Episode 16: Bhagwan's Allegations
With Sheela gone, Bhagwan takes to his stage to make a series of shocking criminal allegations about his former secretary. Law enforcement pounces on the opportunity to investigate, while disciples ar...
28 Feb 202229min
Episode 15: Murder Summer
Murder is in the air at Rajneeshpuram during the summer of 1985. We track the commune leaders' audacious plots to assassinate public officials and commune members they felt were enemies, including U.S...
14 Feb 202252min
Episode 14: The Downward Spiral
In the summer of 1985, commune leaders begin plotting the assassination of people who oppose them. In this episode, we examine the events that led them to believe that murder was the only way to prese...
31 Jan 202242min
Episode 13: The Enemy Within
NEW EPISODES! While external enemies mass against Rajneeshpuram, Sheela fixates on powerful disciples within the commune whom she believes pose an even greater threat. Her efforts to neutralize them l...
17 Jan 202231min
An Update on Building Utopia
A quick update about upcoming episodes of Building Utopia, as well as an exciting new project!
1 Mai 20205min
Episode 12: God vs. The Universe
Bhagwan, who once called organized religion "the corpse of religiousness," becomes the head of his own religion in 1983. But the Oregon Attorney General proves that "Rajneeshism" is the greatest exist...
18 Jun 201944min
Episode 11: Something in the Water
The largest bioterror attack on U.S. soil hits the sleepy town of The Dalles, Oregon, two months before a high-stakes county election. But it's just a dress rehearsal for the bigger scheme that Sheela...
3 Mai 201946min
