A podcast about cult hacking! Cracking the cult code to understand what they are, how they work, how people leave and how to make sense of the world after leaving. Father and daughter team, media graduate Celine, and former cult member now organizational psychologist Stephen, explore how cults work, why they are so dangerous and the experience of leaving and making sense of the world. They speak to cult hackers from all over the world, from ex members to academics, from writers to filmmakers, and from therapists to activists. https://pod.link/1540824671 https://www.patreon.com/culthackers https://culthackers.com/ Music is Snap by Purple Planet Music Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Celine and Stephen are joined today by Kendra Bryan who was raised in a fundamentalist Christian group. Kendra describes her experience of purity culture, the "Quiverfull movement", the Duggars, attitudes towards women and child raising and the damage it does. She also talks about her escape into her new life.
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Kendra's Social Media
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@KendraLeeBryan?si=Kdc2WXciF6RfjgMZ
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Today Celine and Stephen explore the various theories related to how organizations motivate people and how they can be applied to cults.
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Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Stephen is back home after his attempt at the Land's End to John O'Groats cycle. He talks about his ride - the highs and lows and how he feels about the word failure.
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Our guest today Sue Winter describes herself as a cult hopper and analyses her experiences of coercive control in the family in a religious group and in a commercial setting. She also raises the issue of the exploitation of older people through cultic practices within organizations.
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Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Why do people do activism, write books or make podcasts after they've left a cultic group? Is it down to hate? Are they just disgruntled former members? A good-faith attempt to address the question of why so many ex members choose to take action or talk about their experience.
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Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Jo Lloyd Johnson is an artist and author who escaped a charismatic, fundamentalist Christian cultic group. She has written about this experience in her insightful and touching book called 'Silenced in Eden'. In this week's episode Jo talks about the abuse she suffered as a child, purity culture, the raising of girls to be submissive wives, trying to conform, ultimately finding freedom and writing it all down in her book.
Jo's book:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/94167107
Jo's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jolloydjohnson/
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Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
This week our guest is Kacey from the Cult Vault, one of the leading podcasts about cults. Kacey talks about starting up a podcast, what she's learned about cults and her plans for the future. It was great to talk to her!
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Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
In this special, last of the current season of miniseries episodes about the psychology of cults, we are releasing the recording of Stephen's presentation to the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) Conference in 2022. This presentation is based upon Stephen's research for his dissertation for his Masters in Organizational Psychology.
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YouTube Video Version
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Today Stephen and Celine look at the news about claims of UFOs and UAP at the Congressional Hearing on July 26th 2023. This podcast has asked before, what would religious fundamentalists make of the existence of extra terrestrial life?
What do we actually know about this story? What was said during the hearing? What is the story behind characters such as David Grusch and Louis Elizondo? At a deeper level, how do existing beliefs play into how we interpret evidence? Stephen also shares with Celine some surprising reporting about just what certain officials, at and around, the Pentagon believe and how close they are to this story. A slightly different feel to this week's topic episode but we hope you like it.
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The reporting by Steven Greenstreet
Glossary of Acronyms From Today's Episode
AATIP: Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme
AARO: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office
AAWSAP: Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program
BAASS: Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies
SCIF: Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
UAP: Unidentified Arial Phenomena
UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
TTSA: To The Stars Academy
NIDS: National Institute for Discovery Science
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
In our ongoing miniseries into the psychology of cults Stephen explores how cults manage their activity, including the similarities and differences between cultic groups and more orthodox organizations. What does the org chart look like? How do they use Key Performance Indicators and how do they punish poor performance?
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