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Ep. 300 Interview with Janja Lalich Remastered Feb 03, 2024

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To celebrate this monumental milestone of 300 episodes, I have remastered my early interview with living legend and leading cult expert Janja Lalich. I listen back and wonder what I would ask differently if Janja and I interviewed in this style again. This conversation took place within the first year and first 100 episodes of the show. Since then, I have learned a lot and worked more with Janja and reflecting back on the journey of the podcast has been interesting this week. If you've tuned in from the begining, or just finding the show now, thank you for listening. Here's to the next 300!
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Ep. 298 Jehovah's Witnesses - Welsh Congregations - Episode 39 Remastered Jan 27, 2024

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In this week's instalment, we are continuing with our coverage on the Jehovah's Witnesses. Luke tells us his story of growing up JW in small Wales, U.K. This was one of the first extreme cases of harassment and stalking I had heard first hand on the show.
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Ep. 297 Ending Coercive Control with Kate Amber Jan 19, 2024

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In this NEW episode, I sit down with Kate Amber to discuss her journey through identifying personal experiences of coercive control, to begining self education and formal academic education in order to understand her experiences and go on to support others to do the same. Kate has developed The Quicksand Model to help individuals, organisations and policymakers to make sense of coercive control and its various manifestations and long-term impact, as well as her organisation "End Coercive Control USA" - more here: End Coercive Control USA Home
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Ep. 296 Jehovah's Witnesses Continued - Episode 37 Remastered Jan 12, 2024

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For this remastered instalment, I speak with Black Sheep who has decided to use a pseudonym to protect her identity. This episode comes with trigger warnings of abuse, sexual and physical. Please listen with discretion. Based in Canada, Black Sheep offers a perspective on how the JW Org functions in this part of the world, adding in her personal experiences and takeaways from her upbringing in one of the largest cults in modern times.
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Ep. 295 Introduction to Jehovah's Witnesses Episode 38 Remastered Jan 05, 2024

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For this remastered instalment, we have an introduction to Jehovah's Witnesses with Joe. Joe talks about life within the movement and finding true love. Despite the JW Org having a universal structure worldwide, every congregation is different depending on those who attend. Listen to Joe pull out the parts familiar and give insight into his personal and unique experiences too.
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Ep. 294 Narcissism and Family Cults Part 2 - Episode 25 Remastered Dec 29, 2023

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Ever wondered if Narcissism and Cults go hand in hand? Join me this week while I interview Dee. Dee grew up in a household with 2 narcissistic parents who were extremely devout in their Catholicism. These two things combined led to a traumatic childhood for Dee and and Dee's siblings. Listen to Dee recount experiences of growing up and Cult hopping.
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Ep. 293 Narcissism and Family Cults - Episode 25 Remastered Dec 22, 2023

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Ep. 291 The Unification Church - An Introduction - Episode 3 Remastered Dec 16, 2023

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For this episode we explore Reverend Sun Myung Moon and his billion dollar empire "The Unification Church". Famous for its mass wedding ceremonies and anti-communistic ideologies, the research into this episode took many unexpected twists and turns.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon
http://tparents.org/
http://familyfedihq.org/
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org
Genuinly Interested Podcast with Roy Ben
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Unification-Church
https://tragedyofthesixmarys.com/nansook-hong-interviewed/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/09/04/the-strange-life-of-reverend-sun-myung-moon/
https://www.forbes.com/
https://observer.com/2013/08/moonies-messiahs-and-media-who-really-owns-newsweek/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/03/moonie-cult-leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slFUtQQM1Ow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NWIfiV1_XQ&t=735s
Steven Hassan - Combatting Cult Mind Control - 1988
https://freedomofmind.com/
Cult Support - https://cultinformation.org.uk/

Ep. 290 Soka Gakkai International - SGI Episode 29 Remastered Dec 15, 2023

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In this episode I sit down to chat with James, an ex-member the Soka Gakkai International. He tells me his candid story about becoming a part of, being wholly involved in and finally leaving SGI. This is the first episode covered on the show with plenty more available on the back catalogue of the podcast. For more information about SGI, please visit - Soka Gakkai (SGI) Whistleblowers (reddit.com)
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Ep. 289 The History of Synanon Episode 13 Remastered Dec 13, 2023

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Since I recorded this episode over 3 years ago, I have realised it is prounounced "dee-derich" not "ded-erich" - my apologies!
In this episode, we take a deep look into the very first, no doctors, drug rehabilitation programme and how it turned from a group of fellow recovering alcoholics and drug addicts offering eachother support, right through to extreme cult behaviour leaving abuse and terror in its wake.
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Sources
Steven Hassan - Combatting Cult Mind Control - 1988
https://freedomofmind.com/ - Cult Support
https://cultinformation.org.uk/ - Cult Support https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/04/archives/psychiatrist-assays-mansons-role.html
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/synanon
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/synanon-cult/
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/48/pendle.php
http://www.paulmorantz.com/cult/the-history-of-synanon-and-charles-dederich/
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/04/archives/psychiatrist-assays-mansons-role.htm
lhttps://dailybruin.com/2001/08/12/former-ucla-professor-dies-at-0https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059774/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

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