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Coffee and Cults Episode 14 - Oneida Community

Jon tells Sam the curious and mostly icky tale of how a nineteenth century sex cult became a famous silverware company. Hear all about the unsusual teachings of John Noyes and his doctrine of complex marriage and how it inspired a community to sex their way to immortality.

Also: free love, eugenics and spoons.

CWs: child abuse, incest and domestic violence