278 Episodes

  1. Brent Lee: Ex Conspiracist

    Published: 1/23/2022
  2. Why Ordinary People Do Atrocious Things: Cults and the Milgram Experiments

    Published: 1/19/2022
  3. Singer Songwriter, Ex Jehovah’s Witness Sapphire Phoenix

    Published: 1/16/2022
  4. Being Wrong

    Published: 1/12/2022
  5. Women in the Bible with Producer Bob

    Published: 1/9/2022
  6. Cults in Movies: Whiplash

    Published: 1/5/2022
  7. Leaving the Amish: Lizzie’s Story

    Published: 1/2/2022
  8. Bonus: Stephen’s Top Ten Recommended Podcasts for 2022

    Published: 12/31/2021
  9. New Year’s Resolutions

    Published: 12/29/2021
  10. My Story: Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, leaving and making sense of life

    Published: 12/25/2021
  11. Christmas Special

    Published: 12/22/2021
  12. MindShift Time! Interview with Clint Heacock on Religious Deconstruction and Dominion Theology

    Published: 12/18/2021
  13. Believe In Yourself! Self Efficacy, Inside And Outside a Cult

    Published: 12/15/2021
  14. Bonus: Cults as Organizations - Motivating Members

    Published: 12/13/2021
  15. Transcendental Meditation, Cults and Exiting: Interview with Patrick Ryan from Cult 101

    Published: 12/12/2021
  16. Dreams

    Published: 12/8/2021
  17. ”I’ve got the ball and chain around you and only I have the key”: Ex Jehovah‘s Witness Sarah‘s Story

    Published: 12/5/2021
  18. Free Will Vs Determinism

    Published: 12/1/2021
  19. Award-Winning Film Witness Underground: Interview with Scott Homan and Ryan Sutter

    Published: 11/28/2021
  20. Special 100th Episode and 1st Birthday

    Published: 11/24/2021

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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