For The Love of...

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Late night panel/table discussion which journalist Jon Ronson hosts on strange, and occasionally not so strange, topics. Many of the guests are people who claim to participate in or study these topics. On the more mundane side, we hear from people who keep fish, are Sikhs, top models or are fans of Lewis Carroll... on the more exotic side we hear from people who claim to be able to time travel, who French kiss their parrots, hold Diana conspiracy theories and belong to flying saucer religions. Ronson is impartial throughout, and does not tend to criticise his four, five or six guests. He occasionally cracks a joke which goes over their heads, but that's it. Most of the time the guests are able to give their opinion freely within the allotted time.

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Oct 30, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Scientologists who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it.

Nov 6, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Quakers who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it.

Nov 13, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between members of the Aetherius Society, an organisation which believes that extraterrestrials communicate with them telepathically on a regular basis.

Nov 20, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing members of ISKCON who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it.

Nov 27, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Buddhists who talk about what drew them to the Tibetan form of the religion, including western converts and what they appreciate about it.

Dec 4, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Sikhs who talk about their religion and what they appreciate about it.

Dec 11, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between members of the Jesus Army, a "hands on" & controversial form of Christianity which practices communal living, and restrictions on dating and marriage.

Dec 18, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Kabbalists who talk about what drew them to the practice and what they appreciate about it. The panelists include rabbis and those from non-Jewish backgrounds.

Dec 25, 199851m

Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Latter-day Saints who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it. The panelists include converts, those born in the religion and a young man about to go on a mission for the church.

For The Love of...

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