The History of an Upper West Side Cult

For decades, the Sullivan Institute for Research in Psychoanalysis operated in the Upper West Side in Manhattan, first as a boundary-breaking commune that attracted artists like Jackson Pollock and Judy Collins in the 50s and 60s... and later, in the 70s, as a cult led by Saul Newton. AuthorAlexander Stille joins us to discuss his reporting on the Sullivan Institute and his new book, The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune.