Finding love in and out of a High Control Group

This bonus content is a pilot for a new series called Cults as Organizations where I explore Organizational Psychology and how it applies to cults.  In this episode I look at French and Raven's Bases ...

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Celine and Stephen look at the seminal work of Margaret Singer: Cults in Our Midst. Now over 25 years old, the book still has important information to tell us about the cult phenomena. Where do Jehova...

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Rob Crompton was a Special Pioneer, a full-time preacher for the Jehovah's Witnesses and dedicated to his faith, but he had a thirst for knowledge. After leaving and pursuing higher education he becam...

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What is the relationship between commerce and LGBTQ+ issues? Are corporations allies? Or are they merely jumping onto a bandwagon to appear progressive? Is buying power a route to a more progressive s...

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Dr Calonddu talks about her life as a young Jehovah's Witness, her academic studies into Anglo Saxon Christianity and its attitudes towards women and sexuality, her exiting process from the Witnesses,...

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What is 'Body Positivity'? Celine gives her dad the history and they discuss the somewhat mixed messages around this subject. Stephen thinks back to the negative messages about bodies and sinfulness t...

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Our Sunday Interview is with Professor Chris French, Emeritus Professor and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London. As well as being a well respected acad...

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What would happen to Christian Fundamentalist's beliefs if we discovered life on other planets or if they visited us on Earth? How would their theology cope with such a revelation? Jehovah's Witnesses...

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