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A Little Bit Culty
Think you might be in a cult? Want to know the signs? Join Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames to talk about things that are..a little bit culty. Or in their case: a whole bunch of culty. As whistleblowers documented in the critically-acclaimed HBO series “The Vow,” Sarah and Nippy have a lot t...
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Sex, Shame, and Sacred Secrets: Nancy Ross on Mormon Garments (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Nancy Ross, we dig deeper into the fascinating (and frankly under-discussed) world of Mormon temple garments, t...
Surprise Drop: A Little Bit Culty Hits Amazon!
A Little Bit Culty: Navigating Cults, Control and Coercion dropped on Amazon this past weekend and has already hit #1 new release in the psychology &...
Sex, Shame, and Sacred Secrets: Nancy Ross on Mormon Garments (Part 1)
In this episode, Dr. Nancy Ross—religious studies professor, longtime Mormon feminist, and co‑author of the forthcoming book Mormon Garments: Sacred a...
Ashtanga Yoga After Pattabhi Jois: Magnolia Zuniga on Consent, Adjustment, and Real Healing (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation, Magnolia Zuniga goes deeper into how the Ashtanga world responded—or failed to respond—to decades of sexual abuse by Pa...
Ashtanga Yoga After Pattabhi Jois: Magnolia Zuniga on Consent, Adjustment, and Real Healing (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In Part 1 of this two‑episode conversation, Magnolia Zuniga—one of only about 20 certifie...
Through the NXIVM Lens: Bjorn Bolinder on V-Week, Branding, and Seeing the Light (Part 2)
Welcome back for Part 2 with Bjorn Bolinder: dancer, photographer, and the guy whose heart was screaming “GET OUT!” louder than any cult alarm system...
Through the NXIVM Lens: Photographer Bjorn Bolinder on V-Week, Branding, and Seeing the Light (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
Bjorn Bolinder—photographer, NXIVM insider, and the guy on the ladder in The Vow Episode...
PATREON REPLAY: "Zenu Is My Homeboy" - Marc Headley on Scientology
In this bonus Q&A episode from our Patreon vault, Marc Headley broke down how Scientology actually works on the inside: from Sea Org recruitment scrip...
The Lost Boy: Unpacking Corey Feldman Vs. The World with Marcie Hume
Following last week’s conversations with ex-Corey’s Angels musicians Margot Lane and Jezebel Sweet, director Marcie Hume joins us to talk about making...
Sex, Power, and Music: Jezebel Sweet & Margot Lane Expose Corey Feldman (Part 2)
In Part 2 with Margot Lane and Jezebel Sweet, we dive more into the spectacle of Corey’s Angels and the documentary Corey Feldman Vs. the World and wh...
Sex, Power, and Music: Jezebel Sweet & Margot Lane Expose Corey Feldman (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In this episode, we’re joined by Margot Lane and Jezebel Sweet, former members of Corey’s...
The Guru Wears Prada: Sofia May on Surviving Tibetan Buddhism at Tara Mandala (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Sofia May, she continues sharing her experiences connected to Tara Mandala and the community around lama Tsultrim A...
The Guru Wears Prada: Sofia May on Surviving Tibetan Buddhism at Tara Mandala (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this conversation with stand-up comedian and former Tara Mandala practitioner Sofia May, she joins us to talk about how a beautiful Tibet...
I Belong to Me: Tia Levings on Rebuilding After Religious Trauma (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with author Tia Levings, we go even deeper into what it actually takes to leave a high-control Christian fundamentalist...
I Belong to Me: Tia Levings on Rebuilding After Religious Trauma (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In this episode, Tia Levings—bestselling author of A Well-Trained Wife and survivor of Ch...
Is Landmark a Cult? Anne Peterson Returns (Part 2)
In Part 2 with former Landmark Forum staffer Anne Peterson, we dig into what it actually took to leave the Landmark ecosystem emotionally, financially...
Is Landmark a Cult? Anne Peterson Returns (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this conversation, former Landmark Forum staffer Anne Peterson returns to update us about life post-Is This a Cult? book launch. She take...
Ma Will See You Now: Chasing Nirvana with Priya Hutner (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Priya Hutner, we keep pulling back the curtain on life inside the Kashi Ashram and the world surrounding Ma Jaya Sa...
Ma Will See You Now: Chasing Nirvana with Priya Hutner (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In Part 1 of our conversation with writer Priya Hutner, she takes us inside her years at...
My Toxic Father and Bahai: Jared Van Driessche’s Survival Story (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Jared Van Driessche, we go even deeper into what happens when you start questioning the system you were raised in,...
My Toxic Father and Bahai: Jared Van Driessche’s Survival Story (Part 1)
In Part 1 of our conversation, security specialist Jared Van Driessche shares the story behind his polished “protector” persona: growing up in a Bahá’...
Cults to Consciousness: Shelise Ann Sola on Post-Mormon Podcast Life (Part 2)
In Part 2 with artist and ex-Mormon creator Shelise Ann Sola, we pick up with what happens after you walk away from the LDS Church: family fallout, re...
Cults to Consciousness: Shelise Ann Sola on Post-Mormon Podcast Life (Part 1)
In the first part of our conversation, artist, podcaster, and former Mormon Shelise Ann Sola joins us to talk about growing up in a devout Latter-day...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Elicia Ybarra on Red Flags in Martial Arts (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Elicia Ybarra, she unpacks her path to healing through EMDR trauma therapy. She realized how buried triggers from y...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Elicia Ybarra on Red Flags in Martial Arts (Part 1)
In Part 1 of our conversation with martial artist and empowerment self-defense instructor Elicia Ybarra, we trace how a childhood love of ninja turtle...
A Little Bit Extra: A Casual Xmas Chat, AMA, and Listener Voicemails
Ring the sleigh bells for this A Little Bit Extra Thursday Christmas bonus. We navigate thorny territory around recent NXIVM-adjacent podcasts we lega...
Twin Flames Universe Took My Niece: Cheryl Tuppa Speaks Out
In this episode, Cheryl Tuppa joins the pod to tell the story of her niece Briana’s seven-year entanglement with Twin Flames Universe—from a late-nigh...
Love Has Won: Andrew-Ryan Profaci on His Time with Mother God (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Andrew-Ryan Profaci, we pick up right where things get extra bananas: the “quantum hoax,” the moment he pulled back...
Love Has Won: Andrew-Ryan Profaci on His Time with Mother God (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In the first of this two-part episode, we finally go inside Love Has Won with someone wh...
Amanda Montell: Cultish and Coded Language, Revisited (Part 2)
Amanda Montell returns for round two, diving into what she's learned since Cultish dropped: Instagram comment wars as tribal battlegrounds, "platformi...
Amanda Montell: Cultish and Coded Language, Revisited (Part 1)
Amanda Montell—author, linguist, and our reigning three-time champion guest—returns in studio to talk about the newly released paperback edition of Cu...
A Little Bit Extra: Post-Thanksgiving Word Salad and Listener Voicemails
We’re back for A Little Bit Extra Thursday filled with Thanksgiving word salads and gallows humor. We chat about the last few truly bonkers weeks, sha...
Anthia Gillick on OneTaste: Strokes, Sex, and Shame
When does sexual empowerment cross the line into cult control? Following Ellen Huet’s OneTaste expose, we sat with Anthia Gillick—former OneTaste “ins...
Real Housewife and Bad Mormon: Heather Gay on Surviving Mormonism (Part 2)
We’re back with the second half of our conversation with the unstoppable Heather Gay: housewife, truth-teller, and newly minted slayer of Mormon silen...
Real Housewife and Bad Mormon: Heather Gay on Surviving Mormonism (Part 1)
Heather Gay, Real Housewife, “Bad Mormon,” and faith deconstruction trailblazer, joined us to talk about her journey from devout church girl to outspo...
Empire of Orgasm: Ellen Huet on the Different Strokes of OneTaste (Part 2)
We dive even deeper in Part two with Ellen Huet to unpack what drove OneTaste’s inner circle, its culty sales playbook, and the strange tangle of powe...
Empire of Orgasm: Ellen Huet on the Different Strokes of OneTaste (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
What happens when the pursuit of female pleasure blurs into high-pressure sales, psycholo...
My Cult Your Cult: Sean Prophet on the Church Universal and Triumphant (Part 2)
What actually happens when the world doesn’t end, the “shelf” breaks, and the self-proclaimed prince of a doomsday empire is left standing amid the fa...
My Cult Your Cult: Sean Prophet on the Church Universal and Triumphant (Part 1)
What’s it like to grow up the so-called “prince” inside one of America’s most notorious new religious movements—where your mother is a celebrated chan...
Checkmate: Chess Master Danny Rensch on Leaving the Church of Immortal Consciousness (Part 2)
What happens when your purpose gets weaponized, relationships are rewritten by group doctrine, and chess becomes both sanctuary and battleground? In t...