The Psychology of Emotional Charisma - Cesar Chavez, Cults, and Classrooms - Chap 2
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
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00:00 How do cults form from emotional experience?
30:22 How did Synanon operate?
58:33 How was Cesar Chavez involved?
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Berto, this is part two in our Caesar Chavez two-part series. |
| 0:05.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:06.1 | In this episode, I'm going to talk about a cult that he got involved with. |
| 0:11.8 | So let's get into it. |
| 0:13.5 | Let's do it. |
| 0:14.2 | My name is Dr. Kirkcon. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm a therapist and a professor. |
| 0:16.8 | Who are you, Bruno? |
| 0:17.5 | My name is Umberto Castaneda. |
| 0:20.0 | So, Synanon. |
| 0:22.3 | This is similar to Alonon, right? |
| 0:25.5 | So it's called Synanon. |
| 0:27.1 | And it was founded in 1958 in California by Charles Dedrich. |
| 0:34.2 | Sinanon. |
| 0:35.0 | Yeah, Charles Deadrich. |
| 0:36.1 | Deadrich or Deuterich? |
| 0:37.3 | I'm going to say Dedrich. Dietrich? Because it's spelled thatrich or deaderich? I'm going to say deaderich. |
| 0:38.7 | Dietrich. |
| 0:39.6 | Because it's spelled that way, deader rich. |
| 0:40.9 | Charles Dederich. |
| 0:42.2 | So this started with good intentions and it was seemingly a good force. |
| 0:49.7 | You know, there was a force for good in the beginning. |
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