The Abuse of Power in Cults
In this week's episode we explore how cults use power to ensure the obedience of their followers, drawing from French and Raven's Bases of Power and the work of Max Weber. To support the podcast you c...
14 Okt 20221h 7min
Bonus Episode: Cults on Film, The Borg
Assimilation, group identity and leaving is hard. In this bonus episode taken from our short series, Cults on Film, Stephen explores the science fiction favourite baddie, the Borg, from the movie Star...
13 Okt 202215min
Jennifer French: Reconnecting With Family After Leaving a Mystical Cult
Jennifer French has a Masters in the Psychology of Coercive Control and is host of the Project Hope Podcast. She was a member of a Christian Mystical Cult and as a result became estranged from her fam...
7 Okt 20221h 10min
Cults and the promise of happiness
Celine and Stephen explore how cults use the promise of happiness to attract people and keep them on the hook. Also what is the science on happiness? Is happiness genetic? Is it dependant upon externa...
30 Sep 20221h 35min
Special Episode: Recovering from a Damaging Religious Group with Sherrie D’Souza
Sherrie D'Souza is the International Development Director and board member of 'Recovering From Religion' an organization that specialises in helping people deal with the effects of leaving damaging re...
27 Sep 20221h 15min
Nicola Ranson: Life, love and leaving the Rajneeshpuram
Welcome to the first official episode of Cult Hackers (formerly 'What should I think about..?') For our first show we have a wonderful and knowledgeable cult hacker, former cult member Nicola Ranson. ...
23 Sep 20221h 10min
Spirituality, Mysticism and Consciousness With Andrew Jasko
In the last ever episode of 'What Should I Think About...?' (soon to become Cult Hackers), Andrew Jasko, M.Div. joins us. Andrew is a Religious Trauma Coach with an MA in Counselling Psychology. On th...
17 Sep 20221h 4min
Work Life Balance in a Cult
Did Jesus have a work-life balance problem? What are the 'work' commitments for members of cults? As a former Jehovah's Witness Stephen reflects upon the work commitments of an active Jehovah's Witnes...
10 Sep 20221h 23min
