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Podcast: Tales From Aztlantis
Episode: Episode 93: Cesar Chavez & The Cult of Synanon!
Description: The year is 1966, in Santa Monica, California. Inside a large, dimly lit room, members of a controversial and increasingly violent group known as Synanon gather in a circle. At the center sits a single figure—another “Synanite”—alone on a folding chair, surrounded on all sides. Around the edges of the room, a few silent observers watch, waiting.Then it begins.One by one, the circle turns inward. Voices rise. Insults sharpen. What starts as confrontation quickly escalates into something far more intense—members unleashing a barrage of personal attacks, screaming accusations, cutting deep with words mean...