It is only when we get to the higher understanding that most people, most organisations, are neither wholly good, or wholly bad, that we can transcend some of these entrenched issues and see things clearly. One thing can be very bad for some people, and positive for others. Neither negates the other, they both just... are.
What Russo firmly does is place the outcomes of the cult, within a cultural context of the crumbling American empire, and the death of the public service ideal. By doing this he makes the scared, isolated lives the cult members live much more a symptom of the modern worlds lack of connection, community and shared values, rather than the punchline of a joke.
Sex has never been as straight forward as people would like it to be. The sexual revolution of the 60s was meant to free us all, but unfortunately the likelihood of every encounter possibly ending in pregnancy, child birth, and massive social stigma for any unmarried mother, was not the only thing that was holding …
You can listen to the Podcast here. This next podcast on my list of top 5 weekly true crime podcasts is not strictly true crime. Weekly stories also contain paranormal, cryptozoology, cults and of course a heft dose of spooky gay bullshit. It is indeed, the one, the only That's Spooky. Hosted by Canadians Johnny …
