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Episode 284: Falun Gong Part 2: Qigong Fever

TRUE ANON TRUTH FEED

TrueAnon

Politics, News

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

We take a trip to China to uncover the origins of the Falun Gong, the contradictions between superstition and science, rural ear reading, levitation, and Qigong fever.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a lot to cover today, so we'll just get right into it.

0:05.2

My name is the venerable baby master, Grace Belden.

0:09.4

I'm Liz.

0:10.4

We are, of course, joined by producer Jan Chomsky, and this is Truunon, China, before communism.

0:30.0

Ladies and gentlemen, if we want to explain to you what the fuck Fallon Gong is all about,

0:45.6

we actually got to start with a different Gong here.

0:48.5

And no, I'm not talking about the one that young Chomsky is about to insert.

0:52.3

I'm talking about Qi Gong.

0:55.8

This is basically like Chinese yoga, which sounds nice.

1:00.8

It does sound nice.

1:01.8

I mean, I'm sure it's listen a little, if you've ever walked through a park in China,

1:07.5

but think in particular that one park next to the crazy blade runner looking hotel, the

1:12.1

Hilton, I think if fucking Chinatown in San Francisco, you walk through that motherfucker

1:15.9

and there'll be like 40 people every at any given moment doing Qi Gong out there.

1:20.8

Or Tai Chi.

1:21.8

Or Tai Chi, yeah.

1:23.5

But Qi Gong is basically a slow series of movements that you do.

1:30.1

It's sort of like a physical spiritual practice, right?

1:34.3

It's usually a lot less intense, especially than some kinds of yoga.

1:38.0

I don't believe for instance they do hot Qi Gong.

1:40.8

No, they should though.

1:42.4

They should.

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