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The opening is strong: the hosts react to a first time reading of listeners embarrassing stories including (but not limited to) virginity lost on a school lunch break. On a sharp pivot, they dive into America’s most confusing Billboard: Shen Yun, 5000 Years of Civilization Reborn. You know it, you’ve seen it, but Hannah will assure you never looking at a Shen Yun ad the same. The girls discuss religious-political propaganda, debate the constitution of a cult, and make a striking comparison of the dance group to modern day evangelicals.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stepping-into-the-uncanny-unsettling-world-of-shen-yun
5
2020 ratings
The opening is strong: the hosts react to a first time reading of listeners embarrassing stories including (but not limited to) virginity lost on a school lunch break. On a sharp pivot, they dive into America’s most confusing Billboard: Shen Yun, 5000 Years of Civilization Reborn. You know it, you’ve seen it, but Hannah will assure you never looking at a Shen Yun ad the same. The girls discuss religious-political propaganda, debate the constitution of a cult, and make a striking comparison of the dance group to modern day evangelicals.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stepping-into-the-uncanny-unsettling-world-of-shen-yun