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Confronting The Line — 60 episodes

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SPECIAL: Lost in the Work: How Harmful Programming Rewires the Mind

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E63 Cara Cordone | She Tried to Reform the Group That Harmed Her — Here's What She Found

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E62 The Slow Burn: The Guru Promises Love. What You Get Instead

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E61 Can You Be Manipulated? The Honest Answer Might Surprise You

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SPECIAL: From Landmark Poster Child to Problem: What Happens When You Question the System

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E60 Is Your Coach Ethical? What You Need to Know Before You Hire One

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E59 Prestige, Power & Predators: What the Epstein Case Reveals About Elite Influence

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Special: Children of the Forum - Abandoned for Transformation: How I Lost My Mom to Landmark

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E58 Identity Before Consent: Lindsey Hartzel on Growing Up in Landmark

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E57 | When Institutions Respond—but Don’t Reckon | A Follow-Up with Ben Eisenberg

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E56 When Dissent Triggers Disinformation

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E55 Growing Up in Landmark Worldwide: When Transformation Crosses a Developmental Line

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E54 When Self-Help Turns Harmful: The ‘Choice’ Narrative and Trauma

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E53 Gay and Christian: Confronting Shame, Conformity, and the Line Between Faith and Fear

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E52 An Emotional Blueprint: Exploring the R.E.M. Model and Self-Help Abuse with Brian Arbor (Part 2)

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E51 Thoughts on Landmark, Trauma & Moral Injury: A Follow up Conversation with Brian Arbor (Part 1)

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E50 Beyond the Guru: Building a Safer Self-Help Community w/ the folks at SEEKSafely.org

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E49 Chris Shelton: The REM Model: Rationalization, Emotion & Morals in Cult Influence (and Recovery)

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E48 Chris Shelton Pt.1 — From Scientology Survivor to the REM Model: Victimhood, Responsibility & Waking Up

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E47 The Fine Line: Leadership, Power, and Transformation with Ed Gurowitz

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E45 The Psychology of Control: Werner Erhard, L. Ron Hubbard & High-Control Leadership w/ Jon Atack

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Is it or isn't it?

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The Tale of Two Faces

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💔 Behind the “transformation” curtain 💔

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E44 Confronting the Line between LOVE and LOVE BOMBING w/ Rachel Bernstein

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Labor Day Special: Former Landmark Staff Speak Out on Exploitation & Abuse in the Name of ‘Transformation’

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E43 A Conversation with Rachel Bernstein: When Does Inquiry Become Indoctrination?

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E42 Behind the Curtain: ISTA, Accountability, and Speaking Out w/ Dave Booda

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E41 Landmark, Scientology, and Society's Tolerance for Exploitation w/ Jon Atack

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E40 Transformation: From Potential to Practice with Ed Gurowitz

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E39 The Dangers of Formulaic Therapy or Self-Help: A Conversation with Rachel Bernstein

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E38 Misuse and abuse of good ideas in high control groups w/ coercive control expert Chris Shelton

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E37 From Landmark Insider to Outsider: Brandon Hurst on his Journey of Healing

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E36 Can You Transform Trauma? A Hard Truth About Healing PTSD w/ Brian Arbor PT2

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E35 Transformational Tools & Trauma: Brian Arbor on War, PTSD, and Landmark

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E34 What They Don’t Tell You About Transformation w/ Dr John Hunter & Ed Gurowitz

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E33 Help or Harm? The Fine Line in Coaching & Transformation w/ Ann Betz

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E32 Wait - Am I Running a Cult?! Pyramid Schemes & Exploitation in Coaching w/ Publisher Angela Kingdon

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E31 Confronting the MLM and Personal Development Line w/ Brandie Hadfield

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E30 Creating a Safer Self-Help Industry w/ SEEK Safely Founder Ginny Brown

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E29 The Highs & Lows of Transformation w/ Anne & Tony

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Breaking Free: The Journey from Landmark Worldwide w/ Brian Nord & Erik Rojas

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Ed Gurowitz on The est 6 Day Course – What Can We Learn from the Past?

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Coming Out of the Self Help Closet with Dale Dickins

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E16 Dr Glenn Patrick Doyle on Understanding Complex PTSD and The Importance of Recovery Over Cure

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E15 Confronting the Line Between Self-Help & Cults w/ Dr Glenn Patrick Doyle of SEEK Safely

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E14 Exploring the Notion of Weaponized Empathy with Chris Shelton

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E13 Recognizing Signs of Indoctrination w/ Guest Gerette Buglion

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E12 Squirrels and other connections between Scientology and Landmark with guest Chris Shelton

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E11 Directed Sharing: Manipulating Natural Human Tendencies - Ed Gurowitz returns!

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E10 PART2 - Exene Paloma: An Anarchist view on collective and inclusive approach to personal development.

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E9 The Role of Power and Privilege in Landmark and the Personal Development Space

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E8 PT2 Dr John Hunter on Informed Consent and Empirical Research in LGATs

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E7 Can I ever trust a group again? - Understanding Research and LGATs w/ Dr. John Hunter

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E6 Our Reflections & Responses About Telling the Truth, Exposing Abuse and Confronting the Line

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E5. PART TWO - Continuation of our Conversation with Former Forum Leader Alan Cahn

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E4 PART ONE - Former Forum Leader on abuse at Landmark, his 32 year journey, and his advice for the future

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E1 Meet Hosts Anne L. Peterson & Mark Tafoya

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E3 Transformational History PART 2 - Ed Gurowitz and the making of the Landmark Forum

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E2 Transformational History - Meet Ed Gurowitz an ORIGINAL est trainer, Werner Erhard Director+