Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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Kara Goucher - Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
05/03/23 • 74 min
Accomplished Olympic runner and The Longest Race author Kara Goucher shares how she and her partner were invited to join the prestigious Nike Oregon Project and coach Alberto Salazar, how Alberto's methods seemed effective at first but became more controlling and inappropriate over time, what led her to become a whistleblower, and the stark contrast she eventually saw with a healthy coaching relationship.
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Zacch Comfort, Part 2: The Bride of Christ Church, and an Important Story From Lola
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
03/22/23 • 69 min
In part two of Lola & Meagan's interview with Bride of Christ Church survivor Zacch Comfort, they discuss how leader Thomas Clyde Smith Jr's control tactics got more extreme once the group moved to the Oregon commune, including separating children from their families, requiring people to hit each other in church, and cycling children into his home for sexual abuse - as well as how the group ultimately fell apart, and what Zacch's life is like now working in a psychiatric hospital.
Plus, for Lola's cultiest thing of the week, she and her friend Liz Y2K discuss discovering a man they both dated has been arrested for serial rape, and how the police are seeking additional victims to come forward.
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Listener Stories - Independent Baptist Movement & Capoeira Teacher
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
10/11/23 • 51 min
Two new listener stories! One from Shelly about her time in the Independent Baptist Movement under pastor Jack Hyles and the cult recovery work she is doing now, and one from Claire about the manipulation she experienced under her capoeira teacher.
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Jay Van Bavel - Groupthink, Social Identity, and Cult Psychology
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
01/04/23 • 63 min
Groups!... I did it again. Jay Van Bavel, NYU Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Director of the Social Identity and Morality Lab, and co-author of The Power Of Us, discusses how our social identities change depending on our environment and context, how the groups we identify with affect our decisions and perception, and the importance of instilling healthy hierarchy in a group to prevent unhealthy leadership. They also discuss how emotionally charged situations can forge shared identities, how cults replace individual identities with group identities, what to do when someone has fallen prey to groupthink, and whether groups are even... good?
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Allison Miller - Interstitial Cystitis, Orthorexia, and an Alternative Medicine Cult
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
06/07/23 • 78 min
A Million Little Things star Allison Miller shares with Lola & Meagan how she was once a client of a culty alternative medicine clinic run by a couple who claimed to know how to heal her chronic bladder condition, Interstitial Cystitis (also known as Painful Bladder Syndrome). They dig into the societal reason why women have to resort to these measures to begin with, the extremely controlled diet and lifestyle she was told to adhere to—even when she began feeling worse, and how she became severely orthorexic, terrified of most foods, chemicals, and places. Plus, how she eventually stepped away from the group.
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Jennings Brown & Justice - Liana Shanti's Conspiracy Sisterhood
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
05/10/23 • 84 min
Journalist Jennings Brown returns, this time with a guest who goes by Justice, to talk about a new internet cult leader named Liana Shanti and her social media presence, which targets women with wellness cleanses, women's empowerment, wild conspiracy theories, and grandiose claims about her supernatural powers. They discuss Shanti's followers' pattern of changing their names, accusing family members of abuse without evidence, and suddenly taking their children out of state. Plus, a house in Florida called Destiny Manor where a group of her followers have moved, how Justice's own loved one fell down the rabbit hole, and how survivors are banding together to stop Shanti.
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Naomi Gibson – Children of God and NXIVM, Part 1: Life on an Abusive Commune
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
12/02/20 • 50 min
Episode 9: Lola and Meagan interview Naomi Gibson, former member of both the Children of God (aka the Family) and NXIVM. In part one of this two-part episode, she talks to the girls about living on a commune in the Philippines with the Family, the abuse that went on there, how her mother decided to leave, and why it's so hard to leave a group without a strong support system on the other side. She also touches on the parallels between both groups... to be continued in part two! www.trustmepod.com
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Katherine - Teal Swan
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
08/19/21 • 53 min
Episode 43: Lola & Meagan chat with a woman named Kathryn about her experiences as a follower of the charismatic social media guru Teal Swan... who is often accused of being a cult leader. They discuss Teal's online presence and appeal, how she conducts her workshops, controversies of plagiarism, and a concerning story of what happened to one member.
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India Oxenberg - NXIVM
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
11/11/20 • 56 min
Episode 6: Lola and Meagan interview India Oxenberg, former member of NXIVM and star of Seduced, now on Starz. They discuss EMs, the group's grooming tactics, her feelings on Allison Mack, and what it was like to face Keith Raniere in court.
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Annie Taylor - The Garden: Commune or Cult
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
11/22/23 • 67 min
Annie Taylor, Executive Producer of Discovery's The Garden: Commune or Cult, shares about her time living in an off the grid community that went viral on TikTok for accusations of being a cult and disturbing allegations about a cat. Annie tells how she and the crew showed up and gradually earned the trust of the community, filming on one of the group's properties with a fascinating cast of characters, dumpster diving as their primary food source, surviving a tornado without proper shelter, their attempts at a leaderless society, the founder's connection to Rainbow Gatherings... and whether or not The Garden is actually a cult!
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How many episodes does Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation have?
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation currently has 216 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Society & Culture, True Crime and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation?
The episode title 'Kara Goucher - Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation?
The average episode length on Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation is 63 minutes.
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Episodes of Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation?
The first episode of Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation was released on Oct 2, 2020.
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