46 episodes
On Belief: A Podcast About Cults Karen Geier
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- Religion & Spirituality
We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would always be equitable.
On Belief examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. I ask people who have had first hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out.
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Episode 226: Robert Kelly
WARNING This episode contains frank discussion of emotional, physical and sexual abuse of minors
In this episode, we discuss:
How Jim became aware of the initial allegations against R Kelly
How R Kelly targeted his victims
How R Kelly controlled his victims
What we know about his co-conspirators
Does R Kelly know he's an abuser?
How "The Settlement Factory" kept R Kelly abusing people for years
And more...
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Episode 225: Acts 29: Part 2
In this episode, we discuss:
Why Dana quickly learned it's not ok to question things
What happened when Dana chose a bible passage to discuss in group
What happened to a friend of hers who was asked to leave
What was the final straw for her
What she learned about the group after leaving
What life is like outside of the organization
And more...
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Episode 224: Acts 29: Part 1
Dana was looking for a way to heal after a relationship break up. What she found was a high demand group with some questionable ideas about personal responsibility.
In this episode, we discuss:
What is Neo-Calvinism?
What does Acts 29 believe?
What is the Acts 29 lifestyle like?
What happens in study groups?
What made her begin to question her committment?
And more...
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Episode 223: Toxic Workplaces
In this episode, we discuss:
Some of the unusual requests made of him in the interview
How forcing candidates to work for free set up a culture of precarcity
What happened when he negotiated his salary
What illegal thing he was asked to do
The strange veneration of the group's leader
And more...
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Episode 222: ISKCON (Hare Krishnas) Part 2
In Part 2, We discuss:
What it's like to leave a group and a marriage at the same time
Leaving a group when you're not legally free to work inthe country where you live
How having a son made Eric re-evaluate his experiences
When he knew it was time to leave
How he got out
What he did once he was out
And more...
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Episode 221: ISKCON (Hare Krishnas)
Eric joins me to discuss:
How his family beng involved in an LGAT might have primed him to join ISKCON later in life
What the belief system of ISKCON is
How restrictive the lifestyle can be
Why ISKCON is full of contradictions of practice vs doctrine
How love and marriage are handled
What the Devotee-Guru relationship looks like
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Customer Reviews
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Highly odd to hear this Bernie Sanders cultist purporting to be an expert on why people join cults.
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20 minutes and then and a jarring “give me money on Patreon”. This is and interesting podcast and I would likely support the podcast if the content wasn’t split up like this. Of the dozens of podcasts I’ve listened to and supported, none have this method of money making. Good luck, but I won’t be supporting this cast.
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