Cargo Cults

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When tribal groups first make contact with cultures and civilizations outside their own there are often unexpected consequences. Throughout history moments of 'First Contact' have led to disease outbreaks, war, and genocide. However, there is also a relatively new and incredibly odd phenomenon tied to first contact events known as Cargo Cults. These strange religions are largely formed out of a single campaign during World War 2. In short, tribal groups across the pacific experienced allied military might, and the resource that followed these military groups during the war in the pacific. The groups only found one appropriate response to these godlike forces; worship. These are the unbelievable stories of the Cargo Cults, namely John Frum.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5714661/advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.3	Have you, uh, have you ever heard of cargo cults? Cargo cults. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it was really big in like 2008, right? It was all these dudes who went to Eddie Bauer and bought cargo shorts. Oh, and that's how they knew they were a part of this like circle, right? It was actually a whole conspiracy. Right. There's a bunch of dudes walking around. Some of them were plaid. You were plaid shorts. Oh, I remember that was the plaid colt and they were freaking weird, right?
1:32.0	Did you say thank God?
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1:36.5	Yeah, at that same moment, two cargo boxes start floating down from the sky.
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