All Episodes

Episode 104 - From Cult Survivor to Law Reform - Ryan Carey on the Victorian Inquiry into Cults

Episode 103 - The Cult Assasin? Lawyer Carol Merchasin

Episode 102 - Gems from ICSA - New Research & Thinking about Cults with Heidi Hewett & Maria Esguerra

Episode 101 - Judge Slams labour Inspectorate over Gloriavale with Serena Pilgrim and Steve Patterson

Episode 100 - Happy Birthday to Cult Chat!

Episode 99: Redemption or Rebranding? John Ready on the new Gloriavale doco, Devotion (Part 2)

Episode 98 - Redemption or Rebranding? John Ready on the new Gloriavale doco, Devotion (Part 1)

Episode 97: Exposing a Cult Leader with Dr Christine Marie (Part 2) from Netflix’s Trust Me: The False Prophet

Episode 96 - Exposing a Cult Leader with Dr Christine Marie (Part 1) from Netflix’s Trust Me: The False Prophet

Episode 95 - Cult Therapist: Rachel Bernstein on Hope & Healing

Episode 94 - C-PTSD and Training Professionals in Cultic Harm with Dr Natalie Fabert, PhD

Episode 93 - Slavery, trafficking and what Parents Need to Know with Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure

Episode 92 - University Recruitment & the ICoC with Anton (Part 2)

Episode 91 - University Recruitment & the ICOC with Anton (Part 1)

Cult Chat - Quick message to our listeners

Episode 90 - Inside a New Zealand Wellness Cult with Phil Vine

Episode 89 - Terror, Love & Brainwashing (Part 2)

Episode 88 - Terror, Love & Brainwashing with Dr Alexandra Stein (Part 1

Episode 87 - Catching up on the 2x2's / The Truth with Dr Kyle Eggleton & Tristan Phipps

Episode 86 - Is this a SLAPP in the face by the PBCC (Plymouth Brethren Church/Exclusive Brethren)? Featuring Cheryl & Braden

Episode 85: Financial Trauma in Cults with Heidi Clemons

Episode 84: Persuasion Techniques Unmasked - Influence & the Thermomix

Episode 83: Sandy Toes & Beachside Reflections

Episode 82: How Cults use Awe, Humour & Fervour with Dr Yuval Laor

Episode 81: Healthy Spirituality: Being both Sacred & Sane

Episode 80: From Jehovah’s Witness to Doomsday Comedian with Jonas Skogstroll

Episode 79: Cults, Coercion & the Control of Women

Episode 78: Coercive Control, Family Violence & Cults

Episode 77: Life for Women in the 2x2's with Veronica and Lindsay (Part 2)

Episode 76: Life for Women in the 2x2's with Veronica and Lindsay (Part 1)

Episode 75: What's so Good about Cults?

Episode 74: Cult Apologists and Defenders (Part 2)

Episode 73: Cult Apologists and Defenders with Dr Steven Hassan (Part 1)

Episode 72: Recruitment, Extremism and Neurodivergence with Dr Cyrus Abbasian

Episode 71: Child Safeguarding with Willow Duffy

Episode 70: From Pulpit to Prosecution - Gloriavale's Leader in the News

Episode 69: Beyond Repair? Gloriavale's Broken Education System

Episode 68: ICSA Cult Conference Highlights (Part 2)

Episode 67: ICSA Cult Conference Highlights with Maria Esguerra (Part 1)

Episode 66: Walking Two Worlds - Maintaining Relationships with current members after leaving

Episode 65: Help! My Kid has been Sucked into a Cult with Renee Spencer

Episode 64: The Rewards of Leaving (Mini Series Part 3)

Episode 63: The Grief of Leaving a Cult with Liz Sallows (Mini-Series Part 2)

Episode 62: Leaving a cult (Gloriavale) with Theophila Pratt (Mini-Series Part 1)

Episode 61: What's Happening in the Cultiverse May 2025

Episode 60 - Learning to Think, Trust and Heal after Leaving a Cult with Maria Esguerra

Episode 59: Growing up in the Children of God with Maria Esguerra

Episode 58: 2x2's and Survivor Advocacy with Tristan Phipps & Kyle Eggleton

Episode 57: Waking Up with Dr Andre Jackson

Episode 56: Are the Jehovah Witnesses a Cult? With Dr Andre Jackson (Part 2)

Episode 55: Are the Jehovah Witnesses a Cult? With Dr Andre Jackson (Part 1)

Episode 54: Gloriavale 2024 Reflections and the Road Ahead

Episode 53: Shunning Kills (Mini-Series Part 4)

Episode 52: Multigenerational Impacts of Shunning with Craig Hoyle (Mini-Series Part 3)

Episode 51: Surviving Shunning with Dr Windy Grendele & Dr. Savin Bapir-Tardy (Mini-Series Part 2)

Episode 50: What is Mandated Shunning? Dr Windy Grendele & Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy (Mini-Series Part 1)

Episode 49: Healthcare and Cults Part 2 with Gina Catena

Episode 48: Healthcare and Cults Part 1 with Gina Catena

Episode 47: Unmasking Cults - We go to Parliament

Episode 46: Deculting with Dr Janja Lalich

Episode 45 - Mary Garden - Gurus Galore (Part 2)

Episode 44 - Mary Garden and Gurus Galore (Part 1)

Episode 43 - Royal Commission into Abuse and the Intersection with Cults

Episode 42: Dr Janja Lalich - Making Sense of Cults

Episode 41: Healthy Groups vs Harmful Groups. How can you tell?

Episode 40: Dr Gillie Jenkinson - Recovery, Training and a visit to New Zealand

Episode 39: Cult Chat goes to Barcelona - Top Takeaways (Part Two)

Episode 38: Cult Chat goes to Barcelona - Top Takeaways (Part 1)

Episode 37: Cult Recovery and Therapy - What do therapists need to know?

Episode 36: Sarah Mettrick (Part 2) Sri Chinmoy Teenage Recruitment and Lost Milestones

Episode 35: Cult Chat Episode 35 - Sarah Mettrick (Part 1) Running for Sri Chinmoy

Episode 34: Healing Trauma - A Day with Bessel van der Kolk

Episode 33: Sam Jahara (Part 3) Truth, Acknowledgment and Repair

Episode 32: Sam Jahara (Part 2) Recovery for Rajneesh & Centrepoint Children

Episode 31: Sam Jahara (Part 1) The Children of Rajneesh and Centrepoint

Episode 30: Escaping Utopia (Part Three) The Storytellers of Gloriavale and Centrepoint

Episode 29: Escaping Utopia (Part Two) Gloriavale DocuSeries - A Chat with Cast and Crew

Episode 28: Escaping Utopia (Part One) Gloriavale DocuSeries Dissection

Episode 27: A Chat with Tore Klevjer (Part 2) - Recovery from the Trauma of Cult Harm

Episode 26: A chat with Tore Klevjer (Part 1) - Ex-cultist turned therapist

Episode 25: Coercive Control - Is it Legal?

Episode 24: Coercive Control - What is it?

Episode 23 - A chat with Sarah Steele; Cult podcaster, author and activist

Episode 22: Summer Series - Films & Shows from the Cultiverse

Episode 21: Summer Series - Podcasts from the Cultiverse

Episode 20: Summer Series - Books from the Cultiverse

Episode 19: Safeguarding Children. Is it possible in a Cult? Part 4 Kids in Cults Mini-Series

Episode 18: You come out of it broken - Part 3 Kids in Cults Mini-Series

Episode 17: Growing up in Gloriavale with Hopeful & Victory Disciple Part 2 - Kids in Cults Mini-Series

Episode 16: Growing up in Gloriavale with Hopeful & Victory Disciple Part 1 - Kids in Cults Mini-Series

Episode 15: Organisations Under Threat

Episode 14: Jehovah's Witnesses in the High Court - Part 2

Episode 13: Jehovah's Witnesses in the High Court - Part 1

Episode 12: Two Worlds Collide - Plymouth Brethren Christian Church

Episode 11: BONUS (Part B) Setting the Record Straight on Gloriavale

Episode 10: BONUS (Part A) Setting the Record Straight on Gloriavale

Episode 9: Telling lies to save souls for Shincheonji with Laura

Episode 8: The accidental cult reporter: Becoming part of the story with ‘Cult Trip’ author Anke Richter

Episode 7: Culty word salad

Episode 6: What makes a cult a cult?