Legal Fights: Jehovah’s Witnesses Vs Norway, with Jan Frode Nilsen
Jan Frode Nilsen has a long-form interview with Stephen about his work exposing the damaging shunning policies of Jehovah's Witnesses, and his appearance as a witness for the Norwegian government in r...
30 Dec 20231h 8min
Finding Friends After Leaving a Cult; Patron Takeover
Losing friends, making new ones, reuniting with old ones, all at the same time as finding yourself. Friendships can be a tricky thing after leaving a cult. This week some of the Cult Hacker Patreon su...
23 Dec 20231h 7min
Bonus Audio Blog: Am I Awake Yet?
This short bonus episode is the audio version of a blog Stephen recently published on Medium. Many leavers of high control religions use 'waking up' as a metaphor for realising the group we had been a...
19 Dec 202315min
Living in Keith Green’s Cult Commune; Last Days Ministries
In the late 70s Sharon and Tracey were attracted to "The Jesus People" and joined the Last Days Ministries, living on a cult commune as teenagers with rock star Keith Green and the community he built....
16 Dec 20231h
The Cultic Bug In The System
For this week's podcast Celine and Stephen discuss the "software bug" inherent in human beings that makes us vulnerable to cults and their leaders. The article on Medium https://medium.com/ To reach o...
9 Dec 202358min
Understanding Magical Thinking with Spencer Watson
This week Stephen talks to Spencer Watson from the Truth Unrestricted Podcast about the question of 'Magical Thinking'. What is it? How is it different from scientific thinking? Why is it attractive? ...
2 Dec 20231h 43min
Deconstructing the Certainty of Fundamentalism with Olivia Jackson
When you're a member of a fundamentalist religious group, you find comfort in the certain knowledge that you have "The Truth". Leaving is partly a journey of coming to terms with uncertainty. Olivia J...
25 Nov 202358min
Cult Hackers Birthday Party
Join the party to listen to some of our nearly 100 hundred different guests over the last three years. We chat over a glass of virtual bubbly to ex members of groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Child...
18 Nov 20231h 10min
