Spiritual Warriors: The Cult of James Ray
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In this episode, Kiki brings us the story of cultist James Ray and the three deaths in his Arizona sweat lodge. Rachel brings us the disappearance of Mehki Marcelo Saenz. In the next episode, we'll discuss the book "Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence" by J…
Discovering the Dysfunction in Self-help
In this episode, Dr. Doyle and Jean return to the underlying discussion of the self-help industry and the flaws within it that drive SEEK Safely’s mission. It was after Kirby Brown’s death at the 2009 Spiritual Warrior retreat that the Brown family discovered some of the rot at the core of this mul…
E30 Creating a Safer Self-Help Industry w/ SEEK Safely Founder Ginny Brown
The Seek Safely Summit, hosted by Anne Peterson, focuses on the mission to create a safer and more ethical self-help and wellness industry. The conversation highlights the tragic story of Kirby Brown, who died during a poorly run self-help retreat, leading her family to establish Seek Safely. The o…
Spiritual Enlightenment, My A$$ – Ep. 62
In 2022, the “self-help” industry in the U.S. alone raked in more than $13B. (That’s BILLION, with a capital B.) There is no shame in wanting to better oneself – personally, professionally, or both. What is shameful is taking advantage of those people who seek self-improvement. Adherents of such pr…
34. At long last getting to the start, Kirby needs a hand, Kirby (and all of us) have a lot of jobs, meeting some of the crew, Go To Target You F&$%!
It's been a few weeks and we're back, we've been fully in pre-production and we start shooting NEXT WEEK. Here is a dispatch from the DREAM BABY DREAM Production Offices in Bushwick, Roland and Cory talk with head of Art Dept. Kirby Brown who is also our Scripty, and talk with EP Cris Cordero, Prod…
E50 Beyond the Guru: Building a Safer Self-Help Community w/ the folks at SEEKSafely.org
In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Glenn Doyle, SEEK Safely Board President, and Jean Brown, manager and board member of SEEK, to discuss several upcoming events and programs we are launching in the coming months.
SEEK Safely was born in response to the tragedy that took three people's lives, inc…
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
It has been 100 years, but the Vatican is now expected to return Indigenous artifacts to Canada.
As Dan Karpenchuk reports, Indigenous communities are preparing for the return of the items.
The museum in the Vatican City has held the artifacts since 1925.
But in a few weeks, an announcement is …
The Sedona Sweat Lodge Tragedy
In 2009, self-help superstar James Arthur Ray invited dozens of followers to a six-day retreat near Sedona, Arizona, promising a life-changing journey of spiritual transformation. Instead, his Spiritual Warrior program ended in tragedy when three participants—Kirby Brown, James Shore, and Liz Neuma…
BONUS: Why Did They Stay? Inside the Sedona Sweat Lodge Tragedy: A Discussion with Author Annette McGivney
In this bonus episode, Esther shares the complete interview with journalist Annette McGivney, author of Plastic Shaman: The True Story of a Deadly Self-Help Retreat and America’s Misguided Quest for Wellness, expanding on the 2009 Sedona sweat lodge tragedy and self-help guru James Arthur Ray.
McG…
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