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On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Karen Geier
65 episodes
9 months ago
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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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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Episodes (20/65)
On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 318: Neurodiversity and Cults

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Why she found herself in a high demand group
  • How she felt targeted racially and because she was neurodivergent
  • How decision making played into why she stayed
  • What it was like to go from one group to another
  • And more...

Priscilla's website: https://whova.com/web/icsaa_202207/

The ICSA website: https://www.icsahome.com/

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3 years ago
1 hour 2 minutes 41 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 317: Unification Church

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The basic beliefs of the Unification Church
  • What it's like for kids
  • What are the rules, and are they different by gender?
  • What is the companion book to the Bible that the Unification Church uses?
  • What are the political beliefs of the church?
  • And more...

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4 years ago
17 minutes 39 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 316: Cult City Tours

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How much real estate the church owns in Clearwater
  • What the Scientologists do there
  • What happens when David Miscavige comes to town
  • The influence the church has over local politics
  • What happens when they get heckled
  • And more...

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4 years ago
18 minutes 33 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 315: Matthew Remski

Matthew shares his wealth of knowledge in this week's episode and we discuss what the heck "Conspirituality" is.

Find Matthew's podcast here: https://conspirituality.net/

And Matthew's website here: http://matthewremski.com/wordpress/

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4 years ago
17 minutes 17 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 314: Janja Lalich

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4 years ago
14 minutes 13 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 313: Bikram Yoga

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What drew her to yoga
  • What it costs to do the 2 month intensive
  • What happens at the 2 month intensive
  • Why vegans began to eat burgers
  • Why white instructors spoke in put-on "Indian" accents
  • And more...

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4 years ago
14 minutes 44 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 312: The Salvation Army

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What are the core beliefs of the Salvation Army?
  • Is it really organized like a Military?
  • What are services like for kids?
  • What is the leadership path like?
  • What kinds of ceremonies are there?
  • Where does the Bell Ringer money go?
  • What's the Salvation Army stance on the LGBTQ+ community?
  • And more...

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4 years ago
16 minutes 31 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 311: Growing up LDS

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What kinds of demands are put on children in the church from an early age
  • How activities were sex segregated
  • What rules her parents followed
  • What happens to children of divorce in the LDS church
  • What it's like to go to BYU
  • What it's like to question at BYU
  • All about the honor code
  • And more...

For more about The Modesty Talks, visit: https://themodestytalks.com/

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4 years ago
18 minutes 49 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 310: Jehovahs Witnesses and Growing Up

My guest joins me to discuss:

  • Being born into the Witnesses
  • What Jehovah's Witnesses believe about parenting
  • What her mother believed about parenting
  • What an average week looks like for a Jehovah's Witness kid
  • What happens when your mom is disfellowshipped
  • And more...

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4 years ago
17 minutes 47 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 309: Church of Christ

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How the Church of Christ differs from 'mainstream' Christianity
  • How her parents, wanting her to have some religious education, inadvertently changed her trajectory in life
  • What the main teachings of the church are
  • What happens when you have a chastity doctrine at a highschool with boarders
  • What the church camp experience is life
  • And more...

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4 years ago
17 minutes 17 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 308: Conspiracy Theories

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Read Will on The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/will-sommer

Will Sommer has been covering conspiracy theories since the inception of Pizzagate. He joins me to discuss what drives people to believe seemingly incomprehensible conspiracy theories.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What is the genesis of Pizzagate?
  • Why did people believe and amplify Pizzagate?
  • Why didn't Pizzagate end when Comet Pizza was shot up?
  • What is QAnon?
  • How do people get progressively deeper into QAnon?
  • What are the societal impacts of collective belief in conspiracy theories?
  • And more...

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5 years ago
17 minutes 36 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 307: The Human Potential Movement

In this episode we discuss:

  • What was Esalen?
  • How did the Human Potential Movement begin?
  • What made the Human Potential Movement so appealing?
  • Which groups sprung out of that movement?
  • Which forms of untested therapy became popular from the movement?
  • And more...

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5 years ago
17 minutes 42 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 306: Gender Critical Movement

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What is the Gender Critical movement?
  • What are the fundamental beliefs vs what they claim the beliefs are?
  • Where did my guest find out about Gender Criticism?
  • Are most of the leaders of the Gender Critical movement trans?
  • Who are the celebrities who are involved in this movement?
  • Why the 'science' Gender Critical people cite is erroneous
  • And more...

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5 years ago
15 minutes 13 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 305: Men's Rights Activists

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How someone finds MRAs online
  • Where the most active members hang out
  • What kind of moderation MRA forums have
  • Can you see people being radicalized in real time?
  • What drove my guest deeper
  • What family members and women told my guest when they were involved
  • When they started to question their views
  • And more...

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5 years ago
16 minutes 50 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 304: Independent Fundamental Baptists

On this episode, we discuss:

  • What it's like growing up with a fire and brimstone church at the center of your life
  • What kinds of topics were taught in Sunday school
  • Evangelical home schooling
  • What a child understands about a sermon on homosexuality
  • What Bible camp is like
  • Why Bible College doesn't always make pastors
  • And more...

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5 years ago
17 minutes 5 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 303: Zendik Farm

In this episode we discuss:

  • What is an intentional community?
  • What made Helen decide to join Zendik?
  • What was it like moving in?
  • What are the major beliefs of the group?
  • What was the Zendik approach to sex and dating?
  • How did the Farm make money?
  • What was the group's approach to working through trauma?

And more...

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5 years ago
16 minutes 49 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 302: The Inner Matrix

Guest Katie Mount joins me to discuss her time both studying The Inner Matrix and joining the company, working for its founder.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What brought her to study The Inner Matrix
  • What you study in their courses
  • Why she decided to join the organization
  • What she gave up to work for Joey Klein
  • Whether the office lived by the principles it espoused
  • Why some women in the office were treated differently than others
  • How she connected with other defectors on the other side

And more.

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5 years ago
17 minutes 44 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 301: 60s Political Cults

In this episode, we explore 3 political cults: The Weather Underground, Ayn Rand's Determinists and The JOhn Birch Society

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5 years ago
19 minutes 22 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 228: Conversion Therapy

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How Matt got involved in a Facebook group that 'supported' men who wanted to overcome Same Sex Attraction
  • How groups recruit vulnerable men to join bootcamps
  • What happens at bootcamps that promise to help you 'pray the gay away'
  • What kinds of activities and 'therapy' happen at Conversion Therapy bootcamp
  • Why he sat in a room staring at a candle
  • Whether Conversion Therapy works
  • What the risks of Conversion Therapy are
  • And more...

Matt's Article: https://www.dailyxtra.com/lgbtq2-conversion-therapy-168786

Matt's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/mattash89
https://twitter.com/mattash89

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5 years ago
15 minutes 55 seconds

On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Episode 227: The Troubled Teen Industry

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What kinds of kids get sent to these institutions
  • What kinds of rules are there at these places
  • What kinds of punishments happen
  • How everyone is turned into a snitch
  • What kinds of regulations govern these places
  • What recourse kids have if sent there
  • And much more

Links from this episode:

Troubled Podcast

Troubled podcast on social media: @talktroubled

2007 Congressional Hearing on Child Neglect & Abuse in Residential Homes

2008 Congressional Hearing on Child Abuse & Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens (incl GAO findings from the investigation prompted by the 2007 Hearing

Aaron Bacon Short Film (his parents testified in Congressional Hearings)

The Last Stop Documentary (film here)

Last Stop (trailer)

Fix My Kid Documentary (film)

Fix My Kid (trailer)

ABC Special "A Boy Named Lucas"

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On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
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.