Master of the Cultiverse: Patrick Ryan on Transcendental Meditation
A Little Bit Culty – What do Pete Rose, Grandma Walton, skin boys, Dear Prudence, Brooks Brothers suits, David Lynch, Mary Tyler Moore, Merv Griffin, Mary Tyler Moore, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds an...
27 Dec 20211h 23min
Wake-Up Call: Gerette Buglion on Everyday Cults
A Little Bit Culty – If you think you’re too smart to fall for a cult, this episode is your wake-up call. Undue influence can poison what starts out as a ‘good thing’ and turn it into a culty shitshow...
20 Dec 20211h 9min
Attachment Theory: Dr. Alexandra Stein on Terror, Love & Brainwashing
A Little Bit Culty – Think you’re immune to culty shit? Dr. Alexandra Stein begs to differ. She’s one of the world’s leading experts on ideological extremism and dangerous social relationships, and sh...
13 Dec 20211h 23min
Brazen: Nadia Bolz-Weber on Sex, Shame & Toxic Religion
A Little Bit Culty – She’s just about the most rockin’ Reverend we’ve ever met. In this episode, Nadia Bolz-Weber takes us to church on everything from sex-obsessed religious doctrine and toxic positi...
6 Dec 20211h 8min
Guru-Free: Laura Tucker on Safety for Seekers
A Little Bit Culty – In 2009, Laura Tucker attended a Sedona spiritual retreat and sweat lodge hosted by charismatic spiritual teacher James Arthur Ray. It all went tragically wrong, resulting in the ...
29 Nov 20211h 17min
Groundbreaker: Moira Penza on Prosecuting NXIVM
A Little Bit Culty If you watched “The Vow” or have followed the fall of NXIVM, you know Moira Kim Penza as the prosecutor who brought Keith Raniere to justice. Her accomplishments are mighty: Like Ke...
22 Nov 20211h 12min
The Heretic: Dr. John Dehlin on Mormonism
A Little Bit Culty – He was raised in a conservative Texan Mormon family, but today Dr. John Dehlin is an outspoken LGBTQ ally, a clinical psychologist, and a groundbreaking podcast host of the longes...
15 Nov 20211h 20min
Stolen: Elizabeth Gilpin on the ‘Troubled Teen’ Industry
A Little Bit Culty – As a high school student, Elizabeth Gilpin was taken from her bed in the middle of the night, left in the woods for three months of forced camping with 12 other girls, then remand...
8 Nov 20211h 5min
