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The Sunshine Place

S1|E5: The Breeders

The Sunshine Place

Audacy Podcasts | Team Downey

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Chuck declares that there will be no more children born in Synanon, and he goes to great lengths to make sure of it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

C13 originals.

0:03.0

originals.

0:05.0

Somebody in the engineering department designed a building and there was a beam.

0:12.0

Well, the beam was right here at this level.

0:15.0

So if you walk, you smack your head if you're not looking.

0:19.0

So Chuck saw that and he says, that's the stupidest thing I ever saw. I don't they cut a piece out of the beam it's

0:24.8

not going to ruin the structure of the building and then he says I think anybody that

0:29.1

had anything to do with that stupid thing there should have their head shaved.

0:36.6

So the co-construction department ended up with bald heads.

0:42.4

Then Chuck said, you know, I think that anybody who lives in a community where that kind of

0:49.0

stupidity goes on should have a bald head and he shaved his head too. All the man shaved

0:56.2

their heads except for one. Me. This is Ron Cook.

1:03.0

Ron held the title of President in Sinanon, just below Chuck in the hierarchy.

1:08.0

And I said, if everybody shaves their head, somebody needs to keep their hair in order to show the contrast,

1:17.0

and it isn't just a bunch of crazy people shaving their heads.

1:20.0

And so my wife and I are having lunch with Chuck and Betty. And Betty Diedrich is saying,

1:29.0

you know, I don't think it's fair all these years. The men always get to make the demonstrations

1:34.6

and the women never get to do it or participate

1:37.2

and we get left out.

1:39.0

And there's a whole women's movement going on

1:41.5

and Betty was talking about it. My wife adored Betty and she

1:46.2

just kind of looking and nodding. A little later Chuck Jr. comes rushing into

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