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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Episoder(109)

ISKCON / Hare Krishnas – Part 1

ISKCON / Hare Krishnas – Part 1

When asked about the Hare Krishnas, most people will conjure images of dancing, chanting people with colourful robes and joyful dispositions. Members of the general public, whom Hare Krishnas refer to...

11 Feb 202537min

Interview Episode: Two by Twos Update

Interview Episode: Two by Twos Update

Let’s Talk About Sects did a deep dive episode about the Two by Twos, also known as The Truth, in October 2020. In the years since we recorded, huge numbers of followers in the USA in particular have ...

6 Feb 20251h 28min

Interview Episode: Geelong Revival Centre with Richard Baker

Interview Episode: Geelong Revival Centre with Richard Baker

Richard Baker's Pray Harder podcast for LiSTNR's Secrets We Keep series delves into the world of the Geelong Revival Centre, which Richard describes as “one of Australia’s most extreme” Pentecostal ch...

7 Jan 202544min

The Jesus Christians – Part 2

The Jesus Christians – Part 2

In Melbourne you might have picked up a book or a comic from a Jesus Christian outside Flinders Street Station, or you could have seen their religious graffiti messages along Sydney’s railway lines. B...

24 Des 202452min

The Jesus Christians – Part 1

The Jesus Christians – Part 1

The media coverage of the Jesus Christians tends to outweigh their size. Most people who have heard of them recognise the name ‘The Kidney Cult’, derived from an initiative where numerous members have...

17 Des 202446min

Bonus Episode: A New Media Narrative at Decult

Bonus Episode: A New Media Narrative at Decult

Sarah moderated a panel discussion at the recent Decult conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, entitled 'A new media narrative: Survivor-focussed cult reporting'. The panel featured MISA survivor Be...

3 Des 20241h 1min

The Revival Fellowship

The Revival Fellowship

The Revival Fellowship is a Pentecostal Australian sect that believes in Bible Numerics, a thoroughly debunked theory about numerical patterns found within the Bible. It also teaches British Israelism...

19 Nov 20241h 7min

Running River: the Divine Madness School

Running River: the Divine Madness School

AJ was sent to the Running River school in around 2007, to attend kindergarten when she was five or six years old. The school was headed up by longtime Divine Madness community member Nancy Monson, an...

8 Okt 20241h 5min

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