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
Guests
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
Sale ends
Jul 28, 12:10 PM
$35.00
+$0.88 ticket service fee
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