S2 – INTERVIEW 7: Cathy Gutierrez

Unobscured

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Our interview with Cathy Gutierrez, who has served as Professor of Religion at Sweet Briar College and Scholar in Residence at the New York Public Library. We discuss the nuances and historical development of spiritualist theology, as she explores it in her book Plato's Ghost: Spiritualism in the American Renaissance.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Unobscured, a production of I Heart Radio and Aaron Minky.
0:09.0	Our guest today is Kathy Gutierrez, a widely respected and widely published historian of
0:14.3	spiritualism and the occult.
0:16.3	She taught at Sweet Breyer College for 18 years before serving as scholar in residence
0:20.8	at the New York Public Library.
0:22.7	She's written important works on spiritualism and edited incredibly helpful guides like
0:27.6	the occult in 19th century America and the handbook of spiritualism and channeling that
0:32.9	are incredible guides to the complex and fascinating stories we've discussed.
0:37.6	Her book Play-Dos Ghost dives deep into the ideas that drove the spiritualist movement.
0:42.9	If you've been hoping to hear more about what spiritualists actually believed, then this
0:47.1	interview will be a treat for you.
0:49.4	Enjoy her conversation with researcher Carl Nellis and be sure to pick up Kathy's book.
0:54.6	Without further ado, here's our conversation with Dr.
0:57.5	Kathy Gutierrez.
0:59.9	This is the Unobscured Interview Series for Season 2.
1:03.5	I'm Aaron Minky.
1:28.2	In the 19th century, what did it mean to be a spiritualist?
1:32.3	There's a lot of variety that could go into that designation.
1:38.0	It's not unlike people going to psychics today or new age clinics, something like that.
1:44.4	So there are degrees of participation.
1:47.6	You could literally go as a LARC, right?
1:50.9	Something to do on a Friday evening because it was all the rage and it sounded amusing and
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