The Memory Hole Podcast

All quotes come from the 1st Edition of The Courage to Heal; a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse, 1988 For more audio background about the book, please check out the Conspirituality podcast's two brilliant episodes on this text. Meredith Maran Interview 5/23/2023 Mark Pendegrast Interview 6/14/2023 Frederick Crews Interview 6/28/2023 The cover image for this episode is of Cassandra (Cassandra. 3307: Bust by Max Klinger, 1857-1920. Hamburger Kunsthalle) "Have I missed the mark, or, like true archer, do I strike my quarry? Or am I prophet of lies, a babbler from door to door?" (Cassandra. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1194). Any and all background music from the free YouTube Audio Library The Memory Hole Podcast theme is: A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It? by  ELPHNT  

Please note: between minutes 3:30-4:56 on some platforms there is a blank space. This was a YouTube clip of an Oprah Winfrey program in 1986, included to demonstrate the pervasiveness of this topic in popular culture. If this is missing in your feed, please accept my apologies. Here is the incident referred to: In addition to physical abuse, young Winfrey was sexually assaulted by more than one family member when she was just nine years old. She was also molested by a family friend while still a little girl. Oprah shared these traumas with the public very early on in her career. The New York Times reported in 1986 that during an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show about battered women and incest. She started to cry when a guest talked about her experiences of abuse and sexual assault, asking for a station break and hugging the woman, at which point she revealed her own experiences as a victim and survivor. She later said “For the longest time, I carried this burden around with me and was afraid to tell anybody because I thought it was my fault.” Prime time movie night Something about Amelia After school special: Don’t Touch Rosanne Barr During an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the comedian admitted that she is ashamed to have levied allegations of sexual abuse against her mother and father in 1991."I think it's the worst thing I've ever done," she said. "It's the biggest mistake that I've ever made." https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/roseanne-barr-incest-156910/ Oprah Winfrey https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9604633/Oprah-recalls-repeatedly-raped-19-year-old-cousin-age-nine.html Meredith Maran Interview 5/23/23 Dan Rather CBS Evening News, March 1988, Television Archive Playboy magazine comic, quoted from The Best Kept Secret, Florence Rush 1980 Quotes from: John Money, Wardell Pommeroy, Larry Constantine from The Best Kept Secret, Florence Rush 1980 More about Florence Rush Love’s Baby Soft Commercial, 1975 “Because innocence is sexier than you think.” Mark Pendergrast Interview 6/14/23 Laura Pasley https://www.stopbadtherapy.com/retracts/pasley.shtml Laura Pasley appeared in documentary: Making Memories, from the False Memory Foundation (Patrick Clancy) Any and all background music from the free YouTube Audio Library The Memory Hole Podcast theme is: A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It? by  ELPHNT https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-trailblazer-of-trauma-studies-asks-what-victims-really-want

How on earth did I become interested in this topic? That's what this episode is about. Interview with Meredith Maran, conducted 5/23/2023 You can request a copy of her memoir, My Lie, A True Story of False Memory on her website https://meredithmaran.com/ You can hear an interview she conducted about this book here. Dead Can Dance https://www.deadcandance.com/ The charm of prostitution: Risky Business https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1017641-risky_business ‘Alternative’ in the 1990s was about more than music. https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Alternative Obsession commercials. Are you obsessed? I still am. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/03/14/ah-the-obsession-with-it-all/ebd515cd-0c94-451a-a55d-0402448ad81a/ More Calvin Klein and the zeitgeist. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/ck-one-fragrance-cologne.html Heather Locklear and viral social concepts https://www.retroist.com/p/and-they-told-two-friends-how-faberge-organics-shampoo-explained-virality Any and all background music from the free YouTube Audio Library The Memory Hole Podcast theme is: A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It? by  ELPHNT  

Exploring the Recovered Memory Movement of the late 80's and 90's, the podcast delves into psychological hysteria and techniques used to uncover childhood abuse memories. Sound clips from experts and a warning for mature audiences add depth to the narrative.