As we work on Season 3 of The Turning, we have something special for you: two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History. The book records the largely forgotten stories of five Black ballerinas who changed the art form. Their stories are surprising and vivid and poignant… and totally worth your time if you enjoyed our most recent season of The Turning. 

On the first episode, Karen Valby talks with former prima ballerina Lydia Abarca. You can buy The Swans of Harlem here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716415/the-swans-of-harlem-by-karen-valby/

As we work on Season 3 of The Turning, we have something special for you: two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History. The book records the largely forgotten stories of five Black ballerinas who changed the art form. Their stories are surprising and vivid and poignant… and totally worth your time if you enjoyed our most recent season of The Turning. 
On the first episode, Karen Valby talks with former prima ballerina Lydia Abarca. You can buy The Swans of Harlem here: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716415/the-swans-of-harlem-by-karen-valby/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716415/the-swans-of-harlem-by-karen-valby/</a>

The Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family’s cult for a special role. She became one of the youngest Maidens of River Road Fellowship in rural Minnesota. After a ritualistic ceremony that married her and other girls to their leader, she endured more than a decade of mental and physical abuse, hidden from outsiders. 

But Lindsay and a friend decided to escape. They became the whistleblowers who prompted an international manhunt in 2014. It would bring the entire cult crumbling to the ground.

A ten-part series from Rococo Punch and iHeartPodcasts.

The Turning: River Road is part of the iHeart True Crime+ Apple Podcasts Channel—and this summer, we’re offering a 30-day free trial! Get early access, 100% ad-free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Available for a limited time. Open Apple Podcasts, search “iHeart True Crime+,” and subscribe today.

The Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family&rsquo;s cult for a special role. She became one of the youngest Maidens of River Road Fellowship in rural Minnesota. After a ritualistic ceremony that married her and other girls to their leader, she endured more than a decade of mental and physical abuse, hidden from outsiders.&nbsp;
But Lindsay and a friend decided to escape. They became the whistleblowers who prompted an international manhunt in 2014. It would bring the entire cult crumbling to the ground.
A ten-part series from Rococo Punch and iHeartPodcasts.
The Turning: River Road&nbsp;is part of the iHeart True Crime+ Apple Podcasts Channel&mdash;and this summer, we&rsquo;re offering a 30-day free trial! Get early access, 100% ad-free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Available for a limited time. Open Apple Podcasts, search &ldquo;iHeart True Crime+,&rdquo; and subscribe today.

The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3

The Swans of Harlem | Part One

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We're sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the tangled web of the Satanic Panic, a journey that will take you everywhere from Victoria, B.C. to rural Kentucky to San Antonio, Texas. This is a show about the people who experienced the Satanic Panic in real-time—the believers, the skeptics, the bystanders, the wrongfully-convicted. What was it like to be a psychologist told to look for Satanists in every case; a mother slowly recovering memories of supposed Satanic abuse; a teenager accused of conspiracy to murder? The stories of these eyewitnesses point us toward the real underlying problems—individual and societal—that the Panic was a response to. The fault, as ever, was not with Satanists, but in ourselves.

You can find The Devil You Know at https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF 

We're sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the tangled web of the Satanic Panic, a journey that will take you everywhere from Victoria, B.C. to rural Kentucky to San Antonio, Texas. This is a show about the people who experienced the Satanic Panic in real-time&mdash;the believers, the skeptics, the bystanders, the wrongfully-convicted. What was it like to be a psychologist told to look for Satanists in every case; a mother slowly recovering memories of supposed Satanic abuse; a teenager accused of conspiracy to murder? The stories of these eyewitnesses point us toward the real underlying problems&mdash;individual and societal&mdash;that the Panic was a response to. The fault, as ever, was not with Satanists, but in ourselves.
You can find The Devil You Know at&nbsp;<a href="https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1760443793104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3zlr53sbWev2kCwT7vi4oC">https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF</a>&nbsp;

Introducing: The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall

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Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven’t covered yet.

For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch.

Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven&rsquo;t covered yet.
For more content, follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rococopunch/?hl=en"> @RococoPunch</a>.

S3:EP 12 - Postscript: Christa

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A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you’ve been wondering about.

For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch.

A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you&rsquo;ve been wondering about.
For more content, follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rococopunch/?hl=en"> @RococoPunch</a>.

S3:EP 11 - Postscript: Lindsay

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