Strange Country Ep. 259: James Arthur Ray
What is the main PSA of Strange Country? Trust your gut. Especially when self-proclaimed gurus tell you to suck it up inside a blistering hot sweat lodge. On this episode, cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss James Arthur Ray, another self-help platitude-spilling grifter, who hawked the law of attraction and The Secret, repackaged as Harmonic Wealth ™. His spiritual warrior retreat in October 2009 led to three people dying.
Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands
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Archibold, Randal C. "Sweat Lodge Deaths Not Criminal, Guru's Lawyer Says (Published 2010)." The New York…
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