Preview - GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Wondery has new tru-crime mini series that we think you’ll really enjoy. In the Mid 2000s James Arthur Ray was a charismatic self-help guru who promised his followers a path to wealth and happiness. But not all who followed him finished their journey. This is the story told in a new true crime mini-series from Wondery called “GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment”. James Arthur Ray wasn’t really well known until he was in a movie called “The Secret”, and then was a guest on Oprah’s TV show a few times. Soon after that, thousands of people started attending his seminars, and he was pegged to be the next great self-help guru. But what many didn't know about were his more...extreme methods. Methods that pushed his students to their limits, giving some the transformative life experience they dreamed of ... and killing others. Be sure to subscribe to Wondery’s new tru crime mini-series “GURU: The dark side of enlightenment”, wondery.fm/wordsmatter_guru on Apple podcasts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	Words have power and words have consequences.
0:33.1	At Words Matter, we mostly stick to politics, history and public affairs.
0:38.6	But we listen to and enjoy all kinds of podcasts.
0:42.6	That's why we want to tell you about a great new podcast from our friends at Wondery.
0:47.4	We've talked about Wondery before, and not only are we proud to have them as a sponsor,
0:51.9	but we are among their millions of loyal fans.
0:55.2	If you have ever listened to a Wondery podcast, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
1:00.0	More than three years ago, American History Tellers was my introduction to podcasts, and
1:04.7	I continue to eagerly await each new episode.
1:08.6	And now, Wondery has a new true crime mini-series that we think you'll really enjoy.
1:14.2	In the mid-2000s, James Arthur Ray was a charismatic self-help guru who promised his followers
1:21.4	a path to wealth and happiness, but not all who followed him finished their journey.
1:27.8	This is the story told in the new true crime mini-series from Wondery called Guru, the
1:33.3	dark side of enlightenment.
1:35.5	James Arthur Ray wasn't really very well known until he was in a movie called The Secret,
1:41.2	and then was a guest on Oprah Winfrey's television show a few times.
1:45.7	Soon after that, thousands of people started attending his seminars, and he was pegged
1:50.5	to be the next great self-help guru.
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