Torture Bat Mitzvah W/ McKenzie Graves & Sam Huber

Brutal Vulnerability

Lauren and Rebecca bring on three guests that were victims of the troubled teen industry. First up McKenzie Graves, a comedian who attended the infamous Elan school (that came from daytop which came from synanon which was a CULT founded by a man who found 12 step not tough enough) while it was shut down. Second story by Sam Huber, who attended Midwest Academy also during the time it was shut down, whose founder is still at large in Idaho. Attack therapy, concrete isolation boxes, synanon in depth, the Paris Hilton story, five facts about this largely unregulated industry that continues to bring in 23 billion a year JUST IN PUBLIC FUNDS.

On Patreon Rebecca reflects on the attack therapy (therapeutic community) she experienced at Florida House, a rehab in Deerfield Beach, and realizes, for the first time, that being put alone in the woods for four days on an Outward Bound trip with only five fig newtons and a tiny bag of GORP at the age of fourteen was abusive by definition - basic needs.

Also! Our next Zoom yin yoga class (Lauren reads soothing spiritual lit, Rebecca intructs) is June 27 at 6 pm PST, free to our Patreon subscribers ($5/month) and $4 to our Paypal [e-mail] for the class only, more details on our Instagram!

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