River Donaghey grew up in a cult. Or at least that’s what some people called it. His parents called it a “personal-growth seminar group.” Its leader called it “one big happy family.” But there was a dark side to the world River grew up in. One he never heard about as a kid. In the 1970s and 80s, a self-help company called Lifespring took America by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people walked out of Lifespring as true believers, convinced that the seminars had the power to change the world. ...
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50: Al Capone: Yeah, See
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I like to think of myself as a wise guy; by wise, I mean I can spot a rotten person from a mile away on a foggy day with my eyes closed. Yeah, see! There is one right there! I didn’t have to look hard to find the man in today's lesson. There have been books, shows, movies, and everything else you can imagine about his life of crime and the hard time he served. Al Capone was a notorious mob boss who ran Chicago and had the police in his back pocket. He was eventually caught due to tax evasion, but not for all of the rotten things he did! Let’s learn about the life and crimes of one of history's most famous mobsters and find out if he was rotten to the core or if it was just untreated syphilis! Magic mirror on the wall, who is the most rotten one of all? Episode Sponsor:
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I like to think of myself as a wise guy; by wise, I mean I can spot a rotten person from a mile away on a foggy day with my eyes closed. Yeah, see! There is one right there! I didn’t have to look hard to find the man in today's lesson. There have been books, shows, movies, and everything else you can imagine about his life of crime and the hard time he served. Al Capone was a notorious mob boss who ran Chicago and had the police in his back pocket. He was eventually caught due to tax evasion, but not for all of the rotten things he did! Let’s learn about the life and crimes of one of history's most famous mobsters and find out if he was rotten to the core or if it was just untreated syphilis! Magic mirror on the wall, who is the most rotten one of all? Episode Sponsor:
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- Go to HelloFresh.com/rottenfree and use code rottenfree for FREE breakfast for life!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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