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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Billy Hayes and the Midnight Express
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Billy Hayes and the Midnight Express
May 21, 2023
Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
It's a heck of a story from a man with plenty to say. And he says most of it to Ed Opperman in this archive show.
William "Billy" Hayes is an American writer, actor, and film director. He was one of hundreds of US citizens in foreign jails serving drug charge sentences, following a drug-smuggling crackdown by foreign governments.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
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May 21, 2023
Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
It's a heck of a story from a man with plenty to say. And he says most of it to Ed Opperman in this archive show.
William "Billy" Hayes is an American writer, actor, and film director. He was one of hundreds of US citizens in foreign jails serving drug charge sentences, following a drug-smuggling crackdown by foreign governments.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
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Billy Hayes and the Midnight Express
May 21, 2023
Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
It's a heck of a story from a man with plenty to say. And he says most of it to Ed Opperman in this archive show.
William "Billy" Hayes is an American writer, actor, and film director. He was one of hundreds of US citizens in foreign jails serving drug charge sentences, following a drug-smuggling crackdown by foreign governments.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
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continue reading
May 21, 2023
Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
It's a heck of a story from a man with plenty to say. And he says most of it to Ed Opperman in this archive show.
William "Billy" Hayes is an American writer, actor, and film director. He was one of hundreds of US citizens in foreign jails serving drug charge sentences, following a drug-smuggling crackdown by foreign governments.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
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