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Last Update on the Left - Episode 8 - Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage - An Interview with Jeff Guinn

Last Podcast On The Left

The Last Podcast Network

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.653.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The boys sit down with Author Jeff Guinn to discuss getting doxxed by Charles Manson, the power of a demagogue, the 30th Anniversary of the Siege at Waco, and to take a look back at the brutal legacy of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians.

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0:00.0

live from your blade that's when the cannibalism started last update on the left

0:10.1

oh yeah folks hi how you doing how you doing sir okay yeah we can hear you great. How are you doing today? Doing fine. Thanks for letting me be on your show. Dude, can I say before we're going to just a bottle? You're not going to hear from me again normally, right? Because I'm the funny one I sit here to the side. You are an extremely intelligent, good man. We love your work here.

0:38.1

We are unabashed fans of your work.

0:40.3

I've read a lot of your books.

0:41.9

You're very smart.

0:42.9

I'm the stupid one.

0:44.4

So now I'm going to fade to the background.

0:48.7

Why do I think that might be a cruel trick?

1:27.9

No, we're good here. This isn't a gotcha place. No, it's like we're real, like I'm such a huge fan. Road to Jonestown, go down together. Like, I, I'm a massive fan of your work. I really am. But it's just, you're... It's nice of you to say. I appreciate it, guys. Always butter them up first. That's what I've heard. And this book as well, this new Waco book. Like, it's just, okay. So, and we're going to be talking about, and I still, like, I'm saving your Manson book for a special, like, I don't know why it's like one of these days I'm saving it for when I like need it.

1:33.0

Like when I need it for my soul, like I'm saving your mouth because I know it's going to be so incredible.

1:35.5

Well, Charlie hated it.

1:37.9

So maybe that's a recommendation.

1:38.8

I don't know.

1:45.6

He actually posted by a home address and contact information on the website.

1:47.6

His followers kept up for him.

1:48.7

He was so pissed.

1:49.4

Wow.

1:51.6

Was he offended?

2:03.2

Well, I found his sister and his cousin and was able to get a lot of information about his childhood that didn't sort of match up with what Charlie tried to present as his poor blighted kid.

2:06.9

And so he sent me a letter telling me, you know, that better not get published.

2:13.5

And when it did, he was unhappy.

2:15.7

But it was a good thing in a way because, you know, these books, sometimes people get mad about them.

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