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Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between.Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most h
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Recent episodes include "Felicia Rosario - Larry Ray’s Coercive Tactics, Life After the Sarah Lawrence Cult, and Becoming an Expert Witness" (14 October 2026, 70 minutes), "Stephen Kinzer - MKUltra, Sidney Gottlieb, and the CIA’s Hunt For Mind Control" (7 October 2026, 71 minutes), and "Renee Spencer, Part 2 - The Jesus Christians, the “Kidney Cult,” and Suing Your Daughter’s Religious Group" (30 September 2026, 58 minutes).
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 283 episodes.
Booking probability for Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation's contact route on record: verified email.
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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation is a society podcast with 283 episodes published.
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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, the girls are joined again by Felicia Rosario, survivor of the cult at Sarah Lawrence, led by a man named Larry Ray. Today Felicia, who previously came on the show along with fellow survivor Daniel Levin...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, author and historian Stephen Kinzer joins Trust Me to discuss his book, Poisoner in Chief, and its subject: chemist Sidney Gottlieb, who led mind control experiments in the CIA’s Project MKUltra...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part two with advocate and therapist Renee Spencer, who sued the Jesus Christians, aka the “kidney cult,” after they recruited her daughter. Last week, Renee explained how she realized her...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part 1 with advocate and therapist Renee Spencer, whose daughter was recruited into the Jesus Christians: a group commonly referred to as the “kidney cult” for their practice of encouraging...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
We’re back with twins Larena and Elyse Wynn, also known as Mothermary. In part 2 this week they’ll talk about how Elyse got fed up with being obsessive about sin all the time, which led her to hitch a ride...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part 1 with musicians, identical twins, and former Mormons turned dominatrixes Larena and Elyse Wynn, also known by their band name Mothermary. The girls share what it was like being raised in the LDS...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week’s guest is psychology researcher and lecturer Dr. John Hunter, joining the show to talk about intensive self-help seminars–known as “large group awareness trainings,” or LGATs–and...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, the girls are joined by Laci Mosley, comedian, actress, and host of the Scam Goddess podcast and TV show (and author of Scam Goddess the book), to talk about the many types of frauds that are out there, from...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, Meagan and Lola sit down with Michelle McPhee, investigative reporter and host of podcast Kingdom of Fraud, to discuss how Jacob Kingston, a fundamentalist Mormon from the secretive polygamist sect known as...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part 2 with Anke Richter, journalist, author of Cult Trip, former member of Tantric group ISTA, and founder and director of New Zealand’s cult conference DeCult. In part 2 with Anke, she explains how...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
Today is part 1 with Anke Richter, journalist, author of Cult Trip, former member of Tantric group International School of Temple Arts, and founder and director of New Zealand’s cult conference DeCult. In this...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part two with Sophie Fergi, former child influencer featured in the Netflix docuseries Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing. In this episode, she shares what happened after she and her mom moved in...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, the girls are back with Jasper Hoffman, writer, podcaster, and former Mennonite. In part two today, Jasper explains what the perfect Mennonite woman looked like, how concerns were raised when she wasn't...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, the girls are joined by Jasper Hoffman, writer, podcaster, and former Mennonite. In part one, she explains how her parents went from a being punk rock atheist and an anthropology major to homesteading...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, Lola’s mom Dr. Christine Marie (and the podcast’s very first guest!) talks about moving to FLDS town Short Creek, how she earned the trust of new self-proclaimed prophet Sam Bateman, and...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
In part two with Nikki G., she discusses more of the high-control groups she joined, the political project of the Seven Mountain Mandate that she was part of, the connection between biblical concepts of obedience and...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, Nikki G., host of Surviving the Black Church and survivor of FIVE different high-control groups, discusses joining the first church on her cult-hopping journey, how she got initially pulled down the rabbit...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week, Lola and Meagan are joined by comic, actor, and author of Sure I’ll Join Your Cult, Maria Bamford. The girls discuss Maria’s childhood OCD, intrusive thoughts, and the ways those experiences...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part 2 with Sarah Edmondson, NXIVM survivor, author, and host of A Little Bit Culty. The girls pick back up as Sarah goes deeper into the organization, eventually entering DOS...
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
This week is part 1 with, at long last, Sarah Edmondson, NXIVM survivor, author, and host of A Little Bit Culty, a podcast and now book, co-hosted and authored with her husband, Nippy Ames. She’ll tell the girls...
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