Episode 153 - It's Never About Seasoning

If you're looking for a podcast about sex and cults, then by golly you've found the right one! In this episode, Janelle and Vicky look at two cults with sex at the center of their practices for very different reasons. You can check out the High Expectations podcast here! Research links below:Bloomberg - "The Dark Side of the Orgasmic Meditation Company""Orgasm, INC." on NetflixThe Spinoff - "My Weekend at OneTaste, the 'sex cult' made famous by Netflix's Orgasm Inc"Variety - "'Sexual Wellness' Company Founder Loses Libel Bid Against BBC Over Podcast"Page Six - "Former OneTaste participants sue Netflix over 'Orgasm Inc' documentary"Harpers Bazar - "Orgasm Inc: Netflix explores alleged 'orgasm cult' company, OneTaste"Insider - "Former members of an 'orgasm cult' say leaders encouraged them to have sex to settle arguments and heal from trauma"OneTaste.USBloomberg - "FBI Is Probing OneTaste, a Sexuality Wellness Company" NY History - "The Oneida Community""The Communistic Societies of the United States; From Personal Visit and Observation: Including Detailed Accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, The Amana, Oneida, Bethei, Aurora, Icarian, and Other Existing Societies, Their Religious Creeds, Social Practices, Numbers, Industries, and Present Condition." by Charles NordhoffVCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project - "Oneida Community (1848-1880): A Utopian Community"Syracuse University Library - "The Oneida Community Collection in the Syracuse University Library"Oneida Community Mansion HouseWBUR - "The Rich, Sexy History Of Oneida - Commune and Silverware Maker"Collectors Weekly - "The Polyamorous Christian Socialist Utopia That Made Silverware for Proper Americans"Syracuse University Library - "John Humphrey Noyes, the Putney community; compiled and edited by George Wallingford Noyes""The Ideas of John Humphrey Noyes, Perfectionist" by Leonard Bernstein