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Ep. 237 Sufism and Child Brides Miniseries Part 1 - Interview with Tamara MC, PhD Mar 17, 2023

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In this episode, I chat with Tamara MC, PhD. Dr. Tamara MC is a freedom activist for girls and women worldwide. She is a social scientist and linguist who explores how language is used to manipulate vulnerable populations.As a cult, child marriage, polygamy, and modern-day slavery survivor/advocate, themes in her work explore coercive control, intergenerational trauma, religion/spirituality, and mothering. She researches language, culture, and identity in the Middle East and beyond, specifically her hybrid identity of growing up simultaneously Jewish and Muslim. Tamara was part of a US-based Sufi group where she was coerced into becoming a child bride. To read about Tamara's work and journalistic pieces for various recognised media outlets, visit - TamaraMC – Cult, Child Marriage and Human Trafficking Expert
Types of human trafficking (interpol.int)
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Ep. 236 River Road Fellowship Miniseries Part 2 Mar 10, 2023

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In this miniseries I talk with Christa about her experiences growing up in River Road Fellowship - a splinter group of The Way International that was started by a man named Victor Barnard. Barnard is now a convicted felon, serving a 30 year sentence for crimes including child sexual assault. For more on Christa's story, visit @thesurvivorexperience on Instagram to follow her work. Intro source - Victor Barnard ran a cult where he sexually assaulted young women he brainwashed to believe he was 'Christ' (cosmopolitan.com)
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Ep. 236 River Road Fellowship Miniseries Part 1 Mar 10, 2023

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Ep. 235 Terror, Love and Brainwashing Miniseries Part 3 - A Conversation with Cult Expert Alexandra Stein Mar 03, 2023

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In this miniseries, I had the honour of chatting with leading cult expert Alexandra Stein. Alexandra Stein, Ph.D. is a writer and educator specializing in the social psychology of ideological extremism and other dangerous social relationships.
Dr. Stein offers programs and materials to help people understand how to identify and protect themselves and others from recruitment to cultic or extremist groups. She also studies and teaches about positive social relationships: "small d" democracy, inclusivity and healthy social and personal networks that can oppose these dangerous relationships.
She offers the following services:

Consulting for individuals and organisations
Cult recovery counselling, education and support for individuals
Training for social workers, teachers, law enforcement, and mental health workers
Talks and lectures
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ALEXANDRA STEIN Ph.D. Understanding Cults and Extremist Groups - storage
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
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Ep. 235 Terror, Love and Brainwashing Miniseries Part 2 - A Conversation with Cult Expert Alexandra Stein Mar 03, 2023

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Consulting for individuals and organisations
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Training for social workers, teachers, law enforcement, and mental health workers
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Ep. 235 Terror, Love and Brainwashing Miniseries Part 1 - A Conversation with Cult Expert Alexandra Stein Mar 03, 2023

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Consulting for individuals and organisations
Cult recovery counselling, education and support for individuals
Training for social workers, teachers, law enforcement, and mental health workers
Talks and lectures
Media Resource

Ep. 233 Rapture Anxiety - Harold Camping and Family Radio Miniseries Part 3 Feb 26, 2023

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In this miniseries I talk with Rachel about her experiences growing up listening to Family Radio - a Christian broadcast run by Harold Camping. Camping was a radio preacher from California who would prophesised multuple doomsday dates, encouraging listeners to prepare for the rapture, for the end of the world. The results of this included people quitting jobs, selling homes, even killing pets. Rachel joins the podcast to talk through how rapture anxiety shaped part of her childhood, with the effects still felt today.
Podcast Promotion - The Truth that Heals on Apple Podcasts
The Legacy of Harold Camping, Who Falsely Predicted the World’s End, Lives On (religionunplugged.com)
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Ep. 233 Rapture Anxiety - Harold Camping and Family Radio Miniseries Part 2 Feb 25, 2023

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Ep. 233 Rapture Anxiety - Harold Camping and Family Radio Miniseries Part 1 Feb 24, 2023

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Ep. 232 The Narcissist Apocalypse - In Conversation with Brandon Chadwick Part 2 Feb 18, 2023

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In this episode I chat with Brandon Chadwick, host of the Narcissist Apocalypse podcast. From Brandon's website:
"In 2019, I began interviewing survivors of narcissistic and domestic abuse on my podcast, Narcissist Apocalypse. In that time, I’ve published over 250 survivor stories, interviewed countless experts in the field, from therapists, to lawyers, to domestic violence advocates and agencies. My philosophy for the podcast was to be different, and to me, that meant to be real, not clinical.
My goal was to help survivors tell/validate their own stories, but to also validate and teach other survivors through those stories. And a crazy thing happened, it worked.Narcissist Apocalypse has grown beyond my wildest dreams. It now reaches upwards of 10,000 listeners an episode and it keeps growing every day. If you read the reviews on Apple Podcasts, you can see just how much of an impact the show has made in the lives of our community members. Yes, we are now a community."
Podcast Promotion - Generation Cult – A podcast about people who grew up in cults
Dr Sohom Das - A Psych For Sore Minds - YouTube
Brandon's Show - About - Narcissist Apocalypse
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