Strange Country Ep. 215: Moonies 3 in 3-D

In the final installment in the Moonies' trilogy, Strange Country looks at Sun Myung Moon's influence in American politics, and how his money helped the New Right gain power. There's also sound effects that you can hear, which is a Christmas miracle. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Armstrong, Scott and Cheshire, Maxine. "Korean CIA Tied to Moon Rally: Korea CIA Tied to Moon Rallies Supporting Nixon." The Washington Post (1974-), Nov 07, 1976, pp. 2. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/korean-cia-tied-moon-rally/docview/146557133/se-2?accountid=189667.\ Benscoter, Diane. Shoes of a Servant: My Unconditional Devotion to a Lie. Lucky Bat Books, 2013. Blake, Mariah. "The Fall of the House of Moon" The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2021, https://newrepublic.com/article/115512/unification-church-profile-fall-house-moon. Boyer, Jean-Francois. Johnson, R.W. "R.W. Johnson · Rising Moon · LRB 18 December 1986." London Review of Books, London Review of Books, 6 Nov. 2019, https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n22/r.w.-johnson/rising-moon. "CIA, Moonies Cooperate in Sandinista War." The Washington Post (1974-) Aug 16 1984: 1. ProQuest. 4 Dec. 2021 . Edge, Simon. "The Express: DARK SIDE OF THE MOONIE." Express, The (London, England), 15 Oct. 2009. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/12E3828D241D77D8. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021. "Frontline: The Resurrection of Reverend Moon." 1992, PBS. https://vimeo.com/520151453. Frosman, Daniel. "The Untold Story of Sushi." The New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/magazine/sushi-us.html. Gorenfeld, John. Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created The Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built and American Kingdom. PoliPointPress, 2008. Hong, Nansook. In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moons Family. Little, Brown, 1998. Kaplan, Anna. "The Moon's the limit." The Humanist, vol. 64, no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 2004, p. 14+. Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A121765419/PPPM?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=bookmark-PPPM&xid=e603ec35. Accessed 19 June 2021. Leigh, Andrew. "INSIDE MOON'S WASHINGTON: THE PRIVATE SIDE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: IMPROVING THE IMAGE, LOOKING FOR CLOUT IMPROVING THE IMAGE LOOKING FOR CLOUT." The Washington Post (1974-) Oct 15 1989: 3. ProQuest. 4 Dec. 2021 . Levine, Martin, et al. "Sun Myung Moon, We Hardly Knew Ye-or Your Church's Finances!" Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly, 12 Sept. 2018, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/sun-myung-moon-we-hardly-knew-yeor-your-churchs-finances/. McFadden, Robert D. "Donald M. Fraser, Lawmaker Who Bared a South Korea Plot, Dies at 95." The New York Times, The New York Times, 3 June 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/obituaries/donald-fraser-dead.html. "Moonies Accused of Involvement in Drugs." The Irish Times, The Irish Times, 14 Oct. 2004, https://www.irishtimes.com/news/moonies-accused-of-involvement-in-drugs-1.1161827. MORPHEW, CLARK. "Daughter-in-law flees abuse by Moon family." Columbia Daily Tribune (MO), 10 Oct. 1998. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0FC2AC5BEB9E53AC. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021. "NANSOOK HONG." Weekend Edition Saturday [NPR] (USA), 26 Sept. 1998. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15758DBAA26FDF48. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021. Prochnau, Bill. "Ripon Society Decries New Right 'Alliance' with Moon Church." The Washington Post (1974-) Jan 06 1983: 1. ProQuest. 4 Dec. 2021 . Reel, Monte. "Sun Myung Moon's Lost Eco-Utopia." Outside Online, 26 June 2021, https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/sun-myung-moons-lost-eco-utopia/. Reuter, Lisa. "A HARSH LIFE BEING ECLIPSED BY THE MOONS." Columbus Dispatch, The (OH), Home Final ed., sec. FEATURES - Accent & Arts, 3 Jan. 1999, p. 6F. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10DD3E8BA07C3D08. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021. "Rev. Moon, President Nixon and a Green Card." How Well Do You Know Your Moon, 16 Oct. 2021, https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/post/665152318413619200/rev-moon-president-nixon-and-a-green-card. Shoaib, Alia. "Trump Spoke at a 9/11 'Moonies' Conference Organized by the Widow of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Praising the Controversial Unification Church." Business Insider, Business Insider, 12 Sept. 2021, https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-speaks-at-moonies-911-event-praises-unification-church-2021-9. White, David F. "Sun Myung Moon Is Criticized by Religious Leaders." The New York Times, The New York Times, 29 Dec. 1976, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/29/archives/sun-myung-moon-is-criticized-by-religious-leaders-jewish-patrons.html.