The Commune
A 12-part documentary podcast about the notorious free-love commune, Centrepoint. There are crimes. But this isn’t a whodunnit. It’s a whydunnit.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2022
12: The Wounded Healer
Centrepoint is gone, but the trauma remains. Yet for some, those commune years were the best. Everyone grapples with their memories and sense of culpability. And we hear from someone prepared to tell…
01:26:52 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
11: Zombie Commune
Barri deploys a secret weapon in her plot to close Centrepoint down for good: will this be the killer blow? Not if Bert’s loyal lieutenants have anything to do with it. The final battle is on.
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00:58:52 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
10: The Writing on the Wall
Centrepoint’s guru is in prison, but the pressure on young people for sex hasn’t stopped. Only now, it’s not just the girls. Barri finally understands she’s been in a cult – but will she ever be free…
00:36:24 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
09: That Feeling of Helplessness
After a major police raid, the public finally learns the full horror of what’s been happening at Centrepoint. Barri reaches breaking point. (TW: This episode contains descriptions of sexual abuse.)
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00:47:06 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
08: Lying without Lying
Ray is back on the Centrepoint case and he’s determined to arrest Bert. The community hatches a plan to cover up for their guru. Barri tries to make Bert see sense – but is it too late?
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00:39:06 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
07: Cherished Ideas
Barri finds the answer she’s been seeking but what will she do? Nate tries to raise the alarm about a new arrival. And a humiliated Bert tries chemical assistance to regain the love of his followers.…
00:50:00 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
06: The Centrepoint Kids
It’s the 1980s, and Centrepoint’s on a roll. Bert is investing in the booming stock market; and the head-count keeps rising. But some of the new arrivals at the commune have wild stories to tell.
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00:57:55 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
05: Invaders
The ever-expanding Centrepoint commune goes to war: with its fed-up neighbours, with the local council and, thanks to Robert’s decision to speak out, the New Zealand Police.
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00:55:52 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
04: Under the Carpet
Barri and “Robert” are haunted by the ugly truth about their commune, but they respond differently. Plus: a quick history of communes in Aotearoa, and the complex social forces that made Centrepoint …
00:42:34 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
03: The Girl on the Lawn
Who the hell was Bert? How Centrepoint’s leader went from buttoned-up businessman to morally transgressive guru. Meanwhile Barri and “Robert” are each witness to moments that reveal the darkness lurk…
00:38:52 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
02: Awkward Buggers
Locals are fascinated by the sights and sounds of the sex commune next door. Founding members recall the optimism and excitement of Centrepoint’s early years – and the bizarre circumstances that led …
01:00:06 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
01: Open Day
A free-love commune called Centrepoint springs up in the suburbs of 1970s New Zealand, devoted in equal measure to sex, group therapy, and its guru Bert Potter. What could possibly go wrong?
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00:44:55 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
Trailer: The Commune
Coming soon from Stuff: A 12-part documentary podcast about the notorious free-love commune, Centrepoint. There are crimes. But this isn’t a whodunnit. It’s a whydunnit.
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Sun 29 May 2022
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