278 Episodes

  1. I‘m safer in a bar than I am in a Kingdom Hall: Ex Jehovah‘s Witness Donna Stevenson talks about her experience

    Published: 11/21/2021
  2. Trying to Make Sense of War After Leaving a Pacifist Cult

    Published: 11/17/2021
  3. Bonus: Are Cults a Wicked Problem?

    Published: 11/16/2021
  4. Specialist Counsellor in Cult Recovery Gillie Jenkinson: 4 Phase Model

    Published: 11/14/2021
  5. Meerkats, Cleaner Fish and the Social Instinct with Producer Bob

    Published: 11/10/2021
  6. Growing up in The Children of God Cult

    Published: 11/6/2021
  7. Bonus: Remember Remember the 5th of November

    Published: 11/5/2021
  8. The Dancing Plague

    Published: 11/2/2021
  9. Interview With The Prophets of Free Thought

    Published: 10/30/2021
  10. Learned Behavior in Cults

    Published: 10/26/2021
  11. They were teenage fundamentalists: Evangelicals and Pentecostals

    Published: 10/23/2021
  12. The Lies We Tell Our Kids (Or Don‘t)

    Published: 10/19/2021
  13. Alexandra Stein PhD: Attachment in cults and coercive relationships

    Published: 10/16/2021
  14. Documentary Special: The Pink Pound

    Published: 10/11/2021
  15. Film actor, singer, X factor contestant, window cleaner exJW Luke Stevenson

    Published: 10/9/2021
  16. Cult Movie: The Village

    Published: 10/5/2021
  17. JT and Lady Cee

    Published: 10/2/2021
  18. Should we worry about homeschooling?

    Published: 9/28/2021
  19. Checklists and Affirmations: Jared ex Jehovah‘s Witness:

    Published: 9/25/2021
  20. Sexual Healing: With Producer Bob and the Shunned Experience‘s Jordan

    Published: 9/21/2021

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A podcast about cult hacking! Cracking the code to understand what cults are, how they work, how people leave and how to make sense of the world after leaving. Father and daughter team, media graduate Celine and former cult member, now organizational psychologist Stephen, explore how cults work, why they are so dangerous and the experience of leaving and making sense of the world. They speak to cult hackers from all over the world, from ex members to academics, from writers to filmmakers, and from therapists to activists. Copyright Stephen Mather 2022