Auroville

A spiritual Indian utopia that’s over 50 years old, but still very much a work in progress.Connect on Facebook or at the Failed Utopia website.Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville by Akash KapurBulldozing a dream? Auroville’s importance as an experiment in alternative livingBulldozers, violence and politics crack an Indian dream of utopiaWritten and produced by Anna RobertsBurning palm tree artwork by Perry VasquezIntro music by Elliot MiddletonMerchandise: www.failedutopia.com/shop

Om Podcasten

This is a podcast about utopian ideas and paradise lost. We look at utopian concepts from the past, present and future, as well as utopian societies and communes, which promise the world to eager followers but inevitably fail when it all starts to unravel. Some of these utopias just fall apart, while others devolve into true horrors and even brutal cults. I’ll break down what these groups’ leaders were thinking, what attracted their devotees in the first place, and how it all went wrong.