26. Cult Psychology

Have you ever wondered what it takes to start a cult, recruit people into a cult and what it takes to make people kill for a cult? Wonder no more dear listener because that is what we cover in today’s episode! Join us for a laugh and some learning. Also, if you don’t have friends, give us a call, we know a cult you could join.

Topics:

• Seekers, Charles Manson, The Family, Jonestown, Farcry5
• Types of cults
• What makes people join cults, and kill for cults
• When do cults gain traction
• How to escape a cult
• Temporal lobe epilepsy and cults
• How to resist cults
• Deprogramming vs exit counselling

 

Links:

• Wiki-how to leave a cult  - https://www.wikihow.com/Leave-a-Cult
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3339966/
• Martha Marcy May Marlene - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441326/
• Heavens Gate Podcast - https://www.heavensgate.show/
• I was in a cult podcast called I Got the Hell Out - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-got-the-hell-out/id1330327174?mt=2
• Can We Cult Podcast -  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/can-we-cult/id1265200611?mt=2
• LPOTL: Jonestown - https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/
• Podcast about Isis and recruitment- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/15/485900076/how-a-danish-town-helped-young-muslims-turn-away-from-isis

 

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