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Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds with John Fugelsang
64 hours 1 min; March 30, 2026
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths - And How We Can Stop! with Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD
62 hours 1 min; March 23, 2026
White Nationalism, MAGA, and the NAR: A Conversation with Adam James What a former NAR pastor and geriatric PT sees in Trump
71 hours 10 mins; March 16, 2026
Bethel Church and the New Apostolic Reformation: Holly Pivec and Doug Geivett on Two Decades of Tracking the NAR’s Apostles and Prophets
70 hours 46 mins; March 09, 2026
Pam Hemphill on Leaving MAGA and Making Amends
75 hours 59 mins; March 02, 2026
Restart and Restore: A Journal for Survivors of Manipulation with Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, MSEd
65 hours 30 mins; February 23, 2026
From JD Vance’s Family of Origin: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Christian Nationalism and Potential Vice‑Presidential Succession with Nikki McCarty
63 hours 0 mins; February 16, 2026
End Time Politics: From the Moral Majority to QAnon with Keri L. Ladner, PhD
58 mins; February 09, 2026
NEST Harm Reduction: Licensed Clinicians Delivering Psychedelic‑Adjunct Care With Erica Siegal, LCSW
67 hours 20 mins; February 02, 2026
The Gaslight Report: Understanding Narcissism, Addiction, and Neuroscience with Frank R. George, PhD
65 hours 54 mins; January 26, 2026
Defining Exit Ramps for Militia Members with Former Propagandist Oath Keeper Jason Van Tatenhove
63 hours 16 mins; January 19, 2026
Empire of Orgasm: An Investigative Look into a Cult of Orgasmic Meditation with Ellen Huet
64 hours 50 mins; January 12, 2026
Propaganda and Algorithmically Driven Persuasive Communication with Disinformation expert,  Alex Alvarová
63 hours 49 mins; January 05, 2026
Sins of my Father: Growing up with America’s Most Dangerous White Supremacist with Kelvin Pierce
58 mins; December 29, 2025
STRONGMEN: Mussolini to the Present- The Rising Tide of Online Authoritarian Influence with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
47 mins; December 22, 2025
Messianic Con Men, Past and Present: Cult History and the Cult of Trump with Don Lattin
55 mins; December 15, 2025
The cult of Frederick Lenz: The guru who glows gold, shapeshifts, and teaches computer programming, with Jim Picariello
42 mins; December 11, 2025
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire with Lisa Diamond
67 hours 58 mins; December 08, 2025
If Scientology Ruled the World: Nazi Occultists, Sex Magick, Space Aliens, and the Second Coming with Jon Atack
68 hours 58 mins; December 01, 2025
The Kingdom of Children: A Liberation Theology. Homeschool Ideologies in Evangelical Christianity With R.L. Stollar, M.H.S., M.A.
60 hours 48 mins; November 24, 2025
Empathy Goes on Tour: David Clayton’s Fight in North Carolina’s District 5
59 mins; November 17, 2025
Hold On: Poetic and Art-Based Lifelines for Suicide Prevention with Dr. Diane Kaufman, MD
63 hours 9 mins; November 10, 2025
Crisis of Legitimacy: Fourth-Generation Warfare (4GW) as a Tactical Threat to the United States and Global Stability with James Scaminaci III, PhD
61 hours 39 mins; November 03, 2025
Leaving the “Truman Show” of Scientology – with Tory Christman
72 hours 3 mins; October 27, 2025
Body & Mind Cult: Dahn Yoga and High-Control Tactics With Former Member Alisa Daniels
57 mins; October 20, 2025
UNRECONCILED: A SOLO PLAY That Empowers Survivors of Catholic Church Childhood Sexual Abuse With Jay Sefton, LMHC
54 mins; October 13, 2025
The Girl with the Duck Tattoo with Restaurateur Sarma Melngailis
66 hours 13 mins; October 06, 2025
Irene’s Entropy: Coffee as Courage and Ritual as Repair
63 hours 46 mins; September 29, 2025
Compassion Over Conversion: Continuing Science-based Research for Queer and Trans Health with Matthew D. Skinta PhD ABPP
59 mins; September 22, 2025
Weaponized Religion: From Christian Identity to the NAR with John Andrew Collins
62 hours 13 mins; September 15, 2025
The Much More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump with Dr. Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div.
63 hours 16 mins; September 08, 2025
Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler with Anne Nelson
65 hours 55 mins; September 01, 2025
The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion with Dr. Rebecca Lemov
56 mins; August 25, 2025
"We Will Dance Again: Documenting the Nova Music Festival Terror Attack by Hamas Terrorists." with Yariv Mozer
49 mins; August 18, 2025
Strategic Cultural Communications: Competent Messaging to Latino Communities With Evelyn Pérez-Verdia
65 hours 24 mins; August 11, 2025
Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity With Sander van der Linden Ph.D.
62 hours 1 min; August 04, 2025
Ending Corporate Harm: Undue Influence Within Corporate Product Health and Safety with Dr. Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
64 hours 27 mins; July 28, 2025
How the International Church of Christ (ICOC) Preys on Hispanic Communities with Tania Díaz
82 hours 30 mins; July 21, 2025
Without the Guru: How I Took My Life Back After Thirty Years with Mike Finch
56 mins; July 14, 2025
The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes with Filmmaker Yariv Mozer
62 hours 55 mins; July 07, 2025
Deconstructing Christian Nationalist Upbringing, Alt-Right Doctrine, and Abusive Religious Parenting With Monte Mader
61 hours 10 mins; June 30, 2025
Social, Forensic, and Media Psychology: Law and Reform in Current Practices Surrounding Influence With Brian L. Cutler, Ph.D.
63 hours 0 mins; June 23, 2025
Rapid Advancements in VR and AI: Understanding Opportunities and Necessary Boundaries With David Christopher Lane, PhD
64 hours 9 mins; June 16, 2025
In the Shadow of Enlightenment: A Girl’s Journey Through the Osho Rajneesh Cult with Sarito Carroll
61 hours 43 mins; June 09, 2025
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains With Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L
58 mins; June 02, 2025
Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World with Elle Hardy
60 hours 1 min; May 26, 2025
Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America with Jane Borden
54 mins; May 19, 2025
The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America with David Pakman
52 mins; May 12, 2025
Cults, Authoritarian Control, and the Fight for Democracy with Sociologist Dr. Stephen A. Kent
59 mins; May 05, 2025
Shadow Diplomacy: Lev Parnas and his Wild Ride from Brooklyn to Trump’s Inner Circle
50 mins; April 28, 2025
From Supermodel to Cult Survivor: A Story of Purpose and Healing with Hoyt Richards
72 hours 25 mins; April 21, 2025
Terror Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems with Alexandra Stein PhD
61 hours 59 mins; April 14, 2025
Betrayal of The Spirit: Krishna, Cults and Healing with Nori Muster
63 hours 58 mins; April 07, 2025
Neural Surfing: Consciousness, Meditation, and Mystical Manipulation in Spiritual Organizations With David Christopher Lane
67 hours 20 mins; March 31, 2025
The Time Cure: Overcoming PTSD with the New Psychology of Time Perspective Therapy by Dr. Philip Zimbardo with Rosemary Sword
64 hours 12 mins; March 24, 2025
Make it Meaningful: How to Find Purpose in Life and Work: Leaving the Kabbalah Centre Cult and Becoming a Scholar in the World of Corporate Social Responsibility With Debbie Haski-Leventhal, PhD
59 mins; March 17, 2025
The Hidden Influence of Occult Beliefs on World Politics with Joe Szimhart
63 hours 28 mins; March 10, 2025
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley with Marietje Schaake
47 mins; March 03, 2025
Tools, Methods, and Political Games in the Age of Musk with Stuart Shulman, PhD
60 hours 53 mins; February 24, 2025
Invisible Threads: Weaving Mental Health and Democracy in Trump Times with Kate Woodsome
70 hours 45 mins; February 17, 2025
On Offense: Taking Action to Prevent Further Assaults to Democracy with Kristofer Goldsmith
63 hours 38 mins; February 10, 2025
Tuning In: Experiencing Music in Psychedelic States, a new book by former Hare Krishna devotee Steven J. Gelberg
65 hours 54 mins; February 03, 2025
Framed: Women in the Family Court Underworld with Dr. Christine M. Cocchiola and Amy Polacko
61 hours 12 mins; January 27, 2025
Research on Folks Who Left the Headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses with Dr. Andre Jackson
61 hours 49 mins; January 20, 2025
Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy with Lucas Wilson
60 hours 20 mins; January 13, 2025
Taking on Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities with Attorney Carol Merchasin
66 hours 8 mins; January 06, 2025
Maladaptive Daydreaming and Trauma Survivors with Dr. Eli Somer
56 mins; December 30, 2024
Thought Reform and Cyber Security: Where Cult Manipulation Techniques Meet Technology With Dustin Rozario Steinhagen, PhD
58 mins; December 23, 2024
Using the Law to Criminalize Cult Leaders With Robin Boyle-Laisure
60 hours 54 mins; December 16, 2024
Navigating Life Beyond the Children of God Cult as an Expert on Disabilities with Psychologist Maria Esguerra
69 hours 47 mins; December 09, 2024
Nature’s Medicine: Unlocking the Secrets to Wellness with Chris Kilham
59 mins; December 02, 2024
Kundalini, 3HO & Yogi Bhajan: Predatory Behavior, Sexual Abuse, and Undue Influence With Peter Blachly
60 hours 42 mins; November 25, 2024
Gaining Further Election Insight on Spycraft Interference: Den of Spies from Past to Present Day with Author Craig Unger
59 mins; November 18, 2024
TECH AGNOSTIC: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation with Harvard/ MIT Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein
62 hours 54 mins; November 11, 2024
Workplace Bullying and the Law with Professor David Yamada
61 hours 5 mins; November 04, 2024
To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader with Ira Chaleff
61 hours 46 mins; October 28, 2024
Takedown: Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking with Laila Mickelwait
65 hours 4 mins; October 21, 2024
How to End Christian Nationalism with Baptist Religious Liberty Expert Amanda Tyler
61 hours 21 mins; October 14, 2024
Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and The Struggle Over Class and Caste with Sociologist Charles Derber, PhD
63 hours 56 mins; October 07, 2024
Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church with author Gareth Gore
65 hours 1 min; September 30, 2024
#UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism with Filmmaker Dan Partland
60 hours 17 mins; September 23, 2024
Understanding Coercive Control in Families with Dr. Christine Cocchiola
60 hours 6 mins; September 16, 2024
Protecting the Elderly from Undue Influence with Lisa Nerenberg
55 mins; September 09, 2024
New Report: Trustworthy Elections Can Be a Reality for All! with Braver Angels, J. Larry Mayes and Walt McKee
60 hours 10 mins; September 02, 2024
Unorthodox: Building Communities of Ideas with Reb Moshe Waldoks
65 hours 5 mins; August 26, 2024
Occulture and Undue Influence in Cults of Past and Present with Joseph Szimhart
64 hours 55 mins; August 19, 2024
The More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Warn Anew with forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee MD
62 hours 39 mins; August 12, 2024
4th Generation Psychological Warfare and The Christian Right: A Discussion with James Scaminaci III
52 mins; August 05, 2024
Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen on His Experience in The Cult of Trump
69 hours 45 mins; July 29, 2024
Empowered: Helping Support Survivors of Human Trafficking with Kristy Norbert LCSW
55 mins; July 22, 2024
It’s More Important to be Related than Right: Compassion in the Time of Social Media with Ravi Chandra, M.D.
58 mins; July 15, 2024
A Portuguese Journey of Awakening and Advocacy with Ex-JW Elder António Madaleno
64 hours 4 mins; July 08, 2024
Flourishing and Developing Healthy Physiologic Responses During Ongoing Stressors: Dr. Eva Selhub, M.D.
52 mins; July 01, 2024
Insights on Surviving and Thriving After a Cult with Michelle Dowd
61 hours 39 mins; June 24, 2024
Unmasking Climate Denial: How Cult Tactics Fuel Disinformation with David Lipsky
63 hours 41 mins; June 17, 2024
The Moon Cult: An Interview with former top American leader Allen Tate Wood
60 hours 23 mins; June 10, 2024
Ex-Scientologists, Recovery, and Helping Others – a Discussion with Jon Atack
63 hours 9 mins; June 03, 2024
“Conspiratorial Demonology” in the New Apostolic Reformation: LGBTQ Students and Undue Influence in Schools with Jonathon Sawyer
62 hours 20 mins; May 27, 2024
Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control with Journalist Anke Richter
63 hours 6 mins; May 20, 2024
Raised in Scientology, He Became a Military Helicopter Pilot and Rescued His Abused Mother with Mike Brown
64 hours 30 mins; May 13, 2024
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