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Abusive Leaders Episodes

Oct. 10, 2023

S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out?   --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin     Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn …
Sept. 26, 2023

S5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out?   --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham     Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves.   --- *Se…
July 4, 2023

S5E5 - The Collective's Legacy (Objectivism's reception & effects)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? ---   Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno   Chris tries to land this Ayn Rand plane in an objectivel…
June 20, 2023

S5E4 - The Collective's Architect (Ayn Rand's life)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? ---   Who is Ayn Rand?   Chris and Kayla try to answer this ocean of a question, exploring the many rivers and tributaries that feed it.   --- *Search Categories* Anthropologi…
June 6, 2023

S5E3 - The Collective's Dogma (Objectivist beliefs)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? ---   I am evolving and it’s so damn beautiful. -Anonymous   Chris ponders the philosophical orb with Kayla, and finally comes out as a cultist himself. Objectively speaking. …
April 11, 2023

S5E1 - The Wives & Their Father (the Source Family)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? ---   Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar   Kayla and Chris kick off Season 5 by going to a cult within a cult... culturducken.   --- *Search Categories* …