The Sunshine Place
Audacy Podcasts | Team Downey
Introducing: What We Spend
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Welcome to the 1980s, where the war on drugs rages on and America's teenagers are caught in the crossfire. Enter Straight Incorporated, a controversial new rehab program that promises its tough love approach can set kids back on the straight and narrow. But for the survivors of Straight, their experience tells a horrifyingly different story — one of abuse, torture, and brainwashing. Season 2 of “The Sunshine Place” delves into the shocking tale of Straight Incorporated, an experimental teen rehab that descended into a sadistic cult exploiting parents' deepest fears and their children's vulnerabilities. This heart-wrenching exploration of parenting, family, and the human spirit intertwines with the dark underbelly of power, money, and politics. And at the heart of it all, we find a connection back to the subject of “The Sunshine Place” Season 1, Synanon. Executive Produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Emily Barclay Ford of Team Downey, together with Josh McLaughlin of Wink Pictures.The Sunshine Place is an Audacy original.
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- Introducing: What We Spend · 11 dk · Sezon 2Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial spectrum are opening their…
- S2|E8: Survivors · 49 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 8By the early 2000s, the “troubled teens” of Straight Incorporated have grown up, and they’re no longer victims, they’re survivors. Many of them embark on a quest for answers, but…
- S2|E7: KIDS · 49 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 7It’s the 1990s, and the rehab landscape has changed, but into this new environment enters a familiar opportunist. Dr. Miller Newton, the personification of the evil at Straight…
- S2|E6: Poster Child · 41 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 6Princess Diana graces Straight Incorporated with her presence at the invitation of the First Lady, Nancy Reagan. Their visit puts the program in the international spotlight…
- S2|E5: The Mayflower Group · 48 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 5Straight Incorporated sets its sites on the next prime market. The suburbs of Washington, D.C., with its population of wealthy and powerful parents who are also desperate and…
- S2|E4: Drug Warriors · 35 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 4As Straight Incorporated makes plans to expand across the country, the program’s founder recruits a powerful ally with connections to the White House. But in order to secure a…
- S2|E3: Start Again · 48 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 3The Seed is heading down a dark and dangerous path, but nobody seems to realize it, except for the kids. As The Seed grows, so does the ego of its founder, Art Barker. The bigger…
- S2|E2: The Seed · 43 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 2To understand Straight, we have to look back at its predecessor: The Seed. This Florida-based rehab center was founded by Art Barker, a former alcoholic and stand-up comedian…
- S2|E1: Intake · 49 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 1On Halloween of 1982, a Florida teenager named Valerie is kidnapped from her home, by her own mom. She ends up at an experimental drug rehab called Straight Incorporated…
- Introducing: The Sunshine Place, Season 2 · 4 dk · Sezon 2Welcome to the 1980s, where the war on drugs rages on and America's teenagers are caught in the crossfire. Enter Straight Incorporated, a controversial new rehab program that…
- S1|E8: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life · 1 sa 8 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 8Chuck Dederich's story reaches its conclusion. Whether or not Synanon does is up for debate.
- S1|E7: The Holy War · 49 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 7Chuck is consumed by paranoia and Synanon erupts in violence.
- S1|E6: Changing Partners · 53 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 6After Chuck's wife Betty passes away, he quickly finds a new partner, and he instructs his followers to find new ones too, whether they want to or not.
- S1|E5: The Breeders · 46 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 5Chuck declares that there will be no more children born in Synanon, and he goes to great lengths to make sure of it.
- S1|E4: The Punk Squad · 45 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 4Chuck breaks one of his two rules for Synanon, no violence, beginning with his youngest followers.
- S1|E3: The Trip · 46 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 3Legend, ritual, religion, LSD. Chuck experiments with all of it on his followers in Synanon.
- S1|E2: The Miracle on the Beach · 43 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 2Chuck Dederich hits rock bottom as an alcoholic in the beachside slums of Los Angeles. It's 1958, and he's got nothing but an idea, but it's one that would save countless lives…
- S1|E1: The Kidsnatchers · 45 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 1Welcome to Synanon. If you're wondering what Synanon is, then you're asking the same question as Celena and Mike, whose lives change forever the moment they arrive. It's the…
- Welcome to The Sunshine Place · 4 dk · Sezon 1Once called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin…
