The Reagan Astrology Scandal w/ Mangesh Hattikudur (1988)
This Day in Esoteric Political History
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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It’s December 25th. Merry Christmas! In 1988, rumors began to swirl about Nancy Reagan using astrology to make decisions within the White House. The Reagans downplayed the story, but soon reporters began to dig into their longstanding use of star charts and numbers, dating back to their time in Hollywood.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by podcast host Mangesh Hattikudur to talk about the Reagan’s relationship with astrology, and other ways in which presidents have sought guidance and comfort.
Mangesh’s new series is called “Skyline Drive,” and features an episode on Nancy Reagan. Check it out!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jody Avigan. |
| 0:10.0 | This day, well, as it happens, this episode is on Christmas Day, it is December 25th, and if we're |
| 0:16.3 | going to talk about faith and belief in the way that people find meaning in particular |
| 0:20.2 | dates and times of the year, this Christmas day why not talk about |
| 0:24.3 | astrology that is a very happy segue I know folks but first off Merry Christmas |
| 0:30.3 | to everyone celebrating that day today and yeah let's talk about |
| 0:33.1 | astrology and we're gonna talk a little bit about the political side of |
| 0:36.2 | astrology specifically a story that we've been wanting to get to for a long time |
| 0:40.5 | the Nancy and Ronald Reagan astrology scandal the time in |
| 0:45.0 | in 1988, |
| 0:46.0 | let's pin this, when stories began to break |
| 0:48.5 | that the regans had a long relationship with astrology, |
| 0:51.2 | that Nancy Reagan in particular would consult |
| 0:53.8 | astrological charts and find meaning and comfort in particular times and |
| 0:58.6 | dates sometimes adjusting the president's schedule accordingly not to mention that she had a very pricey |
| 1:04.0 | astrologist on retainer for a number of years. |
| 1:08.1 | So look, we've been wanting to do this episode for a while, as I said, and as it happens, there is a new |
| 1:12.2 | podcast out there that is all about |
| 1:14.3 | astrology and there is an episode devoted to the regans and their relationship |
| 1:19.0 | with the practice so I don't know if you want to call that a sign from the |
| 1:22.3 | universe a sign from the universe, a sign from the stars, a coincidence, whatever, who am I to say? But the point is, our special guest for this episode is Mangesh Hatikator, who has done many brilliant things over the years, including founding |
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