A Little Bit Culty
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A Little Bit Culty
Think you might be in a cult? Want to know the signs? Join Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames to talk about things that are..a little bit culty. Or in their case: a whole bunch of culty. As whistleblowers documented in the critically-acclaimed HBO series “The Vow,” Sarah and Nippy have a lot t...
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Ma Will See You Now: Chasing Nirvana with Priya Hutner (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Priya Hutner, we keep pulling back the curtain on life inside the Kashi Ashram and the world surrounding Ma Jaya Sa...
Ma Will See You Now: Chasing Nirvana with Priya Hutner (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In Part 1 of our conversation with writer Priya Hutner, she takes us inside her years at...
My Toxic Father and Bahai: Jared Van Driessche’s Survival Story (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Jared Van Driessche, we go even deeper into what happens when you start questioning the system you were raised in,...
My Toxic Father and Bahai: Jared Van Driessche’s Survival Story (Part 1)
In Part 1 of our conversation, security specialist Jared Van Driessche shares the story behind his polished “protector” persona: growing up in a Bahá’...
Cults to Consciousness: Shelise Ann Sola on Post-Mormon Podcast Life (Part 2)
In Part 2 with artist and ex-Mormon creator Shelise Ann Sola, we pick up with what happens after you walk away from the LDS Church: family fallout, re...
Cults to Consciousness: Shelise Ann Sola on Post-Mormon Podcast Life (Part 1)
In the first part of our conversation, artist, podcaster, and former Mormon Shelise Ann Sola joins us to talk about growing up in a devout Latter-day...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Elicia Ybarra on Red Flags in Martial Arts (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Elicia Ybarra, she unpacks her path to healing through EMDR trauma therapy. She realized how buried triggers from y...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Elicia Ybarra on Red Flags in Martial Arts (Part 1)
In Part 1 of our conversation with martial artist and empowerment self-defense instructor Elicia Ybarra, we trace how a childhood love of ninja turtle...
A Little Bit Extra: A Casual Xmas Chat, AMA, and Listener Voicemails
Ring the sleigh bells for this A Little Bit Extra Thursday Christmas bonus. We navigate thorny territory around recent NXIVM-adjacent podcasts we lega...
Twin Flames Universe Took My Niece: Cheryl Tuppa Speaks Out
In this episode, Cheryl Tuppa joins the pod to tell the story of her niece Briana’s seven-year entanglement with Twin Flames Universe—from a late-nigh...
Love Has Won: Andrew-Ryan Profaci on His Time with Mother God (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Andrew-Ryan Profaci, we pick up right where things get extra bananas: the “quantum hoax,” the moment he pulled back...
Love Has Won: Andrew-Ryan Profaci on His Time with Mother God (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
In the first of this two-part episode, we finally go inside Love Has Won with someone wh...
Amanda Montell: Cultish and Coded Language, Revisited (Part 2)
Amanda Montell returns for round two, diving into what she's learned since Cultish dropped: Instagram comment wars as tribal battlegrounds, "platformi...
Amanda Montell: Cultish and Coded Language, Revisited (Part 1)
Amanda Montell—author, linguist, and our reigning three-time champion guest—returns in studio to talk about the newly released paperback edition of Cu...
A Little Bit Extra: Post-Thanksgiving Word Salad and Listener Voicemails
We’re back for A Little Bit Extra Thursday filled with Thanksgiving word salads and gallows humor. We chat about the last few truly bonkers weeks, sha...
Anthia Gillick on OneTaste: Strokes, Sex, and Shame
When does sexual empowerment cross the line into cult control? Following Ellen Huet’s OneTaste expose, we sat with Anthia Gillick—former OneTaste “ins...
Real Housewife and Bad Mormon: Heather Gay on Surviving Mormonism (Part 2)
We’re back with the second half of our conversation with the unstoppable Heather Gay: housewife, truth-teller, and newly minted slayer of Mormon silen...
Real Housewife and Bad Mormon: Heather Gay on Surviving Mormonism (Part 1)
Heather Gay, Real Housewife, “Bad Mormon,” and faith deconstruction trailblazer, joined us to talk about her journey from devout church girl to outspo...
Empire of Orgasm: Ellen Huet on the Different Strokes of OneTaste (Part 2)
We dive even deeper in Part two with Ellen Huet to unpack what drove OneTaste’s inner circle, its culty sales playbook, and the strange tangle of powe...
Empire of Orgasm: Ellen Huet on the Different Strokes of OneTaste (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
What happens when the pursuit of female pleasure blurs into high-pressure sales, psycholo...
My Cult Your Cult: Sean Prophet on the Church Universal and Triumphant (Part 2)
What actually happens when the world doesn’t end, the “shelf” breaks, and the self-proclaimed prince of a doomsday empire is left standing amid the fa...
My Cult Your Cult: Sean Prophet on the Church Universal and Triumphant (Part 1)
What’s it like to grow up the so-called “prince” inside one of America’s most notorious new religious movements—where your mother is a celebrated chan...
Checkmate: Chess Master Danny Rensch on Leaving the Church of Immortal Consciousness (Part 2)
What happens when your purpose gets weaponized, relationships are rewritten by group doctrine, and chess becomes both sanctuary and battleground? In t...
Checkmate: Chess Master Danny Rensch on Leaving the Church of Immortal Consciousness (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
How do you go from barefoot kid to international chess master and co-founder of Chess.com...
Dr. Ingrid Clayton and Fawn Stars: The Hidden Cost of People Pleasing (Part 2)
How do you actually stop fawning, and what does healing look like in real life? In Part 2 of our convo with Dr. Ingrid Clayton, we dove into boundarie...
Dr. Ingrid Clayton and Fawn Stars: The Hidden Cost of People Pleasing (Part 1)
What if the thing you’ve been calling “people-pleasing” is actually your nervous system doing a full-blown survival routine? In this episode, we welco...
Joshua Paddison: Unraveling America’s First Sex Cult Scandal (Part 2)
Think cult scandal is just a modern phenomenon? Think again. In Part 2, historian Joshua Paddison unpacks America’s original sex cult, Fountain Grove—...
Joshua Paddison: Unraveling America’s First Sex Cult Scandal (Part 1)
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.
Today’s guest is Joshua Paddison, a US historian, author, and bona fide expert in the wil...
A Little Bit Extra: Diddy’s Sentence, Sarma’s Salads, & Listener Voicemails
In this A Little Bit Extra ep, Sarah dishes all about her recent trip to New York City—think walks on The High Line, big shroom feels, and some seriou...
"Holy Disruptor" Amy Duggar King: Healing Beyond the Spotlight
What’s it like to survive chaos at home, culty control next door, and a national TV spotlight that labels you “crazy cousin”—all before breakfast? In...
Inside Cult Intervention: Lessons from Joe Szimhart (Part 2)
In the second part of this conversation, Joe Szimhart delves into the intricate preparations and challenges of conducting cult interventions. He discu...
Inside Cult Intervention: Lessons from Joe Szimhart (Part 1)
In this gripping episode of 'A Little Bit Culty,' hosts welcome Joe Szimhart, a veteran cult interventionist with over 40 years of experience. Joe del...
Child Labor, Tom Cruise, and Space Erotica: Marc Headley on Escaping Scientology (Part 2)
In this follow-up episode, Marc Headley shares his extraordinary experiences within Scientology and the Sea Organization. He recounts being recruited...
Child Labor, Tom Cruise, and Space Erotica: Marc Headley on Escaping Scientology (Part 1)
This episode is a conversation between a former member of the Sea Organization, an elite group within the Church of Scientology, and a host, Marc Head...
Who's Your Granddaddy? Stefan Kolesar on Amway and World Wide Group (Part 2)
Ready for the breaking point? In Part 2, we continue Stefan Kolesar’s deep dive into the world of Amway—where all those red flags on the shelf finally...
Who's Your Granddaddy? Stefan Kolesar on Amway and World Wide Group (Part 1)
What happens when the “American Dream” turns out to be more like the “Amway Nightmare”? On this episode of A Little Bit Culty, we sit down with Stefan...
Inside the Pyramid: Bridget Read on the History & Hype of MLMs (Part 2)
In Part 2 with Bridget Read, we explore the complexities and legal nuances that allow multi-level marketing (MLM) companies to operate as legitimate b...
Inside the Pyramid: Bridget Read on the History & Hype of MLMs (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this much-anticipated interview, journalist and New York Magazine reporter Bridget Read discusses the pervasive and nuanced issues surrou...
A Little Bit Extra: Fanny Packs, Volleyball, and Hazing
Buckle up, cultiverse: it’s our bonus round, where we give you a little bit extra. In this episode, we eavesdrop on the spicy, kooky, and downright ca...
The Dark Side of Influence: Chico Felitti on Kat Torres
What does it take to unravel the sinister side of internet fame—and how do influencers become a little bit culty? In this episode, we sit down with Bu...