Log in

goodpods headphones icon

To access all our features

Open the Goodpods app
Close icon
headphones
The Nice Cult Presents

The Nice Cult Presents

The Nice Cult

4 cult members discuss topics from around the world while building their own cult one belief at a time.
profile image
profile image
profile image

3 Listeners

Share icon

All episodes

Best episodes

Seasons

Top 10 The Nice Cult Presents Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Nice Cult Presents episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Nice Cult Presents for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Nice Cult Presents episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 9 Ho No Hana

Season 4 Episode 9 Ho No Hana

The Nice Cult Presents

play

10/14/22 • 47 min

It is often called the "foot reading cult", because its founder, Hogen Fukunaga, claimed he could make a diagnosis by examining people's feet. He founded the group in 1987 after an alleged spiritual event where he claimed to have realized he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and the Buddha. The group at one time claimed 30,000 members. However, Fukunaga charged $900 for the foot readings and a suspicion arose that he used the money to benefit himself. He was accused of swindling money from housewives and had to pay over a million dollars in damages.[2]

The Good:

  • Foot Readings
  • Celebrities'

The Bad:

  • Rigorous Induction Ceremony
  • Lying
  • Bullying
  • Lots of money coerced

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • The Final Survivor ( Cult leader Death Match)
  • Scrolls that have messages that can absolve sin
  • Trinkets that prevents family curses

Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_No_Hana

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3029183.stm

The Japan Times: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/07/16/national/honohana-foot-cult-guru-gets-12-years-for-fraud/

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 5 Episode 12The Brotherhood of Eternal Love
play

04/26/23 • 50 min

This Cult has it all, drugs, acid rain, jail breaks, running for office, and much much more.

The Good:

  • Giving Back Stolen Goods
  • Peaceful
  • Drugs (When Used Properly)

The Bad:

  • Breaking Out of Prison
  • Free Drugs
  • Acid Rain
  • Overdosing

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • Candy Cannon at 4th of July Parade.

Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brotherhood_of_Eternal_Love

BBC.com: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170112-the-lsd-cult-that-terrified-america

LATimes: ⁠https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-24-la-et-book24-2010mar24-story.html

The Nice Cult: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thenicecult.com⁠⁠

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 6 Bakker

Season 4 Episode 6 Bakker

The Nice Cult Presents

play

09/19/22 • 57 min

James Orsen Bakker is an American televangelist and convicted fraudster. Between 1974 and 1987, Bakker hosted the television program The PTL Club and its cable television platform, the PTL... The Nice cult starts a pledge program in honor of all televangelists.

The Good:

  • Puppet shows
  • Amusement park
  • Make people feel good

The Bad:

  • No transparency
  • Miss appropriation of founds
  • Infidelity

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • This week The Nice Cult decides to take the leap and become a religion on paper and not just in the hearts of its members
  • Thor will build a giant swing on his property

Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker

Jim Bakker Show: https://jimbakkershow.com

NY Post: https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/televangelist-jim-bakker-to-pay-156k-for-false-covid-19-cure-claims/

Upside Down Creative Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jywSm7Lug4k&t=22s

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 8 Gadgetology

Season 4 Episode 8 Gadgetology

The Nice Cult Presents

play

09/29/22 • 39 min

Apocalyptic Gadgetology includes faith in prophecy and revelation. Followers of this current believe in the end of the world and salvation at the behest of the Lightbringer. This is a fun one.

The Good:

  • Imagination
  • Dancing
  • Rule against sexualizing cartoons
  • Good Intentions

The Bad:

  • Cartoon Deity
  • Not a powerful Deity
  • Only in Russia

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • Fanatical Humility

Sources:

Medium.com: https://medium.com/@thefandome/gadget-hackwrench-religion-or-how-a-fandom-reborn-into-a-cult-c66050342d64

United Squid: https://unitedsquid.com/why-are-russian-cult-followers-worshipping-gadget-hackwrench/

Fodors.com: https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/arson-blood-rituals-and-disney-characters-around-the-world-in-10-cults

The Rescue Rangers Cola Cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YjebD-Hw8I&t=292s

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 10 The World Wide Church of God
play

10/21/22 • 51 min

Worldwide Church of God, Adventist church founded in 1933 as the Radio Church of God by Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986), an American newspaper advertising designer. Until the mid-1990s the church taught a non-Trinitarian theology, held Saturday worship services, and preached the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

The Good:

  • Following Wives Admonishes
  • Following God
  • Radio Spots

The Bad:

  • Following Wives Admonishes
  • 10% for leader of cult
  • Incest

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • We are becoming The Diet Cult
  • Advent Calendar
  • Admonished Everyone to be 10% Nicer

Sources:

RCG.org: https://rcg.org/landing/inside_rcg.html?

Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Worldwide-Church-of-God

Exit Support Network: https://exitsupportnetwork.com/worldwide-church-of-god-history/

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 11 Lord I have Sinned (Jimmy Swaggart)
play

10/30/22 • 43 min

At the height of his popularity in the 1980s, his telecast was transmitted to in excess of 3,000 stations and cable systems each week. His “crusades” enabled him to travel throughout the contiguous United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and South America.

The Good:

  • Timing
  • Singing
  • Supportive Spouse

The Bad:

  • Drugs
  • Hypocrisy
  • Driving the wrong way while on drugs and having a prostitute in your car

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • Time on a radio station
  • $100 for five minutes of lip service with Gunnar

Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart

Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Swaggart

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries: https://www.jsm.org/jimmy-swaggart

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 5 Episode 16 THETA NOIR

Season 5 Episode 16 THETA NOIR

The Nice Cult Presents

play

05/19/23 • 48 min

This AI cult is preparing for the takeover. Thor seems to have found out the secret of how to survive.

The Good:

  • Being Prepared

The Bad:

  • AI Takeover

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • From last weeks episode, we take on deciding a date of when Renaldo will come and have added a cake and cornflakes to the occasion.
  • We take adding AI Renaldo to our website.

Sources:

Thetanoir.com: https://thetanoir.com

The Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3meny/artificial-intelligence-cult-tech-chatgpt

The Nice Cult: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thenicecult.com⁠⁠

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 2 Odyssey Study Group
play

08/19/22 • 36 min

Sharon Gans Horn started an “innocent” group in Manhattan to study the works of Russian philosopher George Gurdjelf. Her and her husband recruited among members of New York and Boston’s high society, intellectuals, and wealthy. What started as Odyssey Study Group became a cult around one single figure Sharon Gans. She demanded 100% loyalty, monthly membership dues, and exerted unbelievable control over the lives of the groups members. This control included demands of some members to divorce their spouse and marry another, orders to have an affair, and even to adopt another member’s children.

The Good:

  • Interesting philosopher that had some good ideas

The Bad:

  • High control demands like forced divorce, adoption, and affairs.

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • The Nice Cult is going to host a dance with a VIP section for those who make ten figures. We are determined to give them the "Tom Cruise Treatment" that Scientology provides to their elites.

Sources:

George Gurdjelf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gurdjieff

Odyssey Study Group: https://culteducation.com/group/1190-odyssey-study-group-osg-fourth-way-school.html

General Info about Sharon Gans; https://nypost.com/2022/07/09/odyssey-study-group-cult-still-going-strong-after-sharon-gans-death/

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 4 Episode 7 Superior Universal Alignment
play

09/24/22 • 47 min

The Amazonian town of Altamira received a sudden increase of reports of missing children. Not having clear clues about the disappearances, the authorities couldn’t do anything about it. The reports rose to 19 missing children from 8 to 13 years old, with no trace or a clue to find them. By that time the bodies of five children were found dead with signs of torture and castration. It was determined that these murders were connected to the medical guild because the castrations seemed to be made by a medical expert. The plot thickens...

The Good:

  • No goats were harmed in this cult
  • Website

The Bad:

  • Website
  • Castration
  • Child Murders
  • All children are a negative energy especially those boarn in 1981 and after
  • Abandonment of children
  • Violated Rule #1 - (Date given for the end of the world)

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • The Nice Cult takes on Alien Obduction Insurance
  • The Nice Cult adds a wallet card with information on what you do or do not consent to when abducted (like a donner card)

Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamira_child_emasculations

Culturalcolectiva: https://culturacolectiva.com/history/superior-universal-alignment-ufo-cult-murders/

Cult Education: https://www.culteducation.com/group/1169-superior-universal-alignment.html

The Cult Site: https://en.lineamiento.com.ar

The Nice Cult: https://thenicecult.com

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The Nice Cult Presents - Season 5 Episode 14 Guides in The Garden
play

05/05/23 • 69 min

Please join us on a journey through channeling. Let us know if this is a cult by going to thenicecult.com and clicking on the weekly question

The Good:

  • Changes Gunnars Point of View on Channeling... Slightly
  • Gwen Wrote a Book
  • Overcoming Fears

The Bad:

  • Channeling
  • Following Blindly

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • Play is The Way

Sources:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254306240415008/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=254340623744903

The Nice Cult: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thenicecult.com⁠⁠⁠

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Show more best episodes

Toggle view more icon

FAQ

How many episodes does The Nice Cult Presents have?

The Nice Cult Presents currently has 168 episodes available.

What topics does The Nice Cult Presents cover?

The podcast is about Comedy and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on The Nice Cult Presents?

The episode title 'Season 4 Episode 10 The World Wide Church of God' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Nice Cult Presents?

The average episode length on The Nice Cult Presents is 53 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Nice Cult Presents released?

Episodes of The Nice Cult Presents are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of The Nice Cult Presents?

The first episode of The Nice Cult Presents was released on Jul 16, 2021.

Show more FAQ

Toggle view more icon

Comments