The Sullivanians:Through a Blue Window ((c) 2019 shelley feinerman's Podcast
CULT! This podcast chronicles the rise and fall of the Sullivanian Institute and its members. The psycho-sexual therapy] and institute existed on Manhattan's Upper West Side from the 1970s through the 1990s. Directed to abandon family and friends, as we all were, after five years my life was inextricably altered. The podcast begins with my childhood, then goes on to my time in the Sullivanians, and 20 years later, its self-destruction when it was characterized as a cult. It is entitled Through a Blue Window: The Sullivanians and is dedicated to mother, Ruth.
Episodes
21 episodes
Rescuing Rosie and the end of the Sullivanians
Imagine being a mother separated from her infant by an oppressive group like the Sullivanians with cult-like control. In this episode hear Annie's heartbreaking journey to rescue her daughter Rosie from the Sullivanians. With the crucial ...
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21:10
Inside the Sullivanians: Annie, re deux ten years later
What if you found yourself trapped within a group that controlled every aspect of your life, from your relationships to how you spent your money? This episode unveils some of the dark realities inside the Sullivanians, the infamous cult that hi...
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19:56
Embracing New Horizons: Chris and the Open Union - Liberation (part one) )
After being forced out of the apartment by Annie I was more convinced than ever that that I could no longer tow the party line.In this episode and the next I will take a deeper dive into my relationship with Chris Crenshaw, first ...
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20:56
The Sullivan Institute: The Fourth Wall, Dark Deception and Betrayal
In the five years I'd been in the group, its ranks swelled and the group with its emphasis on artistic endeavors that were once revered merged with the authoritarian cult-like Fourth Wall with its many directives and shifting focus....
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12:59
Inside a Sullivanian Summer House - Annie and Shattered Trust
This latest episode continues to expose the machinations of the Sullivanian Cult On a serene Labor Day morning, the summer house ignites into a tinderbox of drama and emotion after Sandra's inexplicable emotional...
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17:23
The 1960s Generational Divide and the Palette of Independence (from the HIstory tapes)
This episode delves into The 1960s generational divide and societal pressures, and how it impacted my relationship with my mother which led to an emotional confrontation revolving around her cliched disapproval of our then-unconventional choice...
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17:33
The Sullivanians: A group that went from Creativity to Cult
Today's episode begins Thanksgiving Day three years after I became entangled with the Sullivanians a seemingly benign group that supported creativity but would morph into the singular cult that remained undetecte...
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19:17
Daddy Dearest: From the History Tapes - betrayal and the road to the Sullivanians
This episode weaves an intricate tale that begins with a wedding invitation and pulls at the threads of an emotional odyssey navigating the murky waters of a narrative steeped in abandonment, lies, and a profound search for the trut...
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26:54
A Sullivanian stalwart, Marxist Echoes and a death in the family.
Initially, the group was a vibrant blend of energy—artists, musicians, writers, actors, politics, and interpersonal drama. Serena left the apartment, and Sandra Aguilar, the only minority in the group, was added to the mix. In the group, there ...
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16:27
Between the Walls and Echoes of the past; the Sullivanian collective conscience continues
-After two and a half years of shifting roommates and apartments, I finally found an apartment and a tight-knit group of women and the rewarding discovery of profound connections hitherto absent from my life This episode continues to expl...
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22:22
From the history tapes:The 1960s and Echoes of Innocence Lost
This painful episode depicts the moments of sexual awakening. First with Kenny, my summer crush who loved me, but then taking a sharp turn to the unsettling encounter with Robert Scheinman the most popular boy in the senior cl...
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19:47
A Fragile Balance; The Suicde Attempt
Liz, who was new to the group, was my new roommate. Ours was her first group apartment and Aggie who could be a bully under the best of circumstances, had no sympathy for Liz w...
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13:20
The History Tapes: The 1960s
The History Tapes. The oral telling jumps to the early 1960s and with it more ammunition for the therapists to manipulate. A sixth-grade party goes horribly wrong taking with it my self-esteem as I enter Junior High School wi...
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30:23
The Sullivanians and Amagansett (the bittersweet Summer of 1974)
Forty years ago the Sullivanians were exposed by NewYork Magazine and the Village Voice for their insidious practices, but as far as I know, Through A Blue Window is the only first-hand accounting, and the next episode of the podcast is a...
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12:37
Officially a Sullivanian: A Burden Gone a Burden Begins
I was living in a group apartment but I wasn't officially in Sullivanian therapy. The next step in the process was to have a consultation with one of the four licensed therapists and as the day approached, my roommates were all a twitter....
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25:07
Personal Histories: The Group’s Collective Conscious
The ‘group’ was self-monitoring by design, with the oral telling of one’s life, a history, at its core. Each history began with your earliest memory and ended on the day you entered the group and like Madame Defarge, all this information ...
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Making the Connections: Cora, Jackson Mory, and the Sullivanians
Two long years following my divorce I was financially situated to return to school without my mother's help. This episode delves into my seemingly innocent meeting and infatuation with Jackson Mory, the graduate assistant in my color ...
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19:46
(After the group )Jonestown and the Three Mile Island Fallout
]As this episode unfolds the eerie news bulletins of Jonestown bring with it the realization that the Sullivanians were a cult and I was part of it. Hoping, one last time to make a go of my relationship with Chris we move to the Eas...
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14:50
The Silent Shrieks: A raw look at abortion circa 1970
New York made abortion legal in 1970 – three years before Roe v. Wade. I needed a late-term abortion and I was having trouble finding a doctor but then Rachel's mother found Dr. Lowenthal. He was brusque during the consultati...
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14:52
Through a Blue Window( Annie and voted out of apartment
"I am asking the apartment to ask Cora to leave. I don't have to say anymore. My therapist said I didn't have to give my reasons and that I could just ask the apartment to ask her to leave. You could either vote yes or no based on my request."<...
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