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Time Capsule: The Silver Chain - Trailer

2024/2/15
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Paul Ditty: 本节目深入调查了20世纪70年代明尼苏达州一个名为"银链社交俱乐部"的秘密换妻俱乐部的历史。通过对保存在明尼苏达州历史学会的1970年代新闻简报的分析，节目揭示了这个俱乐部的运作方式、成员构成以及他们的生活故事。这些新闻简报详细记录了俱乐部的各种活动，从家庭露营到每月舞会，以及一些关于社会变革的讨论小组。然而，这些看似普通的活动背后隐藏着一个组织严密的换妻团体，成员超过100对夫妇。节目主持人Paul Ditty采访了俱乐部的幸存成员，试图了解这个俱乐部的运作方式，以及它对成员生活的影响。一些成员对这段往事不愿多谈，甚至试图阻止节目组的调查，而另一些成员则愿意分享他们的故事，讲述他们在俱乐部中的经历以及他们对自由恋爱和社会变革的看法。通过这些访谈，节目展现了70年代美国社会文化的一个侧面，以及人们在探索自我和人际关系方面的复杂性。节目也探讨了这个俱乐部如何在一个保守的明尼苏达郊区运作，以及为什么这些成员会选择将他们的秘密记录下来，并最终将其遗留在一个安全保管箱中。

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The episode introduces the Silver Chain Social Club, a secret swingers society from the 1970s, through the discovery of its newsletters in an abandoned safe deposit box.

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In the early 1990s, a cache of abandoned newsletters found its way from a safety deposit box in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the state’s historical society, where they were left to gather dust. The newsletters detailed the inner workings of a secret 1970s swingers society: The Silver Chain Social Club. Fifty years later, TV writer and host Paul Ditty tracks down the club’s surviving members to uncover the group’s mysterious history and the ties that connected its members long after the swingers club closed its doors for good. For a deeper look inside Time Capsule, read Paul's newsletter).

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