Perhaps you listened to our cult episode and found the idea of starting a cult as a side-hustle distasteful. Or just too much work. How about using your power of persuasion for good rather than evil? 

Well... sort of anyway. 

In today's episode, we examine how to make money by kidnapping cult members and reverse-brainwashing them! 


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Our intro and outro music is by Commuted. Find him at https://commuted.bandcamp.com/

Our art is by Jennifer Walker. Find her at https://www.jenniferwalker.design/

Sources for this episode:

Podcasts/Audio 

Healthcare Triage. How New Drugs are Developed. Dr Aaron Carroll, Dan Skovronsky. 3 May 2019 

“                                              “ Can We Cure Alzheimer’s Disease? Dr. Aaron Carrol, Dr. Liana Apostolova. 31 July 2018 

Stuff You Should Know

• Is it Possible to Brainwash Someone? 
• How Cult Deprogramming Worked 

Last Podcast on the Left

• Children of God
• Jonestown 
• Heaven's Gate 
• Jonestown Death Tape
• Charles Manson
• L. Ron Hubbard
• Aum Shinrikyo 
• Rasputin 
• Order of the Solar Temple 

Cults

• Charles Mason 
• Heaven’s Gate 
• Dwight York, United Nuwabian Nation 

Oh No Ross and Carrie 

• Scientology  

The Daily 

• Caliphate 

Books

• Road to Jonestown – Jeff Guinn
• Combatting Cult Mind Control – Steven Hassan
• Power of Persuasion – Robert V. Levine
• Let Our Children Go! – Ted Patrick
• Heaven’s Harlots – Miriam Williams 
• Hostage to the Devil - Malachi Martin
• Closing the Gate - Deb Simpson
• Jonestown Survivor -- Laura Johnston Kohl
• Bad Science -- Ben Goldacre 

Movies 

Wild Wild Country 

Organizations/Individuals

FOCUS     

Internet Articles

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Patrick
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprogramming
• https://psychotherapytoronto.ca/ritual-abuse-cults-and-captivity-2/
• https://cultinformation.org.uk/article_caring-for-cult-victims.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/30/archives/ted-patrick-convicted-of-seizing-woman-said-to-have-joined-cult.html
• http://www.eyesteelfilm.com/deprogrammed
• https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers
• https://www.centerwatch.com/images/infographics/Understanding-Clinical-Trials-Infographic-low.png
• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/