PROLETKULT 6 - Cult vs. Commune w/ Joseph L Flatley + SPACE STRIKE
This Wreckage
Sean KB and AP Andy
4.2 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Antifada sideproject about space, sci-fi, the paranormal, and parapolitical, we talk to Joseph L Flatley -- the investigative journalist behind "The So-Called Prophet from Pittsburgh" podcast.
Through interviews with ex-members, Flatley provides new details about Gabriel of Urantia and his small UFO apocalypse cult in the desert of Tuscon, inspired by psychedelic culture, intentional communities, and a cosmic self-help book of unknown authorship from the twenties. It is a thoroughly "destructive cult," but is there any other kind? We ponder the possibilities through a wide-ranging discussion of Raelianism, Scientology, Posadism, Marxism-Leninism, and the militia movement.
Stay tuned after the interview for an audio essay about a 1973 strike at Skylab, the Anti-Space movement, Ad Astra, and the Star Wars trilogy!
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Audio taken from the Aquarian Concepts episode
Rael Encourages World Revolution
Unarius: the "good UFO cult" near San Diego I mentioned
Closing clip: TaliasVan & The Bright & Morning Star Band • Energy Master
Interstitial music: Sparks - Tryouts for the Human Race
Don't Let Them Leave, anti-space zine
Hannah Arendt - The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man
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Other music:
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon
John Williams - Ewok Celebration
Opening music: Giorgio Moroder - Racer
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Kazst Greetings, comrades. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to the new episode of Prolic cult, the Anti-Fut aside Project, about space, science fiction, |
| 0:21.8 | the paranormal, and the Parapolitical. |
| 0:24.5 | Today, we're going to be talking about a lot of those topics. |
| 0:27.9 | We're going to be talking later in the episode about a strike in space that happened |
| 0:32.2 | in 1973. |
| 0:33.7 | We're going to be talking about the new space age and opposition to it |
| 0:37.8 | and two movies from last year that addressed these themes. |
| 0:41.8 | One of them is Star Wars. But before that I'll be talking to |
| 0:47.2 | Joseph L. Flatley about his new podcast, The So-called Profit from Pittsburgh. |
| 0:54.2 | This is a really great serialized investigative show about an Apocalypse UFO cult located in Tucson, |
| 1:01.5 | Arizona on a kind of agricultural commune, |
| 1:04.2 | and Flatley's done a lot of work |
| 1:06.2 | talking to ex-members about what this cult is, |
| 1:09.4 | and we go into a little bit about cults in general. |
| 1:12.4 | So enjoy that interview and stay tuned for the end for my audio |
| 1:16.4 | essay about space, anti space, science fiction, and star wars. |
| 1:33.0 | Pollution, exploitation, isolation, disparity, symptoms of a society out of control. What if we could live differently? |
| 1:35.0 | It turns out over 100,000 people already are |
| 1:38.0 | in eco villages, communes, and communities of all kinds around the world. |
| 1:42.0 | How can you find these communities? The answer, the |
| 1:45.5 | community's directory. We weren't even really looking for something spiritual. We |
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