Rude Awakening: Sarah Landry On Nithyananda & Other Nightmares (Part 2)

Rude Awakening: Sarah Landry On Nithyananda & Other Nightmares (Part 2)

Content Warning: Discussions of child abuse and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised.

Here’s the second part of our conversation with Sarah Landry who shares what it’s like to face down the very online army she helped create for the so-called guru Nithyananda after going wide with explosive accusations of rape, child abuse, and a whole sordid cornucopia of culty shit.

Show notes:

Sarah Landry on YouTube, Instagram & Twitter

Nithyananda - Wiki

My Daughter Joined a Cult: 3-part VICE Doc Trailer (Discovery+, Amazon Prime)

Republic World Article by Pooja Prasanna: “Former Nithyananda Aide Narrates Horrifying Brutality Against Children”

Gizmodo Article by Jed Oelbaum: “She Built a Shady Guru’s YouTube Army. Now She’s His Fiercest Critic—But Who Will Believe Her?”

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