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Episode 5: The Source Family vs. Buddhafield

Madness Madness!

English - February 02, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
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Having your own cult is about not having to decide between being a wildly successful health-food restaurant pioneer or being White Human Man God. Or between telling your gaggle of model-like Californians that sex is ridiculous while also ... uh, look, no spoilers, but the dude pushing that notion may actually have had sex.

The Source Family was a foundational southern California '60s cult; Bhuddafield was, 20 years later ... another southern California cult. They go head to head in today's episode, which includes togas, the Dorothy Chandler family mansion, something like 13 albums of psychedelia, budgie-smugglers, professional videographers, and paying a dude $50 to gently poke you in the eyes. It is yet another banger of an episode in what has become a nonstop series of bangers. Let's go!