American Utopia

Introducing Dan's new podcast series, Madness on Trial. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/madness-on-trial/id1644545571] Have you seen that John Hinckley Jr. is starting a music career? For real. He's planning a "Redemption Tour." When I first saw this, it kinda broke my brain and sent me down a research rabbit hole. Well, I've  come out the other side with a new podcast called Madness on Trial. It's a deep dive into  Hinckley's trial (the most important insanity defense case of the last century) and the history of the insanity defense. We've just released the trailer, and regular episodes will begin coming out next week. It's available on Apple, Spotify, etc. I hope you enjoy it! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/madness-on-trial/id1644545571 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/communes-usa/id1616896543 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/communes-usa/id1616896543] Hey folks, I'm co-hosting a brand new limited podcast series that, if you like this one, is for you. It's called Communes USA! I co-host it with Christian Goodwillie of Hamilton college--he's a leading scholar of communal studies and was one of the experts on this show.  Together with a mix of guests that includes former commune members and several authors, we explore the past and present of communal living experiments, including one in Florida where they believed the earth was concave and we all live on the inside of the globe. I learned tons doing this project and we had lots of laughs, too. Here's a link to the show on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/communes-usa/id1616896543] Here's a link for Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1md0sQV5SddOVlyCdzTr9D?si=WW1-8OvcTCCpW1cfv4sSPQ] If you enjoy, we'd appreciate it if you rate, review, and subscribe. Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hey folks, I just wanted to let you know about my new documentary film, Far Out West: Inside California's Kerista Commune. It's available now on Amazon, [https://www.amazon.com/Far-Out-West-Californias-Kerista/dp/B099CTCTWL/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=far+out+west&qid=1626883446&s=instant-video&sr=1-2] (or for iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu click here [https://geni.us/FarOutWest]). The Kerista Commune (1971-1991) is the closest thing we have to a modern day descendant of Oneida. Kerista was a group marriage, that had a charismatic leader, a form of Mutual Criticism (which they named Gestalt-o-Rama) a successful company.  And the parallels are even more erie--they raised children together, and suffered an exquisitely painful breakup when the company made them wealthy. The Keristans are fascinating, intelligent people, who have been reluctant to share their story until now. My co-director and are the first people to be given access to the more than 250 hours of home movies that the Keristans made to document their utopia. Far Out West utilizes this footage and over 50 hours of interviews with the former Keristans to tell this amazing story. So, go ahead and rent it, and let me know what you think of it-- dangreenstone@yahoo.com Or, better yet, leave a review for the film on Amazon or iTunes, which helps us get the word out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How should we remember Oneida? Was John Humphrey Noyes a cult leader, akin to David Koresh? Did the communards of Oneida achieve their goals? Were the people who lived there happy? What can we, today, learn from the experience of Oneida? In this, the final episode of American Utopia, we answer these questions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to Ellen Wayland Smith for sharing her experience as a descendant of Oneida. You can buy her excellent book here. https://tinyurl.com/y7kapfmw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

On a summer night In 1879, wearing socks but no shoes, John Humphrey Noyes crept out of the Oneida Community Mansion House, and fled to Canada. He never returned to community he'd created. And soon after his escape the remaining residents of Oneida voted to end Communal living. This is the story of why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.