THE INSTASCAMMER: Investigating Liana Shanti30 Aug

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About this series:
THE INSTASCAMMER is an audio documentary based on interviews, recordings, documents and public records. The experiences you hear are the accounts of the people who lived them. Where possible we distinguish personal testimony from expert opinion and verified records. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect contributors and third parties. Any ongoing legal matters referenced are just that - ongoing; we do not speculate on outcomes, and nothing in this series should be understood as a statement of criminal guilt. When we use the term "Insta Scammer" we are not alleging a criminal conviction.

Have you experienced something like this?

Support & resources:
If anything in this episode resonates with your own experience, you are not alone, and help is available.

Recovering from a cult or coercive group: R.A.I.S.E. CIC (UK) — cultic-abuse support and peer-led recovery — recoverautonomy.org.
Internationally: the International Cultic Studies Association — internationalculticstudies.org, hello@internationalculticstudies.org.
If you've lost a loved one to a cult or coercion: The Family Survival Trust (UK) — thefamilysurvivaltrust.org/support.
Childhood or sexual abuse: US — RAINN, 1-800-656-4673 (24/7). UK — NAPAC, 0808 801 0331.
In emotional distress or crisis (including suicidal thoughts): UK & ROI — Samaritans, free on 116 123, 24/7. US — 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988, 24/7.
Domestic abuse or coercive control: UK — National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Refuge), 0808 2000 247, 24/7. US — National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233.

(If you are in immediate danger, contact your local emergency number.)

Verification & evidence:
Much of what is described in this series is supported by recordings, documents, court filings and public records. If you are a journalist, researcher, or someone personally affected and you would like to verify what you've heard, you can reach the production at cultvaultpodcast@gmail.com.

A note on names:
To protect the privacy and safety of contributors and their families, some names and identifying details have been changed. Where individuals appear under their real names, they have consented to do so.

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Unveiling the Architect - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 11

The finale.Across ten episodes we followed the people drawn into the community around the online wellness figure known as Liana Shanti; here we step back and ask who she is, and how the pattern worked...

31 Aug 1h 4min

Crashing Down - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 10

This is where it all comes apart.Former members describe the point at which the pattern became impossible to unsee — the shifting goalposts, the people built up and then turned on, the advertised heal...

31 Aug 1h

Out of the Rubble - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 9

Leaving is rarely the end of the story — it’s the start of rebuilding a life while untangling what was real and what wasn’t.This episode follows Riley out of the community: the house in Florida, the s...

31 Aug 1h

Following the Blueprint - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 8

What does it look like when the teachings reach all the way into a family’s daily life — the children’s health, the marriage, the custody of kids?This episode follows parents describing a transformati...

31 Aug 52min

Structural Damage - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 7

The aftermath of the fire.This episode follows what happened next for Tom and Joanne — the insurance, the fundraiser, the letters, a welfare check, and the public posts that followed — as a rental arr...

31 Aug 44min

The Architect's Apprentice - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 6

A house fire in Wisconsin opens onto something much larger: a story of unpaid rent, a legal name change, an insurance claim and a fundraiser, and one follower’s rise inside the community.We hear from ...

31 Aug 55min

Behind the Wall - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 5

Most people in this series waited outside the wall. Zach went in after her.When the community began to absorb his wife — his partner since high school — into its daily life, Zach did something almost ...

31 Aug 44min

Fracture Lines - THE INSTASCAMMER (Liana Shanti) Ep 4

Behind every framework and every theory, there is a family.This episode sits with the people on the other side — parents and a sister watching someone they love change, and then, piece by piece, disap...

31 Aug 55min