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      "description": "Author and podcaster Amanda Knox sits down with Sarah and Nippy to discuss the culty nature of the Italian justice system. Amanda shares how she was coerced by the police into confessing to a crime she did not commit and details her experience with a media that is more concerned with ratings than truth. She also discusses the ongoing process of healing from trauma and her ongoing work in criminal justice reform. Amanda\u2019s podcast, \u201CLabyrinths,\u201D explores the complexities of the justice system and the human stories often obscured by sensationalized headlines. She has also authored the best-selling memoir, \u201CWaiting to be Heard,\u201D offering a firsthand account of her ordeal. Amanda also continues to write and speak out with her new book, \u201CFree My Search for Meaning,\u201D scheduled for release in March 2025. In addition to her work on broader justice reform issues, Knox is also writing a book focusing on her complex and evolving relationship with Giuliano Mignini, the prosecutor who played a central role in her wrongful conviction. Also\u2026 let it be known that: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources Watch Sarah\u2019s TEDTalk CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Amphibian.Media Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Associate producers: Emma Diehl and Matt Stroud of Amphibian.Media Audio production: Red Caiman Studios Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "This is the second part of a two-part interview, listen to Part 1 here . Bethany Joy Lenz became a household face during the meteoric rise of the teen CW soap \u201COne Tree Hill.\u201D However, as she appeared in homes across the country every week, she was leading a double life with her participation in a culty Bible group for a decade. Lenz found her voice to break free and had the inspiration to write a personal memoir on the experience, \u201CDinner for Vampires,\u201D sharing for the first time publicly her experience in the group and her struggles to break free. In this episode, Sarah and Nippy talk with Bethany about the surprising connections between her experience and NXIVM, the cult of fame, and their overlapping work in Hallmark movies. Also\u2026 let it be known that: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources Watch Sarah\u2019s TEDTalk CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Amphibian.Media Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Associate producers: Emma Diehl and Matt Stroud of Amphibian.Media Audio production: Red Caiman Studios Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "Bethany Joy Lenz became a household face during the meteoric rise of the teen CW soap \u201COne Tree Hill.\u201D However, as she appeared in homes across the country every week, she was leading a double life with her participation in a culty Bible group for a decade.\n \u00A0\n Lenz found her voice to break free and had the inspiration to write a personal memoir on the experience, \u201CDinner for Vampires,\u201D sharing for the first time publicly her experience in the group and her struggles to break free. In this episode, Sarah and Nippy talk with Bethany about the surprising connections between her experience and NXIVM, the cult of fame, and their overlapping work in Hallmark movies.\u00A0\n Also\u2026 let it be known that:\n \n\n The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty f*****d.\n \u00A0\n Check out our lovely sponsors\n Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon\n Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag\n Support the pod and smash this link\n Cult awareness and recovery resources\n Watch Sarah\u2019s  TEDTalk\n \u00A0\n CREDITS:\u00A0\n \u00A0\n Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames\n Production Partner: Amphibian.Media\n Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy\n Associate producers: Emma Diehl and Matt Stroud of Amphibian.Media\u00A0\u00A0\n Audio production: Red Caiman Studios\n Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help!\n \u00A0\n The doctor is in! This week\u2019s remix episode features conversations on personality disorders, controlling behaviors, and more. Suspecting a narcissist in your midst, or recovering from a controlling relationship? This episode might be perfect for you.\u00A0\n \u00A0\n This week, you\u2019ll hear snippets from three different mental health professionals. Dr. Robin Stern is a psychological sleuth who not only wrote a book about gaslighting, but literally coined the widely used term. Then licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula helps us flip the script on the prevailing cultural and clinical conversations around narcissism, and focus less on the narcs and more on the people they impact. Finally, Dr. Christine Cocchicola explains all things coercive control, including leaving her own controlling relationship.\u00A0\u00A0\n \u00A0\n Also\u2026 let it be known that:\n \n\n The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty f*****d.\n \u00A0\n Check out our lovely sponsors\n Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon\n Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag\n Support the pod and smash this link\n Cult awareness and recovery resources\n Watch Sarah\u2019s  TEDTalk\n \u00A0\n CREDITS:\u00A0\n Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames\n Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\n Producer: Will Retherford\n Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy",
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      "title": "Witness Underground: Scott Homan on Music \u0026 The XJW Movement",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Happy Mother\u2019s Day Monday, ALBC babies. To celebrate the occasion, we unlocked a Patreon episode starring none other than Sarah\u2019s mom. We talk a lot about culty villains on this podcast, but we always want to highlight the heroes, too\u2026and Ellen Shapiro is an embodiment of what it looks like to heroically love someone through\u2014and out of\u2014a cult journey. She joins us in this very special installment of the show to talk about what it was like to witness Sarah\u2019s initial NXIVM days, and what happened when the going got whistleblowing levels of rough. She\u2019s also a seeker and a licensed therapist who isn\u2019t afraid to let her professional opinions fly: Like what she always thought was slimy about Keith Raniere\u2019s shtick, and why she still has nothing but empathy for Nancy Salzman. There will be tears and laughs in this one. Enjoy: And don\u2019t forget to call your Mama. Also\u2026let it be known that: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources Watch Sarah\u2019s TEDTalk CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. In this episode, we\u2019re joined by international journalist Anke Richter for a conversation about her decade-long investigation into sex cults and her own brush with a culty NZ-based group. Anke\u2019s recently published book CULT TRIP covers her labyrinthine investigation into how and why cults attract, entrap and destroy otherwise ordinary people, and asks what the line is between tribe and cult, participant and perpetrator, seduction and sexual abuse. We\u2019ll also touch on NZ as a hotspot in the ever-expanding cultiverse, from Centrepoint to Gloriavale - and why Anke\u2019s spearheading DECULT 2024, the country\u2019s first cult awareness conference. For a small-ish country you have some big cult problems, NZ. Time to get thee to a cult awareness conference! SHOWNOTES: Anke Richter is an international journalist based in Christchurch and the author of the international bestseller \u0022CULT TRIP: Inside the world of coercion and control\u0022 (HarperCollins, 2022), as well as three other books published in Germany. Prior to relocating to New Zealand in 2003 via Tokelau in the South Pacific to serve as a foreign correspondent, Anke worked as a reporter in Germany. Her investigative and personal features have been published in various renowned outlets such as Die Zeit, Spiegel, FAZ, taz, mare, New Zealand Geographic, North \u0026 South, The Spinoff, Canvas, Sunday (Stuff), Listener, The Fair Observer, among others. Anker has also contributed to several New Zealand documentaries as a researcher and associate producer. As a public speaker, Anker addresses topics such as cult awareness, coercive control, and identifying red flags in the wellness industry. Anker is a co-founder of FACT Aotearoa (Fight Against Conspiracy Theories), actively involved in combatting misinformation. Additionally, Anker is the founder and director of DECULT 2024, the first cult awareness conference in New Zealand. For more information, please visit Anker\u0027s websites: www.ankerichter.net and www.decult.net. DECULT 2024, the first cult conference in the Southern Hemisphere, is happening in Christchurch from 19 \u2013 20 October 2024, and is organised by New Zealand journalist Anke Richter who wrote CULT TRIP. Keynote speaker Dr. Janja Lalich and other experts like Dr. Gillie Jenkinson, filmmakers like Scott Homan (\u201CWitness Underground\u201D) and David Farrier (\u201CMister Organ\u201D) and authors from around the world will meet with cult survivors, victim advocates and stakeholders in government. It\u2019s a unique chance for cult education in a country that has and still has a big cult problem. The two day event with 20\u0026#43; speakers will be live-streamed. Follow Decult on Facebook , Instagram and LinkedIn . Let\u2019s decult 2024! Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "A Journey of Love: Andrew LeCompte on A Course in Miracles",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. For Andrew LeCompte, his study of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) started off like the proverbial \u2018good thing\u2019 of so many cult survivor stories. He eventually taught ACIM in Mexico, Spain, Hawaii, and Canada\u2013working as something like a NXIVM-era Mark Vicente for his teacher. He initially had amazing experiences and believed he was on track to finding the \u2018Love of God.\u2019 But after six years of mistreatment, emotional manipulation, and being coerced out of over $200,000, the biggest miracle is that he got out and recovered his life. His memoir, Finding Miracles: Escape from a Cult, is a cautionary tale for seekers everywhere. We\u2019re talking to Andrew today about his experience, what drew him to ACIM, where it all went cattywampus, and how he only found the love he\u2019d been looking for after he escaped. SHOW NOTES: About Andrew LeCompte: With a master\u2019s degree in Humanistic Psychology in Organizations, Andrew developed a deeper method of interpersonal communication, which involves tapping into each person\u2019s emotions and what they are most hoping for. He then taught empathic speaking and listening skills to people in schools, colleges, civic groups, legal practices, hospitals, pharmaceutical and financial corporations. As President of the Let\u2019s Talk training group he led leadership programs, and additionally practiced management and organizational development. Andrew wrote a book summarizing this way of communicating: Creating Harmonious Relationships: a Practical Guide to the Power of True Empathy (2000). The book sold out and was translated into Turkish. A new revised edition has just been published! In the spiritual realm, Andy began meditating in the 1970s. In the 1990 he began studying the spiritual text, A Course in Miracles (ACIM). In 2004 he met the man who would become his ACIM guru/teacher. Andy discussed key points of ACIM with his wife, a clinical psychologist, who was not in agreement with a spiritually focused life. In 2011, Andy left his wife, son, friends, and all his possessions behind and moved 2,000 miles into his guru\u2019s ACIM-based community. There he contributed his teaching and counseling skills, plus his book editing and video editing skills. He moved with the cult to Spain, Hawaii, Canada, and Mexico. But after six grueling years he realized it was a cult and escaped with the help of his loving son. Cult psychology is a pernicious force. With the help and love of his family, psychotherapists and psychiatrists, Andrew engaged in an intensive recovery programs, which was completely successful. After researching cults and cult psychology, he wrote Finding Miracles: Escape from a Cult. Learn more at andrewlecompte.com Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Rebel With a Cause: Rick Ross on NXIVM, Landmark \u0026 The Law",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Hello there cult awareness content nerds: We see you. We honor you. And let\u2019s be honest: We are you. In this episode we (finally!) sit down with OG anti-cult crusader Rick Alan Ross for a chat about NXIVM, what it\u2019s like to be sued simultaneously by Keith Raniere and Werner Erhard, and the ongoing audacity of the whole weird world of LGATs. This ALBC guest is a perennial thorn in the side of any and every modern cult that\u2019s ever culted. Get ready to get schooled, and enjoy this one, kids. SHOW NOTES: Rick Alan Ross is the founder and Executive Director of The Cult Education Institute . He is an internationally known expert regarding destructive cults, controversial groups and movements and author of the book \u0022Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out.\u0022 Since 1982 he has been studying, researching and responding to the problems often posed by controversial authoritarian groups and movements. Ross has been qualified and accepted and testified as an expert witness in court proceedings across the United States including US Federal Court. He has also frequently assisted local and national law enforcement and government agencies. He has personally assisted thousands of families in an effort to help the victims of destructive cults, groups and movements. Ross is one of the most readily recognized experts offering analysis about destructive cults, controversial groups and movements in the world today. GQ Magazine identified \u0022Rick Alan Ross [as] America\u2019s leading cult expert.\u0022 And Britain\u0027s FHM Magazine named him \u0022America\u0027s number one cult buster.\u0022 He has been a paid consultant for the television networks CBS, CBC and Nippon of Japan. And also was retained as a technical consultant by Miramax/Disney. Ross\u0027 commentary has been quoted within publications such as Time Magazine, People, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and theWashington Post. His appearances on national television have included a wide range of venues from news programs such as the \u0022Today Show, \u0022CNN World News,\u0022 \u0022Dateline\u0022, ABC 20/20 and \u002248 Hours\u0022 to popular interview shows such as \u0022Oprah,\u0022 \u0022Dr. Phil\u0022 and \u0022Inside Edition.\u0022 Ross has lectured at such prestigious institutions as Dickinson College, the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, Baylor University, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wuhan University, China, Zhengzhou University, China, GuangXi International University, China, Heilongjiang University, China, Shandong University, China and Assumption University, Thailand. Ross\u0027 analysis has been sought on virtually every major cult story for decades. Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "The Erhard Effect: Anne Peterson on Landmark (Part 2)",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. It\u2019s part two of our chat with Anne Peterson, and we\u2019re picking up again right at the part of the story where things really go sideways for her inside the Landmark ecosystem. She shares what it was like flying in Werner Erhard\u2019s inner circle working as something of an Olivia Pope for the company\u2019s high falutin\u2019 events, and the moment that her dream gig turned into Red Flag City. Other highlights\u2013or lowlights more like it\u2013include: Erhard\u2019s legend materializing into (volatile) human form, and the scandal-plagued guru going Full Metal jacket. In this episode we also cover what it was like for her to confront the big lie behind the transformative work she believed in, and how she\u2019s picking up the pieces now after emerging from Landmark\u2019s dark side. Full disclosure: Sarah also rants a bit, and there are some cathartic tears. Landmark loyalists should know that Anne also expresses optimism for the company\u2019s future, should it decide to face its demons. (FWIW: We agree with her\u2026You could be a contender, Landmark. Maybe try using the criticism to grow, and think about taking some of your own tech as medicine. You got this. We believe in you!) SHOW NOTES: Anne Peterson spent 15\u0026#43; years selling, producing and facilitating transformative programs for an international personal and professional growth and development company. Since leaving, she has launched ILumn8.life , a learning hub and marketplace dedicated to the safe and ethical practice of providing personal development. Her memoir is available now on Amazon. You can also hear more about her story on recent episodes of the (excellent!) Seek Safely podcast. Full Metal Jacket \u2018Donuts\u2019 Scene NY Times article on the return of Werner Erhard Outrageous Betrayal: The Real Story of Werner Erhard from est to Exile (book) Cult Education Institute\u2019s Landmark info page Times-Union article on Rick Ross\u2019s Landmark/NXIVM Testimony More background on Erhard scandals Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Landmark has been the most requested topic from our listeners since day one of this podcast. When we got eyes on Anne Peterson\u2019s new memoir about her 15\u0026#43; year journey inside its ecosystem, we knew our listeners would be pissed at us if we didn\u2019t get her on our microphone, ASAP. \u2018\u2018Is This a Cult?: Confronting the Line Between Transformation and Exploitation\u2019 (available on Amazon) is a raw and gritty read, and tells the story of Anne\u2019s heartbreaking journey from starry-eyed idealist to disillusioned leader in a way that gives us NXIVM d\u00E9j\u00E0 vu all over again. There are also some incendiary stories of the famous large-group awareness training (LGAT) company\u2019s lurking ghost/guru/shapeshifter, the infamous Werner Erhard. In this first of two episodes with Anne, she shares what drew her to the organization and her whirlwind ascent through its ranks. And don\u2019t worry, Landmark top brass, if you\u2019re listening. We aren\u2019t throwing the wonderful, transformational baby out with the dirty bathwater. Nor is Anne. Just the opposite, in fact. We think you could realize your full potential if you actually listened and learned from the bad feedback, instead of shutting it down. So maybe this time, you\u2019ll make some meaning out of this before you start cranking out your latest cease and desist? Deep breaths. Good talk. SHOW NOTES:Anne Peterson spent 15\u0026#43; years selling, producing and facilitating transformative programs for an international personal and professional growth and development company. Since leaving, she has launched ILumn8.life , a learning hub and marketplace dedicated to the safe and ethical practice of providing personal development. Her memoir is available now on Amazon. You can also hear more about her story on recent episodes of the (excellent!) Seek Safely podcast. NY Times article on the return of Werner Erhard Outrageous Betrayal: The Real Story of Werner Erhard from est to Exile (book) Cult Education Institute\u2019s Landmark info page Times-Union article on Rick Ross\u2019s Landmark/NXIVM Testimony More background on Erhard scandals Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Bad Blood: Erika Cheung on Bringing Down Theranos",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/culty and get on your way to being your best self. Erika Cheung arrived at the Theranos corporate headquarters at just 22 years old as a newly minted college grad. At the time, the idealistic chemist and biologist saw Elizabeth Holmes just as so many others did: As a visionary on the verge of completely disrupting the healthcare paradigm. As it would turn out, Erika\u2019s honeymoon phase at her dream gig lasted all of seven months. That\u2019s when she quit her job in the Theranos lab, bought a burner phone, and blew the whistle on one of the biggest con artists in American business history. The Theranos story has always seemed more than a little bit culty to us, so we jumped at the chance to chat with Erika about her experience. After all, sometimes a culty situation starts out looking like a promising job offer with a \u2018visionary\u2019 who turns out to be a faux humanitarian. (We\u2019ve been there, Erika. Oh\u2026have we been there.) About Erika Cheung: Erika was born in Los Angeles, CA. She spent most of her education homeschooled, but started community college at age 14 and then went on to obtain a dual degree in Linguistics and Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. She was one of the key whistleblowers that reported Theranos to health regulators. Her report subsequently led to the shut down of Theranos\u0027 clinical lab which prevented the company from providing false medical results to thousands of patients. This account is covered in the book Bad Blood by John Carreryrou, 60 Minutes, the ABC Podcast: The Drop Out , and Alex Gibney\u0027s documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley . Erika is the executive director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a non-profit whose mission is to foster ethical questioning, culture, and systems in startups and startup ecosystems. She\u0027s currently working towards obtaining her ACFE-certified fraud examiner\u0027s license to educate others on fraud prevention strategies and develop programs to protect business stakeholders from high-risk ventures. She is also an advisor to several whistleblower advocacy organizations to support individuals who may She is also an avid mixed martial artist in her free time and hopes to support efforts that leverage martial arts to empower trauma survivors. Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "It\u2019s Not You: Dr. Ramani On Post-Narc Healing",
      "description": "This epiosde is sponsored by Better Help. We always jump at the chance to talk to Dr. Ramani. This time she arrives at A Little Bit Culty fresh from publishing her newest book: It\u2019s Not You: Identifying And Healing From Narcissistic People. (We read the advanced copy and it blew our minds.) Dr. Ramani wants you to know that thriving after\u2014or even during\u2014a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but it is possible. She also wants to flip the script on the prevailing cultural and clinical conversations around narcissism, and focus less on the narcs and more on the people they impact. So if you\u2019ve been burned by a narcissist, listen up for a crash course in how to stop blaming yourself and start giving yourself permission to recover. SHOW NOTES: Dr. Ramani Durvasula, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, CA, Professor Emerita of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and the Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training \u0026 Consulting. She is an author of several books including her newest title: It\u2019s Not You: Identifying And Healing From Narcissistic People. Her clinical, academic and consulting work is all about the impact that narcissism and high-conflict, entitled, antagonistic personality styles have on human relationships, mental health, and society. She\u2019s been featured at SXSW, TEDx, Red Table Talk, the Today Show, and Investigation Discovery. You can also find her on YouTube where she has accumulated millions of views on her videos discussing narcissism on her successful channel, and on social media @DoctorRamani. She\u2019s a proud podmama: Hosting the excellent Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani, and if you haven\u2019t heard that show already: It\u2019s a must-listen. Trust us. Get that in your ears, ASAP. Learn all about her work, shows, and books at: https://doctor-ramani.com/ Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "How to Help a Family Member Trapped in a Cult",
      "description": "Are you trying to support a family member who\u0027s involved in a cult, but finding it challenging?\n\nJoin us in this insightful video featuring Rachel Bernstein, a seasoned expert with over 30 years of experience in cult recovery.\n\nIn this discussion, she shares valuable insights and practical advice on how to approach and help your loved ones who may be trapped in a cult.\n\nKey Takeaways:\n\n\u2013 Rachel emphasizes the importance of understanding what works and what doesn\u0027t when dealing with cult-involved family members.\n\n\u2013 Learn about the pitfalls of approaching the situation with judgment and criticism, and why a more subtle and slow-going approach may yield better results.\n\n\u2013 Discover Rachel\u0027s unique strategies for guiding families to create a safe and healthy space for their loved ones when they decide to leave the cult.\n\n\u2013 Gain insights into the power of curiosity and relaxed conversations to foster open communication and connection.\n\n\u2013 Explore the concept of \u0022talking about talking\u0022 and how it can be a healing experience for both family members and those involved in cults.\n\n\u2013 Understand the significance of using \u0022forever messages\u0022 to assure your loved ones that they will always have a safe haven to return to, no matter the circumstances.\n\n\u2013 If you\u0027re navigating the complex landscape of cult involvement within your family, this video provides practical tools and a compassionate perspective to help you build a bridge to understanding and support. Join Rachel Bernstein as she shares her wealth of knowledge to empower families in their journey towards healing and recovery.",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. We get emails and messages from people every day who are looking for guidance on what to do when someone they love is in a cult, so we called in an expert. Here\u2019s our chat with Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, of the mighty helpful and always bingeable IndoctriNation podcast. Is this technically a crossover episode? We don\u2019t make those rules, but we do feel pretty confident in saying that this episode is a power hour on what to do if your loved ones become culty collateral damage. SHOW NOTES: Rachel Bernstein is one of our all-time favorite cult awareness and recovery podcast hosts. She\u2019s a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from Los Angeles, California who has specialized in cult intervention and re-acclimation for over 30 years. She serves on the advisory board of the International Cultic Studies Association and has worked with the Department of Justice providing therapy to cult victims who testify against their perpetrators. She\u0027s also made many media appearances over the years as a cult expert on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, Bloomberg, and many other news outlets. Ms. Bernstein is also the host of IndoctriNation: A weekly podcast covering cults, manipulators, and protecting yourself from systems of control where she has interviewed hundreds of cult survivors, journalists, and experts. Her book, \u0022Kids Talking to Kids about Divorce\u0022 is available now on Amazon. Her Website Her Book Her Podcast \u0026 Socials Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Writer \u0026 Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/culty and get on your way to being your best self. And\u2026we\u2019re back for part two of our conversation with Claire Headley, a defiant Scientology whistleblower who still owes the shadowy organization a billion minus 30 years on her contract. (Don\u2019t hold your breath, David Miscavige.) Born and bred in England\u2019s Scientology boarding schools before rising up through the ranks all the way to headquarters, Claire\u2019s escape after a lifetime of indoctrination is nothing short of heroic. In this follow-up, she shares more about the details of her exit, her thoughts on the future of Scientology, and her role as an expert witness for the prosecution in the Danny Masterson trial. This episode is as insidery as an insider account of L. Ron\u2019s house gets. Also, paging Trey Parker and Matt Stone: We see you and we appreciate you. SHOW NOTES: Claire Headley escaped L. Ron\u2019s Church of Scientology, bravely emerging from its dark depths to share her harrowing experiences with the world. Since breaking free 18 years ago, Claire has become a prominent advocate for survivors, shedding light on the church\u0027s practices, its culture of control, and the struggles faced by those who leave. She\u2019s also continued to be abused by its powerful reach. As President of The Aftermath Foundation, Claire helps others \u2013 often with no work experience or family beyond Sea Org \u2013 leave Scientology. You can find lots of details at Blown for Good, on Twitter , and YouTube . There are more ALBC episodes on Scientology: Leah Remini: Heal That Sh*t: Leah Remini \u0026 The Aftermath One Billion Years: Mike Rinder on How Scientology Could End Or remix, Scientology SUCKS | Ft. Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, and Jon Atack Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Scout\u2019s Honor: Tom Krumins on Keeping Kids Safe",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help.\u00A0 Tom Krumins was one of the brave whistleblowers who came forward to shine a light on the scandal of abuse and predation within the Boy Scouts of America. You can see his story in the recent Netflix doc, \u2018Scout\u2019s Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America,\u2019 and we\u2019re guessing you\u2019ll be as moved and inspired by him as we were. In this episode we sit down with him\u00A0 to learn more about his experience in the Scouts, how he navigated the aftermath, and his work today as the Executive Director for the US-Based Keep Kid Safe Movement and as Chief of Staff of the global BRAVE Movement.\u00A0 Listen to this one with care because it gets into the gritty topic of child sexual abuse. But also, know that there\u2019s also a whole lotta hope in this conversation, too.\u00A0 \u00A0 Show Notes:  About Tom Krumins: Tom Krumins is a passionate Executive Director serving the movement to end childhood sexual violence at Keep Kids Safe. As a visionary civic entrepreneur, Tom believes in developing new and innovative organizational models that encourage positive change in society. He has contributed to multiple fields,including medical education, behavioral health, prison reentry, hospice care, rural entrepreneurship, grassroots coalition-building, political campaigns, cash relief programs, and nonprofit advocacy.  Tom comes to this work as a survivor of childhood sexual violence during his time in the Boy Scouts of America and his experience navigating the largest child abuse bankruptcy in U.S. history. His story was included among other brave survivors in the Netflix documentary, Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America. He now serves on the Scouts new Youth Protection Committee. When he isn\u0027t working, Tom enjoys performing stand-up and improvisational comedy -- successfully entertaining tens of people since 2017.  You can find him on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomkrumins His Website \u0026 Substack: https://www.tomkrumins.us/  About\u00A0 Keep Kids Safe \u0026\u00A0 BRAVE:  Childhood sexual violence happens in every community. The stigma and shame far too often lead to silence, but this can change. We should never be comfortable with children and adolescents experiencing sexual violence, but we should feel comfortable talking about it.  We share the movement to end childhood sexual violence. This is a movement of survivors (whether public or not) and allies. If you are interested in joining, reach out today! - The U.S. movement ---\u003E keepkidssafe.us - The global movement ---\u003E bravemovement.org  If you experienced sexual violence and need help, you can find support at https://www.bravemovement.org/get-help/. \u00A0 ABOUT A LITTLE BIT CULTY:  Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator \u0026 Writer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0",
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      "title": "Let Us Prey: Ruthy Heiler \u0026 Sharon Liese Unmask the IFB",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help.  But maybe it should also be sponsored by a company that manufactures blood pressure cuffs, because the \u201CLet Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals\u201D docuseries had us all kinds of pissed off. If you haven\u2019t seen it yet, the doc wades into the darkness and depravity within the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement and takes no prisoners. Sidenote: Fuck you, IFB predators and enablers, fuck you very, very much.\u00A0 In this episode we speak with Ruthy Heiler, the whistleblower at the heart of the series, along with Sharon Liese, the series\u2019 Emmy-award winning director. Word to the wise; this conversation touches on sexual assault and abuse, so please listen with care. It\u2019s really appalling what some people do in the name of old time religion when it\u2019s actually just a front for being predatory scum.\u00A0  SHOW NOTES: Learn more about The Blind Eye Movement on Instagram and Facebook  Notes provided courtesy of Investigation Discovery:   Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals, is a new four-part docuseries exposing the predatory and insidious behavior within the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) Churches, and the struggles of survivors to find justice. Featuring first-hand accounts from survivors, church defectors and activists, it offers crucial insight into the troubling culture within the IFB and the stronghold the church has on its members. \u00A0 \u00A0 Since its inception in the 1950s, the IFB has evolved into one of the dominant religious forces in the United States today with an estimated 8 million believers spread out over 6,000 churches across the country. Let Us Prey uncovers the dark inner workings behind the IFB\u2019s cheery and virtuous exterior by exposing depraved secrets and violence that have existed within their churches for decades. Rituals oriented towards \u201Cbreaking a child\u2019s will,\u201D mind control and torture are only the tip of the iceberg. Below the surface lurks accusations of rape and physical abuse of members, including minors, at the hands of IFB figure heads.\u00A0 \u00A0 Anchored by the testimony of survivors who have come forward to tell their stories and seek justice, Let Us Prey explores the deep pain and lifelong trauma they experienced. Survivors and IFB defectors Ruthy Heiler, Kathy Durbin and Amanda Householder, among others, share their accounts of abuse at the hands of church leaders and the violence, manipulation and suspected cover-ups of other members. Also featuring key independent voices, including Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Sarah Smith \u2013 one of the first journalists to uncover IFB\u2019s tangled web of abuse allegations and unregulated teen boarding schools \u2013 Let Us Prey offers a deeper understanding of how those within the IFB have continued to operate unchecked for years. Through powerful, emotional testimonies and archival footage,\u00A0\u00A0  Let Us Prey: A Ministry Of Scandals Is produced for ID by ITV America\u2019s Good Caper Content, with Emmy Award-winning Director Sharon Liese, who created the series, serves as the director. Liese is a critically acclaimed and award -winning filmmaker, whose recent Emmy Award-winning documentary short, The Flagmakers, was Oscar shortlisted and nominated for a Critic\u2019s Choice Documentary Award. \u00A0 Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 OTHER LINKS: Check out\u00A0our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator \u0026 Writer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Wise Jezebel: Dr. Laura Anderson On When Religion Hurts",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help.  Today we welcome Wise Jezebel and former fundie Dr. Laura Anderson to the ALBC huddle. She\u2019s a psychotherapist, podcaster, and smarty-pants content creator specializing in helping people come back from the sneaky scars of high control religion. She\u2019s also the author of the next book you need to read. Seriously. We cannot recommend it enough and it\u2019s called: When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High Control Religion. Dr. Anderson is here with us to talk about her story, the ways and means of culty church trauma, and the non-linearity of the healing process. In case you need another reminder that toxic churches, some mainstream American religious communities, and even your culty as fuck personal development organization can be traumatizing: This episode is for you. Let the unpacking commence.  NOTES:\u00A0 Dr. Laura Anderson, PhD, LMFT is a therapist and trauma resolution and recovery coach in private practice specializing in complex and developmental trauma and the dynamics of power and control of culty religions. She\u2019s a writer and educator who specializes in religious trauma. She\u2019s founder and director of the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery, an online coaching service for folks recovering from adverse religious experiences and cults. And she co-founded the Religious Trauma Institute, a training institute focused on helping the helpers in their trauma-informed healing work. You can listen to her on her own podcasts The Wise Jezebels and Sunday School Dropouts. She lives with her dog, Phoebe, in Nashville, Tennessee. \u00A0 Find her online   on her own website,\u00A0   on her own podcasts The Wise Jezebels and Sunday School Dropouts,\u00A0   on and social media:   @drlauraeanderson: Instagram (also TikTok \u0026 FB),\u00A0 @traumaresolutionandrecovery (IG \u0026 Facebook) @religioustraumainstitute (IG \u0026 Facebook) @wisejezebelspod (IG) @sundayschooldropoutspod (IG) Hashtags: #religioustrauma #whenreligionhurtsyou \u00A0 Though our pod spans the culty religious fallout gamut, this one pairs well with the June two-parter  Shiny Happy Wife: Tia Levings on Christian Fundamentalism (Tia Levings is co-host of The Wise Jezebels) and  Leaving the Fold: Dr. Marlene Winell on Religious Trauma Syndrome. See also: Our episode about Attachment Theory with the deep and amazing  Alexandra Stein. Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator \u0026 Writer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Therapy Sesh: A Remix with Daniel Shaw, LCSW, Dr. Ramani, \u0026 Dr. Natalie Feinblatt",
      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 We made you a mixtape of some of our fave segments from our full episodes with Daniel Shaw, LCSW,\u00A0 Dr. Ramani, and Dr. Natalie Feinblatt. Think of this as our Chicken Soup for the Culty Soul power-medley. We\u2019ve got Dan Shaw dropping knowledge on why traumatizing narcissists are so\u2026traumatizing. We\u2019ve got Dr. Ramani on how to recover from narcissistic abuse. And we\u2019ve got Dr. Natalie Feinblatt on Trauma, Addiction \u0026 Cult-Informed Therapy. It\u2019s practically a super group!\u00A0 Pull up a box of tissues, and get ready for all the feels. If you\u2019ve heard these chats before when they were first born as full ALBC episodes, we still think you\u2019ll get some good nuggets out of them. And yes, we love the word \u2018nugget\u2019 in any form in a way that may border on problematic. We\u2019ll be sure to talk to our therapist about that.\u00A0 \u00A0 NOTES: Daniel Shaw, LCSW \u00A0is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and in Nyack, New York. He originally trained as an actor at Northwestern University and with the renowned teacher Uta Hagen in New York City, and later worked as a missionary for an Indian guru. His eventual recognition of cultic aspects of this organization led him to become an outspoken activist in support of individuals and families traumatically abused in cults. Simultaneous with leaving this group, Dan began his training in the mental health profession, becoming a faculty member and supervisor at the National Institute for the Psychotherapist in New York. His book, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation, was published by Routledge in 2014 and was nominated for the distinguished Gradiva Award. In 2018, the International Cultic Studies Association awarded him the Margaret Thaler Singer Award for advancing the understanding of coercive persuasion and undue influence. Shaw\u2019s book Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear will be published by Routledge in 2021. Dan joined Sarah and Nippy to share his story, drop some knowledge about the shameless ways of traumatizing narcissists, and provide insights on the recovery process.  Dr. Ramani Durvasula is the author of two books on the subject: Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist and Don\u2019t You Know Who I Am?: How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. Her work has been featured at SXSW, TEDx, the Red Table Talk, the Today Show, and Investigation Discovery. You can also find her on her wildly popular YouTube channel where she dispenses wisdom on protecting yourself from hoovering, gaslighting and other narc trademarks. Or put her  Navigating Narcissism podcast in your ears, on repeat: It\u2019s good stuff.  Dr. Natalie Feinblatt is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles, California who specializes in the treatment of addiction and trauma. And one of her trauma sub-specialties is working with former cult members. She received her BA from UCSD and her Masters \u0026 Doctorate from Pepperdine University, where she wrote her doctoral dissertation on psychotherapy with former cult members and has specialized in helping them ever since. She also does EMDR, Brainspotting, and other trauma-specific therapies. She was also featured on the series finale of \u2018Leah Remini: Scientology \u0026 The Aftermath.\u2019 Follow her on Instagram for tips, tools, and healing resources.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0 Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator \u0026 Writer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "ANTI-MLM Starter Kit: A Remix with Roberta Blevins, Emily Lynn Paulson \u0026 Douglas Brooks, ESQ",
      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 Just in case you\u2019re thinking about joining that incredible business opportunity selling a life changing product\u2026don\u2019t give them your credit card info until you\u2019ve listened to this A Little Bit Culty remix. We\u2019ve put together a special Anti-MLM 101 Starter Kit episode with some of our favorite crusaders in the war on schemes, scams, and other internet flim-flams especially for you. Our upline on this one is pretty solid.  We dug into our archives and Roberta Blevins came out swinging, so a segment from our  Season 2 episode with the LuLa Rich fan fave is at the top of the batting list. She chats with us about the dangers of moldy leggings, #bossbabe energy, pricey sea cruises, other MLM tomfoolery.  After Roberta, we move on to a clip from our more recent  episode with Emily Lynn Paulson, an author and mother who believes that all MLMs\u2014which form a $180 billion industry\u2014are cults. Spoiler alert: We violently agree.  And last but not least, we go all the way back to our  Season 1 chat with Douglas Brooks, an attorney and MLM-buster with insights on what it takes to seek justice for people who\u2019ve been screwed over. Take heart: When prosperity gospel grifters write big checks that their sneaky asses can\u2019t cash, there can be legal consequences.  NOTES: Roberta Blevins was a Trainer with LuLaRoe, had a team of 75 women under her, and made over $65,000 in bonuses alone. But when she came to the conclusion that it was a rigged, losing game she didn\u2019t just leave the business: she testified in the Washington State vs. LuLaRoe Pyramid Scheme lawsuit as a witness for the state. Since leaving MLM, the fan favorite from the  LuLaRich series has educated herself on the systemic structure of the business model, the psychological manipulation, the seedy underbelly and governmental ties, the cult indoctrination, and the history of Multi Level Marketing. She educates daily on TikTok, and podcasts in her \u0022free time\u0022 on her own podcast,  Life After MLM, which explores the dangers of Multi Level Marketing through the eyes of the victims and survivors. Her work has been featured on Amazon Prime Video, Vice Media, Bloomberg News, Split, and Business Insider among others. Learn more on her website or find her on Instagram @therealrobertablevins Emily Lynn Paulson is the author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life, and Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing. She has given two powerful TEDx talks, both challenging the status quo of parenting, alcohol use, and feminism as we know it. Paulson has also been featured in major publications such as the Today Show, New York Times, Washington Post, The Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, Next Question with Katie Couric, and the Tamron Hall Show. She resides in Central Oregon with her husband and their five children. \u00A0 Also\u2026Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator \u0026 Writer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Decoding Mindf*ckery: Dr. Robin Stern on The Gaslight Effect",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 The self-help book industry alone is expected to grow from $10.5 billion annually to $15 billion by 2025. Of course, with that kinda dough floating around, a raging demand for personal growth has led to a plethora of tools aimed at achieving it. Unfortunately, there are people that seek to take advantage of this, leading to dangerous\u2014or even deadly\u2014consequences.\u00A0 When Kirby Brown was only 38 years old, a man named James Arthur Ray pushed her to stick out an incredibly hot sweat lodge session in Sedona, Arizona. A self-proclaimed \u201Cguru,\u201D Ray allegedly urged participants to disregard their physical discomfort, even ignoring their pleas for help. Tragically, Brown and two other individuals lost their lives during the hellish experience.\u00A0 On today\u2019s episode, we\u2019re joined by two guests: Jean Brown, who is Kirby\u2019s sister and the co-author of\u00A0The Sweet Life Lived, a memoir she wrote with her mother about what happened to Kirby and its larger implications for the self-help industry. Joining her is Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle, a psychologist who has teamed up with Jean to create the SEEK SAFELY non-profit org and podcast, both aimed at passing legislation within the self-help industry to prevent abuse in the future. \u00A0 You can follow Dr. Doyle on Instagram, Facebook, and X. \u00A0 You can follow Jean Brown on Instagram and X. \u00A0 You can follow SEEK SAFELY on Instagram, Facebook, and X.\u00A0 \u00A0 NOTES:  Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle is a licensed psychologist who works with people struggling with complex trauma and dissociative disorders, including survivors of coercive control, cult abuse, medical trauma, clergy abuse, religious trauma, and childhood abuse and neglect.\u00A0 Jean is a writer and work-from-home-mom to two young children. She has Bachelor\u0027s degrees in political science and writing from Loyola University Maryland, and a Master\u2019s in Public Policy and Public Administration from Concordia University in Montreal. She is active in creating content for SEEK Safely Inc.\u2019s website, social media, brand outreach, and legislative effort. Jean lived in Thailand and has traveled extensively, including treasured memories of traveling with her sister Kirby. She grew up in the US but has been in Canada since 2007. \u00A0 Also\u2026 \u00A0 Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 OTHER LINKS: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Senior Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "title": "Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Alice Hines on Twin Flames Universe",
      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 Let\u2019s admit it. Despite the billions of people on earth, the world can be a friggin lonely place. And for the VIP-lonely among us, Jeff and Shaleia charge a mere $8888 for all the answers to life\u2019s big love questions. If you\u2019re seeking a first-person narrative about what it\u2019s like to pay to play in Twin Flames Universe, check out  Keely Griffin on ALBC.\u00A0 For this show, we features Alice Hines \u2013 the Emmy-award winning investigative journalist and executive producer of Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe, a new docuseries chronicling the two kooky, creepy founders Jeff \u2013 a real Keto Keith Raniere \u2013 and his partner Shaleia as they go from run-of-the-mill influencers to building what Vice has called a \u2018cult empire\u2019.\u00A0 Hines dives right into her curiosity around the creepy repercussions of internet culture on IRL relationships and how that led her to explore, report on, and be invited into Jeff and Shaleia\u2019s home where she filmed the duo. You can watch that footage in the docuseries.\u00A0 For now, take a listen for the inside scoop on the culty couple. \u00A0 NOTES\u00A0 Alice Hines is a writer, documentary film producer, and news correspondent that speaks truth to power and sheds light on unseen subcultures. She\u2019s contributed to The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and New York Magazine, among others. She introduced the term \u201CChads\u201D \u2013 the ideal, buff, white, manly man at the heart of incels\u2019 standards of attractiveness. And she won a News Emmy for her work on-camera for a Vice News series. Based on her reporting for Vanity Fair, Alice executive-produced the Amazon Prime docuseries, Desperately Seeking Soulmate. Alice grew up in South Carolina, got her writing creds at Brown University, and even worked as an editor at the sartorial Vestoj, a research vessel with fascinating pieces that explore the bridge between fashion theory and sales \u2013 that is, why we wear what we wear.\u00A0\u00A0 If you really want to go down the word salad rabbit hole and you\u2019re armed with many grains of salt, you can read Jeff and Shaleia\u2019s  response to Alice\u2019s  Vanity Fair expos\u00E9.\u00A0 \u00A0 Here\u2019s Alice\u2019s website, her Instagram, and her Tik Tok. \u00A0 Also\u2026 \u00A0 Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Senior Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 \u00A0 Just before Netflix premiered its sensational docuseries \u201CBad Vegan,\u201D Sarma Melngailis spoke exclusively with ALBC about all the shit she endured with culty conman Mr. So-called Fox. Go back and check out that  episode for the grisly details and now foreboding hope that Netflix would shed light \u2013 not shade \u2013 on the confounding circumstances that led to the demise of Sarma\u2019s brand One Lucky Duck and her beloved restaurant Pure Food and Wine. If you didn\u2019t already know it, Pure Food and Wine was hip, sexy, nutritious, and delicious. It was raw vegan food with style in Gramercy Park. Manhattan where, on any given night, you could run into Janet Jackson, Bill Clinton, Stevie Wonder, or Alec Baldwin. It was the shit. Until it wasn\u2019t.\u00A0 \u00A0 Netflix was ready. \u00A0 Through all the pomp and circumstance, we at ALBC can\u2019t help but look into the dark side of cult survivor narratives turned entertainment. Now that the trauma-coaster of \u201CBad Vegan\u201D has slowed, we thought it important to let Sarma set the record straight.\u00A0 \u00A0 Check it out.   NOTES:Sarma Melngailis is brilliant. She grew up in Newton, MA, graduated with two economics degrees including one from the Wharton School. She rocked the financial world at Bear Stearns and Bain Capital. And she dabbled in high-yield investment funds before realizing finance in late-stage capitalism fuckin sucks so she left to get a degree in feeding people from the French Culinary Institute. Thus began her life in the world of food. Upon discovering raw vegan food, she decided \u2013 with a partner \u2013 to open Pure Food and Wine; chronicled her transition from eating whatever/everything to eating only raw vegan food in Raw Food Real World; and then wrote Living Raw Food. Now, she lives in Harlem with her rescue dog, Leon. We love \u2018em both dearly. You can find Sarma on Twitter, Instagram, and her own official website. Also\u2026 \u00A0 Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Senior Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 \u00A0 As a teen, Meg Appelgate was gooned \u2013 that is, legally kidnapped \u2013 from her home in the middle of the night and taken to a lockdown facility in Idaho, then shipped to Montana where isolation, chemical sedation, and brainwashing were the norm\u2026for a day of underage drinking. She survived and went on to develop and recruit for similar organizations. Then she woke up and channeled her indignation toward making positive change.\u00A0 Right now, anywhere from 120,000 to 200,000 or more young people are institutionalized as private equity firms rake in tens of billions of dollars from the \u201CTroubled Teen Industry.\u201D Meg Appelgate shares her story and how Unsilenced, the organization she founded, can help.\u00A0 \u00A0 Note: Meg Appelgate is a survivor determined to empower other survivors of institutional child abuse. She\u2019s founder and CEO of Unsilenced, a non-profit org serving victims caught in the web of the Troubled Teen Industry. She\u2019s also VP, Trustee, and Managing Director of the Gochnauer Family Foundation that provides financial help for families and children. She serves on the boards of a domestic violence shelter and a therapeutic riding center. When she\u2019s not funding and implementing new ideas to help people thrive, Meg loves to explore new places with her husband and four children. \u00A0 You can find her on the medes: Personal Instagram, Unsilenced Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter. \u00A0 And, for more on the Troubled Teen Industry, check out the Season 2 episode featuring Elizabeth Gilpin  here. \u00A0 Also\u2026 \u00A0 Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Co-Creator: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help.\u00A0 Well hello there, A Little Bit Culty listener. How\u2019d your summer go? What\u2019s the haps? This is actually our out of office greeting talking to you, because we\u2019re away from the studio right now investigating some kickass episodes for our new season. But we didn\u2019t want to leave you hanging\u2026so we went through the archives to make you a veritable Dairy Queen Blizzard of culty goodness from some of our fan favorites. We\u2019ll be back soon with all new episodes, but until then you can also find us each week on Patreon where we\u2019re serving up fresh episodes and content on the regular.  So today\u2019s episode is\u2026well\u2026in our wheelhouse. If you\u2019re a listener of this particular show, you\u2019re already familiar with NXIVM \u2013\u00A0but on today\u2019s episode we are taking a closer look at the cult featured in the HBO series, The Vow, starring yours truly. (Whose got four thumbs and once helped bring NXIVM down? THESE GUYS).  Joining us are 4 people who understand the inner workings of NXIVM\u00A0 better than almost anyone else. First up is Mark Vicente. He\u2019s The Vow\u2019s Stone cold silver fox, a film-maker turned whistleblower, and an internationally renowned sweetheart. He\u2019s the guy who originally recruited me, and the guy who raised hell to help bring it all down.\u00A0 Also, he\u2019s the lucky husband of the one and only Bonnie Piesse, aka, Bonfire.  Next is India Oxenberg, who went through hell and back in NXIVM\u2019s darkest chapter: DOS. From forced starvation, and sleep deprivation, to multiple forms of mental and sexual abuse, to a devastating years-long separation from her family. God damn we\u2019re glad she got out and that she\u2019s THRIVING now. .\u00A0 \u00A0 Ater India, we\u2019ve got Susan Dones\u2026.The one-woman wrecking crew who served as her own legal representation in a series of court battles after she left the organization. Susan was way ahead of the curve on calling bullshit Keith Raniere and his flying monkeys. She also paid dearly for it.\u00A0 \u00A0 And finally, is Karen Unterrainer, who at only 18-years-old,\u00A0 became romantically intertwined with Keith Raniere. Over the next 40 years, she\u2019d go on to become a top level NXIVM trainer, a key figure of the Executive Success Programs\u2019 leadership committee, and an overseer of administration (bookkeeping) and IT.\u00A0 Which is all to say: There is much tea to spill. So much tea.  So if you\u2019re sick of hearing us talk about NXIVM, you better turn around now. You\u2019ve been warned. Everybody else? Let\u2019s rock.   Also\u2026  Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0",
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      "description": "This epiosde is sponsored by Better Help. Hey Listener, you asked for a greatest hits medley of all our NXIVM related guests in one or two meaty episodes.And hear ye, hear ye we have delivered. This is our second NXIVM extravaganza, and we hope you dig it. We\u2019ll be back soon with all new episodes, and until then you can always hang out with us on Patreon at patreon.com/alittlebitculty if you can\u2019t get enough of our culty, culty content.\u00A0  But now\u2026let\u2019s dig into the main course shall we? Keith Raniere\u2019s trial was at the center of The Vow Season 2 \u2013\u00A0and this episode is taking you even further into the courtroom circus. \u00A0 We\u2019re featuring insights from three people who had as close a look as one could get. \u00A0 First, you\u2019ll hear from Moira Kim Penza \u2013\u00A0the prosecutor who brought Keith Raniere to justice. Her accomplishments are mighty: Like Keith\u2019s conviction on all counts including racketeering and sex trafficking and a brisk 120 year sentence. Moira\u2019s groundbreaking approach to the case has been credited with paving the way for other sex trafficking prosecutions against powerful individuals. In other words: She\u2019s a total badass. In this episode, Moira sits down with Sarah and Nippy to talk about what it\u2019s like to take on a world-class dirtbag (our wording, not hers) and what really chaps her ass about NXIVM\u2019s Voldemort.  More about today\u2019s guest: Moira is now in private practice as a litigator, and a partner at Wilkinson Stekloff. Crain\u2019s New York business named her in the 40 under 40 list, she\u2019s been ranked as one of Bloomberg Law\u2019s 40 under 40, and her legal analysis has been featured in The NY Times, CNN, ABC, NPR and Daily Beast.\u00A0 \u00A0 Next you\u2019ll hear from Robert Gavin.  Robert\u00A0 has been a news reporter for 28 years, having also worked for two years as an editor. Originally from Staten Island, Gavin began his career by covering the New York City police and fire departments, the NYS Capitol, State and Federal Courts, various murder trials, and cases involving terrorism, the mafia, street gangs, and political corruption. And eventually, Robert\u2019s role in the NXIVM trials and their coverage would play a crucial part in bringing down Keith Raniere. \u00A0 Finally, you\u2019ll hear from\u00A0 Vanessa Grigoriadis, who is an award-winning longform journalist and podcaster, having published profiles on the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Lady Gaga, and Arianna Huffington. So how did she get tied up in NXIVM\u2019s bullshit while also reporting on the cult? Well, the short answer is: anyone and everyone is susceptible to coercive control and persuasion, even members of the press. The long answer? Well, you\u2019ll just have to listen to find out.\u00A0 \u00A0 Without further adieu. Here\u2019s our NXIVM medley part two.  Also\u2026  Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0",
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      "title": "F*ck You, Purity Culture | Ft. Nadia Bolz-Weber, Eric Skwarczynski, and Alice Greczyn",
      "description": "This epoisode is sponsored by Better Help. Hey everyone! It\u2019s ANOTHER remix episode of A Little Bit Culty because: It\u2019s always good to take some time to look back and reflect.\u00A0 PLUS we\u2019re currently working our tails off on a batch of all new, farm fresh episodes for a brand new season. Until then, you can always join us over on Patreon - that\u2019s patreon.com/alittlebitculty for new weekly episodes, adfree, and other treats.\u00A0 But right now? We\u2019re about to get in the weeds of one of our favorite topics with some of our fan favorites.\u00A0 On todays episode we are diving head first into the fucked up world of abstinence pledges, purity rings, and knee length skirts. That\u2019s right, we are going deep in the purity culture discussion and we aren\u2019t pulling out. \u00A0 Joining us are three powerhouse guests. \u00A0 First is the most rockin\u2019 reverend we\u2019ve ever met. \u00A0 Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran Pastor, and founder of House for All Sinners \u0026 Saints in Denver:\u00A0 a progressive, queer-inclusive Lutheran congregation. She\u2019s written three New York Times bestselling memoirs, including Shameless: A Sexual Reformation, which takes on what she sees as the harmful ideas about sexuality that Christianity has promoted throughout history. She\u2019s the creator and host of The Confessional podcast, a pop-up prayer network called The Chapel, and a wildly inspirational Substack called The Corners.\u00A0 \u00A0 Next up is Alice Greczyn - an actress, author, and founder of Dare to Doubt. Her story includes a painful yet rewarding transition from Christianity to atheism, a journey that inspired her to found DaretoDoubt.org, a resource site for people detaching from belief systems they come to fnd harmful.\u00A0 \u00A0 And last, and probably least, Eric Skwarczynski is the host and creator of the Preacher Boys podcast, which is a platform for survivors\u2019 stories about a deeply disturbing pattern of sexual predation and abuse claims within the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement.\u00A0 \u00A0 You won\u2019t want to miss a single second of todays show, so let\u2019s get started with our personal Fuck You to Purity Culture, featuring Nadia Bolz Weber, Alice Greczyn, and Eric Skwarczynski.  Also\u2026  Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. We\u2019re back with another greatest hits mashup this week, pulled together from the Little Bit Culty archives for your late listening pleasure because\u2026well\u2026we can\u2019t quit you - not even for a short late summer, early fall hiatus. Can you believe some shows go on hiatus? LAMMMMMME! Not us. Breaks are for babies.\u00A0  For real though, while we\u2019re working on fresh batches of cult-busting brand new episodes, we wanted to stir that proverbial pot a little more by revisiting one of our favorite culty topics\u2026.Scientology.  AKA, the brainchild of L. Ron.\u00A0 You know it, you loathe it, or\u2026maybe you just mock it. To be fair, unless you\u2019re a Scientologist, they think you\u2019re pretty silly too. So it\u2019s all even-stevens  We are diving deep into the Danger Zone in this episode \u2013\u00A0featuring 3 top guns who have taken on the Impossible Mission of exposing Scientology \u2013\u00A0which we all know can be Risky Business.  Ok, enough Tom Cruise puns \u2013\u00A0let\u2019s introduce A Few Good Men \u2013\u00A0and a super badass woman \u2013\u00A0who you\u2019ll hear from on today\u2019s show.  First up is the patron saint of cult-busting, Leah Remini, who\u2019s book Troublemaker chronicles her remarkable journey toward emotional and spiritual freedom from Scientology, both for herself and for her family.  Next is Mike RInder. Having spent his youth doing things like, for example, swabbing the decks of L. Ron Hubbard\u2019s yacht, Rinder eventually made it into the elite sect of Scientology known as the Sea Organization, eventually becoming Scientology\u2019s International Spokesperson and the head of its Office of Special Affairs. Then, he escaped and became a fearless and outspoken ex-member.  Last is Jon Atack \u2013 one of the only court-appointed expert witnesses on Scientology, and his book:  Let\u2019s Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky, about the early history of the church, is cited by academics all over the world. Jon was a \u2018public\u2019 Scientologist for nine years, trained as a counselor, and even did the secret \u2018OT\u2019 levels, but ditched it when he discovered appalling, aggressive behavior towards members. In addition to his work podcasting as a  Scientology mythbuster\u00A0 and using his Instagram account to help educate people on overcoming things like manipulation, destructive cults, and abusive relationships, he\u2019s written several novels, including  Voodoo Child (Slight Return), inspired by the life and downfall of Jimi Hendrix. \u00A0 Without further ado\u2026please enjoy this Scientology Sucks, Sorry Not Sorry, A Little Bit Culty Medley.\u00A0 \u00A0 Also\u2026  Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "[Clip from the A Little Bit Culty Podcast | March 19, 2023]\n\nOur very own producer and editor, Will Retherford of Citizens of Sound, grew up in the Evangelical Church, specifically the Word of Faith movement, and even ventured off to countless missionary campaigns across the globe to spread the good word. He became a worship leader, was on his way to becoming a priest, and was committed to all things Jesus Christ until he realized that, perhaps, his entire life was built around something he wasn\u2019t sure he actually believed in.\n\nFull episode: https://alittlebitculty.com/episode/sinner-or-saint-will-retherford-on-navigating-religious-waters\n\nAlso\u2026\n\nHear Ye, Hear Ye:\n\nThe views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty f*ckwad.",
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      "description": "[ORIGINALLY RELEASED OCTOBER 3, 2022 ON THE A LITTLE BIT CULTY PODCAST]\n\nIn this empowering podcast snippet, Sarah and Nippy catch up with actor, activist, and epic badass, Evan Rachel Wood, who has been fearlessly fighting against the complete fuckery of Marilyn Manson \u2013\u00A0the rocker formerly known as Brian Warner. \n\nIf you\u0027ve seen her documentary, Phoenix Rising, you\u0027ve seen the culty vibes wafting off that dude like a bad cologne.\n\nEvan opens up about her hellish experiences, her journey of resilience, and how she\u0027s doing now. \n\nDespite facing legal battles and trolls, she remains unwavering in blowing the whistle on misconduct. Please be aware that this conversation can be distressing for abuse survivors. Listen with caution, and if you or anyone you know needs support, visit our site for free resources.\n\nWe stand with Evan Rachel Wood, unapologetically believing and supporting her, no matter what the Manson Stans say. \u00AF_(\u30C4)_/\u00AF\n\nAlso\u2026\nLet it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026\nThe views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\u00A0 Here\u2019s Part 2 of our conversation with Guinevere Turner whose memoir When the World Didn\u2019t End is drawn from fastidiously kept childhood diaries written while she was raised in a cult. If you haven\u2019t listened to Part 1, back up and listen. In Part 2, Turner shares what it was like to return to \u201Cnormal\u201D life, how her story became a thriller, and what\u2019s helpful, not-so-helpful, and just plain weird about life post-cult.\u00A0\u00A0 Please note, this series includes details of underage sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.  \u00A0 Note: Guinevere Turner is an acclaimed writer, director, and actor who\u2019s worked in film and TV since her 1994 debut film Go Fish, which she wrote, produced, and starred in. She teamed up with director Mary Harron to write the films American Psycho; The Notorious Bettie Page; and the 2019 film Charlie Says. She was a writer, story editor, and played Gabby Deveaux on Showtime\u2019s The L Word. She\u2019s written and directed seven short films, two of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She can be seen in film roles including The Watermelon Woman, Chasing Amy, and American Psycho. Guinevere has taught screenwriting at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, University of Georgia, UCLA and NYU.\u00A0 She can be found on Instagram. In these episodes, we reference  the story she wrote for The New Yorker. \u00A0 Also\u2026 \u00A0 Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin",
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      "description": "In the age of social media, many of us are aware that choices are increasingly made for us by algorithms\u2014which is unfortunately not a reference to Vice President Al Gore\u2019s dancing abilities.\u00A0 But even if we are living in our own little bubbles, it doesn\u2019t quite match the extremities of, let\u2019s say, someone who was raised within a radically nondenominational Christian sect, wherein music, media, beliefs, and friends were all hand selected by a group of men who decided they were pastors and wanted an ironclad grip on their families and followers.\u00A0 Such was unfortunately the case for Morgan Hayley, now 32-years-old and far from her beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky. The oldest of seven siblings, Hayley managed to escape her marriage and the Church to live her life as an out-and-proud lesbian while still maintaining a real (albeit heavily strained) relationship with some of her family. In doing so, she learned that perhaps her family\u2019s belief that life is about sacrifice and being miserable means you\u2019re doing something right is NOT the most fun way to live life!\u00A0 Now, it\u2019s safe to say Morgan is making all her decisions for herself as a prominent fitness and yoga instructor, and is much happier for it.\u00A0 \u00A0 Follow Morgan on Instagram Visit Morgan\u2019s website",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. NXIVM\u2019s timeline unfolds like a (horror) film with its own subplots. One of the cult\u2019s best known smaller mythologies was its ability to cure Tourette\u0027s Syndrome, which is a condition in the nervous system that causes tics like sudden and uncontrollable movements or vocal outbursts. It should be noted that while there are certainly various treatments for managing TS, there is still no known cure.\u00A0 This explains why today\u2019s guest, Isabella Constantino, was attracted to NXIVM and the extraordinary results they were boasting about with their TS study. Ultimately, Constantino wound up postponing her last semester of college and moving to Albany in order to engrain herself in the study and to pursue personal growth, both of which she did for a total of three years before finally escaping. Now, she\u2019s spent half a decade recovering her \u201Csense of self\u201D and navigating life post-NXIVM.\u00A0 But how did NXIVM actually approach this \u201Cscientific\u201D study, and what abusive methods did they apply from their typical conditioning in order to combat Tourette\u2019s? Lastly, did any of their techniques actually help with TS, and if so, at what cost?\u00A0 \u00A0 For more about Isabella Constanto, check out her site, Instagram, and Facebook:\u00A0 Website Instagram Facebook \u00A0 Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.  \u00A0 Also\u2026 Hear Ye, Hear Ye: \u00A0 The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 Other Links: Check out\u00A0our lovely sponsors \u00A0 Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon \u00A0 Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag \u00A0 Support the pod and smash this link \u00A0 Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Just as roses have thorns, so too do pristine, seemingly blemish-free families have their own dark sides. For example, we have the Duggar family and their show 19 and Counting, which broadcasted the daily lives of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their army of children between 2008 and 2015 to millions of viewers around the world. Now, a new documentary on the family called Shiny Happy People, according to TIME, \u201Cincludes testimonies from daughter Jill (Duggar) Dillard, her husband Derick Dillard, niece Amy (Duggar) King, as well as several former IBLP members, reveals that the family and larger religious group was dealing with allegations of sex abuse, child abuse and financial mistreatment.\u201D Our guest today, author Tia Levings, spoke in this documentary based on her experiences as a thought leader on abuse within Christian Fundamentalism, but also a survivor of such abuse herself. Having grown up in a Southern Baptist Megachurch, Levings gets into how she slowly but surely slipped into a high-control group (read: cult) wherein men are considered accountable for their wives before God, and therefore must lead and discipline them.\u00A0 Her memoir, A Well-Trained Wife, will be released in August of 2024. In the meantime, you can keep up with Tia at the below links:\u00A0 \u00A0 Twitter Website \u00A0 Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.  \u00A0 Also\u2026 \u00A0 Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. \u00A0 Other Links: \u00A0 Check out our lovely sponsors \u00A0 Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon \u00A0 Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag \u00A0 Support the pod and smash this link \u00A0 Cult awareness and recovery resources \u00A0 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When she was only 12-years-old, Dr. Tamara MC had a secret wedding ceremony in the middle of the night. Shrouded in pitch black and with no one present but her new husband, a much older man who could supposedly guide her to the kingdoms of knowledge and heaven, this night further cemented Tamara\u2019s place in a highly abusive religious cult. Above all else, men wielding black leather whips forced females to surrender their \u201Cnafs\u201D\u2014the Arabic word for \u201Cself.\u201D As she put it in an article for Mother Well Mag, the girls in that cult \u201Cdidn\u2019t know where [their] bodies stopped and the perpetrators\u0027 bodies began.\u201D  Now, Tamara has earned a Ph. D. in Applied Linguistics, specifically studying how language can be used to manipulate vulnerable populations. She advocates against gender-based violence and has written prolifically about the nightmarish experiences that punctuated her youth, d0ing as much as she humanly can to prevent this from happening as frequently in the future.\u00A0  Dr. Tamara\u0027s Website Dr. Tamara\u0027s Twitter Dr. Tamara\u0027s Instagram Dr. Tamara\u0027s Facebook  Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "The Lemurian Sisters: Jennings Brown on Liana Shanti",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Another day, another wellness guru preaching enlightenment on social media. Total snooze, right?! Unless said guru begins telling her followers to cut ties with their \u201Cfamily cults\u0027\u0027 in order to save their children from a ruling class of evil reptilian creatures, the likes of which are responsible for creating the COVID-19 \u201Cscamdemic\u201D as a Luciferian tool to harvest innocent souls\u2026that might spice things up a bit. Or a shit ton.\u00A0  Such has been the case with Liana Shanti, a nymph-like online persona who\u2019s amassed thousands of predominantly female followers on Instagram, a platform she uses to share beliefs such as the one where the US government is going to put unvaccinated children into concentration camps, or that Florida is the only safe space and thus all her followers should move there.  Suffice to say, Shanti\u2019s story is\u2026truly a wild one. And luckily for us, we get to hear about it from none other than Jennings Brown, an investigative journalist and podcast/documentary producer who previously joined us to discuss  Teal Swan. This time, he\u2019s on ALBC to explain the woman hiding behind Shanti\u2019s online persona, her recent legal woes, and just how damaging her teachings have been to numerous families that now stand divided.\u00A0  Check out Jennings Brown\u2019s website, Twitter, and Instagram.\u00A0  You can also read one of his original articles about Liana Shanti  here.\u00A0  Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Murder, Faith \u0026 End Times: Leah Sottile on Lori Vallow \u0026 Chad Daybell",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you still manage to read the news, good job. You\u2019ve then no doubt heard that \u201CDoomsday Mom\u201D Lori Vallow was just convicted of murdering her 16-year-old daughter Tylee and seven-year-old son J.J. This judgment will be an end to this harrowing yet enthralling story, which turned 49-year-old mom and Mormon, Lori Vallow into an international media fixture, seemingly entangled in a web of infanticide, zombies, escapes to Hawaii, and a trail of mysterious deaths that remain suspicious as hell.\u00A0  On today\u2019s episode, we\u2019re joined by freelance journalist and author Leah Sottile, whose book  When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Faith, and End Times, illuminates the story of the former beauty queen and her grave-digger turned doomsday novelist slash extremist douchebag husband, Chad. Take a listen to learn more as Sottile breaks the case down, explaining how Vallow\u2019s tale is just symptomatic of something larger.\u00A0  Leah\u0027s Twitter Leah\u0027s Website  Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Holly Zadra Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is Sponsored by BetterHelp. We\u2019re back for part 2 of our interview with Daniella Mestyanek Young, the badass author of Uncultured: a Memoir. In her book, Young gets into the nitty gritty of growing up in the Children of God cult, now known as \u201CThe Family International,\u201D with their horrifying pedophilic practice called \u201CLaw of Love.\u201D In part 2, we dive deeper into Young\u2019s time as a Captain in the US Army\u2014a role that threw Young back into the trenches of misogynist and coercive abuse resembling the neglect she survived in her childhood.\u00A0  How did military personnel respond to Young\u2019s whistleblowing? What did she endure during her hazing as a new soldier?\u00A0 And why did another captain tell her she\u2019d \u201Cprobably get raped\u201D on a certain military deployment?\u00A0  Listen to find out\u2014and make sure to catch part 1 first!\u00A0  To book Daniella Mestyanek Young as a keynote speaker on topics of group behavior and where we see cultic practices creep into less obvious groups, visit  Macmillan Speakers\u2019 Bureau  Daniella\u2019s website Daniella\u2019s TikTok Daniella\u2019s Instagram Daniella\u2019s Twitter  Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  \uFEFFCREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "Today\u2019s episode is Sponsored by BetterHelp.  If hell is real, there is perhaps no circle of it as harrowing nor vile as the experience of growing up in the Children of God cult. Still active under the name \u201CThe Family International,\u201D the group is known for being a real-life manifestation of the shittiest of shitty macabre practices, such as child sexual abuse involving their \u201CLaw of Love,\u201D\u2014a mandate for females of all ages to show Jesus their love by letting men straight up rape them.\u00A0  One would hope that growing up in COG would be the last coercive, abusive, and negligent experience for today\u2019s guest, Daniella Mestyanek Young, who is an American author, keynote speaker, and previous Captain in the US Army. One would also hope for ponies and rainbows and a bigger tax return this year but HEY, life\u2019s no cake walk. On today\u2019s episode, Young discusses her book Uncultured: a Memoir, wherein she details her cult-riddled childhood and how, shockingly, the US Army reflected comparable practices.\u00A0  But how? Take a listen to part 1 of our interview with Daniella, with part 2 coming out next week.\u00A0  To book Daniella Mestyanek Young as a keynote speaker on topics of group behavior and where we see cultic practices creep into less obvious groups, visit  Macmillan Speakers\u2019 Bureau  Daniella\u2019s website Daniella\u2019s TikTok Daniella\u2019s Instagram Daniella\u2019s Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Into Quicksand: Kate Amber on How Cults Pull You In",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Landmark Worldwide is a corporation that offers personal and professional development programs with a total of over 2.4 million (!) past participants in 21 countries. Yikes on bikes\u2014that sounds a bit like NXIVM on steroids. Well, while Landmark isn\u2019t technically a cult, it certainly is \u201CA Little Bit Culty\u201D, with no shortage of spirit-stomping coercive control and intimidation in order to create \u201CA world that works for everyone by 2020.\u201D Wait, is that how 2020 went and we\u2019re just misremembering it?! Today\u2019s guest, Kate Amber, survived Landmark and went on to become a badass expert on violence and abuse prevention after receiving her education from UPenn and the University of Salford. She\u2019s also gone on to create the PsychoSocial Quicksand Model\u2122\u2014take a listen to learn all about it, as well as the time she challenged a Landmark leader, and how she eventually got out, even if she didn\u2019t 100% want to (at the time). Oh, and would you believe she has a Keith Raniere overlap? What a small, culty little world we live in. Watch Sarah discuss Lori Vallow on NewsNation (Elizabeth Vargas Reports) www.endccusa.com Facebook for End Coercive Control USA Twitter for End Coercive Control USA Kate\u2019s Twitter Check out How to Spot a Spider using our affiliate link: https://spotaspider.com/?ref=albc Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you, or someone who know, is a survivor of sexual assault, abuse, grooming, child abuse, or human trafficking, RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Hotline offers support at 800.656.HOPE (4673). Also\u2026 Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Other Links: Check out our lovely sponsors Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Hey, Hun: Emily Lynn Paulson on MLMs and Other Lies",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help. Imagine this: an invitation comes your way to join a group of friends, mostly moms (and let\u2019s assume you are one). Primary activities involve drinking lots of wine, relishing in sisterhood and female empowerment, and best of all, making loads of money. It\u2019s enticing as hell, which explains why Multi Level Marketing groups (MLMs) remain ubiquitous today.\u00A0  What could go wrong? A shit ton! Hence why our guest today, author and mother Emily Lynn Paulson, believes that all MLMs\u2014which form a $180 billion industry\u2014are cults. Oh, but they\u2019re not just your average cults, because lobbyists and politicians are fighting hard to keep the legal pyramid schemes not only intact, but growing throughout American suburbia (and beyond) like wildfire.\u00A0  In this episode, we discuss how to not get caught up in the flames.\u00A0  Paulson is also the author of  Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life as well as the forthcoming  Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing (May 2023).  Emily Lynn Paulson\u2019s website Sober Mom Squad website Emily\u2019s Instagram\u00A0 Sober Mom Squad Instagram Emily\u2019s TikTok Emily\u2019s Facebook Emily\u2019s Twitter  Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  \uFEFFCREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Leading Nowhere: Jordan Harbinger on Self-Help Hell",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help. Today\u2019s guest, Jordan Harbinger, went from Wall Street lawyer to interview talk-show host. Turns out he\u2019s been pretty damn good at both careers, with some even calling him \u201CThe Larry Kind of Podcasting.\u201D On The Jordan Harbinger Show, he\u2019s now spent 14 years deconstructing the most successful people in the world and asking them how they got to where they are. Inevitably (to us) but unexpectedly (to Jordan), one thing that\u2019s come up a lot on the show? Cults, especially self-help cults, and the absolute ubiquity of coercive control across the United States. In fact, he even experienced some seminars that were A Little Bit Culty himself.\u00A0  You can check out Jordan\u2019s 6-minute networking course here.\u00A0  Follow Jordan on:\u00A0  Instagram YouTube Twitter Facebook LinkedIn  Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help. If you haven\u2019t heard of the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult, it is perhaps time to get out from under that rock you\u2019re living under. After being released from prison, Ray moved into his daughter\u2019s student residence just 30 minutes north of Manhattan and began terrorizing her friends through physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. This lasted a shocking ten years before Ray was finally arrested and held accountable for his wrongdoings.\u00A0\n \n\n Our guest today, Daniel Levin, was one of Ray\u2019s victims, and has survived to tell the tale on Hulu\u2019s recent \u201CStolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence\u201D docuseries. Today, we\u2019re breaking down exactly what happened, as well as how Levin is healing. Don\u2019t forget to tune in next week, when we\u2019ll be speaking with the director of \u201CStolen Youth,\u201D Zachary Heinzerling.\u00A0\n \n\n You can learn more about Daniel Levin and his writing, which includes his memoir about Larry Ray, Slonim Woods 9, here.\u00A0\n \n\n Please note, this series includes details of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you, or someone who know, is a survivor of sexual assault, abuse, grooming, child abuse, or human trafficking, RAINN\u2019s National Sexual Assault Hotline offers support at 800.656.HOPE (4673).\n \n\n Also\u2026\n \n\n Hear Ye, Hear Ye:\n \n\n The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.\n \n\n Other Links:\n \n\n Check out our lovely sponsors\n \n\n Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon\n \n\n Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag\n \n\n Support the pod and smash this link\n \n\n Cult awareness and recovery resources\n \n\n \uFEFFCREDITS:\u00A0\n \n\n Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames\n Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\n Producer: Will Retherford\n Senior Producer: Jess Tardy\n Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig\n Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin\n \n\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Darkness Unveiled: Sochil Martin Exposes LA Luz Del Mundo",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help. Do you have a million questions about season 2 of HBO\u2019s The Vow? Do you want to be part of a super exclusive club full of people that are rock and roll as fuck? Do you get a buzz out of supporting culty content creators and storytellers?\u00A0  Then you should totally join our Patreon, where we unleash a whole slew of bonus content for our nearest and dearest listeners. But while we\u2019ve traditionally reserved our coverage of The Vow for said exclusive cult\u2014sorry, I mean club\u2014we\u2019re making an exception today and sharing some of it with all of our listeners. If you like what you hear, just know there\u2019s plenty more of it available for an extremely agreeable price. If you\u2019re not interested, don\u2019t worry, we still love you! Just less. (Kidding)\u00A0  On today\u2019s episode, we\u2019re recapping our feelings about the entire second season with special guest Ayla Fitzpatrick, who previously worked in Albany, New York at News10ABC covering NXIVM, focusing on Keith Raniere\u2019s arrest and the ensuing trial. Even though she\u2019s no longer a journalist, she loves to keep up to date with all things cultiverse\u2014just like you guys!  So what did we think about being featured less heavily in this season? Did NXIVM actually cure Tourette\u2019s syndrome (hint: no!), and was the whole documentation and conversation around this triggering or retraumatizing for us? Well, you\u2019ll just have to tune in to find out.\u00A0  Did we mention you should follow us on Patreon? Okay, that is all.\u00A0  Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin \u00A0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by Better Help. Hold onto your seatbelt, cuz we\u2019re blasting back to the \u201870s for this one. Here\u2019s the scene: we\u2019re in Brooklyn, New York, at a time when all five boroughs were spiraling into ungovernable anarchy, with crime, violence, and widespread racism leaving the deteriorating metropolis totally ungovernable. If you were Black, you were particularly ostracized and lived in constant danger as a second class citizen (if only this weren\u2019t still true today). And so it\u2019s no real surprise that when people like Jamiyla Chisholm\u2019s father heard about a religious community that would, as Jamiyla put it, protect them from the hellish world and teach them how \u201Cthey should live as Black people,\u201D they were drawn like moths to a flame.\u00A0  While we\u2019ve seen time and time again that cults prey on the vulnerable, this often takes advantage of an individual\u2019s current mental, financial, or even physical state. In this particular case, one leader took advantage of nation-wide racial tensions in order to seduce hundreds of people into his community, which merged practices from Islam, Judaism, and various political ideologies.\u00A0  Who was this leader? Well, we don\u2019t want to give it all away\u2026but here\u2019s a hint: the supreme douchebag is serving 135 years in prison for what\u2019s been reported as the largest prosecution of child molestation ever directed at an individual in the history of the USA.\u00A0  To find out who we\u2019re talking about, tune in to hear author, journalist, storyteller and educator Jamiyla Chisholm discuss her own experience as a member of this cult, as detailed in her memoir, The Community.\u00A0  Jamiyla\u2019s Website Jamiyla\u2019s Instagram Jamiyla\u2019s Twitter Buy  The Community: A Memoir  Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Scientology: You know it, you hate it. To be fair, unless you\u2019re a Scientologist, they hate you too! So it\u2019s all even-stevens. But one person they really hate is Mike Rinder. How could anyone hate someone who\u2019s last name sounds like reindeer, especially just a few weeks after Santa made his international rounds on that reindeer-driven slay? Well, having spent his youth doing things like, for example, swabbing the decks of L. Ron Hubbard\u2019s yacht, Rinder eventually made it into the elite sect of Scientology known as the Sea Organization, eventually becoming Scientology\u2019s International Spokesperson and the head of its Office of Special Affairs. Then, he escaped and became a fearless and outspoken ex-member. If you didn\u2019t listen to the first interview we did with Mike, we\u2019re officially mad at you! But we can forgive and forget\u2014just check it out  here.\u00A0  So why did we have him back on the show? Because he\u2019s so fucking lovely. Also, because he just released his new memoir: A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology. It\u2019s a batshit crazy and exclusive, first-hand look into the inner workings of Scientology and the harm this organization does to its brainwashed members. And in today\u0027s episode, we specifically get into how Scientology could potentially come to an end (hint: it involves the IRS no longer putting up with the \u201Cchurch\u2019s\u201D bullshit).\u00A0  So say a little prayer to Xenu and strap on in, cuz this one\u2019s a wild ride!\u00A0  Buy  A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Mike\u2019s blog Mike\u2019s Website  Mike\u2019s Facebook Mike\u2019s Instagram  Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  \uFEFFCREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "The Redeemer: Cathrine Moestue on Shame \u0026 Radical Identity Change",
      "description": "This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you could be a part of the team that ends world hunger, wouldn\u2019t you be? That\u2019s what Cathrine Moestue thought she was signing up for back in 1984 and 1985, when the then 19-year-old moved from Oslo, Norway to the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden, and met an English teacher who claimed he knew how to end the devastating famine taking place in Ethiopia at the time. The man told her he was from Paraguay and was the leader of a revolution. The rest, my friends, is culty history.\u00A0 Today, Moestue is a clinical psychologist, as well as the author of chapter 11 in the book Radicalization; Phenomenon and Prevention that came out in Norway, and parts of her own story are also featured in the book FAR OUT by Charlotte McDonald Gibson.\u00A0 Links specific to today\u2019s episode:\u00A0 Cathrine on Instagram, as well as her website Dr. Kristin Neff\u2019s free self compassion exercises Janina Fisher\u2019s Transforming the Legal Legacy of Trauma  Also\u2026  Hear Ye, Hear Ye:  The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Check out our lovely sponsors  Join \u2018A Little Bit Culty\u2019 on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  CREDITS:\u00A0  Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Writer: Mathias Rosenzweig Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "Here\u2019s part two of our chat with Sex Cult Nun author/memoirist Faith Jones, who was raised in the infamous Children of God sect. Warning: This episode gets into gritty terrain including discussions of child abuse and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised.\u00A0  Additional Articles about other survivors of the Children of God: Rolling Stone:  How I Escaped From a Religious Sex Cult and Ended Up in the Army  Esquire:  Joaquin Phoenix and Rose McGowan Spent Their Early Years in a Religious Cult. Then it Became Infamous.  The Guardian:  Life after a sex cult: \u0027If I\u2019m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?\u0027  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Other Links:  Join A Little Bit Culty on Patreon  Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag  Support the pod and smash this link  Cult awareness and recovery resources  \uFEFFCREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "In this weekly-ish host huddle, Sarah and Nip talk about the latest culty news, and respond to your voicemails. They also accept and integrate your best and worst reviews, and take it all into consideration for future episodes. No muss, no fuss\u2026just two married podcasters having a date night in the early to mid-afternoon.\u00A0 Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Other Links: Join A Little Bit Culty on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Life After Narcs: Dr. Ramani Durvasula on Navigating Narcissism",
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      "description": "In this weekly-ish host huddle, Sarah and Nip talk about the latest culty news, and respond to your voicemails. They also accept and integrate your best and worst reviews, and take it all into consideration for future episodes. No muss, no fuss\u2026just two married podcasters having a date night in the early to mid-afternoon.\u00A0 Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. Other Links: Join A Little Bit Culty on Patreon Get poppin\u2019 fresh ALBC Swag Support the pod and smash this link Cult awareness and recovery resources CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will Retherford Senior Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Summer Bonus: Sarah and Nippy Chat with the IndoctriNation Podcast",
      "description": "It\u2019s another summer bonus episode, and you\u2019re all invited to put this in your ears and enjoy it from your favorite pool floatie. This time, we\u2019re chatting with the righteous Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, on her Indoctrination Podcast about our trip in and out of that thing we did for a while that turned out to be a notorious cult. Just some light summer listening about sex cults, trauma, and coming back from hell. Pairs well with watermelon fros\u00E9.  About Rachel: She\u2019s an OG cult awareness and recovery podcast host, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from Los Angeles, California who has specialized in cult intervention and re-acclimation for over 30 years. She serves on the advisory board of the International Cultic Studies Association and has worked with the Department of Justice providing therapy to cult victims who testify against their perpetrators. She\u0027s also made many media appearances over the years as a cult expert on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, Bloomberg, and many other news outlets. Ms. Bernstein is also the host of IndoctriNation: A weekly podcast covering cults, manipulators, and protecting yourself from systems of control where she has interviewed hundreds of cult survivors, journalists, and experts. Her book, \u0022Kids Talking to Kids about Divorce\u0022 is available now on Amazon.   Website: https://rachelbernsteintherapy.com  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Now-I-Know-Rachel-Bernstein/dp/1620867893  Podcast: https://linktr.ee/indoctrination  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.\u00A0  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "We loved chatting with our friends Jeremie, Taylor, and Brian over at the Sickboy podcast, and these three literal princes among men were nice enough to let us borrow the episode for your summer listening pleasure. They\u2019re a trio of Halifax-based best friends, and they started the podcast after recognizing that when faced with difficult situations, illnesses and diseases, people tighten up, they get awkward, and they simply don\u0027t know what to say. Taking the lead from Jeremie\u2019s life-long battle with Cystic Fibrosis, the boys help people understand that sometimes the best way to deal with the darkest stuff in life is simply to laugh. You can listen to new episodes every Monday over on  iTunes,  Spotify. Soundcloud,  Google Play or wherever you get your podcast fixins. Or go find all their links, socials, and such at their very happenin\u2019 linktree  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.\u00A0  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "Content Warning: Discussions of child abuse and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised.  Here\u2019s the second part of our conversation with Sarah Landry who shares what it\u2019s like to face down the very online army she helped create for the so-called guru Nithyananda after going wide with explosive accusations of rape, child abuse, and a whole sordid cornucopia of culty shit.  Show notes: Sarah Landry on YouTube,\u00A0Instagram \u0026\u00A0Twitter Nithyananda - Wiki\u00A0 My Daughter Joined a Cult: 3-part VICE Doc Trailer (Discovery\u002B, Amazon Prime)  Republic World Article by Pooja Prasanna: \u201CFormer Nithyananda Aide Narrates Horrifying Brutality Against Children\u201D  Gizmodo Article by Jed Oelbaum: \u201CShe Built a Shady Guru\u2019s YouTube Army. Now She\u2019s His Fiercest Critic\u2014But Who Will Believe Her?\u201D  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Rude Awakening: Sarah Landry On Nithyananda \u0026 Other Nightmares (Part 1)",
      "description": "Content Warning: Discussions of child abuse and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised. At just 24 years old, Sarah Landry found herself drawn to Hindu avatar Nithyananda\u2019s teachings like a fly to honey. Moldy, toxic honey. She quickly became an apt pupil, and then his top recruiter via a steady stream of stylized YouTube videos and camera-ready social content. But after learning that the rape and child abuse allegations dogging the organization were just too credible to simply swat away, she stepped down as its propagandist-in-chief and stepped up as one of its harshest critics. The fallout since she blew the whistle on the godman\u2019s shady ways in a series of incendiary 2019 Facebook posts and Youtube videos has been steep. (If you\u2019re labeled as a double-agent for the Vatican by loyalists of a guy who is on the lam after being charged with rape and abduction: You\u2019ve officially reached Remini-levels of cult busting.) In this episode, and the next\u2014there\u2019s just too much to cover to make it a one-parter\u2014Sarah shares what it\u2019s like to be on the other side of an army she helped build, and why she won\u2019t stop working to deplatform culty characters like Nithyananda no matter how many self-proclaimed island nations they pull out of their asses. Learn more about Sarah Landry on her YouTube or Instagram or Twitter.  Show notes:\u00A0 Nithyananda - Wiki\u00A0 My Daughter Joined a Cult: 3-part VICE Doc Trailer (Discovery\u002B, Amazon Prime)  Republic World Article by Pooja Prasanna: \u201CFormer Nithyananda Aide Narrates Horrifying Brutality Against Children\u201D  Gizmodo Article by Jed Oelbaum: \u201CShe Built a Shady Guru\u2019s YouTube Army. Now She\u2019s His Fiercest Critic\u2014But Who Will Believe Her?\u201D  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Page Turner: Spencer Schneider on Writing His Way Out of \u2018School\u2019",
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      "description": "Finding a therapist can be mission critical when you\u2019re recovering from a culty situation, but the process of finding a clinician with basic cult awareness can be a total cluster. In this episode, Sarah and Nippy chat with Dr. Natalie Feinblatt \u00A0about why more therapists need to get cult-informed and the Venn diagram overlap between trauma and addiction. She also chats with Sarah and Nippy about tangible techniques for getting unstuck when fight/flight/freeze mode takes over.\n \n Dr. Feinblatt is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles, California who specializes in the treatment of addiction and trauma. And one of her trauma sub-specialties is working with former cult members. She received her BA from UCSD and her Masters \u0026 Doctorate from Pepperdine University, where she wrote her doctoral dissertation on psychotherapy with former cult members and has specialized in helping them ever since. She also does EMDR, Brainspotting, and other trauma-specific therapies. She was also featured on the series finale of \u2018Leah Remini: Scientology \u0026 The Aftermath.\u2019 Learn more at her website or follow her on Instagram for tips, tools, and healing resources.\u00A0\n \n Concepts/Resources mentioned in this episode:\n  Window of Tolerance\n Dan Siegal, MD\n Psychology Today\n \n \n\n Hear Ye, Hear Ye:\n The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.\n \n Support the ALBC Pod:\n We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link.\n Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.\n \n Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy\n Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin\n \n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "[Content Warning: This episode contains references to suicide, mental illness, and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised.] And\u2026we\u2019re back for an extra helping of conversation with investigative journalist Jennings Brown. If Part One\u2019s exploration of creepy AF Youtube spiritual guru Teal Swan didn\u2019t freak you out enough, there\u2019s more Teal talk for you in this episode. Be sure to watch The Deep End docuseries and binge The Gateway\u00A0 podcast to learn more about how each new layer of the Teal Tribe onion seems to be stankier than the last.. We recommend not listening or watching before bed, unless you really dig nightmares.  Despite what Teal may think: She isn\u2019t the center of the universe. She\u2019s not even the center of the cultiverse. So we also use part 2 of our chat with Jennings to ramble from the dark corners of Utah\u2019s Swan country to sunny Yuba County, California where the organization at the center of his  Revelations \u00A0podcast appears to be hard at work making fine wine and disturbing cult headlines. The Fellowship of Friends has some serious issues, and we\u2019re still unpacking it all. Doomsday and ros\u00E9 anyone?\u00A0   Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  CREDITS:\u00A0 Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "[Content Warning: This episode contains references to suicide, mental illness, and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised.] Youtube spiritual guru Teal Swan says she saves lives. Others say she\u2019s dangerously death-obsessed. We say she\u2019s serving strong \u201C9 Perfect Strangers\u201D villain vibes with a side order of night terrors. But that\u2019s just us. We wanted an expert\u2019s perspective, so we called on investigative journalist Jennings Brown for this episode to help us understand more about Teal\u2019s world. As a senior reporter at Gizmodo, Jennings traveled to rural Utah, the forests of Costa Rica, and smack dab into the middle of Teal\u2019s inner circle to understand her teachings and investigate the deaths of some of her followers.\u00A0  His unprecedented access to her group is at the heart of a six part podcast called  The Gateway - which we highly recommend as critical listening for anyone wanting to learn more about Teal\u2019s whole vibe from a safe distance. He joins us today to talk about the sharp edges woven into her carefully-curated, hypnotic image, and how spiritual hucksters are gaming the algorithm and manipulating people\u2019s most vulnerable moments. We also talk to him about his newest Spotify Original podcast series:  Revelations which follows a California cult that combines doomsday prophecies and fine wine. And TBH, we get so carried away that we go into extra innings. Enjoy this first episode with Jennings - and we\u2019ll be back next week with part two.\u00A0  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  CREDITS:\u00A0 Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producers: Will Retherford \u0026 Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "The Way Back: Gina Wilson On Faith After \u2018The Way Down\u2019",
      "description": "If you\u2019re familiar with \u2018The Way Down\u2019, the HBO Docuseries that chronicles the rise and fall of conservative Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin (Lara), who died in a plane crash in May of 2021, you may remember today\u2019s guest: Gina Wilson. As a devoted member of the Remnant Fellowship, the Brentwood Tennessee church founded by the big-haired, charismatic Shamblin, Gina spent over a decade inside the group as a part of the music ministry team and as a poster child of sorts for the church\u2019s \u2018Weigh Down\u2019 diet method and weight loss empire. Gina joins us to talk in-depth about her experience in the church, the collateral damage to her family unit, and how she ultimately escaped Shamblin\u2019s clutches. She also shares how her faith has only deepened now that she\u2019s free from the Remnant Fellowship, and how she\u2019s coming back from years of spiritual abuse. The Way Down  \u00A0Season 2 is now streaming on HBO Max.\u00A0  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts. \u2013 CREDITS:\u00A0 Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Voicing Doubt: Ian James Corlett on Leaving the Jehovah\u2019s Witness Faith",
      "description": "As the voice of iconic cartoon characters, major TV networks, and national brands, Ian James Corlett has been heard by millions of people. But until now, he\u2019s never publicly rocked a mic to share his own story as an ex-Jehovah\u2019s Witness. Ian joins Sarah and Nippy for a rollicking ride through the denomination\u2019s history, and his journey from born-and-raised JW and church elder, to unapologetic apostate. He has a few choice things to say about why JWs appear to be leaving the denomination in droves, as well as some memories to share about that one time a fellow voice actor by the name of Sarah Edmondson tried to recruit him into NXIVM.  About Our Guest: You may have heard Ian James Corlett in the Emmy-nominated Dinosaur Train, in CartoonNetwork\u2019s zany Johnny Test, or in the latest Disney Jr hit: Vampirina. And going further back, Ian originated the iconic English dub voice of Goku in Dragonball Z as well as voicing other 90\u2019s icons such as Megaman, and Bob in Reboot. Learn more: Ianjamescorlett.com Instagram: @ianjamescorlett Twitter: @ianjames007   Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts. \u2013 CREDITS:\u00A0 Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Cults at Work: Cameron Herold on Corporate Culture",
      "description": "How and when does a healthy corporate culture go off the rails? What are some red flags to be aware of when you\u2019re sizing up a potential workplace? Before you spring for that lower back tattoo of your company\u2019s logo, be sure to take a listen to this A Little Bit Culty episode featuring Cameron Herold. As a successful entrepreneur and in-demand CEO Whisperer, he\u2019s coached dozens of companies globally and is known for creating world-class company cultures. Once upon a time, he also used this talking point on the regular as part of his top-rated keynote speaking gigs: \u0022To build an amazing company, it has to be a little bit more than a business, and a little bit less than a religion, it has to be in the zone of a cult.\u0022 Cameron joins Sarah and Nippy to talk about why he no longer stans that culty line of thinking, and how corporate culture routinely blurs the lines between community and coercion.\u00A0\n \n About Our Guest:\n Cameron Herold is the founder of the COO Alliance, author of 5 business books including Vivid Vision, and founder of the Invest In Your Leaders course. He\u0027s been paid to speak on all 7 continents including Antarctica\u2026and is the former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? which was ranked the #2 company to work for in all of Canada, and became a case study at\u00A0 Harvard Business School, and landed him on Oprah. Learn more about him on his official website\u00A0\n Support the ALBC Pod:\n We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link.\n Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.\n \n Hear Ye, Hear Ye:\n The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty f*****d.\n \n Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.\n \u2013\n CREDITS:\u00A0\n Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0\n Producer: Will Retherford\n Associate Producer: Jess Tardy\n Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin\n \n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "My So-Called Greek Life: Lucy Taylor Exposes a Culty Collegiate Shitshow",
      "description": "As a first year student at the University of Maryland, Lucy Taylor welcomed the sisterhood and built-in community that Greek life promised. But after accepting a bid into a \u2018top-tier\u2019 sorority, she left after seven months inside a toxic stew of rampant sexual assault, slut-shaming, misgogny, and racism. Lucy shared her experience in season one of her podcast, SNAPPED, and after an outpouring of responses she\u2019s continuing to use the series to help other former sorority and fraternity members share their all-too similar and all-too-horrific stories. On the cusp of spring, when Greek Week events and semi-formals are about to pop off on college campuses far and wide, Lucy joins Sarah and Nippy for an important conversation about the dangers of a beloved campus tradition. She shares why her experience in the panhellenic scene was hellish,\u00A0 and how the bait-and-switch recruitment tactics and gross coercive control methods that are rife throughout the Greek system are a whole bunch of culty. Before you ship your kids off to college, make sure you listen to this one.  About Lucy Taylor: Lucy Taylor is the creator, editor, producer, and host of SNAPPED, a podcast which explores the inner workings of sororities and fraternities on America\u2019s college campuses. Also hear the bangin\u2019 SNAPPED soundtrack playlist  on Spotify and learn more about Lucy and the pod at: snappedthepodcast.com #snappedthepodcast  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts. \u2013 CREDITS:\u00A0 Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Surviving Wild Wild Country: Erin Robbins Speaks Out On Osho Horrors",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 We took zero breaks between seasons because we need you to hear this episode. Erin Robbins wasn\u2019t featured in Wild Wild Country, the 2018 Netflix Docuseries about Bhagawan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho. She lived it in real-time. She discovered the controversial guru\u2019s teachings at age 23 in 1977, and by the time he summoned her to his bedroom a year later for a \u2018special and secret\u2019 meeting that quickly devolved into a vile and violating encounter (the first of many) she thought he was the greatest spiritual master who\u2019d ever walked the planet. Erin disregarded her father, the co-founder, and owner of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream company, risking her family connection and inheritance in order to follow a man who would eventually lead his disciples into a world of murders, mass poisonings, and the gross sexual violation of children. After nearly 45 years of staying quiet, Erin is sharing her story after waking up just a year ago. This episode is full of potentially triggering content related to child abuse, coerced sterilization, and sexual assault. It also contains a staggering amount of bravery. Here\u2019s to the healing power of the truth.\u00A0  About Our Guest: Erin Robbins, M.Ed. is an award-winning artist who lives in Northern California. Website: erinrobbins.life\u00A0 Twitter: @erinrobbins_\u00A0 FB \u0026 Instagram: @erinrobbins.life  Support the ALBC Pod: We\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution, smash this link. Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with \u201Ct-shirts.\u201D Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts. \u2013 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "ALBC at SXSW with Sarah Berman \u0026 Amanda Montell",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 A Little Bit Culty took the show on the road, and brought you back this season 3 finale from Texas as a souvenir. In this episode, Sarah and Nippy host a live panel with Sarah Berman and Amanda Montell, in front of a real, actual human crowd of SXSW-certified cool kids. But first, the hosts celebrate the birthday of a certain golden boy, and respond to all the \u201CBad Vegan\u201D hullaballoo. Lots to cover in this one, so let\u2019s hit it.\u00A0\u00A0  About Our Guests: Amanda Montell is a writer, language scholar, and the author of two critically acclaimed books:  Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism and Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (HarperWave). Her books have earned praise from The  New York Times,  The Washington Post,  The Atlantic, and others, and Amanda is currently developing Wordslut for television with FX Studios. She is also the creator and co-host of the comedy-cult podcast, Sounds Like A Cult. Find her on Instagram @amanda_montell.  Sarah Berman is an investigative journalist based in Vancouver covering crime, drugs, cults, politics, and culture. She is a former senior editor at VICE and past contributor to Adbusters, Maclean\u2019s, The Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun and other publications. Her debut book  Don\u0027t Call it a Cult has drawn praise for its searing and insightful reportage of the rise and fall of NXIVM.  Support the ALBC Pod: This podcast thing is a labor of love, but we also like money just fine. By listener request from you magical beasts that download our show every week, we\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution and help us keep this pod rolling, just smash this link.  Other Semi-Important and/or Critical Things You Should Know: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts. \u2013 Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Sarma Speaks: A \u2018Bad Vegan\u2019 Exclusive",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 If the producers of Tiger King decide to make their next true crime show about you, you\u2019ve got a helluva story. Sarma Melngailis is the woman at the heart of \u201CBad Vegan\u201D the buzzworthy Netflix docu-series that chronicles her meteoric rise to fame, and her disturbing crash and burn from celebrity chef to fugitive. It\u2019s the stuff of clickbait gold, but beyond the headlines, there\u2019s usually more to it. And Sarma\u2019s story is, you guessed it: More than a little bit culty. We don\u2019t want to spoil anything, but there\u2019s a Keith Raniere-esque player involved in this epic fail. Sarma fell under the sway of a gambler with a criminal past who slid into her Twitter DMs with shady moves straight out of the NXIVM playbook, and then she married him. Cue the alleged gaslighting, sleep deprivation, and sexual humiliation. Pro-tip: If you\u2019ve come to believe that your pit bull is on the cusp of being made immortal: you\u2019ve probably been mindfucked. Sarma\u2019s got a lot to say now that those Netflix cameras aren\u2019t rolling, and she\u2019s only speaking to us.  Official website: sarmaraw.com Twitter: @sarma Instagram: @sarmamelngailis  Support the ALBC Pod: This podcast thing is a labor of love, but we also like money just fine. By listener request from you magical beasts that download our show every week, we\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution and help us keep this pod rolling, just smash this link.  Other Semi-Important and/or Critical Things You Should Know: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  \u2013 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Unholy Spirits: Eric Skwarczynski on Darkness in the IFB",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 There\u2019s a dark cloud hanging over the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement, and our guest today wants you to know about it. Eric Skwarczynski is the host and creator of the Preacher Boys podcast, which is a platform for survivors\u2019 stories and the basis of an upcoming documentary film about a deeply disturbing pattern of sexual predation and abuse claims within\u00A0 the IFB. Eric joins us to talk about blowing the whistle on the IFB, what sucks about purity culture (hint: everything), and what it will take to create a sea change among current congregants, leaders, and pastors. He also gives us the scoop on his new podcast: Figuring it Out which currently features life advice from Shaq (!!!)  Also be warned: This episode contains graphic descriptions of child abuse and other completely fucking horrifying stuff. It will disturb you, and probably make you pretty irate. It made us shakey mad and more than a little sick to our stomachs to research this thing. (What the actual fuck, IFB. Get your shit together.)  Here\u2019s Spirit of Fear, \u00A0the Fort Worth Star-Telegram expose that was published in 2018, which we quote early in the episode.  Support the ALBC Pod: This podcast thing is a labor of love, but we also like money just fine. By listener request from you magical beasts that download our show every week, we\u2019ve made a link where you can support A Little Bit Culty with a one-time, weekly, or monthly contribution. Your support will be repaid in cosmic love and light. To make a contribution and help us keep this pod rolling, just smash this link.  Other Semi-Important and/or Critical Things You Should Know: The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad. For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com.  Check out our Linktree to sign up for our mailing list. We\u2019ve got some fun things coming your way soon. It rhymes with T-shirts. Okay, it\u2019s t-shirts.  \u2013 CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Miranda Beverly-Whittemore on Cult Fiction",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013\n This episode is a little bit different. Author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is not a former cult member or a cult awareness expert like most of our guests, but her novel Fierce Little Thing weaves a culty tale that almost makes you think she is. It\u2019s a little like \u201CI Know What You Did Last Summer,\u201D except in this case, it\u2019s \u201CI Know What You Did When You Were a Teenager 20 Summers Ago While Living on a Survivalist Commune Run by a Charismatic Maniac in Rural Maine.\u201D She joins Sarah and Nippy to talk about communes, cult fiction, and how \u201CThe Vow\u201D inspired the cultiverse of her latest story.\n \n About Our Guest:\n Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is the New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet, June, and Set Me Free. A recipient of the Crazyhorse Prize in Fiction, she lives and writes in Brooklyn. Learn more at her official website And follow her on Instagram or linger beneath her linktree a while.\n \n ~\n The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything.\n ~\n For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty\n ~\n CREDITS:\u00A0\n Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames\n Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0\n Producer: Will Retherford\n Associate Producer: Jess Tardy\n Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin\n \n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Jon Atack wants to help you protect yourself from the human predators who roam among us, and believes that every bad relationship, every destructive group, and every dangerous government has a human predator at its heart. This conversation was recorded several months ago, but it feels a bit prescient now that Putin is raining hellfire on Kyiv. The author, academic, and former Operating Thetan Section V chats with Sarah and Nippy about why it seems like psychopaths are running the world, and why he still has hope that humanity can turn things around in spite of itself.  \uFEFFAbout Jon Atack: Our guest today is one of the only court-appointed expert witnesses on Scientology, and his book:  Let\u2019s Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky, about the early history of the church, is cited by academics all over the world. Jon was a \u2018public\u2019 Scientologist for nine years, trained as a counselor, and even did the secret \u2018OT\u2019 levels, but ditched it when he discovered appalling, aggressive behavior towards members. In addition to his work podcasting as a  Scientology mythbuster\u00A0 and using his Instagram account to help educate people on overcoming things like manipulation, destructive cults, and abusive relationships, he\u2019s written several novels, including  Voodoo Child (Slight Return), inspired by the life and downfall of Jimi Hendrix. By the look of all the fair gaming sites out there, he\u2019s also a Marvel-esque villain who deeply hurts Scientology\u2019s feelie weelies. This dastardly fellow lives in a charming village near Nottingham, England where, as Voltaire advised, he cultivates his garden. Exactly what a Marvel villain would do. ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 He\u2019s just one guy, but there\u2019s so much culty shit flying around Bentinho Massaro that our first episode went into extra innings.\u00A0 Part two of our spotlight on the International Man of Alleged Assholery continues with Jade Alectra, Keilan McNeil, and Jacqueline Graham\u00A0 taking us into the pivotal moments that helped them wake up, pack up, and peace out of his toxic basecamp. They also share why they\u2019re speaking out, even though it is all still painful AF; what\u2019s helping them heal; and where they\u2019re finding the joys of life after Bentinho. Blessed be the whistleblowers. ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Imagine a narsty blend of an Instagram influencer, spiritual huxter, Winklevoss twin, and Hugh Hefner\u2019s ghost. These are the vibes that Bentinho Massaro is serving. He\u2019s got all the scary charisma and shiny trappings of a culty overachiever, like thousands of social media followers, a grandiose plan to build a fully enlightened society by 2035, and he even claims to vibrate at a higher frequency than other humans. He\u2019s also already achieved a rite of passage that\u2019s becoming all too common among culty fuckwads: His name in  headlines concerning the suspicious death of one of his followers at a  Sedona retreat.  Our trio of guests in this double episode whistleblower extravaganza are coming forward to call bullshit on Bentinho\u2019s special brand of mindfuckery. Jade Alectra, Keilan McNeil, and Jacqueline Graham were pulled into his mad world, and got themselves out. But they aren\u2019t going radio silent. Oh hell no. Because they want you to know that this so-called millennial spiritual guru is less of a messiah and more of a walking, talking human Fyre Festival. In part one, Jade, Keilan, and Jacqueline share what made Bentinho seem so alluring and transformational at first, and what happened when shit started getting real.\u00A0  ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Keely Griffin on Twin Flames \u0026 Other Dumpster Fires",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Speaking of soul-crushing scams that exploit the basic human need for love and belonging, we\u2019ve got a doozy of a Valentine\u2019s Day episode for you. We\u2019re not labeling the organization at the heart of this episode a cult, but we are asking our guest Keely Griffin if loving and leaving Twin Flames Universe was the bad trip that reports published by  Vanity Fair,\u00A0Vice, and  Daily Mail make it sound. Once a devotee of TFU, Keely shares what made the YouTubey, Facebooky spiritual community sound promising at first, just how quickly it went to the Upside Down, and how she\u2019s coming back from the whole shitshow now that she\u2019s out of its grips.  Oh and just FYI, the list of what TFU officially disputes about its bad press practically writes our show notes for us: They dispute that they promote harassment and stalking. They dispute that they engage in exploitative and cult-like practices. They dispute that they coerce members into changing their gender. A Little Bit Culty, on the other hand, does not dispute that the whole TFU vibe makes us want to throw up in our mouths a little bit. Happy Freakin\u2019 Valentine\u2019s Day. ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames. Production Partner: Citizens of Sound.\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Additional Music Score by Will Retherford  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "title": "Dare to Doubt: Alice Grecyzn Part 2",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Part 2 of our conversation with Alice Grecycn, the author of Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare \u0026 Sexual Purity delves into the neuroscience of belief, what\u2019s so cringe toxic religion, and what happens when mystical experiences bite you in the ass. We also cover sexual hangups, Seth Rogen, and culty summer camps. Content alert: Alice also shares her point of view on why it\u2019s hard to see certain sacred texts as anything other than a manual for aspiring sadistic, narcissistic, cult leaders. But don\u2019t mistake her frankness for sh*tting on people of faith. She\u2019s just looking out for you.  About Today\u2019s Guest: Alice Greczyn is an actress, author, and founder of Dare to Doubt. Midwest-raised and LA-based, Alice\u0027s nomadic childhood moved her around the United States until her modeling career as a teenager led to an acting career in Hollywood. She\u2019s fascinated by the subjective experience of life, which she explores through acting and storytelling. Her own story includes a painful yet rewarding transition from Christianity to atheism, a journey that inspired her to found DaretoDoubt.org, a resource site for people detaching from belief systems they come to fnd harmful. Encouraging people to trust themselves and live courageously in their own truth is what gives Alice a sense of purpose. She lives in Los Angeles and loves hiking, traveling, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Learn more about her at her official website or get regular missives from her via her Substack.  instagram.com/alicegreczyn instagram.com/daretodoubt/ twitter.com/alicefood\u00A0 twitter.com/daretodoubt",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 If you\u2019ve ever felt trapped by the dictates of a high-demand group or an expression of religion that no longer felt true; or you find yourself feeling lonely and abandoned after a loss of faith, Alice Grecyzn has your back. The author of Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare \u0026 Sexual Purity joins Sarah and Nippy to speak about her painful but rewarding journey out of Evangelical Christianity, what it means to recover from religious trauma, and what\u2019s rotten at the core about purity culture.  About Today\u2019s Guest: Alice Greczyn is an actress, author, and founder of Dare to Doubt. Midwest-raised and LA-based, Alice\u0027s nomadic childhood moved her around the United States until her modeling career as a teenager led to an acting career in Hollywood. She\u2019s fascinated by the subjective experience of life, which she explores through acting and storytelling. Her own story includes a painful yet rewarding transition from Christianity to atheism, a journey that inspired her to found DaretoDoubt.org, a resource site for people detaching from belief systems they come to fnd harmful. Encouraging people to trust themselves and live courageously in their own truth is what gives Alice a sense of purpose. She lives in Los Angeles and loves hiking, traveling, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Learn more about her at her official website or get regular missives from her via her Substack.  instagram.com/alicegreczyn instagram.com/daretodoubt/ twitter.com/alicefood\u00A0 twitter.com/daretodoubt",
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      "title": "Silver Fox: Mark Vicente Part 2",
      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 It sure is good to see Mark Vicente back in the saddle again. In Part 2, he shares what happened during his last conversation with Keith Raniere, how he\u2019s defragged his brain since he helped burn ol\u2019 Dead Eyes\u2019 playhouse down, and what the bleep he\u2019s working on next. Oh, and there is bountiful ass-chapping.  More about today\u2019s guest:\u00A0 Author, speaker, and award-winning director Mark Vicente was behind the sleeper hit \u201CWhat The Bleep Do We Know?!\u201D Born in South Africa in 1965, Mark took his first photograph at age four and discovered his passion for being behind the camera. After working his way up the ranks of the camera department, his first big break came as Cinematographer on the musical \u201CSARAFINA,\u201D starring Whoopi Goldberg. In 1992, he relocated to Los Angeles to shoot his first studio picture for Disney entitled \u201CFATHERHOOD\u201D From a very young age he found himself propelled to question beliefs about the human condition. His filmmaking activism led him to make a number of films, including \u2018Encender el Corazon\u2019, about the rampant kidnapping epidemic in Mexico. It was a bittersweet victory; the film touched people deeply, but was by association supporting NXIVM.\u00A0 He made the difficult decision to pull the film from distribution and, with a small band of whistleblowers, expose their criminal enterprise.\u00A0  Mark\u2019s since developed a keen\u00A0 interest in exposing the coercive and duplicitous environments of high-control groups. His memoir: \u2018QUEST\u2019 or \u2018How the BLEEP did that happen?!\u2019 will be released shortly. It chronicles the many untold stories of what occurred in NXIVM , as well as he and his wife Bonnie\u2019s harrowing campaign to escape and expose the organization.\u00A0 He\u2019s also in production on a film about malignant narcissism, narcissistic abuse, and trauma bonding which exposes abusive strategies. He\u2019s still looking for real life stories for his film, anyone who would like to share their story can reach out to him at his official website.   instagram.com/markvicente twitter.com/markvicente facebook.com/markvicente tiktok.com/@mark_vicente  ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 A wise man once said: \u201CNobody joins a cult, they join a good thing.\u201D A Little Bit Culty kicks off Season 3 with the wise man himself, Mark Vicente. The epic whistleblower and stone-cold silver fox joins Sarah and Nippy to get the band back together in the first of two episodes. The trio catches up on life after making headlines and what it was really like to see the whole shitshow play out on HBO\u2019s \u201CThe Vow.\u201D Expect a metric fuck ton of ass chapping anecdotes, and to love Mark even more than you already did.  More about today\u2019s guest:\u00A0Author, speaker, and award-winning director Mark Vicente was behind the sleeper hit \u201CWhat The Bleep Do We Know?!\u201D Born in South Africa in 1965, Mark took his first photograph at age four and discovered his passion for being behind the camera. After working his way up the ranks of the camera department, his first big break came as Cinematographer on the musical \u201CSARAFINA,\u201D starring Whoopi Goldberg. In 1992, he relocated to Los Angeles to shoot his first studio picture for Disney entitled \u201CFATHERHOOD\u201D From a very young age he found himself propelled to question beliefs about the human condition. His filmmaking activism led him to make a number of films, including \u2018Encender el Corazon\u2019, about the rampant kidnapping epidemic in Mexico. It was a bittersweet victory; the film touched people deeply, but was by association supporting NXIVM.\u00A0He made the difficult decision to pull the film from distribution and, with a small band of whistleblowers, expose their criminal enterprise.\u00A0  Mark\u2019s since developed a keen\u00A0interest in exposing the coercive and duplicitous environments of high-control groups. His memoir: \u2018QUEST\u2019 or \u2018How the BLEEP did that happen?!\u2019 will be released shortly. It chronicles the many untold stories of what occurred in NXIVM , as well as he and his wife Bonnie\u2019s harrowing campaign to escape and expose the organization. He\u2019s also in production on a film about malignant narcissism, narcissistic abuse, and trauma bonding. He\u2019s still looking for real life stories for his film and anyone who would like to share theirs can reach out to him at his official website.  instagram.com/markvicente twitter.com/markvicente facebook.com/markvicente tiktok.com/@mark_vicente  ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 What do Pete Rose, Grandma Walton, skin boys, Dear Prudence, Brooks Brothers suits, David Lynch, Mary Tyler Moore, Merv Griffin, Mary Tyler Moore, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds and Margaret Singer have in common? They\u2019re all mentioned in this episode, and you\u2019ll have to listen to find out why. There\u2019s just not enough room in these show notes to tell you. But don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll be glad you listened, because Patrick Ryan can tell a culty oral history with the best of them. He joins Sarah and Nippy for the penultimate episode of Season 2, and it\u2019s a doozy that just might make you take a second look at your meditation practice. As Stefon on SNL would say, \u201CThis one has something for everyone: Yogic flying, off-brand incense, and fake CIA operatives.\u201D It\u2019s been a batshit year, kids, so enjoy 2021\u2019s last A Little Bit Culty episode drop.  More about today\u2019s guest: Patrick Ryan is a graduate of Maharishi International University. He has been a cult intervention specialist since 1984. He\u2019s the co-founder of TM-EX, the organization of ex-members of Transcendental Meditation, established ICSA\u2019s online resource (1995-2013), and has presented 50 programs about hypnosis, inner-experience, trance-induction techniques, communicating with cult members, conversion, cult intervention, exit counseling, intervention assessment, mediation, religious conflict resolution, thought reform consultation, eastern groups, transcendental meditation and workshops for educators, families, former members and mental health professionals at ICSA workshops/conferences. Mr. Ryan received the AFF Achievement Award (1997) from AFF, the Leo J. Ryan \u0022Distinguished Service Award\u0022 (1999) from the Leo J. Ryan Foundation, and a Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) from ICSA. Along with fellow intervention specialist Joseph Kelly, Patrick publishes several\u00A0cult news sites that are an indispensable resource for all things cult-related:  cultmediation.com Intervention101.com Cultrecovery101.com \u200BCultNews101.com Facebook:\u00A0https://www.facebook.com/cultnews101 Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/cultnews101 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cultnews101/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CultNEWS101/  ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Think you\u2019re immune to culty shit? Dr. Alexandra Stein begs to differ. She\u2019s one of the world\u2019s leading experts on ideological extremism and dangerous social relationships, and she makes a very convincing case that under the right set of circumstances almost anyone can be radically manipulated to engage in otherwise incomprehensible and often dangerous acts. In this episode, she joins us to discuss her experience as a former cult member, and the relationship between neuroscience, attachment, and indoctrination.  More about today\u2019s guest: Alexandra Stein, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, writer and educator specializing in cults, totalitarianism and extremism. She is currently a visiting research fellow at London South Bank University and has previously taught at Birkbeck University of London, Westminster University and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Stein is a trustee of The Family Survival Trust, a UK charity working to raise awareness about cults and support those affected. She is the author of two books:  Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems, and  Inside Out, a Mmemoir of Entering and Breaking out of a Minneapolis Political Cult.\u00A0Learn more about her work at her official website and follow her on Twitter @alexandraistein ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Additional Music Score by Will Retherford  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 In 2009, Laura Tucker attended a Sedona spiritual retreat and sweat lodge hosted by charismatic spiritual teacher James Arthur Ray. It all went tragically wrong, resulting in the deaths of fellow attendees Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown and James Shore. On this episode, Laura chats with Sarah and Nippy about her experience, what it means to practice safe spiritual seeking, and the dark side of self help.  More about today\u2019s guest: Laura Tucker is the host of the Free Your Inner Guru\u00AE Podcast, a photographer, writer, and a self-described \u2018recovering coach.\u2019 A creative at heart, Laura likes to explore, figure things out, create stunning visuals, and nuanced conversations.\u00A0As an insight provoking leader and speaker, Laura has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and business leaders become more self aware so they can lead more intuitively. She is a former high school teacher, trainer, sales professional, multi entrepreneur, consultant and leadership coach. She survived the 2009 fatal \u201Csweat lodge\u201D at a self help retreat in Sedona. You may recognize her from Enlighten Us, a CNN Films/Netflix documentary about the self help industry and the Wondery Podcast Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment. She has also appeared on CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin and William Shatner\u2019s The UnXplained. Laura shares personal writing and nature inspired photography at lauratucker.com. Free Your Inner Guru\u00AE podcast episodes are released bi-weekly at freeyourinnerguru.com. ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Additional Music Score by Will Retherford  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 As a high school student, Elizabeth Gilpin was taken from her bed in the middle of the night, left in the woods for three months of forced camping with 12 other girls, then remanded to a prison-like boarding school where she and other so-called \u2018troubled teens\u2019 were subjected to nightmarish conditions and psychological abuse. Her debut memoir, \u201CStolen\u201D is a harrowing account of her time at Virginia\u2019s Carlbrook school, and examines the therapeutic boarding school industry\u2019s culty trajectory from an actual cult named Synanon to an entrepreneurial charismatic type with zero credentials named Mel Wasserman. In this episode, she joins Sarah and Nippy to discuss \u201CStolen\u201D, her healing path, and how it feels to shine a light on a dark and insidious industry.  Elizabeth Gilpin is an actress, writer, and producer. She starred in and produced Life Boat, a short film directed by Lorraine Nicholson which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Live Action Short Film at AFI Fest and won the Audience Award at the Napa Valley Film Festival.\u00A0Elizabeth also starred in Endings, Inc. and Guerra.  \u2018Stolen\u2019 is her first book.\u00A0 ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Additional Music Score by Will Retherford  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013\n Dr. Janja Lalich\u2019s book about the cult recovery process was a game changer for Sarah and Nippy when they first began unpacking their NXIVM experiences. It still is. As Nippy says: \u201CShe\u0027s someone who has been through (her own) heavy duty cult indoctrination, woken up, gotten her way out. She\u0027s kept on going. She\u0027s dedicated her life to helping other people understand how cults operate and how to come back from them.\u201D In this episode, Sarah and Nippy reconnect with Dr. Lalich for a conversation about her journey from cult member to author-expert, and her insights on NXIVM\u2019s now incarcerated founder, Keth Raniere. They also explore what leads people into abusive dynamics, what can pull them back in, and tools for getting back on track.\u00A0\n About Dr. Lalich: Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a particular focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. Dr. Lalich has written and lectured extensively, and her most recent book is Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships (Bay Tree Publishing, 2006), which is a\u00A0 fully-revised and expanded edition of her first book, Captive Hearts, Captive Minds, which has been the number-one book used by former cult members and their friends and families to better understand cult experiences and their consequences. A former Fulbright scholar, Dr. Lalich is Professor Emerita of Sociology at California State University, Chico. Learn more about her work at: cultresearch.org\n \n A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the # IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org\n \n For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com.\n \n OFFERS:\n Scarred: How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life by Sarah Edmondson with Kristine Gasbarre, is available for 30% off at ChronicleBooks.com Use promo code: CULT30\n \n CREDITS:\n Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames\n Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0\n Producer: Will Retherford\n Associate Producer: Jess Tardy\n Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin\n Additional Music Scores by Will Retherford\n Follow A Little Bit Culty:\n Website\n Instagram\n \n Follow Sarah Edmondson:\n Instagram\n Buy Her Book\n Linktr.ee\n \n Follow Anthony \u0022Nippy\u0022 Ames:\n Instagram\n \n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Sometimes you just have to call it. Mike Rinder was born and raised in Scientology and rose to the very top of the church\u2019s worldwide hierarchy to become its international spokesperson and head of Special Affairs for over 20 years. But when he escaped the organization in 2007, he cut his losses; leaving with only a briefcase and the clothes on his back. In this episode, Mike joins Sarah and Nippy to talk about the trail he blazed out of Scientology, the ongoing work of whistleblowing, and what it\u2019s like to be a dissident when you\u2019re going up against a monolith. They also do a deep dive on Scientology dogma, the next-level mindfuckery in the L. Ron Hubbard and Keith Raniere playbooks, and the joys of post-cult living.\u00A0 About Mike Rinder: Mike\u2019s unique voice and perspective has inspired people around the world. As a well-known whistleblower exposing abuses in Scientology, he\u2019s teamed up with Leah Remini for the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning A\u0026E series Scientology and the Aftermath, and the Scientology: Fair Game podcast. Mike is also an ambassador and on the board of Child USA, a non-profit working to bring justice for victims of child sexual abuse and is a founding board member of the Aftermath Foundation dedicated to helping people escape from scientology. Learn more about Mike at: mikerindersblog.org  A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the # IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org  For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com.  OFFERS: Scarred: How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life by Sarah Edmondson with Kristine Gasbarre, is available for 30% off at ChronicleBooks.com Use promo code: CULT30  CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song: \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Additional Music Scores by Will Retherford Follow A Little Bit Culty: Website Instagram  Follow Sarah Edmondson: Instagram Buy Her Book Linktr.ee  Follow Anthony \u0022Nippy\u0022 Ames: Instagram  Follow Mike: Website Instagram  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 What\u2019s the difference between a cult and something that\u2019s just a little bit culty? What should Sarah and Nippy tell their kids when they\u2019re old enough to ask about NXIVM? How do you protect yourself from mind control? On this episode of A Little Bit Culty, our co-hosts chat with cult expert and author Dr. Steven Hassan about what makes people universally vulnerable to undue influence and cultic abuse; how to spot red flags; and some of the striking similarities between Keith Raniere and Donald Trump. They also explore Dr. Hassan\u2019s cult origin story as a former member of the Moon cult, as well as his groundbreaking BITE Model that demystifies the methods that cults deploy to recruit and maintain control over people. Sarah also shares a (ahem) juicy story about a WTF moment of truth about a certain dietary mystery among the women of NXIVM that always perplexed her.  About Dr. Steven Hassan: As one of the world\u2019s leading authorities on cults, Dr. Steven Hassan has been helping people wake up, leave, and heal from cultic abuse for over forty years as a mental health professional, consultant, and educator. He is the founding director of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, an organization that specializes in providing acute intensive care for people exiting destructive environments. Dr. Hassan is also the author of four books, including Combating Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind, and most recently: The Cult of Trump. About the BITE Model, as quoted from the Freedom of Mind Resource center site at Freedomofmind.com: \u201CBased on research and theory by Robert Jay Lifton, Margaret Singer, Edgar Schein, Louis Jolyon West, and others who studied brainwashing in  Maoist China as well as cognitive dissonance theory by Leon Festinger, Steven Hassan developed the BITE Model to describe the specific methods that cults use to recruit and maintain control over people.\u00A0\u201CBITE\u201D stands for Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control.  A Little Bit Culty is a proud community partner of the #iGotOut Project. Learn more and find helpful resources for healing, education and prevention at igotout.org.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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      "description": "A Little Bit Culty \u2013 Don\u2019t call her a #bossbitch. She\u2019s the boss, bitch. Roberta Blevins was a Trainer with LuLaRoe, had a team of 75 women under her, and made over $65,000 in bonuses alone. But when she came to the conclusion that it was a rigged, losing game she didn\u2019t just leave the business: she testified in the Washington State vs. LuLaRoe Pyramid Scheme lawsuit as a witness for the state. The fan favorite from the buzzed-about LuLaRich docuseries sits down for an A Little Bit Culty chat with Sarah and Nippy about what it\u2019s like when MLM gold turns to mold, the similarities between LuLaRoe and NXIVM, and the truth about those buttery soft leggings.  Since leaving MLM, Roberta has educated herself on the systemic structure of the business model, the psychological manipulation, the seedy underbelly and governmental ties, the cult indoctrination, and the history of Multi Level Marketing. She educates daily on TikTok, and podcasts in her \u0022free time\u0022 on her own podcast, Life After MLM, which explores the dangers of Multi Level Marketing through the eyes of the victims and survivors. Her work has been featured on Amazon Prime Video, Vice Media, Bloomberg News, Split, and Business Insider among others. Learn more on her website or find her on Instagram @therealrobertablevins ~ The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. ~ A Little Bit Culty is proud to support the #IGOTOUT project, which empowers survivors of cultic abuse to share their stories online as a catalyst for education, prevention, and healing. Learn more at igotout.org ~ For more information on A Little Bit Culty and co-hosts Sarah Edmondson and Nippy \u201CAnthony\u201D Ames, visit our official website at alittlebitculty.com. Follow us on Instagram \u0026 Twitter @alittlebitculty ~ CREDITS:\u00A0 Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson \u0026 Anthony Ames Production Partner: Citizens of Sound\u00A0 Producer: Will Retherford Associate Producer: Jess Tardy Theme Song:  \u201CCultivated\u201D by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin Additional Music Score by Will Retherford  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices",
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