Cracking Cults Collaboration - Meet The Podcasters!
Today Stephen and Celine are joined by Elgen Strait ex Moonie - Falling Out Podcast, Frankie Tease ex Morningland Church - Frankie Files and Clint Heacock ex Evangelical - The Mindshift Podcast to tal...
21 Jan 20231h 12min
Bonus Cults on Film: The Master
Today's episode explores the 2012 classic The Master, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. The writer and director Paul Thomas ...
19 Jan 202346min
From the Children of God to the Army: Uncultured with Daniella Mestyanek Young
In her memoir, 'Uncultured' Daniella Mestyanek Young tells her story of being raised in the Children of God, her escape at just 15, finding herself in a world she didn't understand, getting an educati...
14 Jan 20231h 7min
Children of the Cult: Joy Cranham from The Family Survival Trust
Today's guest is Joy Cranham from the Family Survival Trust, a charity that specialises in helping victims of cults and supports the families of those impacted. Joy's own background is as a born-in me...
7 Jan 20231h 27min
Bonus: Cults On Film, The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man - it's not about invisibility! Coercive control is a signature tactic of cults and a sign of toxic relationships. The 2020 movie, 'The Invisible Man' explores the methods used and th...
4 Jan 202340min
Cult Hacker Review of 2022
The final Cult Hackers podcast for the year with Celine and Stephen as they review their favourite episodes, talk about some of the amazing guests they've spoken to, as well as give a nod to some of t...
31 Dec 202247min
Bonus: The Jedi Cult and the Radicalisation of the Skywalkers
In this bonus episode from the Cults on Film series, Stephen explores cult tactics employed by the Jedi and the Sith. Cult recruitment 101 by Alex Guinness and Ian McDiarmid. Become a patron for just...
28 Dec 202228min
Christmas: It’s complicated
For cult leavers raised in groups like Jehovah's Witnesses who don't celebrate Christmas, the holidays can create mixed feelings. Celine and Stephen explore this and talk about their own experience of...
24 Dec 202255min
