#11 - God's Socialist: Prologue

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

History, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

This is the first episode of a series exploring Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. This episode is only a prologue, a few stories and ideas to serve as a backdrop for everything to come. The next episode will be along in the next few weeks, and every few weeks after that until we figure out why over 900 people committed suicide in a South American jungle in 1978.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Darryl Cooper and you're listening to the Martyr Made podcast.
0:09.4	You're about to hear the first episode of God's Socialist, the Rise and Fall of People's
0:14.9	Temple, that are known as the Jones Town Cult.
0:18.4	The story of People's Temple provides a window into the rise and radicalization and dissent
0:24.5	and destruction of the 1960s protest and civil rights movements.
0:29.2	And it brought that era to a shattering end when over 900 members committed mass suicide
0:35.2	in the South American jungle in 1978.
0:38.1	I've had many people say that this is their favorite Martyr Made series, including
0:42.9	many people who thought that they were not interested in the topic before they started.
0:46.3	So if you're one of those people, maybe give it a shot and see what you think.
0:50.4	If you enjoy this series, please consider subscribing to my sub-stack page where I post
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1:04.8	You can find it at martermade.substack.com.
1:08.5	To all of you who are already contributors, I really appreciate you guys allowing me to
1:13.1	do this.
1:14.1	I hope you guys enjoy this one year ago.
1:18.6	I can content to die for my beliefs.
1:21.4	So cut off my head and make me a martyr.
1:29.3	The people will always remember it.
1:32.5	No.
1:33.5	Take over the cat.
	...

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