Building Utopia: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Podcast
1) Episode 17: Sunset
The full weight of United States law enforcement finally lands on Bhagwan, Sheela, and their community.
2) Episode 16: Bhagwan's Allegations
With Sheela gone, Bhagwan takes to his stage to make a series of shocking criminal allegations about his former secretary. Law enforcement pounces on the opportunity to investigate, while disciples ar...Show More
3) Episode 15: Murder Summer
Murder is in the air at Rajneeshpuram during the summer of 1985. We track the commune leaders’ audacious plots to assassinate public officials and commune members they felt were enemies, including U.S...Show More
4) Episode 14: The Downward Spiral
In the summer of 1985, commune leaders begin plotting the assassination of people who oppose them. In this episode, we examine the events that led them to believe that murder was the only way to prese...Show More
5) Episode 13: The Enemy Within
NEW EPISODES! While external enemies mass against Rajneeshpuram, Sheela fixates on powerful disciples within the commune whom she believes pose an even greater threat. Her efforts to neutralize them l...Show More
6) An Update on Building Utopia
A quick update about upcoming episodes of Building Utopia, as well as an exciting new project!
7) Episode 12: God vs. The Universe
Bhagwan, who once called organized religion "the corpse of religiousness," becomes the head of his own religion in 1983. But the Oregon Attorney General proves that "Rajneeshism" is the greatest exist...Show More
8) Episode 11: Something in the Water
The largest bioterror attack on U.S. soil hits the sleepy town of The Dalles, Oregon, two months before a high-stakes county election. But it’s just a dress rehearsal for the bigger scheme that Sheela...Show More
9) Minisode 4: A Child of the Commune
What was it like to be a child living at Rajneeshpuram? In this minisode we’re joined by a special guest — a person who lived at the ranch as a teenager for nearly four years — who discusses his uniqu...Show More
10) Episode 10: How to Win an Election
Sheela is given a new mission in 1984: win the Wasco County election, no matter what it takes. The plan she and her lieutenants put into place sets the state of Oregon into crisis mode, from the local...Show More