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Podcast: Cult Hackers
Episode: Why Ordinary People Do Atrocious Things: Cults and the Milgram Experiments
Description: The Milgram experiments of the 1960s tried to answer the question of how seemingly normal people can do the most awful things. These experiments have been part of Psychology 101 for years and the subject of many a documentary. What are these experiments? And what can they tell us about how people behave in cults? Stephen also discusses sometimes difficult feelings ex members may have about things they may have done while part of a cult or high control group.
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