When does socialist utopia lead to revolutionary suicide? This week, Emily and Maddy talk about the original Cult, the cult that made the Kool-Aid.. the Jonestown massacre.. the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones. You do not want to miss this one.
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Cults. Performance by Greg Polcyn, and Vanessa Richardson, episode "The Peoples Temple" Jim Jones Part 1 and 2, Parcast Network, Jan. 2018.
Gritz, Jennie Rothenberg. “Drinking the Kool-Aid: A Survivor Remembers Jim Jones.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 19 Nov. 2011, www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/drinking-the-kool-aid-a-survivor-remembers-jim-jones/248723/
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Moore , Rebecca. “Before the Tragedy at Jonestown, the People of Peoples Temple Had a Dream.” The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2020, https://theconversation.com/before-the-tragedy-at-jonestown-the-people-of-peoples-temple-had-a-dream-103151
Wolochatiuk, Tim, director. Jonestown: Paradise Lost. Film Afrika Worldwide, Cineflix International, Cineflix Productions, 2007, www.amazon.com/Jonestown-Paradise-Lost-Tim-Wolochatiuk/
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