The Commune
5.0/5
Critic Rating
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.Podcasts like this one take a lot of time and resources to create. To help cover some of that cost, you will hear some ads during this episode. For an ad-free experience go to listen.stuff.co.nz/truecrime to get access to this and three other Stuff True Crime podcasts ad-free, for about the price of a cup of coffee… and you’ll be helping us make more great podcasts, like this one.
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Remy Varga • The Australian • Sep 8, 2023
"The Commune is less of an exposé and more of an attempt to explore the nuance of Centrepoint, detailing the good as well as the bad of life in the commune. It’s a different take on the well-trodden genre of true crime podcasting and audiences can make their own decisions on the morality of the approach. This may sound distasteful but honestly The Commune starts off funny and manages to stay entertaining, playing off the cult’s strange predilections such as the absence of doors on showers and toilets. The Commune is well produced and at times very funny while at others confronting and heartbreaking. It’s also highly addictive..."
