278 - Sex, Silverware, and Immortality: The Oneida Community Cult

Timesuck with Dan Cummins - A podcast by Dan Cummins - Mondays

Did you know that Oneida, the largest flatware company in the United States in the 20th century, started out as a sex cult in the 19th century? John Humphrey Noyes started a group love compound in Oneida, NY in 1848 built on some of the craziest notions of how to achieve immortality you will ever hear.