
Ep. 232 | How Do You Know If You’re In a Cult? [REMASTERED]
About this episode
If you watched the Netflix special (un)well, you may have seen Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Rachel Bernstein, in the episode on Tantric Sex. She is a mental health professional specializing in cult psychology, manipulators & systems of control. In this episode, we discuss what defines a cult, who is most vulnerable to cult recruitment & a gut-wrenching listener question. She also tackles Scientology, gangs & Jehovah’s Witnesses & even MLMs.
This episode originally aired on November 16, 2020.
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