What is orgasmic meditation? Where is the line between cutting-edge wellness & cult behavior? Is the word “cult” too divisive to be helpful?

Ellen Huet is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. Gher investigative piece on OneTaste lead to the FBI investigation & eventually arrest of Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz. She also wrote EMPIRE OF ORGASM, chronicling how the sex self-help group twisted sexual abuse into personal growth. 

 
In this episode we explore the new image of modern-day cults, the timeline of OneTaste & its leader & who is most vulnerable to cult recruitment.

If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 305: ARE POLITICAL PARTIES JUST CULTS?!

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00:00 — Sex, Cults & Startups

01:16 — Wrong Beat, Right Story

01:55 — The 15-Minute Practice

03:51 — Wellness Has a Price Tag

06:18 — Quit Your Job, Move In

08:00 — Consent Gets Complicated

13:01 — Bodies on the Line

15:48 — Victimhood Is Forbidden

17:51 — Free Meetup, Expensive Trap

21:22 — Searching for Something Deeper

23:09 — Gwyneth Approved It

26:00 — Break the Debt Seal

28:06 — Modern Cults Look Normal

31:03 — Chatbots and Spiral Thinking

33:32 — Red Flags to Watch

36:18 — Nicole's Complicated Childhood

41:54 — She Took the Practice

43:26 — San Francisco Let It Slide

45:29 — The Warehouse Experiment

47:44 — WiFi Password: NotACult

50:11 — The Woman Behind Nicole

51:45 — Selling Her Own Vision

53:33 — The Story Nobody Had Told

56:49 — Guilty, Then Sentenced

57:58 — Bored, Lonely, Missing It

01:02:07 — Seeking a Presidential Pardon

01:02:53 — Why People Believe Things

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