Let's Talk About Sects
Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence.
You can support us on Patreon, with a one-off donation, and on Pozible.
“A fascinating and well-researched look into cults and the charismatic leaders behind them.”
Peter Wells, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2019
“A fantastic examination of sects, cults, and religion… a fact-based program that’ll hook you in and keep you coming back for more.”
Zach Johnston, Uproxx, February 2019
“Cleverly named, meticulously researched.”
Elena Nicolaou, Refinery29, December 2018
“The best podcast of its kind – I can’t wait for another episode!”
Apple Podcasts review from a US listener
“I study cults and sects and for this reason listen to many podcasts on these subjects. This one is by far the best.”
Apple Podcasts review from a US listener
“Best podcast about cults I’ve found.”
Apple Podcasts review from an Australian listener
- Website
- https://www.ltaspod.com/
- Description
- Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence. <br> You can support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7859667" target="blank">Patreon</a>, with a <a href="http://paypal.me/SarahPSteel" target="blank">one-off donation</a>, and on <a href="https://www.pozible.com/profile/lets-talk-about-sects" target="blank">Pozible</a>. <br> <b>“A fascinating and well-researched look into cults and the charismatic leaders behind them.”</b> Peter Wells, <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-age-s-wrong-skin-named-podcast-of-the-year-20190520-p51pa3.html" target="_blank">The Sydney Morning Herald</a>, May 2019 <br> <b>“A fantastic examination of sects, cults, and religion… a fact-based program that’ll hook you in and keep you coming back for more.”</b> Zach Johnston, <a href="https://uproxx.com/life/best-podcasts-about-cults-2019/3/" target="_blank">Uproxx</a>, February 2019 <br> <b>“Cleverly named, meticulously researched.”</b> Elena Nicolaou, <a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/206391/podcasts-about-cults#slide-1" target="_blank">Refinery29</a>, December 2018 <br> <b>“The best podcast of its kind – I can’t wait for another episode!”</b> Apple Podcasts review from a US listener <br> <b>“I study cults and sects and for this reason listen to many podcasts on these subjects. This one is by far the best.”</b> Apple Podcasts review from a US listener <br> <b>“Best podcast about cults I’ve found.”</b> Apple Podcasts review from an Australian listener <br> <br> <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/5/57a506bf-d0e7-42f0-95fd-d27cf3d605a9/tlUtV_ZZ.png" alt="Australian Podcast Awards 2019 Winner Badge"height="225"> <img src="https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/5/57a506bf-d0e7-42f0-95fd-d27cf3d605a9/ICPXl4BG.png" alt="Australian Podcast Awards 2018 Finalist Badge"height="194" width="150"> <br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7859667" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" target="_blank"></a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script> <p> <iframe sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling=no width="100%" height="185" frameborder="0" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=lets-talk-about-sects-a-podcast-about-cults-GbzbMg"></iframe>
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-20 02:20
- last episode published
- 2024-11-19 13:15
- publication frequency
- 29.75 days
- Contributors
- Sarah Steel
- Author
- Sarah Steel
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 89
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- Categories
- Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality Documentary Fiction
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| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-19 | The Revival Fellowship is a Pentecostal Australian sect that believes in Bible Numerics, a thoroughly debunked theory about numerical patterns found within the Bible. It also teaches British Israelism, generally considered to be unscientific and ahisto... | |
| 2024-10-08 | AJ was sent to the Running River school in around 2007, to attend kindergarten when she was five or six years old. The school was headed up by longtime Divine Madness community member Nancy Monson, and founder Marc ‘Yo’ Tizer didn’t have a whole lot to... | |
| 2024-09-10 | Dr Tabitha Chapman is the founder of The Freedom Train Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides crucial services for individuals exiting cults or coercive environments. One initiative of the project is International Cult Awareness Month (ICAM) whi... | |
| 2024-08-20 | Dr Caroline Ansley is the founder of Centrepoint Restoration Project, a website that serves as a connection point, archive of information and safe landing space for former children of New Zealand’s notorious Centrepoint cult – with which Caroline has p... | |
| 2024-07-16 | You may recall the name ‘Esther Rockett’ from episode 2, season 3 of this podcast, which was all about Universal Medicine – Serge Benhayon’s esoteric healing cult in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Esther has been blogging about the more alarming el... | |
| 2024-06-18 | Tore Klevjer has been involved with the volunteer charity organisation Cult Information and Family Support (CIFS) since its very formation almost three decades ago, in 1996. Avid listeners of this podcast will know that the end of every episode mention... | |
| 2024-05-15 | Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner are the director/producer/editor team behind the award-winning Escaping Twin Flames, a three-part documentary series for Netflix about Twin Flames Universe – a cult you may remember from season 5. This powerhouse duo h... | |
| 2024-04-16 | For his 2017 PhD, John Hunter put forward a hypothesis that offers insights into both the “transformational” experiences associated with large group awareness training (LGAT) participation and the common claims of psychological harm and problematic beh... | |
| 2024-03-26 | A little update from Sarah about what to expect with Let's Talk About Sects now that we're winding up the sixth season of the show. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere! But there are a few small changes to make sure that this project remains sustaina... | |
| 2024-03-12 | In the last episode of season 5, we looked into a Boulder, Colorado community then known as Divine Madness and led by Marc Tizer, usually referred to as 'Yo'. Its members were recognised for some amazing results in ultramarathons. At the time of resear... |