Episode 50: What is Mandated Shunning? Dr Windy Grendele & Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy (Mini-Series Part 1)
Is shunning the most insidious of all cult practices? In today’s episode Lindy and our guests, researchers Windy and Savin from Roehampton University, define shunning and discuss how it's used deliber...
31 Dec 202454min
Episode 49: Healthcare and Cults Part 2 with Gina Catena
This is the second episode with Gina, who was raised in a cult which discourages members from seeking medical care. In episode two she describes how she slowly changed her view of health to the scient...
17 Dec 202457min
Episode 48: Healthcare and Cults Part 1 with Gina Catena
Today Caz interviews Gina, a nurse practitioner & midwife from California. Gina grew up in a cult which discouraged mainstream evidence-based health treatments, in favour of non-scientific treatments....
3 Dec 202458min
Episode 47: Unmasking Cults - We go to Parliament
On 23 October Liz, Lindy and Caz hosted a dinner event at Parliament called "Unmasking Cults." We were delighted that a range of dignitaries, ministers, and representatives of key services in New Zeal...
19 Nov 202457min
Episode 46: Deculting with Dr Janja Lalich
Join Liz, Caz, Lindy and cult expert Dr Janja Lalich, as they talk about the highlights of the inaugural NZ Decult 2024 conference, and how this remarkable event has contributed to a critical conversa...
6 Nov 202458min
Episode 45 - Mary Garden - Gurus Galore (Part 2)
*Trigger warning for this episode’s content*. This episode we continue the second part of Caz’s interview with Mary Garden, talking about how her swami revealed himself to not be the benign, peaceful,...
22 Okt 202456min
Episode 44 - Mary Garden and Gurus Galore (Part 1)
Mary Garden was a seeker in her 20s, finding her way to India to three different gurus - Sai Baba, Swami Balyogi Premvarni, and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Mary tells her story, unpacking the historical c...
8 Okt 202454min
Episode 43 - Royal Commission into Abuse and the Intersection with Cults
Cults exposed in New Zealand. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Faith-Based & State-Based Care investigated what happened to children, young people and adults in NZ in these care settings ...
24 Sep 202459min
