Bikram Yoga: “Smells Like Wet Carpet”
After finding her passion in Bikram Yoga while in her 20s, Jennifer Boeder aspires to become a Bikram teacher and plops down $5000 to sign up for the two-month teacher training. But after only a few...
22 Jul 202457min
My Dad’s A Cult Leader: “The Failed Love Movement"
A couple weeks ago we published an episode featuring Ashleigh Teeter, who was ostracized from her family because of her cult leader father. Today we feature her youngest brother's story of growing up ...
15 Jul 202457min
MLM LuLaRoe: “What’s Your Why?” (UPDATE)
**NOTE: This episode originally ran in 2022** She's a hustler, baby. And she just wants you to know. Roberta Blevins was taught to be a self-starter. Inspired by her self-made father, she knew that if...
8 Jul 20241h 2min
A Cult Divided: “Running to Freedom"
Today's episode dives into the extraordinary story of Ashleigh Teeter, who grew up in the World Wide Church of God... a cult in its own right. But when the church splits due to a new leader’s ideas, A...
1 Jul 202456min
US Air Force: “Not Just a Pretty Face, Sir.”
WARNING: This episode discuss sexual assault. A girl with a dream, Amanda was recruited from high school into what she thought would be the path to fulfilling that dream. But a superior's abuse of po...
24 Jun 202457min
S-Factor Pole Dancing - PT2: “Emotional Roadkill”
Welcome to PART 2 of Jessica Hopper’s journey into and out of a pole dancing cult. This episode takes us to the peak of the cult, including protégés, unpaid labor, surreal bookclubs, emotional breakdo...
17 Jun 202453min
S-Factor - PT1: “Pole Dancing to Solve the Patriarchy”
Meet the very funny and very bold Jessica Hopper, as she dives into her bizarre and unexpected journey into a pole dancing cult. Yes, a pole dancing cult at a studio called S-Factor in Los Angeles, CA...
10 Jun 20241h
An Islamic Sect: “Stolen Innocence”
WARNING: This episode contains graphic discussions of abuse and self-harm. Raised by a single mother in the Muslim community, Samir Ahmed was sent to a Tablighi Jamaat-focused madrasa at age 11, a r...
3 Jun 202453min
