Speaking of Cults

By Chris SheltonNews Religion & Spirituality Education

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October 10 Speaking of Cults...Abusive Family Cults and the Foster System with Stella McCormick
This week I welcome survivor Stella McCormick, who has a horrifying story to tell about her upbringing in a large religious family run by absolute monsters for parents who locked up her sister in a closet for seven years among a laundry list of abusive behaviors, not just towards their biological children but fostered children as well. This is a grim story and I don't usually include trigger warnings but this one is rough so be prepared. Stella is on TikTok exposing this abuse now and working to bring justice for her siblings. Find her there at stella_mccormick.
1 hr 43 min
October 07 Speaking of Cults...The Scientology We Dug Up in Digger with Luke Y. Thompson
We have a bonus podcast episode this week with the release of Tom Cruise's new movie Digger and our take on the Scientology ideas and themes we see in it. To help us in our analysis, we invited professional movie critical Luke Y. Thompson on board and he provides some fun insights to what we hope is an entertaining episode. Enjoy!
Luke Y. Thompson
https://MortalCinema.com
@lytrules on Bluesky, Instagram, X, Substack @lytrulz on Facebook
1 hr 14 min
October 03 Speaking of Cults...Dark Messiah and Fictionalized Cults with Sara Carson
This week I welcome author Sara Carson to discuss her recently published fiction story Dark Messiah, a tale based on the real-life tragedy of the Jonestown massacre at the order of cult leader Jim Jones. Sara and I have a far ranging discussion about the power of fiction, cult dynamics and Jonestown itself. Her book is now out for you to buy as well.
Sara's website: https://sarazcarsonauthor.com
Dark Messiah on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVZMLYCR
1 hr 6 min
September 26 Speaking of Cults...Using Art for Recovery & Growth ft. Grace Sims
This week I welcome film maker and cult survivor Grace Sims to discuss a recent project of hers and some of her experiences growing up in a high control group. Enjoy!
Grace's website: https://gracesims.com
54 min
September 19 Speaking of Cults...Does Religion Belong in Therapy at All? with Veronica Thompson
This week I welcome therapist and author Veronica Thompson, a self-labelled "Christian therapist" who shares her work and opinions about where religion does and doesn't belong in the therapy space. I know people have strong opinions about this and I believe we had a very nuanced and understandable conversation about it. Enjoy!
Veronica's website: https://VeronicaThompson.com
1 hr 20 min
September 12 Speaking of Cults...Healing from Narcissistic Abuse with Dr. Tina Paone
This week I welcome therapist, author and narcissist specialist Dr. Tina Paone to discuss the psychology of narcissism and recovery from it. She is the author of a recently released book on recovery from narcissistic abuse titled Unbroken: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Reclaiming Me. Enjoy!
Dr. Paone's website: https://drtinapaone.com
Dr. Paone's book: https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Healing-Narcissistic-Abuse-Reclaiming-ebook/dp/B0GRPNKDS6?ref_=ast_author_mpb
1 hr 7 min
September 05 Speaking of Cults...Scientology and the Brain with Jon Atack
Today I welcome back Jon Atack to continue our series of podcasts to debunk the "basics" of Scientology, one bit at a time. This week we didn't make a lot of progress in our book review as we kept it short and mainly addressed Hubbard and his very outmoded ideas about the human brain. Enjoy!
Roehampton University in London is conducting a survey into the effects of mandated shunning—or enforced
disconnection—with the aim of introducing new legal provisions to the UK's existing coercive control law. This
important study will help shift public opinion, offer protection and safeguarding to former members, and encourage
education in our schools about the dangers of high-demand groups and their authoritarian practices. The survey is
anonymised. It takes about an hour to complete, but can be done in stages at your own pace. Windy and Savin would also like to talk with people who have suffered disconnection. Please take the survey and let others know about it.
Take the survey here: https://stopmandatedshunning.org/survey/ And here's the information page:
https://roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics... or you may contact the researchers directly: Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy Senior
lecturer in Counselling Psychology Roehampton University ([email protected]) Dr Windy Grendele,
Senior lecturer in Psychology, Roehampton University ([email protected]) Thanks!
1 hr 17 min
September 01 Speaking of Cults...Why You Hate Those People
Sorry for the delay in getting this posted this week. In this week's special live podcast episode, I am exploring where we derive meaning and order and morality, which are not ivory tower concepts relegated to an academic education but are in fact, the stuff of our daily lives. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
1 hr 48 min
August 22 Speaking of Cults...Things All Cults Do with Anne Peterson
This week I welcome Anne Peterson back to have a very loose discussion around the things that all cults do or the beliefs/ideas that seem to echo from one to the other. This being our first time on this topic, we cover a lot of diverse ideas rather than have a bullet list of things to discuss, but I hope you find this as fun as we had doing it. Enjoy!
Anne's channel: @ConfrontingTheLine
The workshop page: https://ilumn8.life/op/reclaiming-your-mind-and-life-chris-shelton/
1 hr 27 min
August 15 Speaking of Cults...Leaving Mormonism
This week I welcome back Bryce Blankenangel and Shannon Grover to help me understand what happens when people want to leave the faith of the LDS Church in terms of repercussions both personally and/or professionally. As always, we go wide on this topic and hope it brings some more clarity to why cults like the Mormon Church act the way they do. Enjoy!
Glassbox podcast: https://glassboxpodcast.com
1 hr 11 min

About Speaking of Cults

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A podcast about cults, coercive control and recovery. Formerly called the Sensibly Speaking podcast, in this weekly show host Chris Shelton interviews cult survivors, psychologists and other…