1. The Retreat

World Of Secrets

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Miranda joins a yoga school in London. The classes make her feel amazing and the people make her feel loved. But at a weekend retreat in a country house, she gets a shock.

This series contains explicit sexual content, some strong language and allegations of sexual exploitation. This episode contains explicit sexual content. Host: Cat McShane Producers: Emma Weatherill and Cat McShane Sound design: Melvin Rickarby Unit Manager: Lucy Bannister Executive Producer: Innes Bowen Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy.
0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
0:10.8	The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.
0:17.5	With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to
0:22.4	helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put
0:28.3	together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,
0:35.0	check out BBC Sounds. You're about to listen to the latest series of World of Secrets, The Bad Guru.
0:41.3	Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
0:45.3	But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the full series right now, first on BBC Sounds.
0:50.3	This series contains explicit sexual content, some strong language and allegations of
0:56.4	sexual exploitation. This episode includes explicit sexual content. Inside a yoga studio in
1:04.7	London, neat rows of women and men are sitting on their mats with perfect postures. The teachers here usually talk a lot about love, but not today.
1:16.2	Today, the teacher won't be guiding them through sun salutations.
1:20.7	Instead, he's gathered the group to denounce a former student, Miranda, a 30-something university tutor from Oxfordshire.
1:30.3	So we will start now with a presentation about Miranda.
1:33.3	A man relays a message from the yoga school's guru.
1:37.3	This is a secret recording from the meeting.
1:40.3	It's hard in places to make out what he's saying, so I'll explain it.
1:43.3	The former student, Miranda, has cleverly taken advantage of your naivety.
1:51.2	He says the former student has taken advantage of their naivety.
1:55.8	The message is that Miranda is a liar who has spread
1:59.2	Obviously false, tendentious pieces of spread. Obviously false, tendentious pieces of information.
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