Part Two: The Sordid Story of Nature Boy: The Instagram Cult Leader Who Hates Toilets
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Who is Nature Boy and what is the conscious community?
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The boy, nature. That's the name he's picked up at the start of this episode. And we should start today by talking a little bit more about the conscious community or the black consciousness community. I've heard it described as both things. Again, this is a subculture, not a massive one, but not a small one either, that exists primarily through kind of a nexus of YouTube and podcasters and some rappers and Rolling Stone writer David Peisner describes it as, quote, an ecosystem of black spiritualists, natural living advocates, herbalists, alternative historians, motivational speakers, and backpack rappers. Having gone through a bit of related non-culti content creators that seem to be- Wait, I'm sorry, backpack rapper? Yeah. Which I think is a term for like rappers who are kind of not not massive. You know, they travel around and do a lot of like local shows and stuff, you know, that like, yeah, probably do a lot of I think SoundCloud rapper is an adjacent sort of thing. Right. OK.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Nature Boy and what is the conscious community?
2:00–8:11
2
What is the Black Consciousness Movement and its significance?
8:11–18:33
3
How did Nature Boy's mental health and beliefs evolve?
18:33–23:06
4
Who is Young Pharaoh and what is his influence on Nature Boy?
23:06–27:52
5
How did Nature Boy start building his following on social media?
27:52–36:22
6
What happened when Nature Boy moved to Central America to start a community?
36:22–45:32
7
How did the Ethereans/Melanation cult develop and gain media attention?
45:32–1:01:02
8
What are the core beliefs and practices of Nature Boy's cult?
1:01:02–1:30:14