To the Moon and Back: Lisa Kohn and the Unification Church

A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

True Crime, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Lisa Kohn likes to tell a story about these great seats she once had at Madison Square Garden — at her mother’s mass wedding. Yes, Lisa — the award-winning author of “To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence” — grew up in the Unification Church, also known as “the Moonies,” with her mom and a life of “sex, drugs, and squalor” in New York City’s East Village. She talks with Sarah and Nippy about her experiences in the church, what was happening during those mass weddings in the 1970s, and what it means to be “under the influence of faith.”

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0:00.0	This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, or mental health advice.
0:05.2	The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast
0:10.0	and are not intended to malign any religion group club organization business individual anyone or anything. I'm Sarah Edmondson and I'm Anthony air quotes nippy aims and this is a little bit
0:30.8	guilty a podcast about what happens when things that seem like a great thing at first go bad.
0:35.9	Every week we chat with survivors, experts, and whistleblowers for real cult stories told directly
0:40.8	by the people who live through them.
0:42.6	Because we want you to learn a few things we've had to learn the hard way.
0:46.2	Like if you think you're too smart to get sucked into something culty,
0:49.8	you're already prime recruitment material.
0:52.3	You might even already be in a cold.
0:54.0	Oops, you better keep listening to find out.
0:56.7	Welcome to season six of a little bit colty.
1:00.4	Sinking down to the depths of the ocean
1:05.0	hanging on to win my love.
1:09.0	If I let go of it all I could leave, but I know Hello everybody and welcome back to this week's special episode of a little bit
1:20.8	called you do voice over work I do do. I can tell. You should
1:24.2	break into it too without honey voice. I mean there's only one honey voice in this
1:27.5	podcast. Just keep reminding you. Okay, let's see what the audience has to say
1:32.0	about that. No, yours is honey too.
1:34.3	Hope you all.
1:35.4	Oh, thank you.
1:36.3	I hope you all have had a fabulous summer.
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