Cults Anon

Cults Anon will not post this weeks episode until Tuesday Dec. 12 in observance of the general strike for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults!

Join me this week as we unpack the murky origins of the modern Christian Zionist Movement in the United States. In this episode we track the Zionist movement from its humble beginnings in the 1808 London Jew Society to Napoleon Bonaparte's aspirations to create a Jewish state in Palestine to the influence of Zionism on modern televangelist preachers that spearheaded it's infiltration into mainstream popular christianity. Where did the Christian Zionist Movement come from? Who were its founders? Why do they want the world to end so desperately and why are they so scary about trying to cause it? Lets talk about it.

Content Warning: This episode makes reference to material that some listeners may find disturbing including war crimes and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults!

Join me this week for the thrilling conclusion of our deep dive into the Unification Church, better known as the "Moonies" after their founder and charismatic leader Sun Myung Moon. This week we discuss the Moonies deep ties to the modern day Republican party including the key role members of the cult played in the notorious Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan Administration in the 1980's and their recent participation in the Jan. 6 2021 US Capitol Insurrection in support of Donald Trump. Do the Moonies worship Jesus? Nope. Do they worship sex, money and M-16's? They sure do! Do they have a terrifying level of political influence in the US government? Of course! What nefarious cult doesn't? So lets talk about it.

*Content Warning* This podcast contains reference to material that some listeners may find disturbing including descriptions of war crimes, abuse, and sexual assault. Please listen with awareness and always practice self care.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults!

Join me this week for part 4 of our deep dive into the Unification Church of the United States, better known as the "Moonies" after their founder and charismatic leader Sun Myung Moon. This week we examine the congressional findings concerning Moon and his cult activities laid out in the 1978 Fraser Report and discover just how much the United States Government really knew about Moon's nefarious plot for world domination. Do the moonies worship Jesus? Nope. Do they worship money, sex, and AK-47's? They sure do! Do they have a terrifying level of political influence in the United States Government? Of course! What nefarious cult doesn't? So lets talk about it.

*content warning* this podcast contains reference to material that some listeners may find disturbing including descriptions of war crimes and sexual assault. Please listen with awareness and always practice self care.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about Cults!

Since the illusive rapture appears to be remaining ever imminent join me again this week for part three of our deep dive into the Unification Church of the United States, better known as the "Moonies" after their founder and charismatic leader Sun Myung Moon. We pick up the Moonie's saga this week with Moon's rise to international wealth and power throughout the 1970's by back door-dealing, profiteering, and sex trafficking. Do the Moonies worship Jesus? Nope. Do they worship money, sex, and AK-47's? They sure do! Do they have a terrifying level of political influence in the United States government? Of course! What nefarious cult doesn't? So lets talk about it.

*Content Warning* This podcast contains reference to material that some listeners may find disturbing including descriptions of war crimes, sexual assault, rape, the sexual assault of children, and murder. Please listen with awareness and always practice self care.

Welcome to Rapture Watch 2023!

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled programing to bring you breaking news updates from the world of cults- the Rapture may really be on for 2023. The mormons are on the move with fundamentalist groups like AVOW and even the church of the first born son making the news from Utah to Idaho. The Jehova's Witnesses are changing their messaging from spreading the good news of the coming of the lord to the bad news that it's too late and your doomed. And we dig deep into the white whale of cults-the Zionist Movement- in a frank discussion of the surprising origins and motivations of the state of Israel and the sinister role christian fundamentalism is playing in the deeply tragic assault of Gaza. If you haven't been snatched up to heaven yet then join me again this week and lets talk about it.

Content Warning: This podcast contains references to material some listeners may find disturbing including descriptions of war crimes, murder, child abuse, and sexual assault. Please listen with awareness and always practice self-care.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults!

Join me this week for part two of our deep dive into the Unification Church of The United States better known as the "Moonies" after their founder and charismatic leader Sun Myung Moon. This week we pick up Moon's saga in the 1960's with his infiltration of post world war II Japanese, Korean, and American societies as a supposed christian religious organization. Do the Moonies worship Jesus? Nope. Do they worship money, sex, and AK-47's? They sure do! Do they have a terrifying level of political control in the United States government? Of course! What nefarious cult doesn't? So lets talk about it.

*Content Warning* This podcast contains reference to material that some may find disturbing including descriptions of war crimes, sexual assault, rape, the sexual assault of children, and murder. Please listen with awareness and always practice self care.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults!

Join me this week as we begin to pick apart the snarled mess of international political espionage, human sex trafficking, messianic delusions, and CIA backed psychological operations that is the Unification Church of the United States, better known as "The Moonies" after their posthumous charismatic leader and founder Sun Myung Moon. Do they worship Jesus? Nope. Do they worship money, sex, and AK-47's? They sure do! Do they have a terrifying level of political control over the United States Government? Of course! What nefarious cult doesn't? So lets talk about it.

*Content Warning*: This podcast contains reference to material that some may find disturbing including descriptions of war and sexual assault. Please listen with awareness and practice self-care.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults!

Join me this week for part two of our deep dive into the arrest of popular "momfluencer" Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt after Franke's starving and injured children escaped from the basement of Hildebrandt's home in August. In part two we focus on Jodi Hildebrandt's side of the story, exploring her unethical for profit counseling service "Connexions" and how she and Ruby Franke came together under a disturbing ideology they called "Moms of Truth" to justify their horrific abuse of Franke's children. Lets talk about it.

Created by Bailey Rivers

*Content Warning*

This podcast makes reference to material that may be disturbing for some listeners including reference to child abuse, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, and the exploitation of minors. Please listen with awareness and always practice self-care.

Welcome to Cults Anon, the podcast where we talk about cults from the perspective of recovery!

Join me this week for a deep dive into the controversies surrounding the recent arrest of popular youtube "momfluencer" Ruby Franke on child abuse charges after her starving and injured children escaped from the basement of her therapist Jodi Hildebrandt's home. In this first half of a two part episode on the complicated situation we will discuss the possible influences of fundamentalist christian cults on the Franke's parenting and lifestyle choices as well as the affect the toxic culture surrounding the problematic "family vlog" genre of social media content. Lets talk about it.

Created By Bailey Rivers

*Content Warning*

This podcast makes reference to material that may be disturbing for some viewers including reference to child abuse, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, and the exploitation of minors.