The Jordanian Sufi Cult: “Trapped Between Worlds”
When Raidah left medical school in Sydney to spend the summer at what was promise to be an Islamic utopia in Jordan, she thought she was taking a break to heal.Instead, she found herself inside a high...
27 Okt 20251h 2min
[BONUS] Amy Duggar King: “Holy Disruptor”
Today’s story isn’t about a reality TV show—though a lot of people think it starts there. In truth, it began long before the cameras, before the matching outfits and the too-perfect smiles.You know th...
20 Okt 202558min
Church of the Harvest: “WWJD? Probably Pay His Employees.”
Nine years. One strip-mall church. A duffel bag full of cash, a freezing pool full of goldfish, and a pastor who convinced everyone he had a direct line to God.This week, Alisha takes us inside Church...
13 Okt 20251h 2min
SpaceX — PT2: “Mission Aborted”
Last week, we met Paige: a bright-eyed engineer who joined SpaceX believing she was helping to save humanity. In Part 1, we followed her through the seduction — the mission, the 80-hour weeks, the Elo...
6 Okt 202557min
SpaceX—PT1: “It’s About to Get Musky in Here”
An ex–SpaceX engineer asks our favorite question: when does mission become mindset—and then eventually something more? Paige was convinced she was helping save humanity by working at SpaceX.In Part 1,...
29 Sep 202555min
The Cult of Rodney Howard-Browne: “Holy Ghosted”
She thought she was enrolling in a Bible college.Instead, she was signing up to give her identity, her labor, her choice—and her fire—to a man who called himself the Holy Ghost Bartender.At “River Uni...
15 Sep 202555min
The Cult of My Mafia Dad: “An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse”
A limo to Atlantic City. Pizzerias with back rooms. Garbage bags vanishing across boroughs.Comedian Barry Rothbart grew up believing his dad didn’t just live large—he made life larger. Then the tapes ...
8 Sep 20251h 7min
