Cults, Sex, and the American Dream in 'Wild Wild Country' I The Big Picture (Ep. 446)

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey chats with 'Wild Wild Country' directors Maclain and Chapman Way and producer Mark Duplass about the arduous process of making an in-depth documentary that features a 64,000-acre ranch in Oregon, a spiritual guru, ritualistic group sex, assassination plots, guns, drugs, and bioterrorism. You can find the official Ringer web store here: http://bit.ly/ringershop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	How does a piece-loving group that's come to Oregon end up doing the things that they did?
0:39.5	And part of the thing we were hearing back from them was this wasn't internally that pushed us,
0:44.4	which is what a story of Lot of Colts are.
0:46.1	There were external pressures here that caused us to do the things that we ended up doing.
0:50.9	I'm Sean Phenese, Editor and Chief of the Ringer, and this is the Big Picture, a conversation show with some of the most interesting filmmakers in the world.
1:02.7	About a week ago, a strange and fascinating new series landed on Netflix.
1:06.7	It tells a true life story that is almost impossible to believe.
1:09.7	It involves a 64,000 acre ranch in Oregon, a spiritual guru, ritualistic group sex,
1:15.7	assassination ploys, guns, drugs, bioterrorism, and honest to goodness human drama.
1:22.0	And it's arriving just as the fascination with Colts and popular culture is reaching a fever pitch.
1:26.7	The series is called Wild Wild Country, and it chronicles the story of Rajneesh Param,
1:31.5	the controversial community that the followers of the spiritual leader O'Sho built in the Oregon desert.
1:36.6	Wild Wild Country is a lot like that community, a sprawling six-part story directed by Chapman and McLean Wei,
1:42.4	and delivered to Netflix by way of Mark and J.Du Plus' production company.
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