Untold: Power for Sale

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Since the podcast published earlier this year, Madison’s inbox has been filled with emails. Some were from former volunteers at the Goenka network who wished to speak out. In this bonus episode of The Retreat, they pull back the curtain on why they believe some people are not being supported when they come on retreats and find themselves psychologically unraveling. Translations of Sayagyi U Ba Khin’s discourses from Daniel M Stuart and Swe Swe Mon can be found in the paper: Local Cure, Global Chant: Perfomring Theravedic Awakening in the Footsteps of Ledi Sayadaw [https://www.academia.edu/109206699/Local_Cure_Global_Chant_Performing_Theravadic_Awakening_in_the_Footsteps_of_the_Ledi_Sayadaw].  For support or more information about adverse meditation experiences, take a look at the Cheetah House [https://www.cheetahhouse.org/] website. If you are in need of urgent mental health support, please contact your local emergency services or reach out to a mental health helpline, such as the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline [https://988lifeline.org/] in the US, or Samaritans [https://www.samaritans.org/] in the UK. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/0b1e26b4-f6ae-44eb-b3f4-ca66fcba2371] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

With elections just weeks away, and news of more foreign interference scandals in the European parliament, the reporting team gives an accounting of where the investigation and the suspects are to date. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/4dcafa17-f5a5-44dc-a901-190dd8a2f995] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

It seemed like the Belgians had everything they needed to bring a case against the people involved with Qatargate, but the investigation hit a wall. Valentina and the reporting team speak to the prosecution side to find out why. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/b8bcccf4-6806-46f8-9489-c0d1ce71f6b4] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Through wiretap transcripts and surveillance footage, captured by Belgian intelligence, Valentina and the investigative reporting team learn just who is involved with this scandal and how it all worked. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/d993f3a2-553d-45b0-8376-195629665b86] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.