Think you might be in a cult? Want to know the signs? Join Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames to talk about things that are..a little bit culty. Or in their case: a whole bunch of culty. As whistleblowers documented in the critically-acclaimed HBO series “The Vow,” Sarah and Nippy have a lot to say about their experience, and burning questions to ask people with similar stories. They’re here to help people understand, heal from, and avoid abusive situations one little red flag at a time. Listen in as they share their stories, have frank and unscripted conversations with other survivors and cult experts, and do a deep dive on how devotion can turn to dysfunction.
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I Belong to Me: Tia Levings on Rebuilding After Religious Trauma (Part 2) (00:41:52)
In Part 2 of our conversation with author Tia Levings, we go even deeper into what it actually takes to leave a high-control Christian fundamentalist marriage and rebuild a life on the other side. Tia...
I Belong to Me: Tia Levings on Rebuilding After Religious Trauma (Part 1) (00:47:33)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.In this episode, Tia Levings—bestselling author of A Well-Trained Wife and survivor of Christian fundamentalism who appears in the Amazon docuseries Shiny Happy...
Is Landmark a Cult? Anne Peterson Returns (Part 2) (00:40:48)
In Part 2 with former Landmark Forum staffer Anne Peterson, we dig into what it actually took to leave the Landmark ecosystem emotionally, financially, and socially—and how she began unpacking the “te...
Is Landmark a Cult? Anne Peterson Returns (Part 1) (00:45:31)
In Part 1 of this conversation, former Landmark Forum staffer Anne Peterson returns to update us about life post-Is This a Cult? book launch. She takes us back inside the transformational training mac...
Ma Will See You Now: Chasing Nirvana with Priya Hutner (Part 2) (00:38:36)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Priya Hutner, we keep pulling back the curtain on life inside the Kashi Ashram and the world surrounding Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati (“Ma”), including what happens when d...
Ma Will See You Now: Chasing Nirvana with Priya Hutner (Part 1) (00:36:18)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.In Part 1 of our conversation with writer Priya Hutner, she takes us inside her years at the Kashi Ashram, a spiritual community led by guru Ma Jaya Sati Bhagav...
My Toxic Father and Bahai: Jared Van Driessche’s Survival Story (Part 2) (00:36:46)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Jared Van Driessche, we go even deeper into what happens when you start questioning the system you were raised in, especially when that system is built on family, fa...
My Toxic Father and Bahai: Jared Van Driessche’s Survival Story (Part 1) (00:44:09)
In Part 1 of our conversation, security specialist Jared Van Driessche shares the story behind his polished “protector” persona: growing up in a Bahá’í family with a controlling and volatile father, a...
Cults to Consciousness: Shelise Ann Sola on Post-Mormon Podcast Life (Part 2) (00:47:11)
In Part 2 with artist and ex-Mormon creator Shelise Ann Sola, we pick up with what happens after you walk away from the LDS Church: family fallout, reclaiming your body and sexuality from modesty/puri...
Cults to Consciousness: Shelise Ann Sola on Post-Mormon Podcast Life (Part 1) (00:42:47)
In the first part of our conversation, artist, podcaster, and former Mormon Shelise Ann Sola joins us to talk about growing up in a devout Latter-day Saint (LDS) family. She internalized “perfect girl...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Elicia Ybarra on Red Flags in Martial Arts (Part 2) (00:37:00)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Elicia Ybarra, she unpacks her path to healing through EMDR trauma therapy. She realized how buried triggers from years of grooming and abuse sabotaged her marriage ...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Elicia Ybarra on Red Flags in Martial Arts (Part 1) (00:46:21)
In Part 1 of our conversation with martial artist and empowerment self-defense instructor Elicia Ybarra, we trace how a childhood love of ninja turtles and karate turned into a 30-year journey through...
A Little Bit Extra: A Casual Xmas Chat, AMA, and Listener Voicemails (00:36:34)
Ring the sleigh bells for this A Little Bit Extra Thursday Christmas bonus. We navigate thorny territory around recent NXIVM-adjacent podcasts we legally can't discuss yet. Trust us, we have thoughts,...
Twin Flames Universe Took My Niece: Cheryl Tuppa Speaks Out (00:57:15)
In this episode, Cheryl Tuppa joins the pod to tell the story of her niece Briana’s seven-year entanglement with Twin Flames Universe—from a late-night Google search about soulmates to a full-blown hi...
Love Has Won: Andrew-Ryan Profaci on His Time with Mother God (Part 2) (00:32:16)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Andrew-Ryan Profaci, we pick up right where things get extra bananas: the “quantum hoax,” the moment he pulled back the curtain on Love Has Won’s manufactured enemie...
Love Has Won: Andrew-Ryan Profaci on His Time with Mother God (Part 1) (00:45:45)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp. In the first of this two-part episode, we finally go inside Love Has Won with someone who was actually there, and who tried to stop it from the inside out. We ...
Amanda Montell: Cultish and Coded Language, Revisited (Part 2) (00:35:34)
Amanda Montell returns for round two, diving into what she's learned since Cultish dropped: Instagram comment wars as tribal battlegrounds, "platforming" as a thought-terminating cliché, and why under...
Amanda Montell: Cultish and Coded Language, Revisited (Part 1) (00:35:31)
Amanda Montell—author, linguist, and our reigning three-time champion guest—returns in studio to talk about the newly released paperback edition of Cultish, the book that launched a thousand cult-disc...
A Little Bit Extra: Post-Thanksgiving Word Salad and Listener Voicemails (00:27:02)
We’re back for A Little Bit Extra Thursday filled with Thanksgiving word salads and gallows humor. We chat about the last few truly bonkers weeks, share a long-awaited update on the book (spoiler: it’...
Anthia Gillick on OneTaste: Strokes, Sex, and Shame (00:54:00)
When does sexual empowerment cross the line into cult control? Following Ellen Huet’s OneTaste expose, we sat with Anthia Gillick—former OneTaste “insider,” survivor, and truth-teller—for a deep dive ...
Real Housewife and Bad Mormon: Heather Gay on Surviving Mormonism (Part 2) (00:39:03)
We’re back with the second half of our conversation with the unstoppable Heather Gay: housewife, truth-teller, and newly minted slayer of Mormon silence. Heather gets real (and really funny) about wha...
Real Housewife and Bad Mormon: Heather Gay on Surviving Mormonism (Part 1) (00:38:08)
Heather Gay, Real Housewife, “Bad Mormon,” and faith deconstruction trailblazer, joined us to talk about her journey from devout church girl to outspoken survivor. She shares what made Mormonism so ma...
Empire of Orgasm: Ellen Huet on the Different Strokes of OneTaste (Part 2) (00:46:42)
We dive even deeper in Part two with Ellen Huet to unpack what drove OneTaste’s inner circle, its culty sales playbook, and the strange tangle of power, personal growth, and manipulation. Ellen reveal...
Empire of Orgasm: Ellen Huet on the Different Strokes of OneTaste (Part 1) (00:41:22)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.What happens when the pursuit of female pleasure blurs into high-pressure sales, psychological control, and a federal criminal trial? In this two-part episode, ...
My Cult Your Cult: Sean Prophet on the Church Universal and Triumphant (Part 2) (00:44:04)
What actually happens when the world doesn’t end, the “shelf” breaks, and the self-proclaimed prince of a doomsday empire is left standing amid the fallout? In this powerful follow-up, Sean Prophet ta...
