LABC Presents: Cults Like Us with Jane Borden!
Wed, Jul 30
|The Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Enjoy a catered breakfast, silly songs, club traditions, and special presentation each week at the historic Los Angeles Breakfast Club.
Time & Location
Jul 30, 2025, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club, 3201 Riverside Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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About the event
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ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: In the 1930s and 40s, con artist Arthur Bell pulled off one of the biggest scams in California history by convincing his followers that a group of evil "Hidden Rulers" planned to exterminate and enslave all of humanity. Don't despair!, he promised. The white-hat "Sponsors" would prevail—as long as followers funded the cause.
Today's lecture will also explore the anatomy of American conspiracy theories, the origins of anti-intellectualism, the scientific research suggesting the human race has consistently grown friendlier, and why this friendliness can actually save us all.
ABOUT THE BOOK: For readers of Fantasyland and Cultish comes a colorful and enlightening pop history that explains why the eccentric beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, how this…
Tickets
Breakfast Tickets
$35.00
+$0.88 ticket service fee
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