That's a Cult?

That's a Cult?

By That's a Cult?Society & Culture
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That's a Cult? episodes

  • Ep 2 - MLM Schemes
    Scroll through your Facebook timeline and you're sure to find them - people you vaguely know, promising an easy income from home. All you have to do is join their team and sell these "amazing products". 
    Is MLM always a scam and the recruiters master manipulators? Helen looks for the grey area in direct selling and network marketing.
    Written and edited by: Helen McCarthy www.twitter.com/helenlmccarthy
    Music by: Antti Luode www.anttismusic.blogspot.co.uk
    Episode sources (so you can do your own reading and research): https://thatsacult.tumblr.com/post/625891619770712065/scroll-through-your-facebook-timeline-and-youre
    Elle's MLM experience - www.ellebeaublog.com
    The Finance Guy blog - www.finance-guy.net
    John's Facebook group - www.facebook.com/groups/1847755422133684/
    Want to hear a deep dive into a specific internet community/potential cult? Email your suggestions to [email protected]
    53 min
  • Ep 1 - Childfree
    Some people just don't want kids, and often find they're questioned, mistrusted, or even hated for it. The childfree subreddit has become a digital home for 142,000 of them.
    ​Can the internet be a place of respite for people being pestered by their broody parents? Or are they longing for a childfree, separatist world that isolates and misunderstands parents?
    Written and edited by: Helen McCarthy www.twitter.com/helenlmccarthy
    Music by: Antti Luode www.anttismusic.blogspot.co.uk
    Episode sources (so you can do your own reading and research): https://thatsacult.tumblr.com/post/625890739952451584/some-people-just-dont-want-kids-and-often-find
    Thanks to all the episode contributors.
    Want to hear a deep dive into a specific internet community/potential cult? Email your suggestions to [email protected]
    42 min

About That's a Cult?

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The internet is unrecognisable when you remove talking to strangers from it. It feels suddenly less useful. You probably don't know most of the people you follow on Twitter, but you might have discussed each other's mental health. You're never going to meet everyone you upvote on Reddit, but you've shared in their best moments and eavesdropped on their worst.