On Belief: A Podcast About Cults

By Karen Geier

We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would alway... more

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October 14, 2020Episode 308: Conspiracy Theories
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Will Sommer has been covering conspiracy theories since the inception of Pizzagate. He joins me to discuss what drives people to believe seemingly incomprehensible conspiracy theories.
In this episode, we discuss:
What is the genesis of Pizzagate?
Why did people believe and amplify Pizzagate?
Why didn't Pizzagate end when Comet Pizza was shot up?
What is QAnon?
How do people get progressively deeper into QAnon?
What are the societal impacts of collective belief in conspiracy theories?
And more...
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September 15, 2020Episode 307: The Human Potential Movement
In this episode we discuss:
What was Esalen?
How did the Human Potential Movement begin?
What made the Human Potential Movement so appealing?
Which groups sprung out of that movement?
Which forms of untested therapy became popular from the movement?
And more...
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August 26, 2020Episode 306: Gender Critical Movement
In this episode, we discuss:
What is the Gender Critical movement?
What are the fundamental beliefs vs what they claim the beliefs are?
Where did my guest find out about Gender Criticism?
Are most of the leaders of the Gender Critical movement trans?
Who are the celebrities who are involved in this movement?
Why the 'science' Gender Critical people cite is erroneous
And more...
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August 04, 2020Episode 305: Men's Rights Activists
In this episode, we discuss:
How someone finds MRAs online
Where the most active members hang out
What kind of moderation MRA forums have
Can you see people being radicalized in real time?
What drove my guest deeper
What family members and women told my guest when they were involved
When they started to question their views
And more...
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July 21, 2020Episode 304: Independent Fundamental Baptists
On this episode, we discuss:
What it's like growing up with a fire and brimstone church at the center of your life
What kinds of topics were taught in Sunday school
Evangelical home schooling
What a child understands about a sermon on homosexuality
What Bible camp is like
Why Bible College doesn't always make pastors
And more...
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June 09, 2020Episode 303: Zendik Farm
In this episode we discuss:
What is an intentional community?
What made Helen decide to join Zendik?
What was it like moving in?
What are the major beliefs of the group?
What was the Zendik approach to sex and dating?
How did the Farm make money?
What was the group's approach to working through trauma?
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June 03, 2020Episode 302: The Inner Matrix
Guest Katie Mount joins me to discuss her time both studying The Inner Matrix and joining the company, working for its founder.
In this episode, we discuss:
What brought her to study The Inner Matrix
What you study in their courses
Why she decided to join the organization
What she gave up to work for Joey Klein
Whether the office lived by the principles it espoused
Why some women in the office were treated differently than others
How she connected with other defectors on the other side
And more.
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May 26, 2020 Episode 301: 60s Political Cults
In this episode, we explore 3 political cults: The Weather Underground, Ayn Rand's Determinists and The JOhn Birch Society
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April 15, 2020Episode 228: Conversion Therapy
In this episode, we discuss:
How Matt got involved in a Facebook group that 'supported' men who wanted to overcome Same Sex Attraction
How groups recruit vulnerable men to join bootcamps
What happens at bootcamps that promise to help you 'pray the gay away'
What kinds of activities and 'therapy' happen at Conversion Therapy bootcamp
Why he sat in a room staring at a candle
Whether Conversion Therapy works
What the risks of Conversion Therapy are
And more...
Matt's Article: https://www.dailyxtra.com/lgbtq2-conversion-therapy-168786
Matt's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/mattash89
https://twitter.com/mattash89
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April 07, 2020Episode 227: The Troubled Teen Industry
In this episode, we discuss:
What kinds of kids get sent to these institutions
What kinds of rules are there at these places
What kinds of punishments happen
How everyone is turned into a snitch
What kinds of regulations govern these places
What recourse kids have if sent there
And much more
Links from this episode:
Troubled Podcast
Troubled podcast on social media: @talktroubled
2007 Congressional Hearing on Child Neglect & Abuse in Residential Homes
2008 Congressional Hearing on Child Abuse & Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens (incl GAO findings from the investigation prompted by the 2007 Hearing
Aaron Bacon Short Film (his parents testified in Congressional Hearings)
The Last Stop Documentary (film here)
Last Stop (trailer)
Fix My Kid Documentary (film)
Fix My Kid (trailer)
ABC Special "A Boy Named Lucas"
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