Anti-cult activism: Hate, disgruntlement or something else?
Why do people do activism, write books or make podcasts after they've left a cultic group? Is it down to hate? Are they just disgruntled former members? A good-faith attempt to address the question of why so many ex members choose to take action or talk about their experience. If you'd like to support Stephen's charity bike ride from Lands End to John o'Groats you can do so here: To reach out to us: https://www.culthackers.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts
25 Aug 20231h 26min
“Silenced in Eden” with Jo Lloyd Johnson
Jo Lloyd Johnson is an artist and author who escaped a charismatic, fundamentalist Christian cultic group. She has written about this experience in her insightful and touching book called 'Silenced in Eden'. In this week's episode Jo talks about the abuse she suffered as a child, purity culture, the raising of girls to be submissive wives, trying to conform, ultimately finding freedom and writing it all down in her book. Jo's book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/94167107 Jo's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jolloydjohnson/ To support the show become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts To contact us: https://www.culthackers.com/contact
18 Aug 20231h 4min
Learning About Cults With Kacey from The Cult Vault
This week our guest is Kacey from the Cult Vault, one of the leading podcasts about cults. Kacey talks about starting up a podcast, what she's learned about cults and her plans for the future. It was great to talk to her! To support Stephen's ride in aid of the Family Survival Trust you can donate on his Just Giving Page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cult-hackers To reach out to us: https://culthackers.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts
11 Aug 20231h 7min
The Psychology of Cults Miniseries Part 7: Finding Identity After Leaving a Cult
In this special, last of the current season of miniseries episodes about the psychology of cults, we are releasing the recording of Stephen's presentation to the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) Conference in 2022. This presentation is based upon Stephen's research for his dissertation for his Masters in Organizational Psychology. To reach out to us: https://culthackers.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts YouTube Video Version https://youtu.be/Yc9qoiftRSc
8 Aug 202342min
The Psychology of Cults Miniseries Part 6: Managing a Cult
In our ongoing miniseries into the psychology of cults Stephen explores how cults manage their activity, including the similarities and differences between cultic groups and more orthodox organizations. What does the org chart look like? How do they use Key Performance Indicators and how do they punish poor performance? To reach out to us: https://culthackers.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts
1 Aug 202319min
Inside The Mind of a Teenage Fundamentalist
Today we welcome back Brian and Troy from the 'I was a teenage fundamentalist' podcast. What are the thinking processes of a fundamentalist? What's it like to speak in tongues? Why did Stephen get a little bit scared when he asked the question? And why did one of them simulate giving birth in church as a spiritual experience? For answers to these questions and much more listen on.. To reach out to us: https://culthackers.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts I was a teenage fundamentalist website https://www.iwasateenagefundamentalist.com/
28 Juli 20231h 16min
The Psychology of Cults Miniseries Part 5: Organizational Change
Today on the psychology of cults miniseries, Stephen uses the tools of Organizational Psychology to explain how organizations respond to external pressures to change. Implications include what we can expect religious cults to do to respond to accusations of abuse, and how we should shape public policy towards them. To read the original script on Medium https://medium.com/@SteEvilSheep/isomorphism-and-cults-1c01b3c62e18 To reach out to us: https://culthackers.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/culthackers/posts
25 Juli 202316min
