"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'." "Okay, now don't be mad but..."

My latest for Scroll.in: how a closeted gay man created the first group of American Sikh converts in 1950s Oklahoma, and how that led to a massive scam involving fake degrees that was shut down by the FBI. scroll.in/article/1076...

Have you watched the docuseries Breath of Fire on Max? It covers Guru Jagat, who gained a following through Kundalini yoga/Yogi Bhajan/3HO, which we’ve discussed on the podcast — although our focus has been the kids at the boarding schools in India www.hbo.com/breath-of-fire

In the latest #HindooHistory dialogue, I spoke with @philipdeslippe.bsky.social, a doctoral candidate studying the history of yoga in the United States from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Please read and share! And subscribe to the substack. hindoohistory.substack.com/p/hindoo-his...

MJ's Zakiyyah Madyun says, "BREATH OF FIRE once again has a lot of ground to cover in an hour’s time, and the second half of the episode takes a horrific turn into Yogi Bhajan’s history of sexual abuse." #BreathofFire is now streaming on @streamonmax.bsky.social.

New piece from Stacie Stukin and myself for Baaz News on the abuse and mistreatment of the men and women born into Yogi Bhajan's 3HO. #kundaliniyoga #3ho #yogibhajan www.baaznews.org/p/3hos-board...