#13: "Cult or Self Help Organization?" with GQ writer Rosecrans Baldwin on his new article “My Life Cleanse: One Month Inside L.A.’s Cult of Betterness”

Intellectualish with Jeff Grace

Jeff chats with author Rosecrans Baldwin about his riveting GQ article “My Life Cleanse: One Month Inside L.A.’s Cult of Betterness”, what constitutes a “cult”, and how the aggressive leadership style of President Trump is similar to that of cult leaders.

GQ Article: My Life Cleanse: One Month Inside L.A.’s Cult of Betterness by Rosecrans Baldwin - http://GQ.com/story/one-month-in-los-angeles-cult-of-betterness

Rosecrans Baldwin Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rosecrans-Baldwin/e/B002ZGSDPG

Rosecrans Baldwin is the author of You Lost Me There (The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice), Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down (GQ’s Best Books of of the Year), and The Last Kid Left (NPR's Best Books of the Year). His next book, a work of nonfiction about Los Angeles County, is forthcoming from MCD x Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

As a magazine writer, Rosecrans is a frequent contributor to GQ, among other titles. Several features have been selected as notable essays in the Best American Essays collections, and he was a finalist for a James Beard Award in Journalism. Rosecrans has written opinion pieces for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Guardian, as well as Buzzfeed, Salon, and Slate.

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Mentioned in this Episode...

Books

• The Last Kid Left
• You Lost Me There
• Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

Movies & TV

• Wild Wild Country

People

• Tony Robbins
• Sam Harris
• The Oracle of Los Angeles

Programs

• Mastery in Tranformational Training (MITT)
• The Landmark Forum

Tools

• Things

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