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137: The Science of Cults

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Our patrons decided that cults would be the topic of this week’s episode, so here you go! A little lighter on the heavy science this week as we delve into what cults are, how they work, and why people might join them...

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References & Further Reading
  1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines
  3. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html
  5. https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov02/cults.html
  6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2540138/?page=1
  7. https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/jonestown
  8. https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1356&context=theses_dissertations
  9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941
  10. https://www.openculture.com/2020/10/why-do-people-join-cults.html
  11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941
  12. http://cultresearch.org/definition-and-explanation-of-the-word-cult/
  13. http://vivianlawry.com/psychology-of-cults/
  14. http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/117/Elizabeth.Ligthelm.pdf
  15. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/what-makes-a-cult-a-cult/amp
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