Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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223 Jaksot
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Yoni Shrira, Part 1 - The Family Foundation School, Troubled Teens, and Snitching Culture
Julkaistiin: 27.11.2024 -
Tory Hess - From Second Life to Wilderness Commune
Julkaistiin: 21.11.2024 -
REWIND: Jay Van Bavel - Groupthink, Social Identity, and Cult Psychology
Julkaistiin: 14.11.2024 -
Bethany Joy Lenz - One Tree Hill, a Secret Cult, and Living a Double Life
Julkaistiin: 6.11.2024 -
Anne - Psychosis, Delusions, & the Cult of Your Own Mind
Julkaistiin: 31.10.2024 -
REWIND: Jitarth Jadeja - Former QAnon Believer
Julkaistiin: 23.10.2024 -
Gareth Gore - Opus Dei, Human Trafficking, & Project 2025
Julkaistiin: 16.10.2024 -
Norah - Girls Night In: L.A. Facebook Group Gone Culty
Julkaistiin: 9.10.2024 -
Demetria, Part 2 - Twin Ray Mysticism, Spiritual Retreats, and the Necessity of Rage
Julkaistiin: 2.10.2024 -
Demetria, Part 1 - Online Gurus, Mysterious Elixirs, and Joining the Twin Ray Cult
Julkaistiin: 27.9.2024 -
Joelle Tamraz, Part 2 - Meeting The Elders, Emotional Manipulation, and Moving On
Julkaistiin: 18.9.2024 -
Joelle Tamraz, Part 1 - Traveling to India, Meeting a Swami, and "Past Lives"
Julkaistiin: 11.9.2024 -
Sara Teitelman - The Culty Elements of Technology
Julkaistiin: 4.9.2024 -
Min Zhou, Part 2 - Labor Camps, Persecution, and Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution
Julkaistiin: 28.8.2024 -
Min Zhou, Part 1 - The Cult of Mao Zedong, and Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
Julkaistiin: 21.8.2024 -
Tia Levings, Part 2 - Questioning Fundamentalism, Motherhood, and the Dangers of Christian Nationalism
Julkaistiin: 14.8.2024 -
Tia Levings, Part 1 - A Well-Trained Wife in the Christian Patriarchy
Julkaistiin: 7.8.2024 -
Andrea Dunlop, Part 2 - A Family Torn, Munchausen by Proxy, & Critiquing Take Care of Maya
Julkaistiin: 31.7.2024 -
Andrea Dunlop, Part 1 - Munchausen by Proxy, a Faked Miscarriage, and a Perpetrator in the Family
Julkaistiin: 24.7.2024 -
J. Wesley Boyd - When Physician Health Programs Go Wrong
Julkaistiin: 17.7.2024
Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between. Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most human instincts there is.
