Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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235 Episoder
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Nitai Joseph, Part 2: When Meditation Gets Culty
Publisert: 21.4.2022 -
Nitai Joseph, Part 1 - Hare Krishna, Cool Gurus, & Labor Exploitation
Publisert: 13.4.2022 -
Lynn Short - The New Gnostic Society, Sexual Alchemy, & Lucid Dreaming
Publisert: 6.4.2022 -
Anne Speckhard - How Terrorists Are Made
Publisert: 30.3.2022 -
Terra Newell, Part 2 - Killing Dirty John
Publisert: 23.3.2022 -
Terra Newell, Part 1 - Meeting Dirty John
Publisert: 16.3.2022 -
Sinasta Colucci – Romance, Racism, & Cover-Ups in Twelve Tribes
Publisert: 9.3.2022 -
Sinasta Colucci - Twelve Tribes, Farm Life, and The End Times
Publisert: 2.3.2022 -
The Airborne Toxic Event's Mikel Jollett - My Childhood in Synanon
Publisert: 23.2.2022 -
Jillian Lauren, Part 2 - Return to Brunei and Meeting a Serial Killer
Publisert: 9.2.2022 -
Jillian Lauren, Part 1 - Life in a Harem
Publisert: 2.2.2022 -
Banachek, Part 2 - Critical Thinking vs Skepticism
Publisert: 26.1.2022 -
Banachek, Part 1 - Mentalism vs Psychic Ability
Publisert: 19.1.2022 -
Drew Amstutz - Surviving Conversion Therapy
Publisert: 12.1.2022 -
Amanda Knox & Christopher Robinson - Understanding Cognitive Bias
Publisert: 5.1.2022 -
Bob Nygaard, Part 2 - How Psychics Manipulate
Publisert: 22.12.2021 -
Bob Nygaard, Part 1 - Investigating Psychic Fraud
Publisert: 15.12.2021 -
Lauren & John Matthias – The Daybells, Part 2: Buried Bodies & the Dark Triad
Publisert: 8.12.2021 -
Lauren & John Matthias – The Daybells, Part 1: Murder, Zombies, & LDS Fan Fiction
Publisert: 1.12.2021 -
Angie Kehler & Yahanna Masimer - The Assembly of YHWHhoshua
Publisert: 17.11.2021
Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between. Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most human instincts there is.
