Deconstructing the Certainty of Fundamentalism with Olivia Jackson
When you're a member of a fundamentalist religious group, you find comfort in the certain knowledge that you have "The Truth". Leaving is partly a journey of coming to terms with uncertainty. Olivia J...
25 Nov 202358min
Cult Hackers Birthday Party
Join the party to listen to some of our nearly 100 hundred different guests over the last three years. We chat over a glass of virtual bubbly to ex members of groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Child...
18 Nov 20231h 10min
Discovering who you are after the cult, with Rachel Bernstein
Celine and Stephen speak to cult expert, therapist and podcaster, Rachel Bernstein about her introduction into the topic, her work as a therapist helping leavers and her thoughts on the anti-cult ecos...
11 Nov 202357min
White Christian Nationalism and Conspiracy Theories
Today we're joined by Cynane, a former member of a fundamentalist Christian group. Cynane is writing a book about the links between Fundamentalism, white Christian Nationalism and conspiracy theories....
4 Nov 20231h 23min
What The Stanford Prison Experiment Tells Us About Cults
It's perhaps the most famous psychological study ever but what does it really tell us? And what might it tell us about cults? In the 1970s Professor Philip Zimbardo created a simulated prison in the b...
27 Okt 202356min
”Feeling like a misfit”: Creative Struggles and Triumphs with Witness Underground
Stephen speaks to Scott Homan, Ryan Sutter, Anthony Mathenia, Denise Wise and Micah Allen Losch from the Witness Underground team. In this special episode each former Jehovah's Witness speaks about th...
24 Okt 20231h 43min
Taking on Gloriavale with Human Rights Lawyer, Stephen Patterson
Human rights lawyer, Stephen Patterson joins us today to talk about his work representing ex-members of the New Zealand based Gloriavale religious group. Stephen provides insights into life in the gro...
20 Okt 20231h 2min
Sci-fi saviours with cult kids, Riley and Stephen
In this bonus episode Riley joins Stephen to go deep into the philosophy and meaning behind childhood TV and film favourites from the perspective of indoctrinated young (at the time) Jehovah's Witness...
17 Okt 20231h 4min
