Let's Talk About Sects

Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence.

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Gloriavale – Part 1

Gloriavale – Part 1

Gloriavale Christian Community has found itself in the New Zealand media headlines on multiple occasions. Its founder was once jailed for sexual abuse, but community members were convinced that it he ...

13 Apr 202158min

Zion Full Salvation Ministry

Zion Full Salvation Ministry

Violet Pryor told her followers that she was God. They gave up their money and possessions to keep her in comfort. David Ayliffe became one of her key Pillars, a right-hand man. After her death, he be...

16 Mar 20211h 9min

Master's Commission

Master's Commission

As he was about to turn 17, Remy Attig was keen to get away from his parents’ fracturing marriage, and ready for something to give his life purpose. The Master’s Commission program seemed like just th...

16 Feb 20211h 13min

Exclusive Brethren – Part 2

Exclusive Brethren – Part 2

Lindy Jacomb was born into the Exclusive Brethren in Auckland, New Zealand, and was told there was no longer a place for her there in 2008. Her family cut off all communication with her and she was fo...

19 Jan 20211h 1min

Exclusive Brethren – Part 1

Exclusive Brethren – Part 1

Lindy Jacomb was born into the Exclusive Brethren in Auckland, New Zealand, and was told there was no longer a place for her there in 2008. Her family cut off all communication with her and she was fo...

19 Jan 20211h 10min

Fire This Time

Fire This Time

As a disaffected youth, Shannon Bundock was drawn to progressive ideas. In her late teens she moved into the city, to a poor neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada, where she became hyper aware of the ine...

15 Des 20201h 33min

The Welcomed Consensus + OneTaste – Part 2

The Welcomed Consensus + OneTaste – Part 2

Natasha Tiku wrote for Gawker in 2013, “Everyone is interested in doing fun things with their bodies. But the impulse to systematize, replicate, package, sell, and build an ideology around it is uniqu...

24 Nov 20201h 16min

The Welcomed Consensus + OneTaste – Part 1

The Welcomed Consensus + OneTaste – Part 1

Natasha Tiku wrote for Gawker in 2013, “Everyone is interested in doing fun things with their bodies. But the impulse to systematize, replicate, package, sell, and build an ideology around it is uniqu...

17 Nov 20201h 28min

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