Bron & Denai Johnson on Life Inside NXIVM’s Vancouver Center (Part 2)
In Part 2, the Hot Johnsons go from self-help wins to DOS-level WTF real quick. Denai opens up about what happened when DOS came knocking, from the first ask for “collateral” to the gut-check moment t...
28 Aug 20251h 12min
True Crime Meets Cults: Derrick Levasseur on Solving the “University of Cosmic Intelligence” Mystery
This week on A Little Bit Culty, we’re stepping into the crossover world of cults and true crime with Derrick Levasseur—former undercover detective, private investigator, and host of Crime Weekly and ...
25 Aug 202545min
Protecting Kids from Cults and Traffickers with Robin Boyle-Laisure (Part 2)
This episode is sponsored in part by Betterhelp.In Part 2 of our conversation with Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure—St. John’s University School of Law faculty, ICSA board member, and author of Taken No ...
21 Aug 202540min
Protecting Kids from Cults and Traffickers with Robin Boyle-Laisure (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored in part by Betterhelp.What happens when a street-corner “religious” pitch nearly ropes in a teenage girl—only for her to dodge the hook and spend the next three decades disma...
18 Aug 202543min
Bonus Drop: Bron & Denai Johnson on Life Inside NXIVM’s Vancouver Center (Part 1)
This conversation with former NXIVM members Bron and Denai Johnson was such a hit when we first dropped it here last year that we’re doing it again (and yes, Patreon gets it first this time, too). In ...
14 Aug 202547min
God Said Obey: Katherine Spearing on the Brainwashing Power of Spiritual Abuse
Katherine Spearing is back—and she’s not pulling any punches. A trauma recovery practitioner and founder of Tears of Eden, Kat grew up in the Christian Patriarchy Movement, where obedience was godly, ...
11 Aug 20251h 5min
From Veil to Voice: Jasmin Faulk’s Rebellion Against Fundamentalist Islam (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation, Jasmin opens up about life after escaping Saudi Arabia—landing in Wyoming, rediscovering autonomy, and slowly unlearning the rules that once governed every part of her e...
7 Aug 20251h 5min
From Veil to Voice: Jasmin Faulk’s Rebellion Against Fundamentalist Islam (Part 1)
This week’s guest is Jasmin Faulk, an author and advocate who risked everything to reclaim her freedom. Born to a Saudi father and Italian mother, Jasmin grew up in a country where girls were silenced...
4 Aug 202550min
