You Can’t Make This Up

Prologue | Wild Wild Country

Episode Summary

Lindsey Weber from Who? Weekly will be in conversation with the directors of Wild Wild Country next week! But for now, here's a taste of what's to come... Welcome to the first prologue episode of You Can't Make This Up! In these mini episodes, we reveal which Netflix Original series or film we'll be watching and talking about the following week.  We're kicking things off with Wild Wild Country. It’s a six part documentary that follows the Rajneeshpuram, a so-called sex cult from India that takes over a small Oregon town. You can watch anytime, it's already out on Netflix. Stay tuned for the full length episode next week. We've got Lindsey Weber, co-host of the pop culture podcast, Who? Weekly, in conversation with the docuseries directors, Chapman and MaClain Way. Make sure to subscribe to hear the whole interview, plus more fun stuff next week!  Join the conversation on Twitter @CantMakeThisUp and on Facebook at You Can't Make This Up Netflix.

Episode Notes

Lindsey Weber from Who? Weekly will be in conversation with the directors of Wild Wild Country next week! But for now, here's a taste of what's to come...

Welcome to the first prologue episode of You Can't Make This Up! In these mini episodes, we reveal which Netflix Original series or film we'll be watching and talking about the following week. 

We're kicking things off with Wild Wild Country. It’s a six part documentary that follows the Rajneeshpuram, a so-called sex cult from India that takes over a small Oregon town. You can watch anytime, it's already out on Netflix.

Stay tuned for the full length episode next week. We've got Lindsey Weber, co-host of the pop culture podcast, Who? Weekly, in conversation with the docuseries directors, Chapman and MaClain Way. Make sure to subscribe to hear the whole interview, plus more fun stuff next week! 

Join the conversation on Twitter @CantMakeThisUp and on Facebook at You Can't Make This Up Netflix.

Episode Transcription


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Rae: Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a new companion podcast from Netflix.


 

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Rae: I'm Rae Votta.  I work at Netflix and I'm so excited to introduce this podcast to all of you.  You Can't Make This Up is like a book club for Netflix original true stories.  So, this week, we'll tell you what to watch and next week we'll talk all about it.  And that means if you haven't seen the film or series yet, you've got some time.  For our inaugural episode, we'll be talking about Wild Wild Country.  Let's take a listen to a clip from the trailer.


 

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Rae: This six-part documentary follows the twists and turns of the Rajneeshpuram, the so-called sex cult from India that takes over a small Oregon town.  There are angry farmers, attempted murders, swat teams and a lot of red monochrome outfits in stow.  Wild Wild Country is already out on Netflix so you can start watching it any time.  Right now, even.  Or in a couple more minutes, after you finish listening to this.  After watching, you can head back to this podcast to hear all about it.  We've got the hilarious Lindsey Weber, co-host to the pop culture podcast, Who? Weekly, in conversation with the show's directors, Chapman and Maclain Way.  Here's a taste of their discussion.


 

Lindsey: I go very back and forth on Sheela because I don't want to devalue—I don't want to say that's good because she's clearly not, but I love her and I love a female villain.  And she is so truly perverse and complicated.  Like, I guess my question is, you spent so much time with her—did you go back and forth in kind of believing her or not believing her?  Buying her story, not buying her story?


 

Way: Yeah, I think the really interesting thing about Sheela is, you know, there's been a lot of true crime shows about what we call "psychopaths" and we did some pre-interviews with some state and government officials and this was a woman that they referred to us as "pure evil" and as someone who lacked zero empathy.  And, so, that was the kind of tidbits of information that we were given before meeting Sheela and I think the really interesting thing about getting to know Sheela and getting to know people who knew Sheela before she joined this Rajneesh movement and as a young girl—it was just very clear that they all talked about Sheela as being this very ambitious, smart, charming, creative—she was a very talented artist—she was a fine arts major—and this person that people really gravitated to, they really enjoyed her company, she was really precocious—and I think it's really fascinating to kind of watch this journey and watch her devotion to this man and to this movement and ultimately where it leads her.


 

Lindsey: I mean, she's a genius, like, her—I would join the cult that she was leading.  I felt it.  It was so crazy.


 

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Rae: Be sure to subscribe to You Can't Make This Up and join us next week.  And, if you need someone to talk to while you're watching, you can always tweet the podcast.  We are: @can'tmakethisup on Twitter.  Or, you can find us on Facebook at: You Can't Make This Up Netflix.  I am Rae Votta.  Thanks for listening.


 

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