Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive... more
AJ was sent to the Running River school in around 2007, to attend kindergarten when she was five or six... more
Dr Tabitha Chapman is the founder of The Freedom Train Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides crucial services for individuals exiting cults... more
Dr Caroline Ansley is the founder of Centrepoint Restoration Project, a website that serves as a connection point, archive of... more
You may recall the name ‘Esther Rockett’ from episode 2, season 3 of this podcast, which was all about Universal... more
Tore Klevjer has been involved with the volunteer charity organisation Cult Information and Family Support (CIFS) since its very formation... more
Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner are the director/producer/editor team behind the award-winning Escaping Twin Flames, a three-part documentary series for... more
For his 2017 PhD, John Hunter put forward a hypothesis that offers insights into both the “transformational” experiences associated with... more
A little update from Sarah about what to expect with Let's Talk About Sects now that we're winding up the... more
In the last episode of season 5, we looked into a Boulder, Colorado community then known as Divine Madness and... more
Journalist Emma Lehman is the creator of the independent podcast Gooned, which dives into the Troubled Teen Industry or TTI –... more
Harry Palmer created Avatar after his presidency of the Church of Scientology's Elmira Mission ended in the mid-1980s, as a... more
Thomas Parsons joined the Twelve Tribes community in Hiddenite, North Carolina in April 2019, and left in November 2021. With... more
This episode was recorded live at Woodford Folk Festival on 1 January 2024. Many people in the audience would have... more
Matson Browning is a law enforcement officer who, along with his wife Tawni, spent years undercover infiltrating various hate groups... more
Yaakov Aharon and Shula Kirovsky’s lives in Sydney’s famous beach suburb of Bondi were lived largely separate from mainstream society,... more
Rachel Bernstein is an LA-based therapist who has specialized in cult intervention and re-acclimation for over 30 years. She serves on... more
Xenos was originally set up as a leaderless group that rejected the structures and trappings of mainstream churches. Springing forth... more
Xenos was originally set up as a leaderless group that rejected the structures and trappings of mainstream churches. Springing forth... more
In many ways, this theatre troupe and Fourth Way school became the most secretive this podcast has looked into yet.... more
Andrew Pledger was raised in the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement, and after completing his homeschool education, attended Bob Jones University.... more
Sarah is a cult survivor, domestic violence survivor, and a survivor of trafficking and modern slavery. She wouldn’t have been... more
Carol Merchasin spent many years as an employment lawyer. She has also been a partner in the Philadelphia office of Morgan,... more
Lisa Kendall spent the ages of 9-19 in The Move of God, Sam Fife's apocalyptic cult. Today, she devotes her... more
Guinevere Turner grew up in The Lyman Family, a group she now understands was a cult, but at the time... more
Gloriavale Christian Community has been in the news recently in New Zealand for court cases around labour and servitude, and... more
Divine Madness Running Club boasted some spectacular results in ultramarathons and became known for their excellent support teams and low-impact... more
Carolyn Millemon learned about a form of meditation called ‘Ascending’ at a weekend workshop in Western Australia when she was... more
Matthew Klein’s story is featured on the podcast Inside the Tribe, and Matt sat down with LTAS for a chat... more
Brisbane Christian Fellowship sounds like a fairly innocuous name for a church. But the BCF and its network of organisations... more
MOVE Philadelphia made headlines in 1978, when police and MOVE members ended up in a prolonged siege and a gunfire... more
Matthew Klein’s story is featured on the podcast Inside the Tribe, and Matt sat down with LTAS for a chat about what... more