Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
A podcast by Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts - Miercuri
221 Episoade
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REWIND: Jay Van Bavel - Groupthink, Social Identity, and Cult Psychology
Publicat: 14.11.2024 -
Bethany Joy Lenz - One Tree Hill, a Secret Cult, and Living a Double Life
Publicat: 06.11.2024 -
Anne - Psychosis, Delusions, & the Cult of Your Own Mind
Publicat: 31.10.2024 -
REWIND: Jitarth Jadeja - Former QAnon Believer
Publicat: 23.10.2024 -
Gareth Gore - Opus Dei, Human Trafficking, & Project 2025
Publicat: 16.10.2024 -
Norah - Girls Night In: L.A. Facebook Group Gone Culty
Publicat: 09.10.2024 -
Demetria, Part 2 - Twin Ray Mysticism, Spiritual Retreats, and the Necessity of Rage
Publicat: 02.10.2024 -
Demetria, Part 1 - Online Gurus, Mysterious Elixirs, and Joining the Twin Ray Cult
Publicat: 27.09.2024 -
Joelle Tamraz, Part 2 - Meeting The Elders, Emotional Manipulation, and Moving On
Publicat: 18.09.2024 -
Joelle Tamraz, Part 1 - Traveling to India, Meeting a Swami, and "Past Lives"
Publicat: 11.09.2024 -
Sara Teitelman - The Culty Elements of Technology
Publicat: 04.09.2024 -
Min Zhou, Part 2 - Labor Camps, Persecution, and Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution
Publicat: 28.08.2024 -
Min Zhou, Part 1 - The Cult of Mao Zedong, and Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
Publicat: 21.08.2024 -
Tia Levings, Part 2 - Questioning Fundamentalism, Motherhood, and the Dangers of Christian Nationalism
Publicat: 14.08.2024 -
Tia Levings, Part 1 - A Well-Trained Wife in the Christian Patriarchy
Publicat: 07.08.2024 -
Andrea Dunlop, Part 2 - A Family Torn, Munchausen by Proxy, & Critiquing Take Care of Maya
Publicat: 31.07.2024 -
Andrea Dunlop, Part 1 - Munchausen by Proxy, a Faked Miscarriage, and a Perpetrator in the Family
Publicat: 24.07.2024 -
J. Wesley Boyd - When Physician Health Programs Go Wrong
Publicat: 17.07.2024 -
R. Derek Black, Part 2 - How a White Supremacist Changed Their Mind
Publicat: 10.07.2024 -
R. Derek Black, Part 1 - Former White Nationalist, Growing Up in the KKK, and Cognitive Dissonance
Publicat: 26.06.2024
Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between. Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most human instincts there is.
