Part Two: L. Ron Hubbard: The Greatest C...

Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition - Is the Economy About to Explode? - Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis - The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs - Exe ... Show More

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Jack Parsons was a rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher responsible for astonishing breakthroughs in his field. However, Parsons had a double life -- a private passion for the occult that led him to eventually join Aleister Crowley's new Thelemite religion, attempt ... Show More

<p>Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.</p> <p>We’re back with another greatest hits mashup this week, pulled together from the Little Bit Culty archives for your late listening pleasure because…well…we can’t quit you - not even for a short late summer, early fall hiatus. ... Show More

<p>Though John James Audubon was the son of a French planter, he cultivated the image of an American frontiersman. In this episode, New York Public Library curator Michael Inman joins us for a discussion of Audubon's early life.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a ... Show More

<p>In 1850, James Strang was crowned king of Michigan's Beaver Island. He got the opportunity to lead after meeting Joseph Smith and converting to Mormonism. After Smith's death, Strang tried to step in as his successor. Tune in to learn what happened next.</p><p> </p> Learn more ... Show More

In part 1 of this 2 part series, Hannah and Suruthi peer under the slippery stone of Scientology’s sinister origins. They track the life of founder L. Ron Hubbard, from the birth of Dianetics, to the constantly shifting goalposts of engrams, and of course the conception of the Se ... Show More

<p>This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/culty and get on your way to being your best self.</p> <p>In part one of this 2-parter, we feature Scientology defector and whistleblower Claire Headley who spent 30 years in the church isolat ... Show More

Tracy talks about how she was particularly fascinated by Dean Mahomed's entrepreneurial efforts. She and Holly also marvel at the many career pivots Mahomed made. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Randall Haley reminisces about the yearly Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi; also, Dr. Adam Carrington of Hillsdale College tells the story of The Alien and Sedition Acts, some one of America's most controversial l ... Show More

Charlie Lawson, famous for playing Jim McDonald in Coronation Street shares with Al Murray and James Holland his family's history in the Second World War. Charlie's uncle, who fought with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, was incredibly close with Australian Lawrie Franklyn-Vaile. Durin ... Show More