The 7 Best Was I In A Cult? Podcast Episodes
1) Jehovah’s Witnesses: “Shut Up and Be Blessed“
With rockstar aspirations, Daniel O’Brien wasn’t looking for anything but a good time. But when heartbreak rocked his world, he tripped into something that lifted his spirits and rallied his hopes - t...Show More
2) Hollyweird: “Thief of Dreams"
Los Angeles, CA is full of dreamers. After all, dreams are what people move to the City of Lost Angels to chase. But did anyone know that an acting teacher can turn into a cult leader? Is that even po...Show More
3) Women Only Secret Society (NXIVM) PT 1: "The Magic Sauce"
When the LA party scene didn’t fit Jessica’s lifestyle anymore, she replaced martinis and after-hour clubs with green juices and tonic bars. But the reemergence of a childhood trauma forced her to exa...Show More
4) Women Only Secret Society (NXIVM) PT 2: "Collateral Damaged"
“It’s exclusive,” she was told. A women only secret society. She was a chosen one, after all. A badass ninja warrior woman, she was ready to set the world on fire. Finally surrounded by people t...Show More
5) Mormon…More Women PT 1: "My Husband’s Wife"
Faced with the fear of an impending apocalypse, Joanne and her husband move to a small Utah town to live “Mormonism on steroids”, which means wearing long underwear, communicating with the dead, proph...Show More
6) Deer Tribe — PART 2: “This is Not Sexual Healing."
Now fully committed, Kit works her way through the Deer Tribe Medicine Society and Quodoushka programs, each level more intense than the last. After moving to Phoenix due to pressure from the group, s...Show More
7) Deer Tribe — PART 1: “This Is Sexual Healing?"
While attending college in Texas, a friend suggested that Kit attend a sweat lodge. Innocently, she did. Little did she know this sweat lodge was part of a bigger community known as ‘The Ashram'. Soon...Show More
8) SpaceX — PT2: “Mission Aborted”
Last week, we met Paige: a bright-eyed engineer who joined SpaceX believing she was helping to save humanity. In Part 1, we followed her through the seduction — the mission, the 80-hour weeks, the Elo...Show More
9) SpaceX—PT1: “It’s About to Get Musky in Here”
An ex–SpaceX engineer asks our favorite question: when does mission become mindset—and then eventually something more? Paige was convinced she was helping save humanity by working at SpaceX. In Pa...Show More
10) Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi: “The Cult FKA Dahn Yoga”
What if the yoga class you signed up for wasn’t yoga at all, but the doorway to something much darker? In this episode, Angel takes us inside Body & Brain Yoga and Tai Chi — a strip-mall wellness ...Show More