Latest Abuseofpower Podcast Episodes
Strictly Stalking's Jaimie Beebe & Jake Deptula
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - August 17, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWhy do people stalk? The answer is more complicated than you think. Jaimie Beebe & Jake Deptula of the Strictly Stalking podcast drop by to discuss scary stories from stalking survivors, how Hollywood romanticizes controlling relationship dynamics, what triggers people to stalk, the parallels wi...
Welcome To The Sunshine Place
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - August 15, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsOnce called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction. Before long, it would make an even bolder claim: It could cure any of your problems. All you had to do was move in...
Virginia Heffernan: Edge, Jeffrey Epstein, & the Intellectual Dark Web
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - August 10, 2022 17:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsYou're struggling to advance your writing career. You reach out to a mysterious book agent who seems to be the key to success, along with his exclusive group of intellectual heavy hitters. Little do you know, that group is not all it seems... and it's closely connected to an absolute monster. J...
Joann Vaega: Waco Survivor and Former Branch Davidian
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - August 03, 2022 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsYou're a child living on a remote compound in West Texas. One day authorities show up at your front door and an exchange of gunfire breaks out. Just as you expected would happen. Survivor of the Branch Davidians and the Waco massacre, Joann Vaega, discusses her earliest memories of living on th...
Spencer Schneider: Sharon Gans, School & A Manhattan Cult Story
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - July 27, 2022 23:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsCan you keep a secret? Lawyer and author of Manhattan Cult Story My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival discusses his attraction to esoteric philosophy, how he joined Sharon Gan's secretive group School, the strict social rules members had to follow, the financial and psy...
Spencer Schneider: Sharon Gans, School, & a Manhattan Cult Story
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - July 27, 2022 23:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsCan you keep a secret? Lawyer and author of Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival discusses his attraction to esoteric philosophy, how he joined Sharon Gans' secretive group School, the strict social rules members had to follow and the similarities ...
Luis Favela & Honor Academy
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - July 21, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsJesus bootcamp, anyone? Musician Luis Favela shares what it was like attending the Christian youth training camp Honor Academy, part of an evangelical youth organization called Teen Mania Ministries. Luis shares his story about growing up as a religious youth leader, attending Honor Academy only...
Hank Nuwer: Hazing & Group Dynamics
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - July 14, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWriter and author of several books including Hazing: Destroying Young Lives, Hank Nuwer, discusses the various forms that hazing can take, why he started tracking data of deaths and injuries, a history of tragic incidents, the functions and alternatives of hazing, how it varies between fraternit...
Hank Nuwer & Hazing Culture
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - July 14, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWriter and author of several books including Hazing: Destroying Young Lives, Hank Nuwer, discusses the various forms that hazing can take, why he started tracking data of deaths and injuries, a history of tragic incidents, the functions and alternatives of hazing, how it varies between fraternit...
Evan McNary: Assisting Exorcisms, Speaking in Tongues & Pastors in Sunglasses
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - July 06, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsFilmmaker Evan McNary discusses his childhood in an exorcism focused church, believing in demons, helping with church exorcisms, having "possessed" people living in his home, and attending a Pentecostal church where members would laugh and scream for hours on end. PLUS: an interesting conversati...
G Charles Wright: Growing up Bisexual, Natural Disasters & Abusive Parenting
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - June 22, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsCasting director and former Christian G Charles Wright talks about growing up Christian and struggling with his sexuality, a natural disaster he was caught in the middle of, why he calls his mom a psychopath, and how he shed the influence of his upbringing and finally accepted himself and his se...
Sara Levine & Danny Murphy of Not Another True Crime Podcast
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - June 15, 2022 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsSara & Danny, hosts of Not Another True Crime Podcast, join Lola and Meagan to discuss the tragic cases of Matthew Coleman and Anthony Todt and delusional conspiracy theories that they believed, the recent wave of con men documentaries, the cults of Reddit and SoulCycle, the link between Mormoni...
Monia Ali: One Direction & Toxic Fandom
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - June 08, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsFormer One Direction stan Monia Ali shares her involvement in various fandoms throughout her life, how old she was when she became a One Direction stan, the conspiracy theory she became wrapped up in, the online bullying she experienced when she left the fandom, and the role of identity and comm...
Transcendental Meditation & Cult Intervention with Patrick Ryan and Joe Kelly
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - June 01, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWant to learn how to levitate? Cult Interventionists and Founders of Cult News 101, Patrick Ryan and Joe Kelly, talk about their work with ICSA (the International Cultic Studies Association), how levitation played into their experiences with Transcendental Meditation, early cult deprogramming an...
Patrick Ryan and Joe Kelly - Transcendental Meditation & Cult Intervention
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - June 01, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWant to learn how to levitate? Cult Interventionists and Founders of Cult News 101, Patrick Ryan and Joe Kelly, talk about their work with ICSA (the International Cultic Studies Association), how levitation played into their experiences with Transcendental Meditation, early cult deprogramming an...
Rethinking Trauma: The Power Threat Meaning Framework with Lucy Johnstone
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - May 25, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsUK consultant clinical psychologist and one of the authors of the power threat meaning framework Lucy Johnstone shares how her work is meant to re-conceive how we think of mental illness, why the DSM is flawed, the position of why labels are problematic, how "ideological power" factors in, how "...
Rethinking Trauma: Post-Traumatic Growth with Richard Tedeschi
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - May 18, 2022 22:25 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsUNC Charlotte professor and psychology researcher Dr Richard Tedeschi discusses his pioneering work on post-traumatic growth, how his field is different from resilience, how core beliefs are involved in our trauma, what "integration" means, and the value of an "expert companion," having a missio...
Rethinking Trauma: Self-Regulation and Healing Trauma with Robert Rhoton
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - May 11, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsHow do we self-regulate when faced with triggers? CEO of the Arizona Trauma Institute and President at the Trauma Institute International Dr Robert Rhoton digs into the physiology of trauma, why the particular therapeutic model isn’t THAT important (as long as our therapists are trauma-informed)...
Rethinking Trauma: Resilience with George Bonanno
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - May 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're taking May to dive into trauma: how we think about it, how it works, and what we can actually DO about it if we're struggling. How can we live our best lives, even if we've had difficult or terrifying experiences? In part 1 of the Rethinking Trau...
Jordan Harbinger: Scams, Influence, & The Law of Attraction
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - April 27, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsPodcast veteran Jordan Harbinger joins Lola and Meagan to talk magical thinking, the law of attraction, influence vs manipulation, how to be an ethical leader, how he himself has been scammed, and what makes people susceptible to scams! If you have your own story about cults, high-control group...
Nitai Joseph, Part 2: When Meditation Gets Culty
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - April 21, 2022 00:31 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsA little meditation never hurt anyone... right? Lola and Meagan chat with former Hare Krishna monk Nitai Joseph about meditation and how it isn't necessarily always the cure-all it's cracked up to be. They discuss Sam Harris, whether you can divorce meditation from its religious roots, and the w...
Nitai Joseph, Part 1 - Hare Krishna, Cool Gurus, & Labor Exploitation
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - April 13, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsNitai Joseph, talks about being a former Hare Krishna Monk, what the general beliefs are, going to California to learn from a seemingly cooler guru, devoting his life to the group, the labor exploitation he experienced, and the dangers of the guru structure. SUPPORT LOLA'S FILM: bit.ly/pruningf...
Lynn Short - The New Gnostic Society, Sexual Alchemy, & Lucid Dreaming
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - April 06, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsEpisode 72: Lynn Short, former member of the Armageddon cult the New Gnostic Society, shares how her relationship drew her to the group, the belief that their original guru was resurrected, working as a missionary, doomsday predictions, their use of lucid dreaming and withholding orgasms, what L...
#72: Lynn Short - The New Gnostic Society, Sexual Alchemy, & Lucid Dreaming
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - April 06, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsLynn Short, former member of the Armageddon cult the New Gnostic Society, shares how her relationship drew her to the group, the belief that their original guru was resurrected, working as a missionary, doomsday predictions, their use of lucid dreaming and withholding orgasms, what Lynn describe...
#71: Anne Speckhard - How Terrorists Are Made
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - March 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsAnne Speckhard, Director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown, discusses her interviews with members of Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and white supremacist groups, how she gets people to open up, the factors that drive peopl...
Anne Speckhard - How Terrorists Are Made
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - March 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsEpisode 71: Anne Speckhard, Director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown, discusses her interviews with members of Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and white supremacist groups, how she gets people to open up, the factors that...
#70: Terra Newell, Part 2 - Killing Dirty John
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - March 23, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsTerra Newell shares why her mom took John back after they broke up (despite his criminal history), not being able to file a restraining order, how John started to stalk the family, how Terra was able to defend herself and kill John when he attacked her, and what the recovery process has been lik...
Terra Newell, Part 2 - Killing Dirty John
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - March 23, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsEpisode 70: Terra Newell shares why her mom took John back after they broke up (despite his criminal history), not being able to file a restraining order, how John started to stalk the family, how Terra was able to defend herself and kill John when he attacked her, and what the recovery process ...
#69: Terra Newell, Part 1 - Meeting Dirty John
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - March 16, 2022 16:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsTerra Newell, life coach and animal lover who survived an attack from the now-infamous con man and manipulator Dirty John, shares how her mom met John on a dating app. In part one, they discuss how he claimed to be a doctor, some of his bizarre behaviors, and how he isolated her mom from the fam...
Terra Newell, Part 1 - Meeting Dirty John
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation - March 16, 2022 16:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsEpisode 69: Terra Newell, life coach and animal lover who survived an attack from the now-infamous con man and manipulator Dirty John, shares how her mom met John on a dating app. In part one, they discuss how he claimed to be a doctor, some of his bizarre behaviors, and how he isolated her mom ...
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