[#337] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 9: Bit Player In A Myth

Dimitri and Khalid unpack the spectacle of Patty Hearst’s arrest and prosecution in 1975-76, including: her dubious representation by F. Lee Bailey, the all-star team of CIA MK-Ultra psychiatrists (Louis Jolyon West, Martin Orne, Margaret Singer) brought in to “evaluate” whether Patty had been brainwashed, Paul Krassner’s sometimes insightful, sometimes porn-brained and sus coverage of the trial, who was really behind the non-SLA “New World Liberation Front” bombings during this period, and more… For access to the entire YEAR OF THE PHOENIX series, full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at h...