The Church of Love: Chonda-Za, Love Angels, lonely hearts, and a whole lot of questionable love letters. Plus, self-delusion and seeing things for what they are.

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233

VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846

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• Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain by Shankar Vedantam & Bill Mesler
• Hidden Brain: Lonely Hearts
• Church Of Love Drama: Sex, Money, Angels And Broken Dreams AP News 1988
• Knights of Chonda-Za Chicago Tribune 1988
• Church of Love operators plead innocent to fraud The Daily Dispatch 1987
• ‘Church of Love’ wasn’t quite angelic Quad-City Times 1989
• Successful love angel: ‘Pure and wholesome’ The Des Moines Register 1988

Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton

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