Our Politics Remind Me of the Moonies w/ Teddy Hose - S4E4pt1

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4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Teddy Hose is a motion graphics artist and writer who grew up in the Unification Church of self-proclaimed messiah, Sun Myung Moon—or the “Moonies”. While its membership and businesses run worldwide, Teddy’s family lived on church properties near the Moon family estate in Tarrytown, New York until he was 13. Life around the Moons was a mix of summer camps, banquets, and close bonds in an international community. These pleasant memories came along with parental abandonment, paranoia around sex and the outside world, and prioritizing loyalty toward the super wealthy, sometimes violence from the Moon family. Teddy now lives in San Francisco as an artist and writer. His cult experience and research have become a topic in his stand up comedy, cartooning, and editorials. Teddy has also spoken on the topic in Vice, The Huffington Post, and A&E's Cults and Extreme Belief. He feels compelled to tell his story by what he has witnessed politically. Emotional and physical manipulation employed in the church polarized its members and prioritized them based on sexual obligations. Next week, hear more about the militaristic themes and influence of Unification Church doctrine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.2	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.8	My guest today, Teddy Hose, grew up in the Unification Church.
0:17.5	It was run by self-proclaimed Messiah Sun Myung Moon and came to be known as
0:23.6	the Moonies for that reason. They were in Terrytown, New York. And while its membership and
0:29.1	businesses were run worldwide, Teddy's family lived on church properties near the Moon family
0:35.0	estate until he was 13. Then he moved to Seattle and eventually
0:39.9	he left the group. Life around the Moon family was a mix of summer camps, banquets, and close bonds
0:47.2	in an international community, along with unfortunately parental abandonment, paranoia around sex and the outside world,
0:57.8	prioritizing loyalty towards the super wealthy
1:01.2	who could support the group,
1:03.6	and sometimes dealing with violence
1:06.2	on the part of members of the Moon family.
1:09.6	Teddy now lives in San Francisco as an artist and a writer
1:12.4	and his cult experience and research have become a topic
1:15.4	in his stand-up comedy, cartooning, and editorials.
1:21.0	Teddy has also spoken on the topic in Vice, the Huffington Post,
1:25.6	and A&E's cults and extreme beliefs.
1:28.5	Here's part one of my conversation with Teddy.
1:35.2	Welcome to the show. Teddy, I'm so happy to have you on the indoctrination show.
1:41.7	It's really a pleasure to have you be able to tell your story and introduce the listeners and the watchers on YouTube to you.
1:51.0	I know you've been doing a lot of kind of not publicity, but really education and prevention and getting your story out there.
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