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