Episode 4: Building Utopia
American Utopia
English - March 07, 2018 05:00 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Documentary history marriage free love sex utopia oneida Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1848, when word of his free-love practices spread in his hometown of Putney, Vermont, John Humphrey Noyes and a few followers fled to Oneida Creek, in central New York state. There, bucking terrible odds, a harsh climate, and the nostalgic pull of the agrarian past, Noyes, and his followers managed to build a flourishing, vibrant community of 300 people who lived and loved together under one giant roof. This is the story of how they did it.
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