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Episode 02 | Mother Teresa: The Saint’s Secret Ledger

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2615215/fan_mail/new] Koji Steven Sakai tunes the “Dead Air” signal to 1997 to pull the world’s most untouchable brand into a South Pasadena garage for an audit. Mother Teresa built a legacy on the "beauty of suffering," but the receipts tell a different story. From running 14th-century-style plague wards while seeking world-class cardiac care for herself, to her cozy relationships with dictators and a $1.25 million thrift-store scandal, Koji cross-examines the "small pencil" to see if her moral ledger actually balances out. THE AUDIT TRAIL Medical Standards & The "Philosophy of Suffering" * The Lancet Report: A medical critique of the "hospice" standards in Calcutta: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(94)92353-1/fulltext [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(94)92353-1/fulltext] * The Scripps Clinic: Details on Mother Teresa's high-end heart treatments in California: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/08/world/mother-teresa-is-hospitalized-with-pneumonia-and-heart-illness.html [https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/08/world/mother-teresa-is-hospitalized-with-pneumonia-and-heart-illness.html] * The "Kiss of Jesus": The primary critique of her views on pain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mother_Teresa_in_Theory_and_Practice [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mother_Teresa_in_Theory_and_Practice] The Dictators & The Donors * The Duvalier Connection: Her 1981 visit to Haiti to praise the "Baby Doc" regime: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/mother-teresa-sainthood-charles-keating/ * The Keating Letter: The actual letter sent by the prosecutor asking Mother Teresa to return stolen money: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/10/the-fanatic-fraudulent-mother-teresa.html The Faith Audit * The Crisis of Faith: Her private letters revealing 50 years of feeling "no God": https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Teresa-Come-My-Light/dp/0307332078 * The Monica Besra "Miracle": The controversial medical evidence behind her canonization: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/20/india.religion SOUND CREDITS * Gravel Footsteps (Sassaby): https://freesound.org/s/827831/ * Vicki Hamilton: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/394326/ * Freesound Community: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/48537/ * Freesound Community: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/34545/ * Pixabay Effect 240674: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/240674/ Next Episode: Koji goes back to the 1940s to audit FDR and the "Splendid Deception" behind Executive Order 9066. Subscribe and leave an audit (review) on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Un-History Ep 1 | Thomas Jefferson: The 600-Person Plot Hole

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2615215/fan_mail/new] Koji Steven Sakai drags Thomas Jefferson into a South Pasadena garage for a long-overdue audit. Using the “Dead Air” signal, Koji cross-examines the Founding Father on the massive plot holes in his legacy—from his 600-person forced labor camp to the massive debts that kept his own children in the service entrance. It’s a deep dive into the man who wrote the script for freedom but couldn't afford to live it. The Audit Trail (References) Slavery & Labor: * The Nailery: Monticello's "Nail Boys" [https://search.proquest.com/openview/23769dd44e55c6469aa4953dcf8b4229/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750] * Sally Hemings: Life at Monticello [https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/hemings-sally-1773-1835/] | PBS NewsHour [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/unearthing-sally-hemings-legacy-at-monticello] * 1800 Election: The Three-Fifths Clause [https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/three-fifths-historian/] Financials & Gadgets: * Jefferson Bible: The "Razor and Glue" Gospels [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible] * The Mammoth Cheese: 1,200lbs of Symbolism [https://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-12-number-3/thomas-jefferson-and-mammoth-cheese] * The Polygraph: The 18th Century CC Machine [https://www.amphilsoc.org/item-detail/portable-polygraph-owned-thomas-jefferson] * Weather Logs: 50 Years of Daily Data [https://jefferson-weather-records.org/documents] Sound Credits Pixabay: freesound_community [https://pixabay.com/users/freesound_community-46691455/], Vicki Hamilton [https://pixabay.com/users/flutie8211-17475707/], Hasin Amanda [https://pixabay.com/users/hasin2004-46173687/] Freesound.org: Gravel Footsteps [https://freesound.org/s/827831/] by Sassaby (CC0)