Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan
Episodes
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, Crypto and Cult Psychology with Ben McKenzie: My conversation with the author of Easy Money about financial manipulation, the need to belong, and protecting our freedom of mind.
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Is It Dementia, Alzheimer’s or Medication Side Effects? With Germaine Odenheimer MD — A geriatric neurologist opines on public misinformation
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How to Build a Truth Engine: Friedrich Moser on Disinformation and the Mind - What we now know about psychological warfare conspiracy theories and finding reliable information
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Selling Financial Freedom: William Keep on MLMs, Crypto, and the Politics of Deception – How promises of a better life become tools of undue influence—and why consumer protection matters
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Who Gains From The “Inevitability” of AI? Oxford ethicist Carissa Véliz on how AI prediction became a tool of influence and power
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The Power of Us: Dr. Jay Van Bavel on Social Identity and The Power of Dissent
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Carlos Castaneda's Cult of Witches with Ru Marshall: Fooling Millions and UC Press still sells his books as anthropology
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The Problems with America's Family Courts with Karen Winner: A journalist turned lawyer on custody, cronyism, and courts without oversight
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Escaping the Moonies, and Rebuilding his Life: Ingo Michehl gave the cult his flute, his country, and six years of his life
Escaping Shincheonji, Korea's Covid Cult with Chris Vishoot: A survivor of the Korean doomsday cult on lies, waking up and helping others break free.
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