NXIVM on Trial

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Listen to developments in the saga of Keith Raniere and NXIVM, the shadowy upstate New York organization that was at the center of a federal investigation into alleged extortion, sex trafficking and more.

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3 min
2022-11-22

The "Prefect" Ending

The HBO series "The Vow" wrapped up its second season this week with a chronicling of events and players surrounding the sentencings of NXIVM leaders Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman. Both are currently serving prison sentences for crimes that include sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy and racketeering. On this episode of "NXIVM on Trial," we're joined by Moira Penza, the lead prosecutor in Raniere's trial, to discuss the final episode of "The Vow," and reflections on the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41 min
2022-11-15

The Shunning

The testimony of a women shunned by the NXIVM community and confined to a room in a suburban townhouse for two years was the focus of an episode in the second season of HBO's "The Vow." The witness, identified only as Daniela, took the stand for several days during former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's trial in 2019. She detailed a pattern of years of grooming and manipulation by Raniere, who ordered her confinement in 2010 after she admitted to kissing another man. On this episode of "NXIVM on Trial," Times Union Editor Casey Seiler, producer Jessica Marshall and reporter Robert Gavin discuss the episode, and many of the details left out of it that were revealed at trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 min
2022-11-08

Level Up

Lauren Salzman's gut-wrenching testimony in the trial of NXIVM founder Keith Raniere took center stage in the fourth episode of the new season of HBO's "The Vow." Salzman's account painted an emotionally disturbing and revealing picture of Raniere's pervasive pattern of physical and emotional abuse of women in the organization—including holding their fertility hostage, forcing them into group sex acts, and gaslighting. On this episode of "NXIVM on Trial," Times Union Editor Casey Seiler, reporter Robert Gavin and producer Jessica Marshall discuss the new installment of the series and how it handles the testimony of the prosecution's lead witness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 min
2022-11-01

NXIVM's Tourette's

The third episode of the second season of HBO's "The Vow" explores NXIVM's unchecked claim to have used its programming to cure patients with Tourette Syndrome. On this episode of "NXIVM on Trial," Times Union editor Casey Seiler, producer Jessica Marshall, and reporter Robert Gavin discuss the episode, and how the organization's experiment with Tourette Syndrome affected former members of the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 min
2022-10-25

Nancy's NXIVM

NXIVM co-founder and “Prefect” Nancy Salzman takes center stage in the second episode of the new season of HBO’s “The Vow.” We hear from her for the first time since the NXIVM organization fell. Salzman, who pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges connected to NXIVM, is currently serving a three and one half-year prison sentence. In this episode of “NXIVM on Trial,” Times Union Editor Casey Seiler, reporter Robert Gavin and producer Jessica Marshall discuss Salzman’s interview and other developments in the series’ second episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 min
2022-10-18

'The Vow' Returns

The six-part, second season of HBO’s documentary series “The Vow” continues to track the downfall of NXIVM, the purported self-help organization based in upstate New York. The new installment of the series follows the trial and sentencing of its leader, Keith Raniere, and features a first-time interview with NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman. Both are now serving prison sentences. On this episode of “NXIVM on Trial,” Times Union Editor Casey Seiler, reporter Robert Gavin and producer Jessica Marshall discuss the revelations made in the first episode, which premiered this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 min

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Listen to developments in the saga of Keith Raniere and NXIVM, the shadowy upstate New York organization that was at the center of a federal investigation into alleged extortion, sex trafficking and more.