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Cultish

Jeremiah Roberts, Andrew Soncrant

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Enter the Kingdom of the Cults with Cultish; a program that explores the impact of the cults from a theological, sociological, and psychologicalperspective. Immerse yourself in the thinking, teaching, strategies, and consequences born out of the nefarious leaders of these movements.
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Feet of Clay – Confessions of the Cult Sisters – What's it like to live in a Christian cult commune? How the hell do smart people get brainwashed into crazy beliefs and behaviors? Tracey & Sharon share their parallel journeys into and out of Last Days Ministries, led by Christian music super-star Keith Green (and later his wife Melody Green). Plus they interview others who also got out of high-control groups and toxic churches. Arranged marriages? Purity culture virgins? Religious trauma? Su ...
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Cult?Sure! is all about you, the people. I've been lucky enough to meet all sorts of amazing creators in life that are hidden in the shadows of filth. Putting the spotlight on musicians, artists, filmmakers, etc, I want to showcase all sorts of local legends and unknown entities. Friends and strangers are all welcome to share on here and its time the outcasts shine.
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Andrew Pledger, a cult survivor, hosts “Speaking Up: Surviving Religions and Cults", a podcast that allows people to share their stories of abuse and religious trauma in various high-control groups. Speaking Up has ended but Andrew has other podcasts like "Surviving BJU: A Christian Cult" and "Beyond BJU: Exposing Fundamentalism." - Exvangelical Podcasts, Cult Podcasts, Deconstruction Podcasts - Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/4ndrewpledger - Linktree: https://andrewpledger.myp ...
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“Surviving Bob Jones University: A Christian Cult” is a limited podcast by Andrew Pledger. The show is a thought-provoking podcast that explores the fundamentalist Christian college BJU, which is located in Greenville, SC. The series covers the history of BJU, the psychology of fundamentalism, the criteria for cults, and survivors experiences. This limited series also features cult experts who offer their opinions on the university. Listen to more stories from BJU on my bi-weekly podcast "Be ...
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The purpose of the Hole in My Heart Podcast is to talk about how the gospel is good news for everyone every day. How do they do that? The host, teacher, and author, Laurie Krieg, and her husband and licensed-therapist, Matt Krieg, partner up with Producer Steve, radio personality and all-around great guy, to engage challenging topics such as sexuality, addiction, trauma, and anxiety. The trio applies a historically biblical sexual ethic to all they talk about, and ensure the focus of the con ...
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Kitchen Table Cult Pod

Kitchen Table Cult Pod

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Kitchen Table Cult unpacks all the things Kieryn and Eve learned at the kitchen tables of their childhoods in conservative Christian homeschooling families. Every week we take your questions and drill down on various topics about Quiverfull, the Religious Right, and our childhoods in high-demand groups (otherwise known as cults). We’re not surprised about the rise of Trump, Christian fascism, or evangelical white women voting for someone like Mike Pence, and we want to take you back through ...
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Heaven Bent

Tara Jean Stevens

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Explore the fascinating, mysterious, and sometimes dangerous world of Pentecostal & Charismatic Christianity, with host and creator Tara Jean Stevens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Holy Watermelon

Holy Watermelon

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Welcome to the Holy Watermelon podcast, where a Christian and an atheist talk about the weird and wonderful things that people do because of what they believe. It's a show about religious studies. Join us, Katie and Preston, as we dive into the world of comparative religion. We use humor and research to have real, challenging, and uproarious conversations about the world's religious traditions and behaviors. If you're interested in religious studies, learning about other people and cultures, ...
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Trauma & Tribulation

Ryley Kalem Hawthorne and Willow Anderson

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A podcast co-hosted by Ryley & Willow DECONSTRUCTING JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Ryley (He/Him), is an ex- Jehovah’s Witness who grew up in “The Truth” from 1997 to 2016. With humor and a touch of strife, he breaks down the doomsday cult he was born into from his 3rd generation perspective to his best friend Willow (She/Her). Explaining the history, structure, culture, and its abundance of issues within the closed organization while finally untangling himself of the religious trauma fearing the grea ...
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The Divorcing Religion Podcast was launched by professional counsellor Janice Selbie to highlight the impact of Religious Trauma Syndrome. Guests include The Thinking Atheist Seth Andrews, The Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta, author Margaret Atwood, Godless Mom, Mandisa Thomas, Dr. Darrel Ray, Dr. Marlene Winell and more.
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Join your host, Eric Skwarczynski, as he sits down with brave survivors who are shedding light on decades of physical, mental, and sexual abuse within the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement.
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We are bringing history's greatest sermons back to life! Sermons from famous preachers like Charles Spurgeon, DL Moody, John Calvin, and many more. These sermons contain great wisdom from the past that will encourage believers in their walks with God today. Each episode features a 5-10 minute backstory on who the preacher is to better understand the sermon's context. And each sermon has had its language updated for easy listening for the 21st century believer.
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A podcast about the IFB Cult as told by survivor Sadie Carpenter, with her co-host Gavri'el HaCohen. This podcast covers the IFB, the history of the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement, other cults, other religions, and the real and present threat that cults and cult ideologies pose to society as a whole. Our goal is to promote freedom of mind, freedom of thought, and freedom of religion. General Content Warning: In general we talk about a lot of potentially triggering topics on this sh ...
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Apologetics Profile is a weekly podcast discussing apologetics, world religions, atheism, cults, the occult, alternative religions, controversial doctrines and spiritual practices. We are an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to respectful conversations from a biblical perspective. Apologetics Profile is a production of Watchman Fellowship, a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry focused on interfaith evangelism and discernment. For more information, visit: www.watchman.org.
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Stories of claiming independence after leaving high-control groups. Hi! I’m Shelise Ann Sola— former devout Mormon. On C2C, my husband Jonathan and I dive deep into the nuance of culty organizations. From Extreme Christian Fundamentalism, FLDS Polygamy, Amish, Mennonite, Mormonism, Scientology, Ultra Orthodox, and Jehovah's Witnesses, to cults featured in popular docu-series, we interview cult experts, survivors, advocates, therapists, way-showers, authors, and more, to uncover how they find ...
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Cecilia Steyn has been called “the Charles Manson of South Africa.” The criminal mastermind helmed a quasi-Christian cult and convinced her followers to kill 11 innocent people, without spilling a drop of blood herself. Join host and filmmaker Kurt Kubicek as he travels to the mining town of Krugersdorp, SA to unravel this twisted history through exclusive interviews with the lead detectives, journalists who covered the case, and even the incarcerated murderers themselves.
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Deconversion Therapy

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Church scandals, conmen, cults and charlatans. Deconversion "Therapy" Podcast is your place to laugh about shady televangelists to Christian rock concerts where no one is allowed to dance.
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Walk into a world of narcissistic leaders, pedophile elders, and a brainwashed community. This is where we grew up. We are the survivors of Grace Valley Christian Center and are banding together to fight against our abusers. Help us stop the regimented and indoctrinated cycle of trauma and abuse against children.
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I‘m Gary Zacharias, professor of English and an avid reader. I‘m also passionate about Christian apologetics, which has to do with making a case for the truth of Christianity. In this podcast I‘d like to introduce you to various books that have meant a lot to me over the years and have a prominent place on my bookshelf.
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With The Perrys is a podcast with a whole lot of truth given in a short amount of time. Preston Perry and Jackie Hill Perry will bring their humor, honesty, and insight into conversations on everything from relationships and theology to politics, race, and parenting.
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Christian Concepts

Bible Gum Media

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A weekly show with thoughtful discussion about Christianity, its concepts, and misconceptions. Hosted by Tahj, a Christian overthinker, and fan of irony. New episodes are released every Wednesday.
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The Broken Christian

Andrew Parkhurst

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Brokenness leads to healing. I am part of the 2nd generation of the Way International. A Christian cult that I grew up in, or at least the remnants of. I left everything behind and found a messy, dangerous world filled with beautiful new friends and my own reckoning with the pains of the past. This was a year of my life that took me two and a half years to document and process. Through the help of celebrate recovery and pure desires ministry I’ve finally seen my own brokenness and how much m ...
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Former students of Christian Centre Academy in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan outline their experience at an Evangelical Christian School at the centre of a 25 million dollar class action lawsuit. Hear their stories of abuse and escaping what they describe as a cult, with updates on the ongoing lawsuit.
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Bare Marriage

Sheila Gregoire

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Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with To Love, Honor and Vacuum--the blog!
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Out of the Woods is a podcast for stories about not-quite-cults but not-quite-not-cults. People share their experiences being strong believers in something--a religion, an ideology, a community, anything--and share how they came to realize it was, well...cult-ish. Stories of all kinds of these beliefs & experiences are welcome, with a particular interest in those in the digital world.
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Protect Your Noggin

Stacie and Jeff Mallinson

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An expedition through the ruins of religious dogmas and political ideologies, and toward the goal of finding spiritual, financial, and mental emancipation. Regular hosts are Stacie Mallinson (death doula and yogini) and Jeff Mallinson (D.Phil., Oxford, historian of philosophy and religion). The couple started the show to help people outfox religious wolves, only to realize that they too were entangled in religious ideas that need deconstructing. They now document their life experiences since ...
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Amos37 goes boldly where most won't. The Truth! Covering current Church trends, Seeker Sensitive, Purpose Driven, Emergent, New Age Spirituality, Social Gospel, Culture Wars, and yes, the Bible. Bible Prophecy Evangelism and much more to get the gospel out. We also cover occult influences, and Hollywood exposes loaded with free video and audio with documentation. We will try to demonstrate a biblical worldview that the bible is a living book that will both bless and shock you—got a topic you ...
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Healing X Outreach radio is an apologetics countercult based podcast ministry! We interview scholars, former cultists, and host moderated timed debates on important theological issues striking the Christian church today! We are listener supported radio! We are a ministry affiliate of EMNR (Evangelical Ministries to New Religions find out more at www.emnr.org
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Recovering From Religion

Recovering From Religion

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Subscribe for weekly discussions with cult survivors, experts in religious trauma recovery, and other topics related to recovering from religious harms. This show is hosted by volunteers from Recovering From Religion, which is a non-profit organization that works to provide hope, healing, and support for people who have questions or doubts about their faith. Whether you are an atheist, religious, or leaving a cult, we hope you will find this podcast helpful. We aren’t here to talk you out of ...
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TODAY: we visit one of the weirdest corners of the internet: Manosphere guys complaining about Olivia Wilde’s daughter saying she doesn’t need a boyfriend. PLUS: A school district pays a $100,000 settlement to the family of a student who was “traumatized" by a documentary on hip hop, because his father is a cop. Gen X puts the little punk in his pl…
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-Get the NAD treatment Jeff is on, go to ionlayer.com and put "IONAPOLOGIA" into the coupon code and get $100 off your first three months! https://www.ionlayer.com -Check out our new partner at http://www.amtacblades.com/apologia and use code APOLOGIA in the check out for 5% off! -You can get in touch with Heritage Defense at heritagedefense.org an…
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Sorry about the technical delay. I promise, it's worth it! Here is the rest of the conversation with LGBT advocate, Jennifer Knapp. Find her at JenniferKnapp.com. Keep in Touch or support us with our free and paid versions of our newsletter. Episode tithes and offerings can be dropped here. ❤️ Please Rate and Review. It means so much! Thank you. We…
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Kieryn and Eve explain the updated policy agenda of the Christian right. We talk about the various tools Christian nationalists plan on using to usurp democracy regardless of who wins the presidential election this year. We dive into Project 2025, the little known and even less talked about Convention of States, and the bureaucratic mechanism at th…
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People who deconstruct are often accused of never believing in the first place, or of just wanting to sin. But those who deconstruct are often those who have been hurt the most by toxic teachings. Today Sarah McCammon joins us to talk about who are “ex-vangelicals”, and her own story of deconstruction. And then Keith and I talk about what it means …
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Cotton Mather is one of New England's most famous colonial ministers. In this episode he is counseling and working directly with four pirates who are condemned to die. This is sermon he gives as they are before the executioners block. Hear the story of the pirates and their responses to Mather's counsel! Special thanks to Pastor Ed Backell for read…
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Greetings everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Cult?Sure! Podcast, this week we are joined by Ragety Andy! Ragety Andy a.k.a. Andy Ryan is a musician, event promoter, clothing designer and a car detailer! Andy is the frontman of Ragz to Stitchez, a New England Punk Rockabilly Super Group that is finishing up recording and gearing up fo…
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Meg Applegate - Unsilenced CW: Kidnapping At the age of 15, Meg Applegate was abducted by two strangers in the middle of the night from her California home. Eight hours later she found herself at a lockdown treatment facility for 6 months in Boise, ID. After that, she was placed in an additional behavioral modification program in northern Montana f…
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Come to our Invitation-Only Flamy Grant concert Ocala, FL, Oct 31, 2024! Join our Facebook group "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters COMMUNITY" for info www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 Flamy Grant! https://www.flamygrant.com/ Previous episodes we mention: Nope , NOT Okay!!! with Anthony Venn-Brown (3 Parts) https://www.buzzsprou…
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TODAY: Teamsters President Sean O’Brien “accepts an invitation” from Trump to speak at the RNC. Alexander gives his Teamsters Take on the situation and liberals try to scold organized labor online. ALSO: Hawk Tuah girl goes viral in some incredibly bewildering right wing memes and one very funny conservative goth meme PLUS: Tony shares a work story…
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For anyone who has felt left out or pushed out of the church, Jenai Auman invites you to find spiritual rest and belonging in a God who loves, restores, and blesses the outcast and the marginalized. *note: there is something weird with the audio on my track where certain words cut out. Rather than rerecord the whole episode, I just went with it…
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Parental Discretion Advised, GRAPHIC CONTENT.-Before getting an abortion, watch this video.-In this video you I will cover many types of abortions, what they are and how they are done in order to inform the public on this matter. You will see 2 actual abortions and have them explained.--To donate- -https---www.paypal.com-donate--hosted-button-id-55…
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In one of our favorite yearly traditions, Dinah House-Fire returns and this time, delivers her drag origin story! WE HAVE NEW MERCH AVAILABLE, AND A NEW MERCH SHOP, at https://leavingedenpodcast.threadless.com Stream the Leaving Eden Podcast theme song, Rolling River of Time on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lB7RwSQ9X5gnt1BDNugyS?si=jVhm…
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This week and next, we talk with Christian apologist and best-selling author, J Warner Wallace, about his latest book, The Truth In True Crime. What can investigating crime, particularly murder, teach us about the true meaning of life? A cold case homicide detective, Wallace made a remarkable journey from atheism to Christianity. His decades of exp…
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In this episode I continue discussing the great Treasure of Knowing Jesus. I begin discussing the keys to developing intimacy in knowing Jesus. The first key is to have a Tent of Meeting where we are spending time regularly with Him. Second is to Worship and the third is to become Addicted to, or Obsessed with, His presence. Knowing Jesus deeply an…
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-Get the NAD treatment Jeff is on, go to ionlayer.com and put "IONAPOLOGIA" into the coupon code and get $100 off your first three months! https://www.ionlayer.com -Check out our new partner at http://www.amtacblades.com/apologia and use code APOLOGIA in the check out for 5% off! -You can get in touch with Heritage Defense at heritagedefense.org an…
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A new MP3 sermon from Bible Believers Fellowship is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: What About Polygamy Among Great Men of the Bible (by Pastor Greg) Subtitle: BBF Audio Readings Speaker: Frank Intino II Broadcaster: Bible Believers Fellowship Event: Audiobook Date: 11/6/2020 Length: 12 min.…
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What an amazing conversation Karen had with Jennifer Knapp. Once the star of Christian music, she now finds her place in LGBT advocacy. Watch for the second part tomorrow, and the YouTube on Sunday! Her new re-release of KANSAS is out now. You've got to check it out. Keep in Touch or support us with our free and paid versions of our newsletter. Epi…
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DHF hosts Sam and Chris interview missionary, speaker, and trainer, Olin Giles from Radical Truth about his ministry to Muslims; and particularly his time in #Dearborn, Michigan which has become famous for having the highest concentration of Muslims in the U.S. Website: https://www.radicaltruth.net Donate: https://www.radicaltruth.net/donate…
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Why is a frequenty-used book in teen girls' Bible studies focusing on Satan and not Jesus? A deep dive into the book Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth and Dannah Gresh. Let's see what is being taught to teen girls--and why it's so problematic. We can do better, church! Get our Downloadable One Sheet of the problems with the book Li…
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Henry Whipple is a little known minister to Minnesota at a time when it was rural wilderness. Through blizzards and tough terrain, he helped bring the Gospel to the Dakota and the men living on the frontier. Special thanks to Jason Stanley for reading this sermon. If you would like to read a sermon for Revived Thoughts, reach out to us at revivedth…
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Greetings everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Cult?Sure! Podcast, this week we are joined by Ari! Ari (she/they) is a writer up in the North Country who uses her poems and other works to not only let out her emotions, but to express her concerns and support for many communities such as LGBTQ+, Legalization of Marijuana and also people…
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Can Kabbalistic mysticism and New Age ideas secretly infiltrate modern Christianity? Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with Deanne Loper, the author of "Kabbalah Secrets Christians Need to Know," as she uncovers her journey from the clutches of the occult to a transformative born-again Christian experience. Alongside Tony and Joni Stahl,…
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