When Claire Hoffman was in kindergarten, her family moved from NYC to a meditation community in Iowa. Hoffman’s fascinating memoir, Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood, recounts her unusual upbringing. Her story resonates with me because I also grew up in a spiritual group. On the podcast, we compare notes – why people join cults, the promise and the danger of Utopian communities, and the complex feelings many children of spiritual communities have to confront.