Episode 160: The Moonies Conquer DC feat Elgen Strait
b'A Korean cult leader with various sex crime allegations kicks off a relationship with Richard Nixon. Before you know it, a chain of Republican Presidents embrace the Unification Church (AKA "the moonies") and The Washington Times is born. Most recently, a splinter group of the cult \\u2014\\xa0which has been manufacturing AR-15s \\u2014 ends up participating in the January 6th storming of the capitol. Plus, we speak to Elgen Strait of the Falling Out Podcast about his life growing up in the Unification Church and ultimately deciding to leave it \\u2014 and how the anti-communist, alt-Christianity promoted by "the moonies" is a blueprint for today\'s far-right media landscape.\\n\\n\\u2193\\u2193\\u2193\\u2193 SUBSCRIBE FOR $5 A MONTH SO YOU DON\'T MISS THE SECOND WEEKLY EPISODE \\u2193\\u2193\\u2193\\u2193\\nhttps://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous\\n\\nFollow Elgen Strait & The Falling Out Podcast: https://twitter.com/FallingOutPod / https://linktr.ee/fallingoutpod\\n\\nFollow Claire Goforth & read her article: https://twitter.com/clairenjax / https://www.dailydot.com/debug/qalerts-qanon-oathkeepers/\\n\\nQAA Merch / Join the Discord Community / Find the Lost Episodes / Etc: https://qanonanonymous.com\\n\\nEpisode music by Matthew Delatorre (http://implantcreative.com)'