The Man Who Sold The Moon

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Western Fringe

Heidi Beedle

16 episodes

1 week ago

Western Fringe is a podcast about the weird history of Colorado. westernfringe@protonmail.com

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Western Fringe is a podcast about the weird history of Colorado. westernfringe@protonmail.com

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The Man Who Sold The Moon

Western Fringe

1 hour 23 minutes 18 seconds

3 years ago

The Man Who Sold The Moon

Robert A. Heinlein, famed sci-fi writer, lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s. We look at the life of Robert Heinlein, his connections to L. Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons, the Esalen Institute, and Heinlein's own connections to weird mysticism and the occult.

Sources:
Robert A Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century Volume 1: Learning Curive (1907-1948) by William H Patterson
Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius by Gary Lachman
Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder by David McGowan
"The Night They Blew Up The Moon" by Hot Rod Circuit

Further Study:
"I'M YOUR PUPPET: The Sorcerous Sinema of Kenneth Anger" by Subliminal Jihad
"Sons of Sam" Netflix Documentary
"Self Improvement" by Heidi Beedle, Colorado Springs Independent