Lecturin Ladies

We've all heard the phrase "he/she drank the Koolaid" in reference to someone being sold out and all in on a subject. Ashland tells us about Jim Jones, The People's Temple, and the dark origins of that phrase.

We all remember the matching sweats and Nikes. This week Ashland tells us all about the other parts of Heaven's Gate cult and their willingness to follow Marshall Applewhite to the edge of the universe.

Remember Allison Mack from Smallville? She's back and nothing like you remember. Ashland tells us all about "self help" group NXIVM in the first episode of season four, which covers cults.

In the season three finale we discuss Gloria Richardson, a woman who was an icon in the Civil Rights movement.

This week we learn about Chiyome Mochizuki, the woman who helped Shingen Takeda go against the greatest warlords of feudal Japan by creating the first (and as far as we know, only) all-female ninja clan.