After they reminisce about workplace email hijinks, Alyssa gives John an update on the Mike Madigan trial, the closing of the Hard Rock Cafe, and the takeover of the Kennedy Center then they take a trip to Zion, Illinois which was founded as a theocracy. 

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Show Notes:

AP: The Earth is Flat

Cracked: 1920s Illinois Lived In Fear Of The Priest-King Of The Flat Earth

New York Times: SURE EARTH IS FLAT, SAYS ZION'S OVERSEER; Voliva Declares He Can 'Down Any Modern Astronomer in Less Than Thirty Minutes.'

Daily Beast: When a Flat Earther Refused to Concede and All Hell Broke Loose

Chicago Reader: When Zion Ruled the Waves

Chicago Reader: The Devil Inside

People of Zion Only.

Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything

Reshaping Performance Spaces: Embracing Change at the Kennedy Center

The Reach Expansion (Kennedy Center)

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