UNCOVERAGE. A podcast about growing up in a Tibetan Buddhist cult in America. SUMMARY: Trying to get settled in Boulder, Colorado after a tumultuous trip to Venezuela, Una learns what a new life means with her mother and Trunpga Rinpoche. When Una tags along with her mother to a personal audience with the great Tibetan meditation master himself, he has some special words for her that will forever change the course of her life. BACKGROUND: Una Morera was raised in the largest community of Buddhists in America, led by the enigmatic and outrageous Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, in Boulder, Colorado. Escaping Tibet in 1959, Trungpa Rinpoche made his way to America to teach the dharma and surround himself with Western students. Right after Una was born, her mother met Trungpa Rinpoche, and four years later, she would join his thriving community in Boulder, Colorado. Responsible for introducing meditation to the West, Trungpa Rinpoche was also responsible for his own brand of self-proclaimed crazy wisdom, which included drinking to excess, having sex with his students, and pushing the limits of conventionality. Growing up in this community, Una witnessed the birth of a secret society of dharma practitioners who, with Trungpa Rinpoche’s help, created a deadly environment of sexual predation, classism, and blind assent. Una learned the teachings of the dharma and the actions of dharma students were two very different things. This is a story about discovering who she really is after a lifetime of living and breathing a spiritual path based on ancient secrets and modern deceptions. EPISODE CREDITS: Our theme music is performed and produced by Ryder Cooley and the Dust Bowl Faeries. Buy their music at dustbowlfaeries.com Written and produced by Una Morera Special thanks to Mike Schoonmaker Special thanks to Dean Haspiel and Eric Leven Sound effects from Soundstripe.com and Freesound.org The excerpt of Trungpa Rinpoche is from Naropa University Dedicated to Daniel Dalseth Please share where podcasts are shared.