Interview With Apostate Barbie
Celine and Stephen are joined by Micki, AKA Apostate Barbie, from Instagram and Tic Tok. Micki tells us about her journey out of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Challenging an aunt about outlandish QANON con...
6 Jan 20241h 1min
Bonus Crossover: Magical Thinking Part 2
A follow-up to the conversation Stephen had with Spencer Watson from the Truth Unrestricted Podcast about magical thinking. This time Stephen was a guest on Spencer's show and this audio is brought to...
3 Jan 202453min
Legal Fights: Jehovah’s Witnesses Vs Norway, with Jan Frode Nilsen
Jan Frode Nilsen has a long-form interview with Stephen about his work exposing the damaging shunning policies of Jehovah's Witnesses, and his appearance as a witness for the Norwegian government in r...
30 Dec 20231h 8min
Finding Friends After Leaving a Cult; Patron Takeover
Losing friends, making new ones, reuniting with old ones, all at the same time as finding yourself. Friendships can be a tricky thing after leaving a cult. This week some of the Cult Hacker Patreon su...
23 Dec 20231h 7min
Bonus Audio Blog: Am I Awake Yet?
This short bonus episode is the audio version of a blog Stephen recently published on Medium. Many leavers of high control religions use 'waking up' as a metaphor for realising the group we had been a...
19 Dec 202315min
Living in Keith Green’s Cult Commune; Last Days Ministries
In the late 70s Sharon and Tracey were attracted to "The Jesus People" and joined the Last Days Ministries, living on a cult commune as teenagers with rock star Keith Green and the community he built....
16 Dec 20231h
The Cultic Bug In The System
For this week's podcast Celine and Stephen discuss the "software bug" inherent in human beings that makes us vulnerable to cults and their leaders. The article on Medium https://medium.com/ To reach o...
9 Dec 202358min
Understanding Magical Thinking with Spencer Watson
This week Stephen talks to Spencer Watson from the Truth Unrestricted Podcast about the question of 'Magical Thinking'. What is it? How is it different from scientific thinking? Why is it attractive? ...
2 Dec 20231h 43min
