Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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219 Episodo
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Guinevere Turner, Part 2 - Group Exile, Culture Shock, & Recovery
Publicado: 2/8/2023 -
Guinevere Turner, Part 1 - The Lyman Family, Compound Life, and Queen Jessie
Publicado: 26/7/2023 -
Emily Lynn Paulson - Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
Publicado: 19/7/2023 -
Madison McGhee - The Dark Side of Sorority Life
Publicado: 12/7/2023 -
Christy Carlson Romano - Child Actors & the Toddler to Trainwreck Pipeline
Publicado: 5/7/2023 -
Lindsey Williams, Part 2: Going to IBLP Headquarters & The Downfall of Bill Gothard
Publicado: 21/6/2023 -
Lindsey Williams, Part 1: Shiny Happy People, The Institute in Basic Life Principles, and Meeting Bill Gothard
Publicado: 14/6/2023 -
Allison Miller - Interstitial Cystitis, Orthorexia, and an Alternative Medicine Cult
Publicado: 7/6/2023 -
Jimanekia Eborn - Reclaiming Your Sexuality After Trauma
Publicado: 31/5/2023 -
Mubin Shaikh, Part 2: 9/11, Reinterpreting Islam, and Going Undercover
Publicado: 24/5/2023 -
Mubin Shaikh, Part 1: Islamic Extremism, Meeting the Taliban, and Getting Radicalized
Publicado: 17/5/2023 -
Jennings Brown & Justice - Liana Shanti's Conspiracy Sisterhood
Publicado: 10/5/2023 -
Kara Goucher - Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project
Publicado: 3/5/2023 -
Perfectionism & Purity
Publicado: 27/4/2023 -
Robert Fitzpatrick - The History of MLMs
Publicado: 19/4/2023 -
Priscilla Tucker, Part 2: Escaping the Kingstons, Forced Rehab, and a Billion Dollar Tax Fraud
Publicado: 12/4/2023 -
Priscilla Tucker, Part 1: The Kingstons, Polygamy, and a Cousin Engagement
Publicado: 5/4/2023 -
Adam Levin - Romance Scams, Hackers, & Protecting Your Identity
Publicado: 29/3/2023 -
Zacch Comfort, Part 2: The Bride of Christ Church, and an Important Story From Lola
Publicado: 22/3/2023 -
Zacch Comfort, Part 1: The Bride of Christ Church and a Sex Offender Turned Prophet
Publicado: 15/3/2023
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.