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The Orgasm Cult

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The Orgasm Cult

A weekly True Crime podcast featuring Nastaran Tavakoli-Far

 8 people rated this podcast
The Orgasm Cult

BBC Radio 4 BBC

The Orgasm Cult

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The Orgasm Cult

BBC Radio 4 BBC

The Orgasm Cult

A weekly True Crime podcast featuring Nastaran Tavakoli-Far
 8 people rated this podcast
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This podcast is now the subject of a legal complaint by Nicole Daedone, Rachel Cherwitz, OneTaste Incorporated, the Institute of OM LLC and OM IP Co.

In the search for wellness, how far would you go?

Nicole Daedone, the charismatic co-founder of wellness company One Taste believed that orgasm would one day sit alongside yoga and meditation as the self-care practice for the modern empowered women.

Except that now the FBI is making enquiries in to One Taste over allegations including sex trafficking, prostitution and violations of labour law.

How did Orgasmic Meditation go from hippy beginnings to a sleek, million-dollar operation?

How did this wellness practise – touted as the next big thing everywhere from Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop to the New York Times – lead to isolation, debt and abuse?

Why is women’s health and pain still not taken seriously by conventional medicine?

The Orgasm Cult is a story about people desperate for connection and how far they would go to find it.

Join Nastaran Tavakoli-Far as she investigates One Taste through exclusive interviews with former employees and asks big questions about the wellness industry.

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As one can guess, an original reporting podcast from BBC radio is a solid quality choice. What's more, the story combines the subjects that to me are usually the most interesting: corporate greed and white collar crime, wellness industry, cults and aftermaths of the 60s cultural revolution, (liberal) feminism and gender dynamics - and the WTFs of late capitalism. It would be perfect if these topics and contexts were explored a bit more, but still - worth a binge
This was a really interesting and disturbing look into the world of what happens when "wellness" takes a turn for the worse. It's crazy to hear how such normal, main stream people can get pulled into these groups for a sense of belonging and improving their lives, only to endure abuse and assault.
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Podcast Status
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Started
Nov 10th, 2020
Latest Episode
Dec 16th, 2020
Release Period
Weekly
Episodes
12
Avg. Episode Length
22 minutes
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No
Language
English
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BBC
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Podcast Details

Created by
BBC
Podcast Status
Idle
Started
Nov 10th, 2020
Latest Episode
Dec 16th, 2020
Release Period
Weekly
Episodes
12
Avg. Episode Length
22 minutes
Explicit
No
Language
English
Network
BBC
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