Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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223 Folgen
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Jonas Bell Pasht - How To Become A Tyrant
Vom: 12.8.2021 -
Torah Bontrager - Growing Up Amish, Part 2: Escaping & Activism
Vom: 4.8.2021 -
Torah Bontrager – Growing Up Amish, Part 1: Corporal Punishment & Rumspringa
Vom: 21.7.2021 -
Glynn Washington - The Worldwide Church of God
Vom: 14.7.2021 -
Hoyt Richards - From Supermodel to Cult Member
Vom: 7.7.2021 -
April Snow - Scientology & the Sea Org, Part 2: Leaving & The Aftermath
Vom: 30.6.2021 -
April Snow - Scientology & the Sea Org, Part 1: The LA Celebrity Centre
Vom: 23.6.2021 -
Brian Holoyda - Folie à Deux & Shared Delusions
Vom: 16.6.2021 -
Danny Gold & Sean Williams - Mafias & Organized Crime
Vom: 9.6.2021 -
Liz Maupin - The Two by Twos
Vom: 2.6.2021 -
Taylor Brown - Tech CEOs
Vom: 26.5.2021 -
Dianne Lake - The Manson Family, Part 2: The Tate-LaBianca Murders
Vom: 19.5.2021 -
Dianne Lake – The Manson Family, Part 1: Meeting Charlie
Vom: 12.5.2021 -
Janja Lalich - Democratic Workers Party and Bounded Choice in Cults
Vom: 5.5.2021 -
Avital Ash - Orthodox Judaism
Vom: 28.4.2021 -
Anna LeBaron - Ervil LeBaron, the "Mormon Manson"
Vom: 21.4.2021 -
Kilian Aulenbacher - Church Universal and Triumphant
Vom: 14.4.2021 -
Gerardo Lopez - MS-13 & the Police, Part 2: The Rampart Scandal
Vom: 7.4.2021 -
Gerardo Lopez - MS-13, Part 1: LA in the 80s and 90s
Vom: 24.3.2021 -
Frank Lyford - Heaven's Gate, Part 2: Breaking Away
Vom: 17.3.2021
Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between. Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most human instincts there is.
