Robert Evans
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, that's what they knew.
So the welcome consensus, again, they call new members benchmarks, but it only costs $11 to visit.
They've got a compound, obviously, that's elsewhere in California, but they've got a clubhouse in San Francisco.
And they do weekly game nights there.
And these are games that have been invented by the group that are...
You know those card games that are like, do you and your spouse want to communicate better?
This card game will have you talking better and however long it takes to play or whatever like that, right?
Those are the sort of games that they're playing.
These are like games that are created to aid in communication and intimacy and that are also usually β
We did our episodes on Synanon, right?
Because that comes out of the self-help movement that all this stuff is related to.
A big thing in Synanon is these sessions where people sit around in a circle and insult each other.
And they're definitely influenced by that.
They've got some games that are like, we'll all sit around and we'll tell someone honestly something about themselves.
But it's usually supposed to be positive, but often there's a negative side to it.
We need to lie more to each other.