The Source Family Commune w/ Wendy Baker

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Wendy Baker is a former member of the infamous Los Angeles-based cult The Source Family, a commune that began in the 1960s by Jim Baker AKA Father Yod. The group was funded mainly by The Source restaurant a vegetarian cafe popular with celebrities such as John Lennon and Marlon Brando. Wendy is the author of the award-winning memoir "My Name Was Mushroom: My Life as a Teenage Runaway in The Source Family Commune", She is now a successful entrepreneur running a Malibu, CA insurance agency alongside her wonderful employees, and her husband of 45 years, Bart Baker, the son of The Source Family Leader Jim Baker. In her spare time, Wendy volunteers at the Women's and Children's Shelter in Oxnard, California. She's passionate about helping women tell their stories and is especially excited to help teenage mothers succeed in life after navigating her own struggles as a 16-year-old mother herself. In this fascinating conversation, Wendy describes a day in the life for a follower of the Source family cult run by Father Yod. She details her short but impactful journey in the commune as a teenage mother offering a uniquely intimate perspective of its leader. Before You Go: Rachel outlines the importance of noticing when a group leader exhibits hypocritical or contradictory behavior. Wendy's memoir is available now on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Was-Mushroom-Teenage/dp/0996055266 All of Rachel's free informational PDF documents are available here: www.rachelbernsteintherapy.com/pdf.html All of Rachel's video lectures are available for purchase here: rachelbernsteintherapy.com/videos.html To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination Connect with us on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/_indoctrination Facebook: www.facebook.com/indoctrinationpodcast Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@indoctrinationpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/indoctrinationpodcast/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/rachelbernsteinlmft You can always help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! 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.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.2	Hello, everyone.
0:15.0	I want to thank our listeners from all over the world.
0:20.5	And the listeners who came out in large numbers in the
0:25.8	following countries over the last few weeks, Norway, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Germany, Brazil,
0:34.9	Russia, and of course, including the United States. Thank you so much.
0:44.7	And for today, we have Wendy Baker. Wendy Baker is a former member of the infamous Los Angeles-based
0:53.3	cult, The Source family, a commune that began in the
0:57.5	1960s by Jim Baker, aka Father Yode. The group was funded mainly by The Source Restaurant, a vegetarian
1:06.1	cafe popular with celebrities such as John Lennon and Marlon Brando. And I actually remember driving by it or
1:13.4	having my family drive by it. Wendy is the author of the award-winning memoir. My name was
1:20.4	Mushroom, my life as a teenage runaway in the Source Family Commune. She is now an entrepreneur
1:26.7	running a Malibu, California insurance agency
1:30.6	alongside her wonderful employees and her husband of 45 years, Bart Baker, the son of the source
1:38.3	family leader, Jim Baker. In her spare time, Wendy volunteers at Women's and Children's Shelter in Oxnard, California,
1:46.6	and she's passionate about helping women tell their stories,
1:50.1	and is especially excited to help teenage mothers succeed in life.
1:54.6	After navigating her own struggles as a 16-year-old mother herself,
1:59.6	her memoir is available now on Amazon and in local bookstores.
2:07.6	Here is Wendy Now.
2:25.6	It is really, really, really wonderful to have Wendy with me today.
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