490 - The Acali, AKA The Sex Raft
Do Go On12 Mar 2025

490 - The Acali, AKA The Sex Raft

In 1973, eleven brave souls from around the world set out on a small raft for a completely isolated 101 day journey across the Atlantic Ocean - all in the name of science! But when the experiment wasn't yielding the predicted results, the organiser resorted to some pretty questionable practices. Sex, hot people, murder plots and more... this story has it all.


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:04 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:


The Raft (2018) directed by Marcus Lindeen:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8116574/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/mutiny-on-the-sex-raft-70s-experiment-santiago-genoves

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-raft-chronicles-an-extreme-experiment-with-human-nature

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/love-island-the-raft-film-documentary-sex-experiment-santiago-genoves-a8591746.html

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2314372.The_Acali_Experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acali

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20190602/282033328683553?srsltid=AfmBOopPRoBMzuiWYuT_KLdrW3mz5vSG-vriz3z_ZmeLmMOssE9Ih1Gb

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