Bike and Psych
Today's special episode focuses on Stephen's endurance challenge as he trains for the Land's End to John o' Groats 970 mile cycle ride from the southern tip of England, through Wales to the northern p...
23 Jun 202358min
Taking on NXIVM with Susan Dones
Susan Dones took on NXIVM before most of us had even heard about the cultic self-help group. Against the warning of the Judge, Susan defended herself in court against at the, then powerful and wealthy...
16 Jun 20231h
The Five Stages of Grief - But Mostly Anger
Today's 'topic episode' is about grief, and Celine and Stephen explore the famous Kübler-Ross stages of grief and how they might apply to leaving a coercively controlling organization, relationship or...
9 Jun 202358min
”In the New System, will we have stories?”: Ex JW Writer, Rebecca Woodward
Rebecca Woodward is a writer, published in the New York Times, Huffpost and Electric Literature. She was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and recently wrote a well received piece in the Electric Lit abou...
2 Jun 20231h 9min
Leaving Conspiracism with Brent Lee: Taking Ownership and The Social Cost
Brent Lee, former conspiracist joins the podcast today to talk about his wild journey since we last spoke in January of 2022. He opens up about the importance of taking ownership of the past, dealing ...
26 Mai 202356min
The Cult Algorithm, AI and QAnon
This week Celine interrogates Stephen on his claim that it's only a matter of time before we see our first AI cult leader. Is there already a cult algorithm that coercive groups have been using for ye...
19 Mai 20231h 1min
Bonus: The Family Survival Trust Special Event
On today's bonus episode Joy Cranham, from the Family Survival Trust, speaks to Stephen about a special event they are hosting with Gillie Jenkinson, psychoanalyst and author of a new book "Walking Fr...
18 Mai 202343min
Going on a Cult Trip with Anke Richter
Stephen talks to Anke Richter, an international journalist and author of Cult Trip, a book about her investigations into a number of cults including Counterpoint, Agama Yoga and Gloriavale. It's a fas...
12 Mai 20231h 13min
