Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between.

Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most human instincts there is.

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Episoder(276)

Marlene Winell - Leaving The Fold, Religious Trauma, and Emotional Recovery

Marlene Winell - Leaving The Fold, Religious Trauma, and Emotional Recovery

Psychologist, educator, and Leaving The Fold author, Marlene Winell, talks with Lola & Meagan about how she came to study the negative impacts of religion, how some basic concepts of Christianity can ...

18 Okt 20231h 1min

Listener Stories - Independent Baptist Movement & Capoeira Teacher

Listener Stories - Independent Baptist Movement & Capoeira Teacher

Two new listener stories! One from Shelly about her time in the Independent Baptist Movement under pastor Jack Hyles and the cult recovery work she is doing now, and one from Claire about the manipula...

11 Okt 202351min

Daniella Mestyanek Young, Part 2 - Military Life & Parallels to The Children of God

Daniella Mestyanek Young, Part 2 - Military Life & Parallels to The Children of God

In part two of her interview with Lola & Meagan, Children of God survivor and military veteran, Daniella Mestyanek Young, talks about joining the military after high school, being a woman in a hyper m...

4 Okt 20231h 3min

Daniella Mestyanek Young, Part 1 - Children of God, 9/11, & Escaping the Cult

Daniella Mestyanek Young, Part 1 - Children of God, 9/11, & Escaping the Cult

In part one of her interview with Lola & Meagan, Children of God survivor and military veteran, Daniella Mestyanek Young, discusses being raised in the Children of God, the various forms of punishment...

27 Sep 202352min

Andrew Seidel - Christian Nationalism & Information Warfare

Andrew Seidel - Christian Nationalism & Information Warfare

Constitutional attorney, author, and YouTuber Andrew Seidel joins Lola & Meagan to discuss Christian Nationalism, why its based on a myth, how it led to cultural shifts in the U.S. during the 1950s, i...

20 Sep 20231h 5min

REWIND: Post-Traumatic Growth with Richard Tedeschi

REWIND: Post-Traumatic Growth with Richard Tedeschi

UNC Charlotte professor and psychology researcher Dr Richard Tedeschi discusses his pioneering work on post-traumatic growth, how his field is different from resilience, how core beliefs are involved ...

13 Sep 202356min

Simon Kent Fung - Dear Alana & Conversion Therapy

Simon Kent Fung - Dear Alana & Conversion Therapy

Tech and media expert Simon Fung joins Lola and Meagan to discuss the heartbreaking story behind his new podcast, Dear Alana. When Alana Chen took her own life in 2019, Simon read about her in the new...

6 Sep 20231h 1min

Dr. Marc Feldman & Jordyn Hope - Munchausen by Proxy aka Medical Child Abuse

Dr. Marc Feldman & Jordyn Hope - Munchausen by Proxy aka Medical Child Abuse

Dr. Marc Feldman, professor of psychology and expert in Munchausen by Proxy, talks to the girls along with survivor Jordyn Hope for an information-packed episode. Dr. Feldman discusses why he prefers ...

30 Aug 20231h 29min

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