickson, EJ. “Keith Raniere's Alleged Sex Cult Was Extreme -- But His Misogynistic Views Were Horrifyingly Normal.” Rolling Stone, 10 May 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/keith-raniere-nxivm-misogyny-833427/. Edmondson, Sarah, and Kristine Gasbarre. Scarred: the True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life. Chronicle Prism, 2019. “Full-Text of Raniere Affidavit.”  NXIVM Corporation vs The Ross Institute. United States District Court Northern District of NY. https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2003-full-text-of-_raniere-affidavit-ross-case_.pdf. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Founder Raniere Guilty on All Counts.” Times Union, Times Union, 20 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Raniere-guilty-on-all-counts-14018002.php#photo-17476102. Gavin, Robert. “Messages Suggest Girl Was 15 When Raniere Relationship Began.” Times Union, Times Union, 6 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Messages-suggest-Raniere-s-relationship-with-13939595.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM's Neighborhood Shocked Anew by Trial Revelations.” Times Union, Times Union, 5 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Knox-Woods-suburban-development-and-unofficial-13925699.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Trial: 'Complete Meltdown' for Ex-Lover.” Times Union, Times Union, 18 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Purchase-of-bondage-devices-brought-up-at-NXIVM-13853726.php. Grigoriadis, Vanessa. “Inside Nxivm, the 'Sex Cult' That Preached Empowerment.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment-nxivm-keith-raniere.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. “Guinness Book IQ.” Hmolpedia, www.eoht.info/page/Guinness Book IQ Hughes, Steve. “NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Pleads Guilty as Raniere Faces New Charges.” Times Union, Times Union, 14 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-President-Nancy-Salzman-pleads-guilty-in-13685799.php. Iannelli, Jerry. “State Closes Midtown Miami School Tied to NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Leader.” Miami New Times, 4, 22 Feb. 2019, www.miaminewtimes.com/news/alejandro-sanzs-wifes-miami-school-closed-by-state-tied-to-nxivm-sex-cult-founder-10295903. Levine, Jon. “New TV Special Links Nxivm Leader Keith Raniere to Deaths of Four Women.” New York Post, New York Post, 7 Dec. 2019, nypost.com/2019/12/07/new-tv-special-links-nxivm-leader-keith-raniere-to-deaths-of-four-women/. Lipson, Dianne. “Lauren Salzman's Sensational and Damning Testimony.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 24 May 2019, frankreport.com/2019/05/18/lauren-salzmans-sensational-and-damning-testimony/. Lyons, Brendan J. “Lawsuit Targets Keith Raniere and NXIVM Associates.” Times Union, Times Union, 29 Jan. 2020, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Federal-lawsuit-accuses-Raniere-and-his-NXIVM-15007930.php. MacIntosh, Jeane. ”NXIVM’S VEXING EFFECT ON BELIEVERS." New York Post [New York, NY], 1 Oct. 2007, p. 09. SPN.SP01, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A169330334/SPN.SP01?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=SPN.SP01&xid=0f5e0de2. Accessed 26 Jan. 2020. Meier, Barry. “Once Idolized, Guru of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' to Stand Trial Alone.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/nyregion/nxivm-keith-raniere-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Michael Gold. “Allison Mack of 'Smallville' Pleads Guilty in Case of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Where Women Were Branded.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Apr. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/nyregion/nxivm-allison-mack.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Moynihan, Colin. “Former Sex Cult Official Describes Its 'Evil' Inner Workings.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Life as a Nxivm 'Slave': Branding, Whippings and Cold Showers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=5. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Branding Was Scripted by Sex Cult Leader to Be 'Like a Sacrifice'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial-branding.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Emily Palmer. “Nxivm Trial: Allison Mack Lured Woman Into Sex Cult, She Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyregion/nxivm-trial-keith-raniere.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Was Like 'Horror Movie' Prosecutor Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/nyregion/nxivm-trial-sex-cult-raniere.html?searchResultPosition=6. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Leader Confined Woman in a Room for 2 Years in Jealous Rage.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/nyregion/nxivm-sex-cult.html. Moynihan, Colin. “In Nxivm Trial, a Woman Lured Into Sex With Cult Leader Describes His Harem.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=10. Natalie, Toni, and Chet Hardin. The Program: inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM. Grand Central Publishing, 2019. “NXIVM.” Cult Education Institute :: Group Information Archives, culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm.html. “NXIVM Judge Delays Sentencing of Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman.” Times Union, Times Union, 19 Dec. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-judge-delays-sentencing-of-Seagram-s-14919236.php. Odato, James M., and Jennifer Gish. “In Raniere's Shadows.” Times Union, Times Union, 24 Apr. 2019, www.timesunion.com/local/article/In-Raniere-s-shadows-3341644.php. Ottaway, Amanda. “NXIVM 'Sex Lair' Sought in Forfeiture Action.” NXIVM 'Sex Lair' Sought in Forfeiture Action, 23 May 2018, www.courthousenews.com/ncivm-sex-lair-sought-in-us-forfeiture-action/. Oxenberg, Catherine, and Natasha Stoynoff. Captive: a Mothers Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult. Gallery Books, 2018. Parlato, Frank. “Did Raniere Poison Pam Cafrtiz, Barbara Jeske, Kristin Keeffe and Karen Unterreiner?” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 29 Nov. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/11/29/did-raniere-poison-pam-cafrtiz-barbara-jeske-kristin-keeffe-and-karen-unterreiner/. Parlato, Frank. FBI Should Investigate Bronfmans and Cult Leader Keith Raniere, 19 Nov. 2015, www.niagarafallsreporter.com/Stories/2015/NOV19/fbis.html. Parlato, Frank. “Lauren Salzman Manages Her Slaves – With Cruelty and Insanity.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 22 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/17/lauren-salzman-manages-her-slaves-with-cruelty-and-insanity/. Parlato, Frank. “How Lauren Salzman Described Her Branding Session.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 15 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/12/how-lauren-salzman-described-her-branding-session/. Parlato, Frank. “Lauren Salzman Recruited Sarah Edmondson by Lying and Agreed Sarah Should Cuckold Her Husband If Raniere Commanded.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 13 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/13/lauren-salzman-recruited-sarah-edmondson-by-lying-and-agreed-sarah-should-cuckold-her-husband-if-raniere-commanded/. Parlato, Frank. “Lauren Salzman Sent to Mind-F–k Gay Woman Who Did Not Want Keith as a Sperm Donor.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 23 Dec. 2019, frankreport.com/2019/12/23/lauren-salzman-sent-to-mind-f-k-gay-woman-who-did-not-want-keith-as-a-sperm-donor/. Parlato, Frank. “Mad Lauren Salzman: We Looked for a Virgin Successor for Keith Who Could Live for Him and Through Him When He Died.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 7 Feb. 2020, frankreport.com/2020/02/06/mad-lauren-salzman-we-looked-for-a-virgin-successor-for-keith-who-could-live-for-him-and-through-him-when-he-died/. Parry, Emma. “Leader of Sex Cult Nxivm May Have Poisoned Four Female Followers, Killing Two, Bombshell Investigation Claims.” The US Sun, The Sun, 8 Dec. 2019, www.the-sun.com/news/132334/leader-of-sex-cult-nxivm-may-have-poisoned-four-female-followers-killing-two-bombshell-investigation-claims/. Reuters. “Seagram Heiress Clare Bronfman Pleads Guilty in Alleged Sex Cult Case.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Apr. 2019, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/19/nxivm-cult-seagram-heiress-clare-bronfman-pleads-guilty. Ross, Rick. “What Makes a Cult? | Rick Ross.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 27 May 2009, www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/may/27/cults-definition-religion. Saul, Emily, and Lia Eustachewich. “'Slave Master' Recounts Horrifying Details of Relationship with Nxivm Leader.” New York Post, New York Post, 17 May 2019, nypost.com/2019/05/17/slave-master-recounts-horrifying-details-of-relationship-with-nxivm-leader/. Solomon, Deborah. “The Science of Second-Guessing.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 12 Dec. 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/the-science-of-secondguessing.html. Voytko, Lisette. “Nxivm Leader’s Text Messages With Sex ‘Slave.’” Forbes, 6 June 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/06/06/nxivm-leaders-text-messages-with-sex-slave/#26c431f8b6b0. Yakowicz, Will. “From Heiress To Felon: How Clare Bronfman Wound Up In 'Cult-Like' Group Nxivm.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 1 Feb. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/31/from-heiress-to-felon-how-clare-bronfman-wound-up-in-cult-like-group-nxivm/#3e27acc93ecf. Yacowicz, Will. “When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader Of The Nxivm ‘Sex Cult.’” Forbes, 15 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/15/keith-raniere-the-leader-of-the-nxivm-sex-cult/#2268d70435a9. Yacowicz, Will. “Nxivm Trial Witness: We Hacked Billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr.’s Email.” Forbes, 29 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/29/nxivm-trial-witness-we-hacked-billionaire-edgar-bronfman-srs-email/#105aa469156e. Yusko, Dennis. “An Espian's Brief Life.” Cult Education Institute, The Albany New Times, 1 Feb. 2004, www.culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/6048-an-espians-brief-life-.html. Yusko, Dennis. “Lawsuit Claims Group Was Portrayed as a Cult.” Cult Education Institute, The Albany New Times, 30 Aug. 2003, culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/6025-lawsuit-claims-group-was-portrayed-as-a-cult-.html

Jacob and Cedric are back with their recap of NXT’s Takeover: Portland. The guys discuss how Jacob might be an oracle when it comes to predictions and Dakota Kai taking their advice and whipping some ass. Also, the guys talk about the car crash that was Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic plus what’s next for … Continued

Jacob and Cedric are back with their recap of NXT's Takeover: Portland. The guys discuss how Jacob might be an oracle when it comes to predictions and Dakota Kai taking their advice and whipping some ass. Also, the guys talk about the car crash that was Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic plus what's next for … Continued Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greetings Espians! Welcome to Part II of NXIVM, the Albany-based self-help program, that will improve your life through indebtedness and slavery. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly continue their hero-journey quest into explaining how Keith Raniere roped so many people into believing he had all the answers. Spoiler alert: He doesn't. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: "Abrams wants 'buying club' shut down." UPI Archive: Domestic News, 19 Apr. 1993. Gale OneFile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A441989770/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=f0b0f545. Accessed 26 Jan. 2020. Aron, Nina Renata. “What Does Misogyny Look Like?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Mar. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/style/misogyny-women-history-photographs.html. Berman, Sarah. “How NXIVM Ripped Through This Group of Canadian Actors.” Vice, 12 Sept. 2018, www.vice.com/en_us/article/a38dzj/how-nxivm-ripped-through-this-group-of-canadian-actors. Berman, Sarah. “The NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Story Keeps Getting More Disturbing.” Vice, 20 May 2019, www.vice.com/en_ca/article/evyb5j/the-nxivm-sex-cult-story-keeps-getting-more-disturbing. Berman, Sarah. “What It's Like to Be Surveilled and Sued by NXIVM.” Vice, 13 June 2019, www.vice.com/en_ca/article/j5wk88/what-its-like-to-be-surveilled-and-sued-by-nxivm. Bryant, Kenzie. “How NXIVM Used a Simple Tool to Build Its ‘Sex Cult.’” Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 27 June 2018, www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/06/keith-raniere-nxivm-patents-luciferian. Dickson, EJ. “How NXIVM Was the Ultimate Wellness Scam.” Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-keith-raniere-wellness-scam-sex-cult-848439/. Dickson, EJ. “Keith Raniere's Alleged Sex Cult Was Extreme -- But His Misogynistic Views Were Horrifyingly Normal.” Rolling Stone, 10 May 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/keith-raniere-nxivm-misogyny-833427/. Edmondson, Sarah, and Kristine Gasbarre. Scarred: the True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life. Chronicle Prism, 2019. “Full-Text of Raniere Affidavit.”  NXIVM Corporation vs The Ross Institute. United States District Court Northern District of NY. https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2003-full-text-of-_raniere-affidavit-ross-case_.pdf. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Founder Raniere Guilty on All Counts.” Times Union, Times Union, 20 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Raniere-guilty-on-all-counts-14018002.php#photo-17476102. Gavin, Robert. “Messages Suggest Girl Was 15 When Raniere Relationship Began.” Times Union, Times Union, 6 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Messages-suggest-Raniere-s-relationship-with-13939595.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM's Neighborhood Shocked Anew by Trial Revelations.” Times Union, Times Union, 5 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Knox-Woods-suburban-development-and-unofficial-13925699.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Trial: 'Complete Meltdown' for Ex-Lover.” Times Union, Times Union, 18 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Purchase-of-bondage-devices-brought-up-at-NXIVM-13853726.php. Grigoriadis, Vanessa. “Inside Nxivm, the 'Sex Cult' That Preached Empowerment.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment-nxivm-keith-raniere.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. “Guinness Book IQ.” Hmolpedia, www.eoht.info/page/Guinness Book IQ Hughes, Steve. “NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Pleads Guilty as Raniere Faces New Charges.” Times Union, Times Union, 14 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-President-Nancy-Salzman-pleads-guilty-in-13685799.php. Iannelli, Jerry. “State Closes Midtown Miami School Tied to NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Leader.” Miami New Times, 4, 22 Feb. 2019, www.miaminewtimes.com/news/alejandro-sanzs-wifes-miami-school-closed-by-state-tied-to-nxivm-sex-cult-founder-10295903. Levine, Jon. “New TV Special Links Nxivm Leader Keith Raniere to Deaths of Four Women.” New York Post, New York Post, 7 Dec. 2019, nypost.com/2019/12/07/new-tv-special-links-nxivm-leader-keith-raniere-to-deaths-of-four-women/. Lyons, Brendan J. “Lawsuit Targets Keith Raniere and NXIVM Associates.” Times Union, Times Union, 29 Jan. 2020, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Federal-lawsuit-accuses-Raniere-and-his-NXIVM-15007930.php. MacIntosh, Jeane. ”NXIVM’S VEXING EFFECT ON BELIEVERS." New York Post [New York, NY], 1 Oct. 2007, p. 09. SPN.SP01, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A169330334/SPN.SP01?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=SPN.SP01&xid=0f5e0de2. Accessed 26 Jan. 2020. Meier, Barry. “Once Idolized, Guru of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' to Stand Trial Alone.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/nyregion/nxivm-keith-raniere-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Michael Gold. “Allison Mack of 'Smallville' Pleads Guilty in Case of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Where Women Were Branded.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Apr. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/nyregion/nxivm-allison-mack.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Moynihan, Colin. “Former Sex Cult Official Describes Its 'Evil' Inner Workings.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Life as a Nxivm 'Slave': Branding, Whippings and Cold Showers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=5. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Branding Was Scripted by Sex Cult Leader to Be 'Like a Sacrifice'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial-branding.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Emily Palmer. “Nxivm Trial: Allison Mack Lured Woman Into Sex Cult, She Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyregion/nxivm-trial-keith-raniere.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Was Like 'Horror Movie' Prosecutor Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/nyregion/nxivm-trial-sex-cult-raniere.html?searchResultPosition=6. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Leader Confined Woman in a Room for 2 Years in Jealous Rage.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/nyregion/nxivm-sex-cult.html. Moynihan, Colin. “In Nxivm Trial, a Woman Lured Into Sex With Cult Leader Describes His Harem.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=10. Natalie, Toni, and Chet Hardin. The Program: inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM. Grand Central Publishing, 2019. “NXIVM.” Cult Education Institute :: Group Information Archives, culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm.html. “NXIVM Judge Delays Sentencing of Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman.” Times Union, Times Union, 19 Dec. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-judge-delays-sentencing-of-Seagram-s-14919236.php. Odato, James M., and Jennifer Gish. “In Raniere's Shadows.” Times Union, Times Union, 24 Apr. 2019, www.timesunion.com/local/article/In-Raniere-s-shadows-3341644.php. Ottaway, Amanda. “NXIVM 'Sex Lair' Sought in Forfeiture Action.” NXIVM 'Sex Lair' Sought in Forfeiture Action, 23 May 2018, www.courthousenews.com/ncivm-sex-lair-sought-in-us-forfeiture-action/. Oxenberg, Catherine, and Natasha Stoynoff. Captive: a Mothers Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult. Gallery Books, 2018. Parlato, Frank. “Mad Lauren Salzman: We Looked for a Virgin Successor for Keith Who Could Live for Him and Through Him When He Died.” Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, 7 Feb. 2020, frankreport.com/2020/02/06/mad-lauren-salzman-we-looked-for-a-virgin-successor-for-keith-who-could-live-for-him-and-through-him-when-he-died/. Reuters. “Seagram Heiress Clare Bronfman Pleads Guilty in Alleged Sex Cult Case.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Apr. 2019, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/19/nxivm-cult-seagram-heiress-clare-bronfman-pleads-guilty. Ross, Rick. “What Makes a Cult? | Rick Ross.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 27 May 2009, www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/may/27/cults-definition-religion. Saul, Emily, and Lia Eustachewich. “'Slave Master' Recounts Horrifying Details of Relationship with Nxivm Leader.” New York Post, New York Post, 17 May 2019, nypost.com/2019/05/17/slave-master-recounts-horrifying-details-of-relationship-with-nxivm-leader/. Solomon, Deborah. “The Science of Second-Guessing.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 12 Dec. 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/the-science-of-secondguessing.html. Voytko, Lisette. “Nxivm Leader’s Text Messages With Sex ‘Slave.’” Forbes, 6 June 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/06/06/nxivm-leaders-text-messages-with-sex-slave/#26c431f8b6b0. Yacowicz, Will. “When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader Of The Nxivm ‘Sex Cult.’” Forbes, 15 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/15/keith-raniere-the-leader-of-the-nxivm-sex-cult/#2268d70435a9. Yacowicz, Will. “Nxivm Trial Witness: We Hacked Billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr.’s Email.” Forbes, 29 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/29/nxivm-trial-witness-we-hacked-billionaire-edgar-bronfman-srs-email/#105aa469156e. Yusko, Dennis. “An Espian's Brief Life.” Cult Education Institute, The Albany New Times, 1 Feb. 2004, www.culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/6048-an-espians-brief-life-.html. Yusko, Dennis. “Lawsuit Claims Group Was Portrayed as a Cult.” Cult Education Institute, The Albany New Times, 30 Aug. 2003, culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/6025-lawsuit-claims-group-was-portrayed-as-a-cult-.html

What happens when the Snowdens travel to Huntsville to see AEW? Chaos friends, chaos. From the epic lashing of Cody Rhodes to the infamous projectile vomit, we talk about the good, bad and ugly of our trip. Plus the top 5 and all of your questions!

In a three-episode arc, Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly delve into NXIVM, a self-help seminar/cult set in Albany NY. Part I explores the history of NXIVM founder Keith Raniere, the self-proclaimed smartest, most ethical, best volleyballer, top Vanguard player in the whole, wide world. Dive deep with us dashhounds and get ready to transform your life and you can too! Send checks! Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: "Abrams wants 'buying club' shut down." UPI Archive: Domestic News, 19 Apr. 1993. Gale OneFile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A441989770/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=f0b0f545. Accessed 26 Jan. 2020. Aron, Nina Renata. “What Does Misogyny Look Like?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Mar. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/style/misogyny-women-history-photographs.html. Berman, Sarah. “How NXIVM Ripped Through This Group of Canadian Actors.” Vice, 12 Sept. 2018, www.vice.com/en_us/article/a38dzj/how-nxivm-ripped-through-this-group-of-canadian-actors. Berman, Sarah. “The NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Story Keeps Getting More Disturbing.” Vice, 20 May 2019, www.vice.com/en_ca/article/evyb5j/the-nxivm-sex-cult-story-keeps-getting-more-disturbing. Berman, Sarah. “What It's Like to Be Surveilled and Sued by NXIVM.” Vice, 13 June 2019, www.vice.com/en_ca/article/j5wk88/what-its-like-to-be-surveilled-and-sued-by-nxivm. Bryant, Kenzie. “How NXIVM Used a Simple Tool to Build Its ‘Sex Cult.’” Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 27 June 2018, www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/06/keith-raniere-nxivm-patents-luciferian. Dickson, EJ. “How NXIVM Was the Ultimate Wellness Scam.” Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-keith-raniere-wellness-scam-sex-cult-848439/. Dickson, EJ. “Keith Raniere's Alleged Sex Cult Was Extreme -- But His Misogynistic Views Were Horrifyingly Normal.” Rolling Stone, 10 May 2019, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/keith-raniere-nxivm-misogyny-833427/. Edmondson, Sarah, and Kristine Gasbarre. Scarred: the True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life. Chronicle Prism, 2019. “Full-Text of Raniere Affidavit.”  NXIVM Corporation vs The Ross Institute. United States District Court Northern District of NY. https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2003-full-text-of-_raniere-affidavit-ross-case_.pdf. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Founder Raniere Guilty on All Counts.” Times Union, Times Union, 20 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Raniere-guilty-on-all-counts-14018002.php#photo-17476102. Gavin, Robert. “Messages Suggest Girl Was 15 When Raniere Relationship Began.” Times Union, Times Union, 6 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Messages-suggest-Raniere-s-relationship-with-13939595.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM's Neighborhood Shocked Anew by Trial Revelations.” Times Union, Times Union, 5 June 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Knox-Woods-suburban-development-and-unofficial-13925699.php. Gavin, Robert. “NXIVM Trial: 'Complete Meltdown' for Ex-Lover.” Times Union, Times Union, 18 May 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Purchase-of-bondage-devices-brought-up-at-NXIVM-13853726.php. Grigoriadis, Vanessa. “Inside Nxivm, the 'Sex Cult' That Preached Empowerment.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment-nxivm-keith-raniere.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. “Guinness Book IQ.” Hmolpedia, www.eoht.info/page/Guinness Book IQ Hughes, Steve. “NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Pleads Guilty as Raniere Faces New Charges.” Times Union, Times Union, 14 Mar. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-President-Nancy-Salzman-pleads-guilty-in-13685799.php. Iannelli, Jerry. “State Closes Midtown Miami School Tied to NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Leader.” Miami New Times, 4, 22 Feb. 2019, www.miaminewtimes.com/news/alejandro-sanzs-wifes-miami-school-closed-by-state-tied-to-nxivm-sex-cult-founder-10295903. Levine, Jon. “New TV Special Links Nxivm Leader Keith Raniere to Deaths of Four Women.” New York Post, New York Post, 7 Dec. 2019, nypost.com/2019/12/07/new-tv-special-links-nxivm-leader-keith-raniere-to-deaths-of-four-women/. Lyons, Brendan J. “Lawsuit Targets Keith Raniere and NXIVM Associates.” Times Union, Times Union, 29 Jan. 2020, www.timesunion.com/news/article/Federal-lawsuit-accuses-Raniere-and-his-NXIVM-15007930.php. MacIntosh, Jeane. ”NXIVM’S VEXING EFFECT ON BELIEVERS." New York Post [New York, NY], 1 Oct. 2007, p. 09. SPN.SP01, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A169330334/SPN.SP01?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=SPN.SP01&xid=0f5e0de2. Accessed 26 Jan. 2020. Meier, Barry. “Once Idolized, Guru of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' to Stand Trial Alone.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/nyregion/nxivm-keith-raniere-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Michael Gold. “Allison Mack of 'Smallville' Pleads Guilty in Case of Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Where Women Were Branded.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Apr. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/nyregion/nxivm-allison-mack.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Moynihan, Colin. “Former Sex Cult Official Describes Its 'Evil' Inner Workings.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Life as a Nxivm 'Slave': Branding, Whippings and Cold Showers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=5. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Branding Was Scripted by Sex Cult Leader to Be 'Like a Sacrifice'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial-branding.html. Moynihan, Colin, and Emily Palmer. “Nxivm Trial: Allison Mack Lured Woman Into Sex Cult, She Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyregion/nxivm-trial-keith-raniere.html. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Was Like 'Horror Movie' Prosecutor Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/nyregion/nxivm-trial-sex-cult-raniere.html?searchResultPosition=6. Moynihan, Colin. “Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Leader Confined Woman in a Room for 2 Years in Jealous Rage.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/nyregion/nxivm-sex-cult.html. Moynihan, Colin. “In Nxivm Trial, a Woman Lured Into Sex With Cult Leader Describes His Harem.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html?searchResultPosition=10. Natalie, Toni, and Chet Hardin. The Program: inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM. Grand Central Publishing, 2019. “NXIVM.” Cult Education Institute :: Group Information Archives, culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm.html. “NXIVM Judge Delays Sentencing of Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman.” Times Union, Times Union, 19 Dec. 2019, www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-judge-delays-sentencing-of-Seagram-s-14919236.php. Odato, James M., and Jennifer Gish. “In Raniere's Shadows.” Times Union, Times Union, 24 Apr. 2019, www.timesunion.com/local/article/In-Raniere-s-shadows-3341644.php. Oxenberg, Catherine, and Natasha Stoynoff. Captive: a Mothers Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult. Gallery Books, 2018. Reuters. “Seagram Heiress Clare Bronfman Pleads Guilty in Alleged Sex Cult Case.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Apr. 2019, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/19/nxivm-cult-seagram-heiress-clare-bronfman-pleads-guilty. Saul, Emily, and Lia Eustachewich. “'Slave Master' Recounts Horrifying Details of Relationship with Nxivm Leader.” New York Post, New York Post, 17 May 2019, nypost.com/2019/05/17/slave-master-recounts-horrifying-details-of-relationship-with-nxivm-leader/. Solomon, Deborah. “The Science of Second-Guessing.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 12 Dec. 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/the-science-of-secondguessing.html. Voytko, Lisette. “Nxivm Leader’s Text Messages With Sex ‘Slave.’” Forbes, 6 June 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/06/06/nxivm-leaders-text-messages-with-sex-slave/#26c431f8b6b0. Yacowicz, Will. “When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader Of The Nxivm ‘Sex Cult.’” Forbes, 15 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/15/keith-raniere-the-leader-of-the-nxivm-sex-cult/#2268d70435a9. Yacowicz, Will. “Nxivm Trial Witness: We Hacked Billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr.’s Email.” Forbes, 29 May 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/29/nxivm-trial-witness-we-hacked-billionaire-edgar-bronfman-srs-email/#105aa469156e. Yusko, Dennis. “An Espian's Brief Life.” Cult Education Institute, The Albany New Times, 1 Feb. 2004, www.culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/6048-an-espians-brief-life-.html. Yusko, Dennis. “Lawsuit Claims Group Was Portrayed as a Cult.” Cult Education Institute, The Albany New Times, 30 Aug. 2003, culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/6025-lawsuit-claims-group-was-portrayed-as-a-cult-.html

Abuse in several forms when correcting behaviors with "Whippings". How its doing more harm than anticipated good. Are beatings great lessons and solutions for behavioral problems? Where did we learn this behavior? Why do we repeat it? Is there another way? Please share your thoughts

First Show Getting The Feel Of App On here You Will Just Get The Straight Truth About Whipping Your Kids from Me Big Chuck My Son Fat Man And A 13 Year-old Kid By The Name Of Lavale Me and this Kid Have A Quick Debate On Topic And We Both make Great Points On Topic Would You belive Some People Belive Its A Tradition We I Speak On How Today Kids Can Call Police On Parents Who Do Everything For Them and Would Not Hurt Them Ever Wonder How it Feel For Someone To Tell You What You Can And Cant Do With Your Kid are Kids I Got In My Feelings During Show And Speaking How i Feel 100% About It Do You Belive Ass Whipping Save Lifes How About If Your Kid Do Anything Bad And Dont Get Whip Will He Do It again Listen To You Are Do Worst Next Time We All Feel How We So Can Anyone Be Right

In the S1:E7 of Facade Podcast Dr. B. K. Hotchkins opens the pod with “5 Topics” about Apple Watch Workouts (8:28), Student graduation (10:56), Devil Beatings (17:55), Whippings (23:34) and Toothless (27:56). His therapist assignment about the GOAT producer (30:49) then explores “Either/Or” Dating to find marriage narcissism (40:32) before discussing the “Neither/Nor” Barnes & Noble, Starbucks ambiance segment (51:40). He also introduces the block “What We Not Gone Do” about the Netflix show See You Yesterday (58:56) before discussing NBA playoff color commentary as posed by a lister in our DMs in the “Talmbout” (1:06:21) section. Finally, he concludes with the “Detangle” (1:14:42) about how does your reciprocity look? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/facadepodcast/message

Tony Robbins was accused of sexual misconduct by four women in a Buzzfeed article. Now, more women are starting to come forward. Plus, a video of him using racial slurs as has also surfaced.  Kieth Raniere is on trial for using his now-defunct self-help empire, NXIVM, to hide an elite sex cult complete with sex trafficking, kidnapping and a tier of slaves. He used his influence and power to pressure his followers into sleeping with him in the guise of helping them heal their sexuality.  Both men have been outed partly because of the influence of the #metoo movement. Especially, Tony Robbins who put light on himself by claiming that #metoo was an excuse for women to become relevant.  The Witches talk about these two men and how they have gotten away with their predatory behavior because people were bullied into silence or threatened by lawyers to stay quiet.  **TRIGGER WARNING - In this podcast, we talk about graphic sexual acts, rape, sexual assault, and other disturbing behavior.** NXIVM:A Forensic Psychiatrist Evaluates ESP by John Hochman, M.D. - https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/NXIVM/esp4.htmlNXIVM Wikipedia Entry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVMA Critical Analysis of the Executive Success Programs, Inc. by Paul Martin, Ph.D. - https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/NXIVM/esp10.htmlRobert Jay Lifton's Eight Criteria of Thought Reform as Applied to the Executive Success Programs by Paul Martin, Ph.D. - https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/NXIVM/esp11.htmlNXIVM Branding Was Scripted by Sex Cult Leader to Be "Like a Sacrifice" (The New York Times) - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial-branding.htmlIn NXIVM Trial, a Woman Lured Into Sex with Cult Leader Describes His Harem (The New York Times) - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.htmlLife as a NXIVM "Slave": Branding, Whippings, and Cold Showers (The New York Times) - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.htmlKeith Raniere's NXIVM Trial: What We've Learned So Far (BBC News): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48401061Uncover Podcast from CBC Radio (Start with Season 1, Episode 1) - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/current-affairs-information/uncover/ Kieth Raniere Conversations Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWvfA27XqQFsqQXAFIJnmQTONY ROBBINS:Leaked Records Reveal Tony Robbins Berated Abuse Victims, And Former Followers Accuse Him of Sexual Advances (BuzzFeed Pt 1) - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janebradley/tony-robbins-self-help-secretsFour More Women have Accused Tony Robbins of Sexual Misconduct (BuzzFeed Pt 2) - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiejmbaker/four-more-women-accuse-tony-robbins-of-sexual-misconductTony Robbins was Filmed Using Racial Slurs (BuzzFeed Pt 3) - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janebradley/tony-robbins-filmed-using-racial-slursCreative Planning's Split with Tony Robbins Was in the Works Well Before Self-Help Guru's Sexual Misconduct Allegations, says Peter Mallouk (RIABiz.com) - https://riabiz.com/a/2019/5/24/exclusive-creative-plannings-split-with-tony-robbins-was-in-the-works-well-before-self-help-gurus-sexual-misconduct-allegations-says-peter-malloukTony Robbins' Tweet regarding Statement by Kate Ritasse, Former Assistant - https://twitter.com/TonyRobbins/status/1131331722338029568Tony Robbins is a Major Jerk (and Other Reasons You Should Follow His Lead) by Michael Schein - https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelschein/2018/05/03/tony-robbins-is-a-major-jerk-and-other-reasons-you-should-follow-his-lead/#77a5b8267be9Tony Robbins' Wikipedia Entry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Robbins#Early_lifeTony Robbins' and Nanine McCool at "Unleash Your Power" event re: #MeToo: https://youtu.be/kvkA7fhUKe0Tony Robbins' Apology on Facebook re: #MeToo: https://www.facebook.com/TonyRobbins/posts/at-a-recent-unleash-the-power-within-upw-event-in-san-jose-my-comments-failed-to/10156469713679060/ Tony Robbins Apology about Buzzfeed Article: https://youtu.be/KXbpdzh3MJ0 Audio Clips are from CNN and ABC News and were found on Youtube except for the ones that are mentioned above. Links are provided. Additional Crew for this Episode: Greensperson - Stephanie Carrell Head of Plaster - Holly Keefer Weapons master - Trinity Lynne Set Designer - Leah Patterson ***************************************************** If you would like to support us please subscribe to a perk on our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/wewitchesthree We Witches Three Website: https://www.wewitchesthree.com Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wewitchesthree

In the S1:E7 of Facade Podcast Dr. B. K. Hotchkins opens the pod with “5 Topics” about Apple Watch Workouts (8:28), Student graduation (10:56), Devil Beatings (17:55), Whippings (23:34) and Toothless (27:56). His therapist assignment about the GOAT producer (30:49) then explores “Either/Or” Dating to find marriage narcissism (40:32) before discussing the “Neither/Nor” Barnes & Noble, Starbucks ambiance segment (51:40). He also introduces the block “What We Not Gone Do” about the Netflix show See You Yesterday (58:56) before discussing NBA playoff color commentary as posed by a lister in our DMs in the “Talmbout” (1:06:21) section. Finally, he concludes with the “Detangle” (1:14:42) about how does your reciprocity look?

In this episode...  S. Anthony talks about:   The struggles and joys of being two generations away from getting butt whippings The theory that body fat is ruining your life... on purpose                      Check this episode out, spread the word about this show and remember to subscribe and rate it.  (5 stars ya #Bastids!)    Running Time 43:31   Show Store: cafepress.com/santhonysays   Support the show: paypal.me/santhonysays       Follow him on twitter: @santhonysays & @santhonythomas   Show website: santhonysays.com   YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/santhonysays   Email (Questions/Comments): talktosanthony@gmail.com        Theme Song (Go S.)  by  RC (lead singer of http://therockczars.com/)  

Beatings. Whippings. Shipwrecks. Attacks. Hunger. Thirst. Cold. Hot. Pain. Suffering.This was Paul's life. Yet still he encourages us to rejoice in the Lord always.What is stealing your joy? And more importantly, how can we rejoice through these things, and always?Listen as Deb Glassford shares with us Paul's advice on how to find joy always.

Beatings. Whippings. Shipwrecks. Attacks. Hunger. Thirst. Cold. Hot. Pain. Suffering.This was Paul's life. Yet still he encourages us to rejoice in the Lord always.What is stealing your joy? And more importantly, how can we rejoice through these things, and always?Listen as Deb Glassford shares with us Paul's advice on how to find joy always.

Join Willa aka Willa tha King and Wiltz aka J Wiltz as they talk everything from Donald Trump to Lebron James to Kim K's booty. Come get somewhat informed and hella entertained.   Topics:  1. Ahman Green charged with punching daughter. 2. Gay history is schools. 3. BET Awrds                 

Part I Coming to America: Slavery and Abolition   Hi and welcome to the Wiki History lecture series called History is Power! Produced by robinlofton.com where history is power.  In the introductory lecture, we read a journal entry by Jackie Robinson about how he felt that he was living in a fairy tale on the day that joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. His moving entry helped us to understand that fairy tales (or happy endings) can happen to everyone, including you and me. And that is one reason to learn history: inspiration.   Today, we continue our Wiki lecture series about the importance of knowing African American history.  We can ask again: why is history important?   Let’s begin with another journal entry.   Look at www.robinlofton.com for the written excerpt by Frederick Douglass.   That was from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. He very eloquently describes how slaves were treated with such inhumanity, nearly like animals, and kept ignorant of even their identity. And this is where we begin our lecture.   Today’s wiki lecture is called Coming to America: Slavery and the Abolition movement.   I know that some of my listeners are now rolling their eyes and asking themselves: why do we need to know about slavery?  African slavery is finished and has been for almost 150 years.  Why can’t we just move on and forget about it?   Those are good questions and this is a good time to address them.    There is a great quote by a very wise man, Daniel Boorstin (a former librarian of Congress) who said: “Trying to plan for the future without a sense of the past is like trying plant cut flowers.”   I will repeat it because it is so relevant to this question of why it is important to know history.   “Trying to plan for the future without a sense of the past is like trying to plant cut flowers.”   In other words, it is impossible for African Americans to move forward and build a true and meaningful presence in America without knowing our history.  Slavery is just one part of our history. Of course, there are other parts including our important contributions to the United States and the world. Contributions in areas like music, language, science, medicine, law, religion and spirituality, art, literature, and culture are all important parts of our past that we should know and cherish just like we should know about the parts that include slavery, injustice, suffering, and struggle. These are aspects of our history that have had a direct effect on us as individuals and as a people. And those effects are still felt today. So, we will examine slavery today and learn of its lasting effects on African American culture.   Slavery in America was a unique and terrible institution. It was marked by violence, brutality, and degradation. It also broke up families, and destroyed traditions, cultures, and languages. It used fear, torture, ignorance, and severe punishments to control the growing slave population. Whippings, executions, and rapes were common. In the antebellum (pre-civil war) South, slaves constituted one-third of the population.  These measures were used to control the large and growing number of slaves in the region.     Slaves were considered as property. They were bought and sold as one would buy or sell a horse or a cow. There are many slave narratives that discuss the brutality and difficulties of life as a slave. But they also discuss how slaves worked to keep their dignity, develop and maintain relationships, and how they struggled for survival for themselves and their families.  One of the best slave narratives is written by Frederick Douglass. There is also a very moving collection of narratives called Remembering Slavery. This collection also contains audio recordings by former slaves about life during slavery. Here is an interview with Phoebus, a former slave in Virginia, reflecting on her grandmother’s experiences working in the fields as a young child:   Grandma said slaves had to pick so many pounds of cotton a day, they were given an awful whipping if they didn’t get this amount. My grandma said that she was small and just couldn’t get her proper amount, but was jolly and always ran to get water for the other slaves when they wanted it. At the end of the day, one of the men would tell another, “Give that little black girl five pounds of  cotton. She’s all right.” When they evened her up, she wouldn’t get a beating but lots of time she would come up short and would have to take the whippin. All the slaves who had fallen short had to stand in line with their backs bare for their whippin. Grandma said that often she was whipped until she could barely move.   From the arrival of the first slave ships in the American colonies in 1619 until slavery was abolished in 1865, the slaves fought for their freedom.  They never just accepted their fate.  They never accepted themselves as less than human. And they fought to maintain their dignity. Freedom was always on their mind and in their hearts.   There were slave rebellions and organized revolts. And, of course, slaves continuously tried to escape and reach the so-called “free” states or even Canada. Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Virginia was one of the largest and most famous rebellions, consisting of more than 70 free and enslaved Black people.   The rebellion was quick and violent. On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner and his band went from house to house setting free every slave that they found. More than 60 people were killed on that night.  Nat Turner and the others were caught and executed.   So, slaves were constantly fighting for, struggling for, or running towards freedom. The response was often harsh punishment, torture, and death to the slaves themselves and sometimes to anyone who helped them.  Although some historians label the slaves as “exceptionally docile”,  there were as many as 300 such rebellions by slaves who sought freedom. In fact, slave owners deeply feared rebellions and took brutal measures to deter and suppress them.   The peculiar institution of slavery divided the United States. This was partially the fault of the delegates who wrote the national Constitution in 1787. Although certain sections of the Constitution made vague references to slavery, it was never formally addressed by the document. Delegates on both sides fought fervently for their position. Yet slavery was left as an issue belonging to the states. Nevertheless, the movement to abolish slavery was gaining momentum.    By the 1850’s, the abolitionist movement had a lot of support. It was promoted by both African Americans, notably Frederick Douglass (himself an escaped slave who became an eloquent orator, prolific author, and leading abolitionist figure both nationally and internationally), Sojourner Truth (also escaped from slavery who became a leading abolitionist and suffragette), Harriet Tubman (who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the Underground Railroad, and worked as a spy and nurse during the Civil War), and Benjamin Banneker (who was born free but wrote notable letters to President Thomas Jefferson accusing him of violating the “self-evident” rights of all people).  There were also white people who demanded the abolition of slavery like Harriett Beecher Stowe (who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin), John Brown (who led an important revolt at Harper’s Ferry and who gave an eloquent speech about his desire to free the slaves before his execution) and William Lloyd Garrison (who founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and demanded the immediate abolition of slavery).   It was, indeed, a multicultural movement! Countless others contributed to the movement to end slavery in great and small ways. Some contributed money. Others opened their homes to escaped slaves. Still others wrote articles, gave speeches, taught slaves to read and write. And each contribution was important to end the peculiar and terrible institution of slavery in the United States.  Following abolition, many of these same people fought for equal rights for Black persons and for equality of all people.    Abolition of slavery and the beginning of the reconstruction era were two big steps for African Americans. Freedom was important, it was imperative but it was just the beginning. The story (or the “fairy tale”) continued and is still being written today.       Slavery was without a doubt one of the most difficult times for African Americans.  The violence and brutality are heartbreaking and infuriating. But the slaves’ bravery and courage are moving and inspiring.  We should never forget what they suffered for generations, what they endured for centureis Or the effects of hundreds of years of slavery. Yes, slavery is over. But the story continues.   In the next History is Power! Podcast, we will continue our “fairy tale” . It moves from the fight for freedom to the fight for equality. We will examine the struggle for civil rights. Some names and events will be familiar, particularly those from the civil rights movement.  But others will be new and surprising. The struggle for equal rights began long before the 1950s. And you will hear about them in the next podcast in the first week of December.   I hope that you enjoyed this History is Power lecture at robinlofton.com.  Please remember to subscribe so that the wiki history lectures and the History is Power! lectures will be sent directly to your mailbox.  I also encourage you to make comments, ask questions, or just leave me a message. I love to hear from you all.   Remember to keep believing in fairy tales and never plant cut flowers.   See you again soon!