For our 50th episode, we’re taking you to Seoul — where one of the most advanced democracies on earth briefly found itself run like a very organized cult retreat.
This is the unbelievable (and somehow very modern) story of how President Park Geun-hye — once marketed as the “Queen of Clean Politics” — let her childhood friend, Choi Soon-sil, quietly run the country using a mix of spiritual guidance, shaman-lite rituals, and a suspicious amount of influence for someone with zero government title.
For our 50th episode, we’re breaking down how a country lost control in ten very culty steps — and what it takes to get it back.
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