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Speaking of Cults — 317 episodes
Speaking of Cults...Leaving Mormonism
Speaking of Cults...Scientology Basics Debunked with Jon Atack
Speaking of Cults...Christian Nationalism and the Hobby Lobby Facade with Michael Blanding
Speaking of Cults...Dealing with Religious Trauma ft. Anna Clark Miller, LMC
Speaking of Cults...The Violent and Horrible Origin Story of Mormonism
Speaking of Cults...The Children of Landmark/Forum with Lindsey Hartzel
Speaking of Cults...The Psychology of Narcissism with Dr. Tina Paone
Speaking of Cults...Scientology Games and Abuse ft. Jon Atack
Speaking of Cults...The Struggle of Scientology with Mat Pesch
Speaking of Cults...Scientology, WISE and Delphi with Natalia Hirsch
Speaking of Cults...The Scientology Experience with Natalia Hirsch (Part 3)
Speaking of Cults...Carlos Castaneda the Guru Cult Leader
Speaking of Cults...Taking Cults to Court with Carol Merchasin
Speaking of Cults...Scientology and the Arts with Geoff Levin
Speaking of Cults...The Scientology Experience with Natalia Hirsch (Part 2)
Speaking of Cults...Scientology Beliefs Debunked (part 2)
Speaking of Cults...The Scientology Experience with Natalia Hirsch (Part 1)
Speaking of Cults...Scientology's Musical Phase with Geoff Levin
Speaking of Cults...A Different Look at Narcissism & Cults
Speaking of Cults...I Belong to Me - A Discussion with Tia Levings
Speaking of Cults...7th Day Adventists and Holy Disobedience with Melissa Duge Spiers
Speaking of Cults...Brothers Broken and Scientology with Geoff Levin
Speaking of Cults...Debunking Scientology with Jon Atack
Speaking of Cults...Helping People Escape Scientology with Phil Jones
Speaking of Cults...Body Language and Manipulation
Speaking of Cults...What are MAGA Christians Thinking?
Speaking of Cults...Transforming Landmark with Ben Eisenberg
Speaking of Cults...You Can't Save Everyone - What 100 Podcasts Taught Me about People
Speaking of Cults...The Unpaid Army of God
Speaking of Cults...The Myth of Good Christian Parenting
Speaking of Cults...The Rise and Fall of the Exclusive Brethren
Speaking of Cults...How Body Language Experts Fool You with Zach Elwood
Speaking of Cults...The Mormon/Scientology Connection with Mitch Brisker
Speaking of Cults...Restarting After a Cult with Rachel Bernstein
Speaking of Cults...What's the Deal with MAGA Christians? with Jennie Gage
Speaking of Cults...The Honor Trap in Scientology
Speaking of Cults...Scientology Inside and Out with Patty Moher
Speaking of Cults - Mormonism's Violent Legacy
Speaking of Cults...Journalism and Reporting on Scientology with Tony Ortega
Speaking of Cults...Scientology, Nazis and the REM Model with Jon Atack
Speaking of Cults...Chase Hughes and the NLP Grift with Zach Elwood
Speaking of Cults...The Religion/MAGA Connection with Jennie Gage
Speaking of Cults...Growing Up a Witness with Bethany Leger
Speaking of Cults...Let's Talk Cult Recovery with Michael Shemwell
The Problems of Growing Up in Scientology with Pamela Williams
Speaking of Cults...The Occult Roots of Nazism and Scientology
Speaking of Cults...The Secret History of the Mormon Church
Speaking of Cults...The Cult Foundations of the United States ft. Jane Borden
Speaking of Cults...Why Smart People do Dumb Things (REM Model again)
Speaking of Cults...Why Diddy Got Away With It
Speaking of Cults...Your 30-Minute Guide to Understanding Cultic Belief (The REM Model)
Speaking of Cults...Abuse in the Community of Jesus ft. Ewan Whyte
Speaking of Cults...Escaping Fundamentalist Mormonism ft. Pamela Jones
Speaking of Cults...Cult Recovery is a Rocky Road
Speaking of Cults...Breaking the Spell of Religion with Dr. Moe
Speaking of Cults...Project Esther - The Modern U.S. Crusade
Speaking of Cults...How to Get Someone Out of a Cult (for real)
Speaking of Cults...Don't Let the Pseudoscience Bug Catch You!
Speaking of Cults...Why Cult "Deprogramming" is Bad with Ashlen Hilliard
Speaking of Cults...Radical Honesty is a Pack of Lies
Speaking of Cults...How the Mormon Church Enables Abuse and Homophobia
Speaking of Cults...The Troubled Teen Industry with Meg Appelgate
Speaking of Cults...Is "America First" a Political Cult?
Speaking of Cults...Dianetics and Cult Control
Speaking of Cults...What is the Deal with Mormon Underwear?
Speaking of Cults...Philosophy in Cult Recovery
Speaking of Cults...Good Sex and Bad Groups
Speaking of Cults...Writing Your Cult Trauma Away with Gerette Buglion
Speaking of Cults...The Myth of Personal Transformation
Speaking of Cults...Is the United States a Cult Now?
Speaking of Cults...What the Mormons Can Teach Us about Organizing a Cult
Speaking of Cults...Let's Talk about Grant Cardone
Speaking of Cults...Is Wokeism a Cult?
Speaking of Cults...Is America Becoming a Cult of Obedience?
Speaking of Cults...Mormonism and Compliance Culture
Speaking of Cults...Has a Cult Taken Over US Politics?
Speaking of Cults...What is Mormonism?
Speaking of Cults...Healthy Sex after Leaving a Cult ft. Jeremiah Gibson & Julia Postema
Speaking of Cults...The Post-Truth World is Making Us All Culty
Speaking of Cults...Parasocial Relationships and Social Media
Speaking of Cults...What Mice Teach Us about Our Purpose
Speaking of Cults...Does our Economy Create Cults?
Speaking of Cults...Recovering from Religious Trauma with Helen Greene
Speaking of Cults...Scientology, Auditing and the Sea Org with Julie McKernan
Speaking of Cults...Can Fiction Work Help Expose Cults? with Sadie Hoagland
Speaking of Cults...Scientology's Repeating Pattern of Abuse ft. Julie McKernan
Speaking of Cults...A Reformed Sociopath's Origin Story with Shawn McCraney
Speaking of Cults...Not So Shiny or Happy People with Dr. Clint Heacock
Speaking of Cults...Growing Up a Child of Scientology with Pamela Nickel Williams
Speaking of Cults...What Does it Take to DeCult? (with Anke Richter)
Speaking of Cults...Where Neuroscience and Cults Meet ft. Ann Betz, PCC
Speaking of Cults...Is Traditional Catholicism a Cult? ft. Anthony Spurgin
Speaking of Cults...What You Don't Know About Critical Thinking ft. Melanie Trecek-King
Speaking of Cults...Overcoming Child Abuse in Religious Groups ft. Dr. Maurice Turmel
Speaking of Cults...Religious Extremism in America ft. Rev. Ben Cremer
Speaking of Cults...The Threat of Pseudoscience in Health
Speaking of Cults...Project 2025 and Christian Nationalism
Speaking of Cults...Christian Fundamentalism is a Cult ft. Tia Levings
Speaking of Cults...Staying SAFE After a Cult
Speaking of Cults...Diving Deeper into the 2x2s
Speaking of Cults...Foundations of Cult Recovery ft. Christian Szurko
Speaking of Cults...The Blame Game and "Being Cause"
Speaking of Cults...Are LGATs Really Just Cults?
Speaking of Cults...Bringing an End to Coercive Control with Rod and Linda Dubrow-Marshall
Speaking of Cults...Jonestown: Paradise Undone
Speaking of Cults...The Big Problems in Landmark Forum
Speaking of Cults...How to Stop Cults from Getting You
Speaking of Cults...Let's Demystify the Scientology E-Meter
Speaking of Cults...Scientology is the Cult of Greed
Speaking of Cults..."You'd Have to be a Moron to Join a Cult!" Debunked
Speaking of Cults...Off-the-Grid Cults with Kate Gale
Speaking of Cults...What is Coercive Control and How to Stop It?
Speaking of Cults...The Politics of Fear with Arthur Goldwag
Speaking of Cults...The Science Fiction of Scientology
Speaking of Cults...The Tolls of Taking on Your Abusers
Speaking of Cults...Recovery and Support Groups
Speaking of Cults...Cyberstalking and Cults
Speaking of Cults...Growing Up a Shiny Happy Person
Speaking of Cults...Scientology in Australia 2024
Speaking of Cults...Little Treatments, Big Effects
Speaking of Cults...What was L. Ron Hubbard's Problem?
Speaking of Cults...Trauma Awareness and Recovery with Emily Ragland
Speaking of Cults...Post-Cult Trauma and Conflicts
Speaking of Cults...Scientology’s Rocky Future
Speaking of Cults...Let’s Go Over Cult Basics
This Podcast is Ending (kind of)
Scientology, Coverups and Real Crimes ft. Mirriam Francis
Overcoming Childhood Religious Trauma ft. Dr. Darrel Ray
BONUS - Scientology Protest in the UK
Psychedelics, Jolly West and Scientology ft. Jon Atack
The Scientology Experience in Canada ft. Jeff Beaumont
The Cult with No Name ft. River Wood
The Process Church, Manson & Scientology Lore w/Jon Atack
#407:Cults and Religious Trauma w/Dr. Laura Anderson
#406: Catholicism’s Culty Problems with Anthony Spurgin
#405: Our Biggest Barriers to Critical Thinking w/Melanie Trecek-King
#404: NXIVM, Scientology and Beyond w/Mark Vicente
#403: Scientology Finances in the UK with Apostate Alex
#402: Fighting Scientology in Europe ft. Jakub Jahl
#401: Manson, Scientology and Mind Control ft. Jon Atack
#400: How to Become a Cult Leader - The Critical Review (live)
#399: How to Change Extreme Beliefs and Cultic Behavior ft. Anthony Magnabasco
#398: From Clear to Eternity - Scientology’s OT FIlms ft. Mitch Brisker
#397: When Therapists are Predators ft. Emma Stevens
#396: The Art of Propaganda ft. Mitch Brisker
#395: Gaslighting In and Out of Cults ft. Dr. Robin Stern
#374: Controversies, Cults and Science ft. Jon Atack
#393: Sex, Lies and Scientology Films ft. Mitch Brisker
#392: A New Look at Coercive Control ft. Kate Amber, MSc
#391: Cult Influence and Recovery ft. Dr. Janja Lalich
#390: Why Do People Act the Way They Do? ft. Jon Atack
#389: The Scientology Experience in Australia ft. Jason Horvatic
#388: Religious and Atheist Conflicts ft. Barry Purcell
#387: David Koresh and the Waco Tragedy ft. David Bunds
#386: What No One is Talking About with AI ft. Jon Atack
#385: Should Religions Have Tax Exemption with Liz LaPoint
#348: Doug Wilson, Christian Cult Leader ft. Dr. Clint Heacock
#383: Katherine Spallino - The Bad Cadet
#382: Liana Shanti and Online Cults ft. Kacey Cult Vault
#381: Post-Cult Life, Hypnotism and Scientology ft. Jon Atack
#380: Social Media, Scientology and Cultic Thinking ft. Alexander Barnes-Ross
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #379: Why Knowledge is Not Enough
#378: Scientology and Bad Press with Dodge Landesman
#377: The NXIVM Experience with Susan Dones
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #376: Emotional Intelligence and Cults
#375: What Brainwashing Really is About ft. Jon Atack
#374: Stolen Youth - A Cult Story
#373: Lisa Marie Presley and Scientology ft. Tony Ortega
#372: 10 Things I’ve Learned Since Leaving a Cult
#371: Emotional Health and Giving a Fuck
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #370: Hubbard, Scientology and Mysticism
#369: How to Stay Out of a Cult
#368: Cult Recovery After 10 Years
#367: China’s CCP and Nation-State Cults with John P. Capitalist
#366: Going Deep on Cult Recovery w/Christian Szurko
#365: The Danny Masterson Jury Foreman Speaks
#364: Fear and Loathing in Scientology London ft. Alexander Barnes-Ross
#363: The Occult Foundation of Scientology with Jon Atack
#362: Christian Nationalism and the Supreme Court
#361: Second Generation Scientology ft. Ian Rafalko
#360: Sex, Lies and a Manhattan Cult ft. Spencer Schneider
#359: Some Comments on the Masterson Trial ft. Ciprian Ivanof
#358: Helping a Scientologist Escape ft. John Christansen
#357: A Billion Years with Mike Rinder
#356: Scientology and the Masterson Trial with Ciprian Ivanof
#355: Being a Second Generation Scientologist with Ian Rafalko
#354: Getting an Education After Leaving a Cult (Part 2) with Pat Henrickson
#353: Deconstructing Narcissism with Jon Atack
#352: The Internet and Cults of Opportunity with John P. Capitalist
#351: Extremist Thinking and Ex-Cult Members
#350: The Hindu Cult of Nithyananda - An Update w/Sarah Landry
#349: Teaching Critical Thinking w/Julie Bogart
#348: How Cult Relationships Work w/Dr. Alexandra Stein
#347: Cult Recovery 101 - Some Basics with Rachel Bernstein
#346: An Insider’s View of Scientology (Part 2)
#345: The Future of Scientology’s Demise ft. John P. Capitalist
#344: Katherine Olson Escapes Scientology (Part 3)
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #343: Katherine Olson Escapes Scientology (Part 2)
#342: An Insider’s Look at Scientology
#341: Katherine Olson Escapes Scientology (Part 1)
#340: Why Scientology Auditing is Bad For You
#339: Scientology’s History of Man and Mythology
#338: Scientology, Danny Masterson and the Law ft. Phil Lord
#337: Will Smith, Scientology and Violence
#336: Talking to Cult Members (Live)
#335: Cults and Emotional Needs, Part 3 ft. Rachel Bernstein
#333: Growing Up in the Moonies (Part 1) ft. Jen Kiaba
#332: Cults and Emotional Needs (Part 2) with Rachel Bernstein
#331: Being Raised by a Narcissist with Anna Dau
#330: The Psychology of Coercive Control
#329: Cults and Emotional Needs (Part 1) ft. Rachel Bernstein
#328: Cults, Education and Controversy ft. Jen Kiaba
#327: Critical Thinking and Human Predators with Jon Atack
#326: Thought Policing in Scientology
#325: 2021 Scientology Year in Review
#342: Scientific Literacy for the Holidays with Melissa Huff
#323: Walking Away from a Cult with Jen Kiaba
#322: NXIVM and Its Aftermath with Sarah Edmondson
#321: Why Scientology Auditing is Destructive
Cult Recovery and the Stages of Grief
#319: Critical Thinking or Death! ft. Jon Atack
#318: Dealing with Cults ft. Jen Kiaba
#317: Scientology ”Leadership” Training
#316: The Rise of the Apostates (Academia vs. Former Cult Members)
#315: Conspiracy Theories and Critical Thinking
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #314: Navigating the Ex-Cult World
#313: Aaron Smith-Levin for Clearwater City Council!
Sensibly Speaking #312: Scientology, Stress and cPTSD with Ciprian Ivanof
Deconstructing Christian Apologetics with Steven Tiger
310. Scientology is Always at War ft. Ciprian Ivanof
A Hard Look at Christian Apologetics with Steven Tiger
The Origins of QAnon
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #307: Jon Atack is Opening Our Minds
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #306: The Cult of QAnon
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #305: Scientology Personnel Craziness
Zara Kay and Faithless Hijabi
Sleep Deprivation and Stress in the Sea Org
Scientology, Clearwater and the City Council ft. Aaron Smith-Levin
Beat (A Survivor’s Story) with Hannah Prosser
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #299: Scientology and Loyalty ft. Ciprian Ivanof
Jon Atack on Scientology, Enlightenment and Predators
Joe Walsh on Trump, Cults and Washington
Matthew Sheffield on Religion, Cults & Politics
Avatar: Scientology’s Wicked Offspring
Scott Rudin & David Miscavige: Two Peas in a Pod
Extremism, Atheism and Other Controversies with Seth Andrews
The Power of Showing a Little Gratitude
How to Understand Everything with Tom Beakbane
Indoctrination and Radicalization in Cults
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #289: Scientology, Cult City Tours and Protests
Let’s Talk About Mental Health, Part 2
Scientology and Double Binds
Recovering from Scientology - Another Layer
”Better Left Unsaid” and the Radicalization of the Left
Street Epistemology - What It Is and Isn’t ft. Anthony Magnabasco
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #283: Clearwater and Scientology: A Fresh Perspective
Talking to QAnon ft. Rachel Bernstein
Ponzinomics: The Big Picture of Multilevel Marketing ft. Robert Fitzpatrick
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #280: The Dangers (and Cultism) of Multilevel Marketing
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #279: Scientology, Miscavige and Marketing ft. Jeff Hawkins
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #278: The 2020 Year in Review – In and Out of Scientology
The Messianic Movement and Gay Conversion Therapy
The Problem of Authoritarianism ft. Jon Atack
Scientology Lawsuits - A Legal Opinion
Lies Your Psychologist Told You ft. Dylan Aames
The Scientology Experience with Shane Rybacki
Pushing Back against Religious Wolves ft. Stacie & Jeff Mallinson
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #271: Connecting Brains and Machines ft. Dr. Jonas Kaplan
Truth, Lies, Politics and Cults ft. Tim Ward
I Have Legal Questions about Cults ft. Ciprian Ivanof
Recovering from Religious Trauma ft. Janice Selbie
Hashtag Cults and MGTOW ft. Mike Fallek
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #266: Scientology Q&A with Kat
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #265: The History and Ethics of Operation Paperclip
The Scientology Experience with Kat
Disturbing Ways You are Being Manipulated ft. Deborah Powney
Memory (In and Out of Scientology) ft. Dr. Jonas Kaplan
Why Do People Act That Way? ft. Myke & Mike
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #260: Vampires in Myth and Legend ft. A.P. Sylvia
Critical Thinking, Science and Masks ft. Dr. David Johnson
Do We Need Authoritarian Governments? ft. Jon Atack
Scientology’s RPF Program Explained
Stepping Out of Your Bubble
The Cult-Like Core of Black Lives Matter ft. Adrian Lee Oliver
Surviving the Pentecostal Movement ft. Alexis Arralynne
Rick Lockhart II and I Talk #BlackLivesMatter
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #252: Why I Have Concerns about Black Lives Matter ft. Benjamin Boyce
A Talk with a Critical Thinking Stripper ft. Erin Louis
We Love Critical Thinking! ft. Dr. David Kyle Johnson
Keeping the Faith ft. Dr. Tim Sledge
How We Think We Think ft. Dr. Jonas Kaplan
The Rise and Fall of Wokeness ft. Dr. James Lindsay
Apostates and Honor Violence ft. Hari Parekh
Redemption, Forgiveness and Revenge for Ex-Cult Members ft. Jon Atack
Mark Bunker vs. Scientology in Clearwater
Let’s Get Into Neuroscience with Dr. Jonas Kaplan
The Occult, Scientology and the OTO
Is Scientologist Grant Cardone Melting Down?
The Occult, Scientology and Madame Blavatsky
The Three Apostates Talk Current Events
Jon Atack vs. Scientology (Part 3)
NKT vs. Scientology ft. Dr. Michelle Haslam
BONUS: An Impossible Conversation about Politics and Healthcare
Jon Atack vs. Scientology (Part 2)
Cultic Behavior in Social Activism ft. Dr James Lindsay
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #233: Jon Atack vs. Scientology (Part 1)
Reckless Ben and Mike vs. Scientology
The Three Apostates on How Cults Use Fear to Control Their Members
What is Dominionism and Why Should You Care? ft. Dr. Clint Heacock
How You Help Someone Out of a Cult ft. Christian Szurko
Landmark Forum vs. Scientology ft. Dale Dickenson
2019 in Scientology and Beyond
Leaving the Witness ft. Amber Scorah
My Humanist Christmas Episode ft. Seth Andrews
Brainwashing and Scientology ft. Jon Atack
When Martial Arts Goes Full Cult ft. Louis Martin
Is Religious Indoctrination a Form of Child Abuse?