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    jon atack, family and friends

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    jon atack, along with his son sam, present a series of educational podcasts on how to spot, avoid, and overcome unethical manipulation of all kinds – from destructive cults and abusive relationships, to advertising, groupthink, bullying and more. join us in our hope to create a world where people are taught from infancy to stand up for their rights, look deeper into what they’re being told, and to question everything!

    from time to time we will also be sharing “lighter” fare – podcasts on art, music, and literature, featuring jon’s younger son dan on guitar, sam’s amazing paper sculpture.

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    multi-level-marketing and pyramid schemes - with Doug Brooks Jul 15, 2023
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    Attorney Doug Brooks has created a website to help anyone entangled with a multilevel marketing organization. Doug shares his extensive experience in the field and offers sound practical advice to anyone who has been involved or is considering joining one of these get-rich-quick schemes which, as Doug says, benefit only the top one percent of members, often to the significant detriment of the remaining 99%. Check out Doug's website



    More on Manson with Kacey at the Cult Vault Jul 14, 2023
    Show notes

    Jon digs deeper into the causes of the Manson Family murders with Kacey, who has also spent time researching Manson. Manson was passionately interested in Scientology while in prison. At least three other Family members were involved in Scientology. Popular works about Manson fail to understand that Scientology is an elaborate system of control techniques rather than simply a set of beliefs or rituals. It is important to factor in Scientology's secret internal documents and the group's repeated attempts to distance Scientology from Manson.



    Links: CrimeconAustralian Royal CommissionPortugal reportSteven Hassan's Psychology Today articlehis blog response to Scientology's intimidation tacticsThe internal Scientology report on Manson




    Let's cancel "cancel culture" - with Chris Shelton Jul 08, 2023
    Show notes

    Should we be outraged that Roger Waters has been accused of anti-Semitism for a dramatic piece that shows the downfall of an authoritarian leader? We believe with John Stuart Mill's On Liberty which insists that we should never close our ears to disagreeable ideas and always be open to discussion.

    The Roger Waters video Jon mentions


    what do we mean when we say God? with Joe Szimhart Jul 01, 2023
    Show notes

    Joe and Jon have both spent their lives delving into belief systems, fascinated by the twists and turns that convince people to behave in benevolent or malevolent ways to those around them. A wide-ranging discussion about human perception of the divine that will doubtless unsettle some of the devout. Link: https://youtu.be/mdKst8zeh-U


    tribe or cult? with Hoyt Richards Jun 26, 2023
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    documentarian, actor, and activist Hoyt Richards talks with Jon about Sebastian Junger's Tribe: Homecoming and Belonging and how ways in which authoritarian cults are tribes where recruits mistakenly believe they indeed found their home and feel they belong. Velasquez – the men of pleasure and the cretins UN figures on modern slavery


    narcissism, authoritarian cults and social psychiatry with Professor Steven Moffic, MD Jun 20, 2023
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    Professor emeritus Steven Moffic shares insights from his discipline of social psychiatry in a wide-ranging discussion about the prevalence of sociopathy in our society and the need for highly trained professionals to take a role in helping us to evolve towards better solutions and outgrow warfare. Including ideas about political leaders and the various forms of narcissism and anti-social behavior encouraged in our society. The whole complicated story of Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony (#3) and its problematic dedication (Spike is happier than she probably should be that she got to use the knowledge left over from her music degree today!)


    reason, emotion and morality with Chris Shelton, MSc Jun 10, 2023
    Show notes

    Chris Shelton explains the model of behavior he is developing to understand cultic involvement. As ever, a lively discussion! Links: Hassan's BITE Model Lifton's Eight Criteria of Thought Reform Cialdini's 7 Principles of Persuasion our "human predator" poster, prinatble and shareable John Oliver on Solitary Confinement Jane MacGregor's SEAT model the Spiritual Death of Howard Greer Nine Emotional Needs

    How to Roll a Rick


    two wishes - parental alienation (and more) with Dr Nick Child Jun 03, 2023
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    Nick Child spent his working life as a family psychiatrist. He has turned his attention to the prevention of parental alienation with the international Two Wishes Foundation. The aim of Two Wishes is to replace the adversarial approach to parental separation and focus on the needs of the children involved. Nick and Jon start by talking about aspects of coercive control as they relate to parental alienation, but, because this is our channel, the conversation cannot stick to one topic, and they move into education, history, AI, and the meaning of life.


    Links: The Alienation Experience Two Wishes Foundation UN figures on modern slavery Bee elections Lippman's Socrates for 6-year-olds Kahn Academy The Brightsky App Alan Scheflin's Social Influence Model


    Sexually predatory groups: Cult Trip with Anke Richter May 31, 2023
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    Anke Richter is one of the few journalists who has seriously researched authoritarian cults. Her own positive experience with a neo-tantra group helped her to understand the devastations caused by three very different cults: Centrepoint and Gloriavale in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Agama Yoga in Thailand. Centrepoint was a free-love cult whose leaders were eventually imprisoned for sexual abuse and child sexual abuse. Gloriavale is a contemporary pseudo-Christian cult with bizarre sexual mores. Agama Yoga has been called the 'rape cult' and belongs to the neo-tantra movement - which promotes the notion of bliss or even enlightenment through sex. Anke gives readings from her well-researched and shocking book. A must-read that will become a classic.


    Links: Anke's site: https://www.ankerichter.net/ the Gloriavale Leaver Support Trust: https://www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz


    If you have experienced sexual abuse and need help:

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    Fight Against Conspiracy Theories https://factaotearoa.nz


    Portugal sex abuse findings

    Australian Royal Commission


    a warrior's journey in and out of Scientology, part three - with Mark Plummer May 20, 2023
    Show notes

    For this part of Mark's story, he and Jon do a deep dive into Scientology's financial systems and the intricate rules of how staff are paid - if and when they are paid at all.


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