This is a CBC podcast.

So I take off my clothes and she hands me a napkin,

tells me to fold it and put it around my eyes like a blindfold.

I'm Josh Block. This is Escaping Nexium from CBC Podcasts on cover.

I have butterflies on my stomach.

I'm like, you know, kind of self-conscious, like, but of holding my boobs.

And she leads me down the stairs through the kitchen.

She sits me down on, like, one of those thick, fluffy, like, white sheepskin rugs,

and I sense that there's somebody to my right.

And then she comes in and says,

I want to introduce you to your sisters.

You can take your blindfold off.

I've been investigating Nexium, a bizarre self-help group,

led by someone who calls himself the smartest man in the world.

How he won the endorsement of actors, politicians, and even a visit from the Dalai Lama,

how he spent millions of dollars to destroy his detractors, and how he created a harem of devoted

women.

I just went into the most loving, best place that I could,

while the most searing, awful pain was being dragged across my body,

like a fucking fire flame across my skin.

And I look at why authorities have failed to stop him until now.

Uncover.

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