Robert sits down with Katy Stoll to talk about The Great Oom, America's first Yoga cult leader, and precursor to all the wonderful abusive yoga cults of today.

(2 part series)

Footnotes:
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment
https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury
https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html
https://archive.is/02CTY#selection-763.0-767.586
https://www.history.com/news/yoga-vivekananda-america
https://archive.org/details/greatoomimprobab0000love/page/20/mode/2up
https://www.npr.org/2010/05/09/126610671/the-great-oom-yogas-wild-ride-to-respectability
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30101/americas-first-yoga-scandal
https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/where-is-yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury-now
https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10827/bishnu-ghosh

Robert sits down with Katy Stoll to talk about The Great Oom, America's first Yoga cult leader, and precursor to all the wonderful abusive yoga cults of today.
(2 part series)
Footnotes:
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3CfZiUHB9bWs4bq6AmauYa">https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw00nW0Wwl_Y7oOCAyvlVKRH">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vVDJH9BQTF6KGNh4JMzCe">https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eIJgWWuiuUPwiefVIKAi7">https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw02ndTKot4R0nO3WuCq2o9Z">https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.is/02CTY#selection-763.0-767.586" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.is/02CTY%23selection-763.0-767.586&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw37__Un9rJwkmK8h3fa2Lbc">https://archive.is/02CTY#selection-763.0-767.586</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/yoga-vivekananda-america" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.history.com/news/yoga-vivekananda-america&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3pyZJHyX49AoBZ3_RhNqll">https://www.history.com/news/yoga-vivekananda-america</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/greatoomimprobab0000love/page/20/mode/2up" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.org/details/greatoomimprobab0000love/page/20/mode/2up&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0oc-GnhpFKFVq-ebCb9HAE">https://archive.org/details/greatoomimprobab0000love/page/20/mode/2up</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2010/05/09/126610671/the-great-oom-yogas-wild-ride-to-respectability" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/2010/05/09/126610671/the-great-oom-yogas-wild-ride-to-respectability&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_PPlcFdJiQ7cw34zp8i-l">https://www.npr.org/2010/05/09/126610671/the-great-oom-yogas-wild-ride-to-respectability</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30101/americas-first-yoga-scandal" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30101/americas-first-yoga-scandal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3XshrciXEbYoM65coFfpgu">https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30101/americas-first-yoga-scandal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/where-is-yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury-now" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/where-is-yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury-now&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Wa6bKZhj16cwEPa1-djq3">https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/where-is-yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury-now</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10827/bishnu-ghosh" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10827/bishnu-ghosh&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30vUMQcty2yBsmWqMJogzc">https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10827/bishnu-ghosh</a></li>
</ol>

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

Behind the Bastards

Part One: The First American Yoga Cult Leader

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