Surviving a Transcendent Childhood - Journalist Claire Hoffman & Sister Jenna

Claire Hoffman works as a magazine writer living in Los Angeles, writing for national magazines, covering culture, religion, celebrity, business and whatever else seems interesting. She was formerly a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times and a freelance reporter for the New York Times.

Claire has a master’s degree in religion from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She serves on the board of her family foundation, the Goldhirsh Foundation, as well as the Columbia Journalism School. Her new book is entitled, “Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood.”  Claire joins Sister Jenna to reflect on her childhood in the heartland, growing up in an increasingly isolated meditation community in the 1980s and ’90s—a fascinating, disturbing look at a fringe culture and its true believers.  Visit www.clairehoffman.com.

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