On Belief: A Podcast About Cults

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

65 episodes of On Belief: A Podcast About Cults since the first episode, which aired on April 19th, 2019.

  • Episode 318: Neurodiversity and Cults

    February 22nd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 2 mins

    My guest Priscilla Eyles, a neurodiversity advocate and cult survivor joins me to discuss her experiences with two high demand groups and why neurodivergent people might be at greater risk for cult recruitment

  • Episode 317: Unification Church

    September 14th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 39 secs

    My guest joins me to describe their childhood and growing up a "Moonie"

  • Episode 316: Cult City Tours

    August 16th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  18 mins 33 secs

    Ted "the Tour Guide" Reinhard joins me to discuss living in Clearwater, Florida, home to the Church of Scientology, and his tour company, which takes participants on a tour of the Scientology buildings of Clearwater.

  • Episode 315: Matthew Remski

    June 21st, 2021  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 17 secs

    In this episode, I discuss radicalization, cult hopping, de-radicalization and more with Matthew Remski.

  • Episode 314: Janja Lalich

    April 12th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  14 mins 13 secs

    Janja Lalich, Cult Researcher and frequent Cult Expert for Documentaries joins me to discuss her career and what we really know about how Cults work.

  • Episode 313: Bikram Yoga

    March 3rd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  14 mins 44 secs

    My guest joins me to discuss her time at a 2 month intensive yoga training and what she witnessed there.

  • Episode 312: The Salvation Army

    February 17th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  16 mins 31 secs

    My guest joins me to share her experience growing up in the ubiquitous yet mysterious organization.

  • Episode 311: Growing up LDS

    January 28th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  18 mins 49 secs

    In this episode my guest describes what it's like to grow up Mormon when you're different

  • Episode 310: Jehovahs Witnesses and Growing Up

    January 6th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 47 secs

    What happens when you're born into a high control group that targeted your mom when she was pregnant with you? My guest discusses growing up Jehovah's Witness this week in a supersized episode

  • Episode 309: Church of Christ

    November 25th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 17 secs

    My guest joins me to discuss how going to a school affiliated with the Church of Christ changed her in ways that still affect her today.

  • Episode 308: Conspiracy Theories

    October 14th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 36 secs

    Will Sommer (Right Richter & The Daily Beast) joins me to discuss the similarities between cult belief and belief in major conspiracy theories like Pizzagate and QAnon

  • Episode 307: The Human Potential Movement

    September 15th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 42 secs

    Guest Tobi Olowe joins me again to discuss the primordial soup of most cults we know today: The Human Potential Movement.

  • Episode 306: Gender Critical Movement

    August 26th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  15 mins 13 secs

    My guest joins me to describe how dealing with their own gender journey led them into the world of the Gender Critical movement online

  • Episode 305: Men's Rights Activists

    August 4th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  16 mins 50 secs

    My guest joins me to discuss his time in Men's Rights Activism, and how the love of a TV show is what started them down the rabbit hole.

  • Episode 304: Independent Fundamental Baptists

    July 21st, 2020  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 5 secs

    My guest Tony joins me to discuss the troubling details of being born into an Evangelical Christian tradition

  • Episode 303: Zendik Farm

    June 9th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  16 mins 49 secs

    Helen Zuman, author of Mating in Captivity (https://helenzuman.com/books/mating-in-captivity-a-memoir/) joins me to discuss her time in the Zendik Farm Intentional Community