Min Zhou, Part 1 - The Cult of Mao Zedong, and Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Today is part one with Min Zhou, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA, who also grew up during the Cultural Revolution: a decade of social chaos in China in the 1960s and 1970s where intellectuals, artists, and anyone perceived as representing capitalism or the "old ways" were persecuted and murdered in the hundreds of thousands or more. She’ll tell us about the backstory leading to this moment in history, who Mao Zedong was and what the country's climate was like when he began to use propaganda to create a cult of personality around himself, and the movement to “purge,” through psychological or violent means, anyone who disagreed with Mao’s policies. She’ll tell us about just how far the fanaticism and propaganda around Chairman Mao went, who the Red Guards were and how they initially seemed just like a cool subculture of young people when she was a kid - until they began to grow more destructive - and why her father was an immediate target. Plus, next week, we’ll discuss the labor camps her parents were sent to, and what it was like trying to survive while they were away. Check out our amazing sponsors this week! CBDistillery: Reset your health! Visit CBDistillery.com and use code TRUST for 20% off! Pluto.TV: Summer movies and tv... Free! Pluto.TV

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0:35.0	Welcome to trust me, the podcast about cult's extreme belief and manipulation from two
0:40.9	artists who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blanc.
0:44.0	And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:45.0	Today our guest is Min Jo, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA,
0:51.0	who also grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China.
0:54.4	Now this was a decade of social chaos in the 1960s and 70s and which
0:58.8	intellectuals, artists, and anyone perceived as capitalist or representing the old ways was persecuted or
1:05.2	murdered in the hundreds of thousands or more.
1:08.0	She'll tell us about the backstory leading to this moment and not so distant history.
1:11.8	Who Mao Zedong was and what the climate was like when he began to use propaganda to create a cult of personality around himself, and the movement to purge through psychological or violent means, anyone who disagree with Mao's policies,
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