Ep 85 WILD WILD COUNTRY with journalist Richard Parks III
- April 16, 2018
- Tagged as: Antelope, beaver, Bhagwan, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Bill Callahan, bioterror, Chapman Way, cults, Dr. George Meredith, Duplass, food, food writer, Guerrilla Tacos, Jane Stork, journalist, KCRW, Krishna Deva, Ma Anand Sheela, Ma Shanti B, Maclain Way, netflix, Osho, Philip Toelkes, pods, Rajneeshpuram, Richard Parks, sannyasin, Sheela, Swami Prem Niren, The Dalles, Wild Wild Country
When the Rajneesh movement and their leader the Bhagwan came to rural Oregon in the 1980s was it just a clash of cultures (worldly orange-clad hippies vs. conservative townspeople) or a mafia-style hostile takeover? Our guest is journalist and Los Angeles native, Richard Parks III.