Avoiding the Predatory Mind

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Welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, a podcast where I discuss dangerous groups of thought like cults, conspiracy theories and Multi Level Marketing schemes. I discuss what these are and how to avoid them using critical thinking.

Episodes

  1. 05/09/2021

    Mother’s Day thank you

    A thank you to the mother of the world for all of the hard work they have done. There are also clips from people personally thanking their mothers. -link to submit personal thank you to you’re mother : https://anchor.fm/destruction-zone/message

    12 min

  2. 03/01/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 8: Avoiding the Predatory Mind

    Welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, the podcast where I talk dangerous groups of thought like cults, conspiracy theory’s, and MLMs.This is the final episode, at least for now, where I discus the key similarity's between the groups and how to effectively avoid them. Resources fairy good boss article: https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/mlm-scam Huffington post article : https://www.huffpost.com/entry/job-opportunity-mlm-scam-pyramid-scheme_l_5e30c62ec5b6e8375f647a5e EU article:https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en BITE model:https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/

    11 min

  3. 02/25/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 7:Young Living

    Hello and welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, the podcast where I talk about dangerous groups like cults. MLMs, and conspiracy's and how to avoid them. In todays episode I go over young living, the predatory MLM that sells essential oils and is suspiciously pyramid shaped. Resources Article on essential oils: https://katherinemaslen.com/essential-oil-lies-what-you-need-to-know-about-doterra-and-young-living/ genetically modified skeptic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsDrIAsVgTQ FDA warning to young living: https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/young-living-09222014

    11 min

  4. 02/24/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 6:Multi Level Marketing schemes/MLMs

    hello and welcome to avoiding the predatory mind episode 6 where I go over MLMs, what they are, how they work, and how to identify them. for a short summary, MLMs are company's that start with a few people, then recruit with the profit mostly going to the first few people, this can be represented in a was that looks suspiciously like a pyramid. Resources fairy good boss article: https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/mlm-scam Huffington post article : https://www.huffpost.com/entry/job-opportunity-mlm-scam-pyramid-scheme_l_5e30c62ec5b6e8375f647a5e

    10 min

  5. 02/03/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 5: Antivaxx

    Hello and welcome to Avoiding the Predatory mind, in this episode I talk about Antivaxx, what it is, its beliefs, and why its a conspiracy theory. Links EU article: https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en Kursgesagt, The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkVCpbNnkU PublicHealth.org article on vaccine myths:https://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/understanding-vaccines/vaccine-myths-debunked/

    9 min

  6. 02/02/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 4: Conspiracy Theories

    Hello and welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind the podcast where we talk about dangerous groups of thought like Mlms, conspiracy's and cults. In this episode I talk about conspiracy theories, what they are, who they target, and how to avoid them. EU article:https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en

    9 min

  7. 01/23/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 3: Heaven’s Gate

    Hello and welcome to Avoiding The Predatory mind. On todays episode I go over the Heaven’s Gate cult and how it ranks on the BITE model. Quick disclaimer, this episode contains brief mentions of suicide, if that makes you uncomfortable feel free to skip this one.  Links BITE model:https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ Telltale Atheist HEAVENS GATE video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaYS9QbatnU History of HEAVENS GATE: https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/3/3/JCMC334/4584381 HEAVENS GATE website:https://www.heavensgate.com/

    9 min

  8. 01/11/2021

    Questions and Criticism

    This is not a regular episode Avoiding the Predatory mind. In this episode I talk about how i can receive and respond to Questions and criticism. send questions/criticism here https://anchor.fm/destruction-zone/message

    1 min

  9. 01/11/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 2: Cults

    On todays episode of Avoiding the predatory mind I discuss cults, more specifically what they are and how to avoid them.  In this episode I use the BITE model by Steven Hassan which can be found here:https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/

    9 min

  10. 01/10/2021

    Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 1: Dangerous Groups of Thought

    Welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind! In todays episode I go over what this podcast is about and what I mean by dangerous groups of thought. I introduce the three types that this podcast will focus as well as specific examples of these dangerous groups.  Sources used in this video BITE model: https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ EU article on conspiracy theory's : https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en An article on MLMs: https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/mlm-scam NOTE: This is not a very credible source, however it is a good jumping off point when learning about MLMs and provides a basic list of things to watch out for

    8 min
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Welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, a podcast where I discuss dangerous groups of thought like cults, conspiracy theories and Multi Level Marketing schemes. I discuss what these are and how to avoid them using critical thinking.

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