Archive - Before After Aum

Out now in Tokyo + Sold out in Hong Kong

Mar 23, 2021 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

4:12

September 2020

Murders (Revised)

By the demise of the cult, executive members had killed more than 80 people.

Sep 19, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

28:28

August 2020

10,000 USD for a sip of Shoko Asahara’s blood, anyone?

Aug 16, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

29:13

Building Utopia

In 1984, Shoko Asahara went to see a private investigator named Mekawa to learn about Tenrikyo, another New Religion which started in the 18th Century.

Aug 1, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

44:30

July 2020

In Search of a Guru in India

In 1985-1987, Shoko Asahara goes on a number of trips to India in search of a guru to validate and guide his (so far) self-taught yoga practise.

Jul 17, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

32:48

Bonus Episode: Q&A at Sheffield with Cintia Gil (Part 2)

Welcome to our second bonus episode!

Jul 6, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

17:51

June 2020

May 2020

We’re back to cults!

May 24, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

47:49

June 22, 1982, Deputy Detective Takeo Shiroiwa arrives at the gate of 27 year old Chizuo Matsumoto’s home and rings the buzzer, search warrant in hand.

May 8, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

31:02

Before starting a doomsday cult, Chizuo Matsumoto ran an acupuncture clinic out of his first apartment with his wife and baby daughter.

May 1, 2020 •

ME AND THE CULT LEADER

59:05

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